Republicans Seize Control of Senate, Retain House

Republican Cory Gardner waved with his wife, Jamie, after winning the U.S. Senate seat for Colorado on Tuesday.

Republicans took control of Congress in Tuesday’s midterm elections, a result that transforms the political dynamic in Washington and gives the GOP new power over President Barack Obama ’s final two years in the White House, according to The Wall Street Journal.

Republicans won Senate seats from West Virginia to Colorado and beyond to assemble a majority of at least 52 seats, expanded their margin in the House—possibly to levels not seen in decades—and won key governor races.

The sweep left Democrats without a majority in either chamber for the first time since 2006.

“It’s time to go in a new direction,” said Sen. Mitch McConnell (R., Ky.) who is in line to become Majority Leader, after he defeated his Democratic opponent, Alison Lundergan Grimes, by a decisive margin. “We can have real change in Washington, and that’s just what I intend to deliver.”

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