catherine cortez masto defeated the republican, adam laxalt, who d been endorsed by donald trump. the democrats now have 50 seats to the republicans 49. the remaining seat, georgia, is going to a run off in december. between the two parties, vice president kamala harris has the casting vote. president biden told reporters that he was incredibly pleased with the result congratulations to senator schumer, he has a majority again, we re focusing now on georgia, i feel good about where we are. i know i m an optimist, i understand that, but i m not surprised by the turnout, i m incredibly pleased by the turnout, and i think it s a reflection on all of the quality of our candidates. they are all running on the same programme.
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democrats, of course, is what this means for congress no incumbent president does very well in the midterms, these elections, although it s not a presidential election per se, it is often seen as a referendum on the performance of the president in office. and with biden s approval ratings obviously very low at the moment, the polls aren t looking good for him. the big question though is how much the republicans can capitalise on that polling advantage, and whether they can turn what looks like their advantage into a significant enough when in the senate in particular? don t forget at the moment, the senate is deadlocked, the vice president holds the casting vote. forthe president holds the casting vote. for the republicans, the key aim here will be to shift that balance of power. the democrats, particularly in states here like pennsylvania, will be looking to hang on in every single seat, which is why
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these added. bear in mind what happened two years ago when there were two runoffs here that gavejoe biden a 50 50 senate with a casting vote by the president and the opportunity to do his inflation reduction act, his microchip to act, all of the big bills and those big legislative wins, it is decide how joe biden can do and what he can get donein joe biden can do and what he can get done in the next two years. so a lot of close races to be keeping an eye on, let s now go to christian fraser with a breakdown of what issues are driving voters this election. in recent weeks, republicans say they ve regained momentum as inflation becomes the priority issue. now, the economy grew by 2.6% in the last quarter, but voters aren t feeling it their weekly shop is getting more expensive. despite the fed raising interest rates five times this year, headline inflation is currently at 8.2% in september down from a high of 9.1% injune.