Arizona gubernatorial candidates Katie Hobbs, left, and Kari Lake, right, are facing each other in the 2022 election. (Reuters)
With a 50-50 Senate heading into the election, record campaign spending, and 35 seats up for grabs, the battle for control of the U.S. Senate came down to tight races in states across the country. Republicans were defending 21 seats versus 14 held by Democrats.
As states in several pivotal states continued counting votes, Election Night 2022 came to a close with control of the upper chamber unclear.
Key governor’s races – with major implications for election administration, abortion and education – came down to the wire as well.
The Fox News Voter Analysis, a survey of more than 90,000 voters nationwide, conducted October 31 through November 8. It highlights the central themes and demographic groups that defined these important races.
Full methodological details are available here.
Read more for analysis of this year’s Senate races, including too-close-to-call contests in Nevada, Arizona, Wisconsin, and Georgia: Fox News Voter Analysis: Control of the Senate hangs in the balanc
Promise of a GOP red wave in the midterm elections did not pan out Tuesday night as Democrats beat back Republicans in close races across the country, leaving both the House of Representatives and the Senate up for grabs.
Republican Rep. Mayra Flores of Texas, who won a shocking special election earlier this year but lost on Tuesday, said her party needed to face reality.
“The RED WAVE did not happen,” tweeted Flores. “Republicans and Independents stayed home. DO NOT COMPLAIN ABOUT THE RESULTS IF YOU DID NOT DO YOUR PART!”
Conservatives have already begun pointing fingers at former President Donald Trump for the lackluster performance. Many of Trump’s endorsed candidates lost their races in key battleground states.
FAST FACTS
- Not the “red wave” that was projected, 4 Senate seats are still up for grabs: Nevada, Georgia, Wisconsin and Arizona.
- Still too close to call on the biggest Senate races. Delay in Arizona’s Maricopa County due to “ballot glitches” and additional results are expected on Wednesday night.
- Ron DeSantis re-elected in Florida, AOC re-elected in New York, and Kristi Noem landslides to re-election in South Dakota.
- JD Vance, Republican, wins in Ohio, Republican Mike Lee defeats Independent Evan McMullin in Utah. Democrat John Fetterman wins over Mehmet Oz in Pennsylvania Senate race, and Democrat Patty Murray takes sixth term in Washington State.
- Some of the top issues for American voters during this election cycle included inflation, threats to democracy, crime, immigration and border security, and abortion.
- Republicans inch closer to control of the House with just a few seats left to win as Congress is still up for grabs.
- Members of the progressive “Squad” were re-elected in their respective seats: Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., Cori Bush, D-Mo., and Jamaal Bowman, D-N.Y.