With the polls having closed in almost the entire country, except in the state of Hawaii and Alaska, the Democratic Party and the Republican Party are vying for victory in the Senate in key swing states.
Although both parties have so far maintained some of their fiefdoms, such as New York, Colorado, Oregon or California for the Democrats; Kansas, Oklahoma, Indiana or Alabama for the Republicans, the states of Pennsylvania, Georgia and Arizona may be decisive in these midterm elections.
With 82 percent of the votes counted (around 6.00 a.m. Spanish peninsular time) in Pennsylvania, the current Democratic senator John Fetterman is ahead of his Republican rival, Mehmet Oz, by a few thousand votes, according to US media reports.
The Democratic Party is currently leading the race for the state’s upper house seat with 49 percent support, compared to 48 percent for the Republican Party.
Another of the most competitive states is in Georgia, where Democratic Governor Raphael Warnock is defending his seat against Herschel Walker, a Trump-appointed former rugby player who has been the subject of numerous controversies.
Although polling stations in Georgia closed at 8 p.m. local time (1 a.m. Spanish peninsular time), a winner has not yet been decided with almost 88 percent of the votes cast.
Walker leads the electoral battle with 1,804,000 votes, several thousand ahead of Warnock, who has 1,798,000.
A Republican victory in this state would allow the Republican Party to «steal» from the Democrats the only state they need to gain control of the U.S. Senate.
On the other coast of the United States, the Democratic Party is ahead in Arizona, where Governor Mark Kelly is currently ahead of the Republican candidate, Blake Masters.
Specifically, with 52 percent of the votes counted, Kelly leads Masters by almost 18 percent of the vote.
