The House of Representatives is already projected to be under Republican control. The results on the Senate will still have to wait another month. In the gubernatorial race, the Democrats had a stellar night, reported Politicobut the Republicans also have a solid race.
This year, 36 governorships were participating in the midterms for new candidates and others for re-election.
Of the remaining 14 states, 8 have Republican governors and 6 Democrats. The balance before midterms was 22 Democratic and 28 Republican governors.
Democratic Governors
Democrats won gubernatorial races in the “blue wall” states of Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin on Tuesday, allowing them to resist Republican efforts in those states to restrict abortion and voting rights, it reported. Archyde.com.
- So far, the Democrats have won a total of 17 governorships, including; Maine; Massachusetts; Michigan; Wisconsin; Minnesota; Rhode Island; Connecticut; New York; Pennsylvania; Maryland; Illinois; Colorado; California; New Mexico; Kansas; Hawaii and Oregon.
- Two gubernatorial races in Nevada and Arizona remain too close to announce, yet in Arizona the trend is turning blue.
- In Arizona, Katie Hobbs, who defended the 2020 state election results, is the Democrat competing with Kari Lake, a Republican and former newscaster turned far-right advocate. The New York Times.
- The most recent win was Oregon, where Tina Kotek faced off once morest Christine Drazan, a Republican, and Betsy Johnson, an independent. With Kotek’s victory, Democrats maintain control of that governorship, as they have for the past 36 years.
republican governors
For their part, the governors of the Republican Party have also won 16 governorships, including the re-election of Gregg Abbott in Texas and Ron DeSantis in Florida, regarding whom doubts arise as to whether his term will end, due to strong rumors of his intentions to conquer the House White.
- Republicans won the governorships in Idaho; Vermont; New Hampshire; Wyoming; South Dakota; Iowa; Ohio; Nebraska; Tennessee; Arkansas; Oklahoma; Alabama; Georgia; South Carolina; Florida and Texas.
- The race in Nevada is close between Democratic candidate Steve Sisolak and Republican Joe Lombardo, but the latter has the lead. For his part, in Alaska, the Republican candidate Mike Dunleavy has a wide advantage over the Democratic contender, Les Gara.
