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The Democratic Party is winning the US midterm elections. It is securing a majority in both chambers of the US Congress.
American television networks are publishing preliminary election results, with one-third of Senate seats and all seats in the House of Representatives up for election.
According to CNN, as of 9:30 a.m. Minsk time, the Democratic Party had won 220 seats in the House of Representatives. A majority in the lower chamber of Congress requires 218 seats. The Republican Party had so far secured 126 seats in the November 3 election. Compared with the outgoing composition of the House, 25 seats have shifted from Republicans to Democrats.
Fox News is also projecting a Democratic majority. According to the network, the party has already secured 219 seats, while Republicans have won 126. A total of 25 seats have shifted to the Democrats.
In the Senate, both networks give Democrats 53 seats and Republicans 41. Seven seats have shifted from the Republican Party to the Democratic Party as a result of the vote.
Vote counting is still under way. The final distribution of seats in Congress will become known later.