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| Election 2016: Republicans on course to retain Congress | Election 2016: Republicans on course to retain Congress |
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| The Republican Party has retained its majority in the US House of Representatives, projections suggest. | The Republican Party has retained its majority in the US House of Representatives, projections suggest. |
| The TV networks ABC and NBC both projected a Republican majority in the 435-seat chamber, which the party has controlled since 2010. | The TV networks ABC and NBC both projected a Republican majority in the 435-seat chamber, which the party has controlled since 2010. |
| Republicans have also retained their hold of the Senate despite Democrat hopes of a breakthrough. | Republicans have also retained their hold of the Senate despite Democrat hopes of a breakthrough. |
| With Donald Trump winning the presidency he is likely to govern with Congress entirely in Republican hands. | |
| The night began with majority control of the Senate up for grabs, with 34 of the 100 seats available. | The night began with majority control of the Senate up for grabs, with 34 of the 100 seats available. |
| But the Democrats have so far gained just one seat in the Senate, with Tammy Duckworth, a double amputee Iraq war veteran, taking Mark Kirk's place in Illinois. During a TV debate last month Mr Kirk mocked Ms Duckworth's Thai heritage, but later apologised. | But the Democrats have so far gained just one seat in the Senate, with Tammy Duckworth, a double amputee Iraq war veteran, taking Mark Kirk's place in Illinois. During a TV debate last month Mr Kirk mocked Ms Duckworth's Thai heritage, but later apologised. |
| However Republicans hung on to other key seats: | However Republicans hung on to other key seats: |
| House Speaker Paul Ryan, who had distanced himself from Mr Trump after previously endorsing him, won re-election to the House of Representatives in Wisconsin. | House Speaker Paul Ryan, who had distanced himself from Mr Trump after previously endorsing him, won re-election to the House of Representatives in Wisconsin. |
| Ilhan Omar became the US' first Somali-American legislator, with victory in a House race in Minnesota. She came to the US while still a child, escaping Somalia's civil war with her family and spending four years in a Kenyan refugee camp. | Ilhan Omar became the US' first Somali-American legislator, with victory in a House race in Minnesota. She came to the US while still a child, escaping Somalia's civil war with her family and spending four years in a Kenyan refugee camp. |
| Dominance in Congress is seen as being crucial to the next president's prospects of turning policy plans into law. | Dominance in Congress is seen as being crucial to the next president's prospects of turning policy plans into law. |
| In other developments, the controversial Republican sheriff of Maricopa County, Arizona, was voted out after he was charged with contempt for ignoring a judge's order to stop patrols targeting Latinos. | In other developments, the controversial Republican sheriff of Maricopa County, Arizona, was voted out after he was charged with contempt for ignoring a judge's order to stop patrols targeting Latinos. |