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Democrats defied political forecasts and historical trends to keep control of the Senate in a win for President Joe Biden, as voters rejected a handful of candidates backed by former President Donald Trump.

Senator Catherine Cortez Masto put the Democrats over the top on Saturday after the AP and networks declared her the winner in a closely fought election in Nevada, following fellow incumbent Mark Kelly’s projected win in Arizona and a victory by John Fetterman in Pennsylvania that snared a seat previously held by a retiring Republican.

Control of the House is still undecided but Republicans have an edge with 211 seats won of the 218 needed for a majority. Democrats have won 203 seats, and several of them—particularly in the West—are still being counted. GOP control of the House would be enough to snuff out any hopes of Biden delivering on a sweeping legislative agenda over the next two years.

Since World War II, the party holding the White House has, on average, lost 26 House seats and four Senate seats. The House GOP has pledged to use its power to roll back Biden’s domestic spending and a beefed-up IRS while pursuing an increase in border security. Democratic control of the Senate means Biden will avoid the challenge President Barack Obama faced trying to fill Supreme Court vacancies in his last term. At the time, Republicans blocked Merrick Garland’s nomination to the court through the end of Obama’s presidency.

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