Joe Biden’s agenda is in jeopardy this Wednesday (9) in a tense election dawn where the hope of the red wave that Republicans dreamed of hasn’t materialized, despite having Ron DeSantis, a potential opponent of Donald Trump, as the leading candidate in the election. The 2024 presidential election marks a major victory in Florida.
Republicans won Tuesday’s vote, but failed to secure widespread rejection of President Joe Biden’s administration in the midterm elections that could define the political future of Democratic president and predecessor Donald Trump.
The verdict of the polls was most evident in races for governors of Republican-led states like Greg Abbott, a supporter of strict immigration policies in Texas, or in races where the crushing victory of rising star Ron DeSantis in Florida solidified his position as one of the main primaries. -elections. White House nominees in 2024.
DeSantis, 44, said the war had just begun and this would upset Trump, who plans to use the midterm results as a springboard for the next presidential election. He even promised to make a “big announcement” on November 15th.
Trump may celebrate the victory of certain candidates tied to his cause, such as immigration policy advocate Latina Mónica De La Cruz’s congressional seat in Texas, and in particular JD Vance’s victory as senator from Ohio. Industrial and agricultural strongholds of the United States.
While the loss in the Ohio Senate race was a huge disappointment for Biden, the Democrats also had significant victories. The party reclaimed two state governorships from the Republicans: Maryland and Massachusetts, where Maura Healey would become the first openly lesbian governor to lead a state.
And in Florida, 25-year-old Democrat Maxwell Frost was the first member of “Generation Z” to enter Congress with a seat in the House of Representatives.
Democrat Kathy Hochul boosted Democrats’ morale by protecting the government of New York state, which Republicans believed could beat her.
“This Is Not A Republican Wave”
With many challenges due to record inflation, Joe Biden could lose control of the House and Senate in the midterm elections, traditionally unfavorable for the party in the White House.
But the “giant red wave”, the color of Republicans promised by Donald Trump, has yet to materialize, despite the end of the investigation.
“It’s definitely not a Republican wave,” influential Senator Lindsey Graham, a friend of the former president, told NBC.
Predicting a “red tsunami,” Republican Senator Ted Cruz said the party may still have a majority in the House and Senate, but conceded “it wasn’t as big a wave as I was expecting”.
Republican House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy also believes in control of the House. “It’s clear we’re going to get the room back,” he said.
The majority in the Senate is uncertain, as they all belong to a few key states, such as Georgia, Arizona, and Pennsylvania, with very closely related races.
According to local media reports, one of the biggest unknowns has now been resolved: Democrats in Pennsylvania have won a potentially decisive seat with John Fetterman’s victory over Trumpist candidate Mehmet Oz.
“Health insurance and money”
In this case, 77-year-old African-American Lasaine Latimore expected a victory from the Democrats “because they’re more on the side of the people”.
“I just want more money for my health insurance and dental care and glasses,” he added after Biden’s campaign speech, who introduced himself as president of the middle class and the poor.
It’s an argument that carries little weight in the face of the aggressive Republican campaign, which accuses the Democratic president of causing inflation to soar and allowing levels of violence to rise.
If the 79-year-old Democrat loses a majority in one of the chambers, his room for maneuver is shattered. He will be paralyzed by Republicans who promise to use every weapon in parliament: investigations, including his son Hunter Biden, and a budget blockade.
But if he also loses the Senate, a possible 2024 re-election bid is at risk.
In addition to all seats in the House of Representatives, a third of the Senate, and several state and local offices, dozens of referendums were held on Tuesday, specifically on abortion rights.
More than 140 Republican candidates were elected in national and local office races, according to US media, questioning the outcome of the 2020 presidential election.
However, some important figures such as Pennsylvania governor Doug Mastriano, who supported the theses of Donald Trump’s propaganda without showing any evidence, were defeated.
source: Noticias
