Ted Cruz, offered an impassioned concession speech late Tuesday, pledging to work with his former opponent, emphatically praising his supporters, and expressing a desire to help unite the country. Beto O’Rourke, who lost his Senate bid to incumbent Republican Sen. Taylor, 39, the mayor of North Ogden, was killed Saturday in an apparent "insider attack" while serving with his unit in Kabul, which is helping to train Afghan defense forces.ĭemocratic Rep. "Thank you, Major Taylor, and thank you to all of those who serve our country in the cause of freedom." "In his last post on Facebook he quoted President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, who said this: 'In the truest sense, freedom cannot be bestowed.
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"Major Brett Taylor - husband, father of seven and mayor of North Ogden - gave the last full measure of devotion for freedom’s cause." This week that price was paid again," he told supporters.
"Now quite seriously, an unfathomable price in patriot blood was paid to give us the right to vote. Romney, the Republican presidential nominee in 2012 and the former governor of Massachusetts, defeated Democrat Jenny Wilson to win election to the Senate, NBC News projected. In his victory speech Tuesday, Mitt Romney remembered the Utah mayor who was killed last week while serving with the National Guard in Afghanistan. ET, successfully held several seats they were defending (including in Tennessee and Texas) and picked up two other seats held by Democrats in Indiana and Missouri. If Scott wins, it would add to the GOP's growing cushion in the Senate. However, Florida has a mandatory recount rule if candidates are within 0.5 percent of each other. With 99 percent of the vote tallied, Scott, the outgoing GOP governor, had 50.3 percent of the vote, while Nelson had 49.7 percent. The race is too close to call, according to an NBC News projection. Moments earlier, White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said in a statement that President Donald Trump had made congratulatory calls to winning Republican Senate candidates, including Scott. "The senator will be making a full statement tomorrow to thank all those who rallied for his cause." “This is obviously not the result Senator Nelson's campaign has worked hard for," the spokesperson said. ET, will make a "full statement tomorrow," a campaign spokesperson said early Wednesday. Bill Nelson of Florida, trailing Republican challenger Rick Scott by more than 55,000 votes as of 12:50 a.m. Thanks again for joining us, and don't forget check back with for updated coverage. In the Connecticut gubernatorial race, which was considered "too close to call" overnight, Democrat Ned Lamont is the apparent winner, NBC News projects. In the Alaska gubernatorial race, which was considered "too early to call" in the early hours of the morning Wednesday, Republican Mike Dunleavy is the apparent winner, NBC News projects.
ET Wednesday, there were still several races without outcomes because they remained "too close to call." They include:
As of early Wednesday, at least 95 women had won seats, breaking the current session's record of 84 women.īut by 2:04 p.m. A record number of women were elected to the House of Representatives.Democrats won in Wisconsin - defeating Trump ally and former Republican presidential candidate Scott Walker - as well as Illinois, Minnesota, Colorado and Nevada. In gubernatorial races, Democrats made some key gains even as Andrew Gillum in Florida was defeated and Stacey Abrams in Georgia was trailing.Jon Tester won re-election in Montana, NBC News projected Wednesday. After an overnight nailbiter, Democratic Sen. Republicans successfully defended Senate seats in Texas and Tennessee, while also picking up seats in Indiana, Missouri and North Dakota.ET on Wednesday, the party had picked up 28 seats in the House, more than the 23 needed to take the majority, with many West Coast results still outstanding. Powered by a suburban revolt against Trump, Democrats reclaimed a majority in the House, and scored a string of upsets in doing so. By 6:30 a.m.Republicans will remain in control of the Senate, and grew their majority by several seats. NBC projects that the Democrats have won a majority in the House of Representatives.We saw a lot happen, but we are still waiting on results in a number of races. Thank you so much for tuning in to our election night live blog.
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