The Democratic leader still faces skeptics in his ranks and hostility from some activists, but aides say he has enough commitments of support to be elected majority leader.
Senator Chuck Schumer, Democrat of New York, and his political team engaged in a $550 million push to put more Senate seats in play and increase their chances of regaining the majority.
A farm in Kansas. Ranchers were hurt when President Trumpβs plan to import more beef lowered the price they received for their cattle, and farmers had to pay more for fertilizer and diesel.
The rare Democrat in a fabled family of wealthy Republicans, he served 30 years as senator and helped bring health insurance to millions of low-income children.
A phalanx of lawyers, observers and campaign officials are watching the counting of votes in the race for Senate, where a Democratic challenger has a slim lead.
Scott Colom, a Democrat, ran a viral ad and courted Republicans at a Trump rally before winning virtually the same number of votes as Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith, a Republican.
They won Senate races in North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia, with a Mississippi race still too close to call. Their wins lifted down-ballot candidates too.
Years of organizing met a moment of voter discontent, as James Talarico and Gina Hinojosa offered Texans a vision of economic relief and political change.
President Trump frequently shrugged off affordability as a βhoaxβ issue, as he bragged to voters across the country that the economy was stronger than it had ever been.
Victories by moderates in competitive or Republican-leaning states and districts paved the way for large new Democratic majorities likely to be shaped by their priorities.
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