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Republicans Projected to Win House of Representatives

   Suzanne Presto 02 November 2010
   Republican U.S. Senate candidate Rand Paul and his wife Kelley wave to
   supporters  as  they  arrive  for  his  victory celebration in Bowling
   Green, Ky., Tuesday, 02 Nov 2010

Photo: AP

   Republican U.S. Senate candidate Rand Paul and his wife Kelley wave to
   supporters  as  they  arrive  for  his  victory celebration in Bowling
   Green, Ky., Tuesday, 02 Nov 2010

   The  Republican Party appears on course to win control of the House of
   Representatives  in  congressional  elections, but Republicans are not
   expected  to win the additional 10 seats needed to take control of the
   Senate. Â
   Opposition  Republicans were widely expected to make gains in Congress
   this  year,  after  electoral  cycles  saw  Democrats  win  control of
   Congress in 2006 and the White House in 2008.
   Early  winners  in  Tuesday's  mid-term  elections included Republican
   Senate  candidate Rand Paul, who was supported by the conservative Tea
   Party   movement.    Paul  campaigned  against  budget  deficits  and
   President  Barack  Obama's  economic stimulus and health care overhaul
   programs. Â
   Paul spoke to cheering supporters Tuesday night.
   "I  will  ask  the  Senate respectfully to deliberate upon this: Do we
   wish  to  live  free,  or  be enslaved by debt?  Do we believe in the
   individual, or do we believe in the state? he asked.
   The  tea  party  is a grassroots, conservative, anti-spending movement
   which  has  gained  momentum within the Republican party over the last
   two years.
   But  one  of the other Tea Party candidates, Christine O'Donnell, lost
   in the Senate race in Delaware, defeated by Democrat Chris Coons.
   Republicans  are  not  expected  to  wrest  control of the Senate from
   President Obama's Democratic Party.
   Democrat  Joe Manchin scored a key victory for his party when he won a
   Senate  seat  in  West  Virginia  -  a  win critical to the Democratic
   party's  bid to hold the Senate.  Manchin was in a close contest with
   a Republican for the seat. Â
   Manchin,  West Virginia's governor, told supporters Tuesday night that
   he was proud of all the work accomplished in the state.
   "But when I look at what challenges we have ahead of us in Washington,
   I know it's time to take that fight there," he said.
   A  party  switch  in  the  House  would  end  the  four-year tenure of
   Democratic  Speaker  Nancy  Pelosi.   Her likely replacement would be
   House Republican Leader John Boehner.
   "If  we [Republicans] are lucky enough to be in the majority, and I am
   lucky  enough  to  be the Speaker of the House, it is going to be real
   different [in Congress]," he said.
   At  stake  in  nationwide  balloting are all 435 seats in the House of
   Representatives, more than one-third of the Senate, and more than half
   of America's governorships. Â

House of Representatives

   Note: Vertical line represents number needed for majority (218).

Senate

   Note: Vertical line represents number needed for majority (51).

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