Democratic Party he secured the place he lacked in the American Senate to be able to maintain control of the body by achieving a decisive victory for the remainder of the reign Biden.

Catherine Cortez Masto’s victory in Nevada may have been narrow, but it was enough to keep at least one of the two houses of Congress in Democratic hands. At the same time, the Republicans managed to achieve a Pyrrhic victory in the House of Representatives, as they seem to have a marginal and therefore fragile majority.

The next day for Democrats and Republicans

This majority in the House will certainly allow them to “make life difficult” for President Biden in the second half of his four-year term. However, there is no place for celebration in the Republican camp. To their dismay and the dismay of the polls, the “red wave” they were waiting for never reached Washington. Their results are more than disappointing, given that by-elections traditionally favor the opposition party.

The fact that voters in some critical states were raising the issue of abortion and the course of American democracy particularly high seems to have played a major role in this unexpected result.

For the White House, and personally for President Biden, who has been challenged by friends and foes alike, the election results should be seen as justification. In any case, the American president comes out surprisingly strong, given that much more popular presidents like Barack Obama have suffered a crushing defeat in the midterms.

However, the same cannot be said of the former US president. Donald Trump, who, contrary to the recommendations of his colleagues, decided to get involved directly in the November elections. The result was definitely not what he expected, and so instead of capitalizing on the looming red wave, he found himself fatally linked to Republican poor performance in the election.

After all, quite a few analysts are talking about condemning “Trumpism” itself, as voters have turned their backs on all extremist candidates who have officially embraced conspiracy theories that question the legitimacy of the electoral process. The defeat of these America First candidates is a sure setback in the efforts of Trump allies to control the voting machine in a number of key states ahead of the 2024 presidential election.

In any case, the results of the November election for the first time since 2016 open a “window” for contestation that remains to be seen how it will be used by the traditional Republican elite, who never approved of Trump’s overthrow of the party.

What does Democratic control of the Senate mean for Greece?

As for Greece, Democratic control of the Senate is a positive, as it means that Senator Robert Menendez will continue to chair the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Hellenic American Leadership Council (HALC) Executive Director Eddie Zemenidis sticks to this fact.

and let’s not forget that with the victory in Nevada tonight, Senator Menendez is back as chairman of the foreign relations committee.

Once again…#IrthameNothing pic.twitter.com/oLCCIT4tY8

— Andy Zemenides (@Zemenides) November 13, 2022

In particular, it is equally important to Congress that all expatriate MPs be able to keep their seats and pass this election unscathed.

Although the Greek Assembly lost two Philhellenic MPs, Caroline Maloney and Ted Deutsch, it added a newcomer, the son of Senator Menendez, who managed to get elected with typical New Jersey ease. In the case of Chris Pappas, it’s a blessing in disguise that a crash has been avoided as he is expected to run for state senator in the next election.

Finally, the presence of expatriates at the state level is seen as particularly satisfying, with the return of Alexis Giannoulias to Illinois particularly noteworthy as he is seen as a promising politician who cannot be ruled out in the coming years when he is only 46 years old. a steadily growing path to the Central American political scene.

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