Today, Senate Republicans voted to retain Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) as minority leader, turning back a challenge from Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) after the party failed to pick up seats in the chamber in the midterm elections. Some senators sought unsuccessfully to delay the vote to give them more time to assess the GOP’s dismal performance. McConnell has led Senate Republicans since 2007. Scott helmed the campaign committee tasked with electing more Republicans.
The machinations come a day after Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) survived a GOP leadership challenge in the House. He won reelection as the chamber’s GOP leader but remains short of the votes he will need to be speaker, if Republicans control the House in January. Republicans need to win just one of the uncalled races to flip the House, but they will have a very slim majority.
CONCORD, N.H. — After three hours of careful counting and tabulating, New Hampshire Secretary of State David Scanlan stood in the center of a crowd of volunteers, election officials and poll observers to announce the result of a recount in a key race for the state’s House of Representatives.
Wow — Rochester Ward 4 @NHHouseofReps race ends in a 970-970 tie vote #NHPolitics #WMUR pic.twitter.com/E4VNF7wrby
— Adam Sexton (@AdamSextonWMUR) November 16, 2022
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