All polling stations for the midterm elections of the US Congress have been closed, the counting of votes has begun, according to the American media.
According to the preliminary data, the Republican Party received 220 seats in the House of Representatives of the US Congress, ahead of the Democratic Party, which received 215 seats, NBC News reports.
The TV channel also predicts that Nancy Pelosi, the current speaker of the House of Representatives, may enter Congress from the Democrats.
All 435 members of the House of Representatives and one third of the Senate will be elected according to the voting results. In addition, governors of 36 states and three US overseas territories are being elected in the current midterm elections. According to preliminary information available to leading American media, Republicans won in 22 states, Democrats in 13.
CNN drew attention to the fact that Republican Ron DeSantis was re-elected as the Governor of Florida. The intrigue, according to the TV channel, is that he can nominate his candidacy for the position of the US President in the 2024 elections, becoming Trump's intra-party rival.
