Midterm election results updates: Dems keep control of Senate with Nevada win

Catherine Cortez Masto’s victory in Nevada clinched the chamber for Democrats.

ByAlexandra Hutzler, Tal Axelrod, Emily Shapiro, Morgan Winsor, Isabella Murray, Meredith Deliso, Nadine El-Bawab, Julia Jacobo, and Stephanie Guerilus
Last Updated: November 15, 2022, 5:21 AM EST

The 2022 midterm elections shaped up to be some of the most consequential in the nation's recent history, with control of Congress at stake.

All 435 seats in the House and 35 of 100 seats in the Senate were on the ballot, as well as several influential gubernatorial elections in battleground states like Arizona, Georgia, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.

Democrats were defending their narrow majorities in both chambers and retained control of the Senate, though control of the House isn't yet clear. But a Republican flip of the lower chamber would be enough to curtail most of President Joe Biden's legislative agenda and would likely result in investigations against his administration and even his family.

Key updates:

Here is how the news is developing. All times Eastern.
Nov 08, 2022, 3:15 PM EST

Harris campaigns with LA mayoral candidate

Vice President Kamala Harris showed her support for Los Angeles mayoral candidate Rep. Karen Bass, D-Calif., by joining her at John O’Groats restaurant in Los Angeles.

Vice President Kamala Harris joined Los Angeles mayoral candidate Karen Bass to speak with reporters outside the John O’Groats restaurant briefly.
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Harris campaigns with LA mayoral candidateVice President Kamala Harris joined Los Angeles mayoral candidate Karen Bass to speak with reporters outside the John O’Groats restaurant briefly.
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Bass said she told Harris that it meant the world to her that she came on Election Day.

Like Harris, a victory for Bass would be a monumental first. If she wins, Bass would be the first woman elected mayor of Los Angeles.

Vice President and Second Gentleman join Mayoral candidate Congresswoman Karen Bass for a stop to buy biscuits at John O'Groats restaurant in Los Angeles, Nov. 8, 2022.
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-ABC News’ Armando Tonatiuh Torres-García

Nov 08, 2022, 12:55 PM EST

Maricopa County sees issues with tabulators

In Maricopa County, Arizona, 20% of voting locations are experiencing issues with tabulators, according to Bill Gates, the chairman of the county's Board of Supervisors.

“We've got about 20% of the locations out there, where there's an issue with the tabulator where some of the ballots that after people have voted them, try and run them through the tabulator, they're not going through,” Gates said.

Officials are working as quickly as possible to fix the issue, Gates said.

Despite the issues with the tabulators, the county retains paper ballots, so votes will be counted.

Maricopa County recorder Stephen Richer told ABC News that more than 25,000 voters have already successfully cast their ballots.

A voter drops his ballot into a drop box at the Maricopa County Tabulation and Election Center in Phoenix, Ariz., Nov. 07, 2022.
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-ABC News’ Ali Dukakis and Laura Romero

Nov 08, 2022, 12:24 PM EST

Trump votes in Palm Beach

Former President Donald Trump, joined by his wife Melania, voted in Palm Beach, Florida, Tuesday morning.

Former President Donald Trump and his wife Melania walk outside a polling station during midterm election in Palm Beach, Florida, Nov. 8, 2022.
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While appearing at a rally in Ohio Monday night for Republican Senate candidate J.D. Vance, Trump teased that he will make a “very big” announcement on Nov. 15 at his Mar-a-Lago estate.

Former President Trump voted in Palm Beach, Florida, and hinted at a big announcement next Tuesday.
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Trump says he voted for Ron DeSantisFormer President Trump voted in Palm Beach, Florida, and hinted at a big announcement next Tuesday.
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Nov 08, 2022, 12:22 PM EST

DOJ monitors will stay outside of polling places in Florida

Department of Justice election monitors will be positioned outside of Florida polling locations following a letter the DOJ received Monday from the Florida Department of State.

Voters wait in line to cast their ballots in the midterm elections at a polling station in Kissimmee, Florida on Nov. 8, 2022.
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The letter said the DOJ election monitors, who planned to observe polling places in three counties for compliance with federal voting rights laws, are not permitted to go inside the locations, per Florida law. The letter cited a Florida statute that lists who can enter a polling place and “Department of Justice personnel are not included on the list.”

Monitoring of polling places by the DOJ Civil Rights Division is very common and will take place across 64 jurisdictions in 24 states this year.

During the 2020 election, the DOJ under Trump monitored five counties in Florida.

-ABC News’ Alex Mallin and Jay O’Brien

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