She came to the USA while still a child, escaping Somalia’s civil war with her family and spending four years in a Kenyan refugee camp.
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Republicans also expanded their advantage in the House, adding two seats.
However, Mr Trump’s strained relationship with Republicans – many who disavowed him during the election campaign – may make forming a harmonious partnership between the Congress and the White House more hard.
There were other states where Republicans padded the score.
While Democrats around the nation were dejected on the day after Election Day, the reconquest of the state House gave Democrats in New Mexico something to smile about.
Donald Trump secured the presidential race early Wednesday in a stunning victory that many pollsters never saw coming.
“As a result of yesterday’s election, the healthcare sector in NY will face a significantly different landscape”, Healthcare Association President Bea Grause said Wednesday. “There’s only one solution and that’s to honor the vote of 2010 and let’s move on with it. Let’s get going, we’re running out of time”.
Their gains in Iowa and Kentucky mean the GOP has won the trifecta in those states, controlling the governorship and both legislative chambers. Democrats will control only 30, the same breakdown as before voters went to the polls.
Other Republicans were also defeated, including Rep. Larry Fiske, of Enosburg Falls, and Joey Purvis, of Colchester.
Democrats’ hopes of winning a Senate majority appeared lost Tuesday as Republicans kept their seats in Indiana, North Carolina and Wisconsin and were leading hard-fought races to retain their seats in Missouri and New Hampshire.
⋄ Senate District 9, where incumbent Democrat John Sapien of Corrales held a 148-vote lead over Republican Diego Espinoza of Rio Rancho.
For the first time in more than 100 years, the Senate will not have a majority party as Republicans picked up three seats Tuesday bringing them in line with Democrats’ representation of 18 seats each.
What happens when the Legislature convenes in January will depend on the level of cooperation from the Republican governor as she enters her final two years in office.
ME is splitting its electoral votes for the first time, with Democrat Hillary Clinton winning three electoral votes and Republican Donald Trump collecting enough support to claim one electoral vote. Republican contenders were buoyed by Trump’s surprising victory early Wednesday in his White House bid against Democrat Hillary Clinton and his appeal to white working-class voters. Look for the next administration and GOP Congress to tweak financial regulations to favor Republican objectives, such as helping small banks and deregulating certain types of businesses for big banks.
In the Senate, Republicans will keep their majority after defying widespread expectations that they would lose it to Democrats in an unfavorable year where they were faced with defending a dozen competitive seats. GOP senators held 34 seats previously.
Officials say the pressure does increase for Lt. Gov. Nancy Wyman, who is a Democrat, and is capable of breaking a tie in the Senate.
“My hope is that President-elect Trump will focus on issues that unite us”, Maine Republican Senator Susan Collins, an outspoken Trump critic, said in a statement. Toomey has refused to take a position on Trump. An automatic recount was ordered in two close House races.
Tuesday’s results were a disaster for Democrats. Democrats had been almost certain of retaking control but saw their hopes fizzle as endangered GOP incumbents won in Missouri, Pennsylvania, North Carolina and even Democrat-friendly Wisconsin.
Elsewhere on the ballot, Republicans were celebrating significant inroads in state executive offices around the country.
Republicans were able to maintain a Franklin County seat. Reid maneuvered to fill it with Catherine Cortez Masto, Nevada’s former attorney general, who spoke of her family’s immigrant roots in a state with heavy Latino turnout. OR elected state Rep. Dennis Richardson (R) as its new Secretary of State over Brad Avakian, the incumbent Commissioner of Labor and Industries. Joe Manchin, seeking re-election next year from West Virginia.
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Recognizing the importance of this task, and how Republican dominance of states affects his own legacy, Obama travelled the country this year to support more than 150 state legislative candidates. Attorney Greg Baca will replace Sanchez, who was targeted in a wave of attack ads from a political committee run by the governor’s top political adviser. And Mike Casey, a Republican, leads North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin by a margin of 39,000 votes out of almost 2.5 million cast.
