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    Democrats take the House, Republicans hold the Senate in split-screen midterm vote

    by Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times Nov 07, 2018 5 minutes

    Democrats seized control of the House while Republicans fortified their hold on the Senate as voters stormed the polls Tuesday to render the first electoral judgment on the tumultuous presidency of Donald Trump.

    Riding a familiar wave of discontent, Democratic House candidates surged to victory in blue, red and purple states - from New York to Oklahoma, New Jersey to Colorado, Florida to Minnesota and Texas.

    The party claimed the 23 seats Democrats needed to take control of the chamber - the third time it has turned over in 12 years - even before results came in from California and its batch of hotly contested races.

    While votes were tallied in her home state, Democratic House leader Nancy Pelosi, the front-runner to reclaim the speaker's gavel she surrendered in 2011, took the stage at a Washington victory party

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