US midterms: Republicans close in on House win but Senate control up for grabs

Emma Kent, two, looks around while her mother, Melinda, fills out her ballot at a polling location in Chesterfield, New Hampshire, during the midterm elections (Kristopher Radder/The Brattleboro Reformer via AP)

Republicans are closing in on a narrow majority in the US House of Representatives while control of the Senate hinged on a series of tight races in a midterm election that defied expectations of sweeping conservative victories driven by frustration over inflation and President Joe Biden’s leadership.

Either party could secure a Senate majority with wins in both Nevada and Arizona – where the races were too early to call.