US elections: Democrats win majorities in the Senate and House; FOLLOW

Just over 3 hours after the polls closed, the count in Alaska continues at 69% of the votes counted. So far, Republican Dan S. Sullivan is ahead for the Senate election, with 48.5% against Democrat Mary Peltola's 47.7%. The difference in votes between them, however, is less than 2 thousand votes.

The almost namesake Daniel J. Sullivan Jr. appears in fourth place, with 1.7% of valid votes — just over 3,400 votes.

Alaska and Mississippi are the two US states left to determine the winner in the Senate race.

The Democratic Party won the majority of seats in the US House of Representatives in the early hours of Wednesday (4) after taking the Senate. The result constitutes a historic defeat for Republican President Donald Trump in the midst of the mid-term legislative elections, known as midterms.

Now, the party owns both Houses of the American Congress.

Democrats managed to "flip" 25 seats that were under Republican control in districts in the following states:

California

Colorado

Iowa

Kentucky

Missouri

North Carolina

Nebraska

New Jersey

Ohaio

Pennsylvania

Virginia.

Trump says he will accept defeat, but posts image of cap with the word 'veto'

The President of the United States, Donald Trump, stated on Tuesday night (3) that he will accept the result of the midterm elections and that he is willing to work with the Democrats.

"I'm absolutely willing to accept these results," Trump said in an interview with The New York Times.

The president also stated that he intends to seek agreements with members of the opposing party. Earlier, the Republican stated that, if he were running in the election, his party would win “in a landslide”.

After the first negative results for his party, Trump published a photo of a red cap with the word “veto”. Days earlier, the president anticipated how he would act if the Democrats won the elections.

Brazilian from Duque de Caxias is elected state deputy in Florida

Brazilian Felipe Sousa-Lazaballet, 40 years old, was elected state deputy in a district of Florida, in the United States, for the Democratic Party. Born in Duque de Caxias, in Baixada Fluminense, he will be the first Brazilian to occupy a seat in the state's Legislative Assembly.

With the election, he also becomes the first openly gay immigrant to win a seat in the state legislature.

James Talarico is elected senator for the state of Texas

Senator James Talarico is the first Democrat elected senator from Texas in 38 years after beating Republican Ken Paxton. At 1:05 am this Wednesday (4), with 66% of votes counted, the winning candidate received 59.4% of the votes. His opponent had 39.0% at the same time.

The state is traditionally conservative - the last Democrat to hold the Senate seat was Lloyd Bentsen in 1988.