
Renewal of the House of Representatives, a third of the Senate and 36 governorships
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The American mid-term elections renew the entire House of Representatives (435 seats), more than a third of the Senate (35 elected) and a majority of governors (36 positions). This vote was akin to a referendum on the person of Donald Trump and was to determine his room for maneuver for the last two years of his second and final term.
Nearly 250 million Americans were called to the polls for the midterm elections this Tuesday, November 3, in order to renew the entire House of Representatives (435 seats), more than a third of the Senate (35 elected), as well as a majority of governors (36 positions) in what was akin to a referendum on the person of Donald Trump and which would therefore determine the room for maneuver of the President of the United States during the two years to come, the last of his second, and final, mandate. A sign of the stakes, 57 million voters (57,689,765) have already voted in advance, the record for this type of election.
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At the end of the midterms, a Democratic wave overturned the Republican majority and allowed representatives of minorities to access leading positions. Keisha Lance Bottoms becomes the first black female governor of Georgia, Deb Haaland the first Native American female governor of New Mexico, Chris Pappas the first openly gay male senator of New Hampshire, David Crowley the first black governor of Wisconsin, and Byron Donalds the first African American governor of Florida. Hakeem Jeffries is tipped to become the first African-American to president of the House of Representatives.

Donald Trump said he accepted the results of the American mid-term elections, marked by a Democratic wave and the loss of the House of Representatives, while refusing to take personal responsibility for them. He promised to work with Democrats while rejecting any personal defeat.

Vivek Ramaswamy, a billionaire Republican entrepreneur close to the White House, lost the election for governor of Ohio to Democrat Amy Acton. A few days before the vote, he broadcast an advertisement showing Acton's mother calling her daughter a liar and calling not to vote for her, without mentioning that the latter had been raped between the ages of 9 and 12 by her stepfather.

In the November 3 midterm elections in the United States, Democrats regain control of the Senate thanks to victories in Texas, North Carolina and South Carolina, while Republicans lose 12 seats in the House of Representatives, marking a sanction vote against Donald Trump.

Donald Trump has declared that he accepts the results of the mid-term elections in the United States, marked by Democratic gains, but refuses to take personal responsibility for them, claiming not to have been on the ballot. He vows to work with Democrats while attacking Fox News and preparing for new House investigations.

The first results of the mid-term elections in the United States, held on Tuesday, November 3, indicate a sanction vote against Donald Trump. Democrats gained five seats in the Senate and Republicans lost seven in the House of Representatives, threatening the Republican majority in Congress.