
Teilergebnisse der Zwischenwahlen zeigen Sitzverlust für Republikaner
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Bei den US-Zwischenwahlen haben die Demokraten laut Teilergebnissen von AP und anderen US-Medien die Mehrheit im Senat gewonnen und den Republikanern mindestens fünf Mandate abgenommen.
Es ist eine schwere Niederlage für die Partei von US-Präsident Donald Trump: Die oppositionellen Demokraten haben bei den Zwischenwahlen die Mehrheit im Senat gewonnen.
Dies geht aus Teilergebnissen und Berechnungen der Nachrichtenagentur AP und anderen US-Medien hervor. Die Demokraten nahmen den Republikanern demnach mindestens fünf Mandate ab: in Texas, Kansas, Iowa, North Carolina und South Carolina.
Sie kommen demnach auf mindestens 51 der 100 Sitze.
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