On Tuesday 3rd November, adults across the United States of America voted in the presidential election, which also awards congressional seats. While the presidential results took days to come back, in congress it only took a few hours for the numbers to start coming in.
According to NBC, this is the most women there have ever been in congress, with 135 seats being claimed by women (103 democrat, and 32 republican). Some notable events during this election: Cori Bush has become Missouri’s first black congresswoman; New Mexico is the first state to elect all women of color to the House of Representatives; Yvette Herrell has been elected as the first Native American to be elected to congress; Stephanie Byers as the first out trans person of color elected to state legislature; Maureen turner has become the first non-binary state legislature.
In order to reach a majority number of senators, the party must have 51 senators. The republicans (as of 8pm EST, Saturday November 7th) lead the number of senators 48 to 46, with 2 seats going to a third party. With 409 of the 435 seats in the House of Representatives up for grabs in the election, the race is currently 214 democratic representatives to 195 republican representatives. For a House majority, a party would need 218 representatives. As many people have heard by now, Biden has won the Presidential election with 290 electoral votes to Trump’s 214(candidates need 270 electoral votes to win). Biden reached 270 votes on Saturday morning, as Pennsylvania called for Biden as the president, giving him enough electoral votes to have the majority. At this time (8:20pm EST, Saturday 7th November), Alaska, Georgia, and North Carolina haven’t been called, but Alaska and North Carolina are both leaning Trump, and Georgia is leaning Biden.
(All election results taken from the Associated Press)
Written by Lilia
Artwork by Sophia Patterson
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