The margin is tiny by the standards of American midterm elections. Since 1946, the president’s party has lost House seats in 18 of 20 midterms, shedding an average of about 26 seats. The only exceptions were Bill Clinton in 1998 and George W. Bush in 2002.

Democrats flipped seven Senate seats, including three in states held by Republicans for decades, and overcame a redistricting effort to capture the House. President Trump told The New York Times that he would accept the results.

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Democrat Xavier Becerra, a former state attorney general and U.S. health and human services secretary, and Republican Steve Hilton, a former British political adviser who later hosted a show on Fox News, moved on to the general election after California’s crowded and messy gubernatorial primary.

In the U.S. Senate race in Kansas, the Rev. Adam Hamilton defeated Sen. Roger Marshall. Democrat Cindy Holscher held a lead in the governor's race.

Votes are still being counted in some parts of the US, with the Republican Party having lost already control of the House and Senate. Follow live.

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Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, a progressive Democrat and outspoken critic of Israel, won Michigan’s Senate race, according to The Associated Press, maintaining his party’s hold on a crucial battleground seat despite a remarkable last-minute defection from his rival in the primary.

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