🔸 The counting of votes in the mid-term elections in the United States continues after the confirmation of the victory of the Democrats in both houses of Congress, and the competition for the two remaining seats in the Senate in the states of Mississippi and Alaska has not yet been determined.
According to the latest results announced in the American media, until the morning of Thursday, November 5, the Democrats won at least 54 seats out of a total of 100 seats in the Senate, and the Republicans 44 seats.
In the House of Representatives, according to the latest media statistics, the Democrats won 239 seats and the Republicans won 147 seats, and the counting of votes in dozens of other areas is still ongoing.
In one of the most important political developments since the election, Mike Johnson, the Speaker of the US House of Representatives, announced that he will not run for any of the leadership positions of the Republican Party in the next Congress.
🔸 Johnson has served as Speaker of the House of Representatives since October 2023, and during Donald Trump's term, he was one of his most important allies in Congress.