BREAKING: Republicans Oust Longtime Democrat Senator In Another Massive Flip

Bernie Moreno, the Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in Ohio, has unseated three-term Senator Sherrod Brown, likely flipping the balance of power in the Senate to the GOP.

Decision Desk HQ called the race in favor of Moreno just before 11 p.m. Eastern Time. With 84 percent of Ohio precincts reporting, Moreno is currently ahead with 50.8 percent of the vote, while Brown trails with 45.8 percent. Libertarian candidate Don Kissick has also garnered a sizable share of the vote at three percent.

Decision Desk HQ projects Bernie Moreno (R) wins the US Senate election in Ohio.#DecisionMade: 10:50 PM EDT

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— Decision Desk HQ (@DecisionDeskHQ) November 6, 2024

With the Ohio Senate race officially called, Republicans only need to flip one more seat in order to flip the Senate, which they are widely projected to do.

Republicans secured their first pickup of the night just over 20 minutes after polls closed in West Virginia, where incumbent Governor Jim Justice flipped the open seat. Longtime Senator Joe Manchin announced his retirement earlier this year, making the flip a near certainty in the overwhelmingly pro-Trump state.

The GOP is also in a prime position to pick up the seat held by Senator Jon Tester in deep-red Montana. Like Brown and Pennsylvania Senator Bob Casey, Tester has had the benefit of running in overwhelmingly positive years for Democrats. All three Senators were first elected in 2006, a midterm election where Democrats capitalized on an unpopular George W. Bush presidency and recorded massive gains. They also had the benefit of running with President Barack Obama on the ballot in 2012, and then another blue wave midterm year in 2018.

In Pennsylvania, Republican challenger Dave McCormick is maintaining a slight lead over Casey with a little more than 50 percent of precincts reporting. The GOP is also receiving encouraging results in Wisconsin, where incumbent Democrat Senator Tammy Baldwin is slightly trailing her Republican opponent, Eric Hovde, with a little more than 62 percent of votes counted.

U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers (R-MI) has opened a slight lead over U.S. Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI), currently running two points ahead with a little more than 35 percent of votes counted.

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