GOP Eyes Narrow House Control as Democrats Flip Senate Seat (3)

US voters delivered a mixed verdict in elections shaped by inflation and splits around social issues, with Republicans headed toward control of the US House, but by smaller margins than forecast.

With polls closed across most of the US, some of the bellwether races that Republicans had hoped to snatch were held by Democrats. In one of their biggest wins of the night, John Fetterman narrowly defeated Republican television celebrity Mehmet Oz to claim a Senate seat in Pennsylvania.

House GOP leader Kevin McCarthy, who is in line to become speaker with a Republican majority, declared victory early Wednesday ...