--- title: Republicans Likely Win Senate: Election Results 2024 description: The Associated Press called key Senate races in West Virginia and Ohio for Republicans. canonical: https://time.com/7173135/republicans-win-senate-2024/ author: Philip Elliott article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2024-11-06T04:37:14.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:50:16.138Z article:section: Politics og:title: Republicans on Path to Retake Control of Senate og:description: The Associated Press called key Senate races in West Virginia and Ohio for Republicans. og:url: https://time.com/7173135/republicans-win-senate-2024/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfbffb611dd1809ac/698a9bebe6e84a20e92ba06a/senate-election.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2400 og:image:height: 1350 og:image:alt: Senate And House Races Tighten With Weeks To Go og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Republicans on Path to Retake Control of Senate twitter:description: The Associated Press called key Senate races in West Virginia and Ohio for Republicans. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfbffb611dd1809ac/698a9bebe6e84a20e92ba06a/senate-election.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Republicans on Path to Retake Control of the Senate > Sponsored content. 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Republican former President Donald Trump claimed victory in his race against Democratic candidate Vice President Kamala Harris for the White House._  by [Philip Elliott](https://time.com/author/philip-elliott/)  ## Philip Elliott Senior Correspondent Nov 6, 2024 4:37 AM UTC  The US Capitol in Washington, DC, US, on Oct. 14, 2024. The US Capitol in Washington, DC, US, on Oct. 14, 2024. Stefani Reynolds—Bloomberg/Getty Images  by [Philip Elliott](https://time.com/author/philip-elliott/)  ## Philip Elliott Senior Correspondent Nov 6, 2024 4:37 AM UTC _For live updates on the 2024 presidential election,_ [_read TIME's coverage here_](https://time.com/7171938/2024-election-results/)_._ After a hard-fought [election cycle](https://time.com/7171938/2024-election-results/) that brought hundreds of millions of dollars in outside spending into the mix, [Republicans are expected to flip control of the Senate](https://time.com/7172241/map-2024-senate-race-results/) to their advantage when the 119th Congress gavels in next year, after The Associated Press called the Ohio Senate race for Republican Bernie Moreno. It was a costly, frustrating, and tougher-than-it-should-have-been victory in an environment that should have been an easy lift for Republicans. Democrats arrived on Election Day with a 51-49 advantage in the Upper Chamber. But Democrats wrote-off West Virginia as a lost cause after Sen. Joe Manchin announced he would not seek another term. That meant Democrats needed to run a perfect table and hold all three highly at-risk incumbents in Montana, Ohio, and Nevada. Early Wednesday, it became apparent that Democrats had failed in Ohio. Despite former President Donald Trump’s strong positioning and Republicans’ clear advantages, Senators Jon Tester of Montana, Sherrod Brown of Ohio, and Jackie Rosen of Nevada all were stronger-than-expected incumbents. Democrats invested heavily in those races; combined, those three races raked in close to a quarter-billion dollars in spending to boost their nominees and ding their Republican rivals. The spending still failed to keep Sen. Chuck Schumer of New York atop a chamber that is expected to be crucial to Harris’ agenda. Senate Republicans have not officially selected their next leader to follow Sen. Mitch McConnell, who is expected to step down as the longest-serving Leader. And it’s not clear how the newly elected Republicans can sync with the party as newcomers in an environment that rewards longevity and loyalty. Democrats started the cycle on the defense on a map that favored them not in the least. National Democrats went to work early to bulk up their endangered incumbents in the face of violent headwinds. With shrewd positioning that kept Joe Biden at arm’s length and careful messaging that hewed to home-state priorities, parochial pork projects, and amplifying Republicans’ problematic records, Democrats failed to run the straight-flush they needed on Election Day. ## Transcript Be an American wearing these stands. And I won't forget the men who Thank you very much, Wow. Well, I want to thank you all very much. This is great. These are our friends. We have thousands of friends on this incredible movement. This was a movement like nobody's ever seen before. And frankly, this was, I believe, the greatest political movement of all time. There's never been anything like this in this country and maybe beyond. And now it's going to reach a new level of importance because we're going to help our country heal. We're gonna help our country heal. We have a country that needs help, and it needs help very badly. We're gonna fix our borders. We're gonna fix everything about our country. And we made history for a reason tonight, and the reason is going to be just that. We overcame obstacles that nobody thought possible, and it is now clear that we've achieved the most incredible political thing. Look what happened. Is this crazy? So want to thank the American people for the extraordinary honor of being elected your 47th president and your 45th President. And every citizen, I will fight for you, for your family, and your future. Every single day, I will be fighting for you. And with every breath in my body, I will not rest until we have delivered the strong, safe, and prosperous America that our children deserve and that you deserve. This will truly be the Golden Age of America. That's what we have to. This is a magnificent victory for the American people that will allow us to make America great again. We also have won the popular vote. That was great. Oh. Thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you. Winning the popular vote was very nice, very nice. I will tell you. It's a great feeling of love. We have a great feeling of love in this very large room. With unbelievable people standing by my side, these people have been incredible. They've made the journey with me, and we're going to make you very happy. We're going to make you very proud of your vote. I hope that you're going to be looking back someday and say that was one of the truly important moments of my life when I voted for this group of people beyond the president, this group of great people. America has given us an unprecedented and powerful mandate. We have taken back control of the Senate. 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