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Democrats continue to make gains in tight US midterm races

Races that were too tight to call the evening of midterm elections held in the U.S. on Nov. 6 have largely flipped to Democrats, including an Arizona senate seat.

Democrat Kyrsten Sinema defeated Republican Martha McSally to win election to the U.S. Senate from Arizona, the first Democrat since 1988 elected to represent the state in the Senate.

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In Washington state, Democrat Kim Schrier defeated Republican Dino Rossi to represent Washington's 8th congressional district, which has been represented by a Republican for the past 13 years. The district was something of a staging area for several aspects of President Donald Trump's approach to trade policy.

Elsewhere, Democrats have continued to pad their House gains in states like California, where Democrat Harley Rouda defeated Republican Dana Rohrabacher, who was first elected to the House in 1988. Democrat Katie Hill defeated Republican Rep. Steve Knight in the state's 25th congressional district.

Some House races in New Jersey and New York states where Democratic candidates ran against the 2017 GOP tax law have not been called by the Associated Press as of 8:30 a.m. ET. Needing to flip 23 seats to gain control of the House, Democrats have picked up at least 32 seats, according to the AP.