US mid-term elections: National

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National

The Democrats have taken control of both the House of Representatives and the Senate, in a serious blow to Republican President George W Bush.

In the elections for state governors the Democrats also made gains, taking power in six more states, bringing their total number of governors up to 28, with the Republicans on 22.

SENATE

A late victory in Virginia has given the Democrats control of the Senate by a tiny margin. James Webb's narrow victory over Republican George Allen took his party past the winning post for control of the US's upper house.

Of the 100 seats in the Senate, 33 were up for election. The Democrats needed to gain six seats for victory.

Two independent senators make up the rest of the party's wafer-thin majority as former Democrat Joe Lieberman of Connecticut and Bernie Sanders of Vermont are expected to vote with the Democrats.

	PARTY	2000	2002	2004	2006
	Democratic	50	48	44	49
	Republican	50	51	55	49
	Independent	0	1	1	2

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

The Democrats needed to pick up 15 seats to end more than a decade of Republican dominance in the House; in the end they gained more than 30, giving them a clear majority.

	PARTY	2000	2002	2004	2006
	Democratic	212	204	202	233
	Republican	221	229	232	202
	Independent	2	1	1