US elections: US Senate control on knife’s edge in voting for Congress

Democrats picked up their first seat from Republicans as US Representative Tammy Duckworth, as expected, defeated Senator Mark Kirk in Illinois, according to the major TV networks. Duckworth is a double-amputee Iraq war veteran. With her victory, Democrats need to pick up four more seats from Republicans in order to win a majority in the Senate.

The networks projected that in Indiana, former Senator Evan Bayh failed in his bid to return to the Senate, losing to Republican Representative Todd Young. The two candidates had been vying to replace Republican Dan Coates, who retired. Bayh’s loss was a missed opportunity for Democrats to gain a seat.