A Republican House could still upend the trajectory of the presidency, with a decision to re-run looming in the distance
With the next two years of his presidency on the line and Congress in the balance, Joe Biden picked up the phone on Tuesday night and began placing a series of congratulatory calls.
At first, the president offered well-wishes to candidates widely expected to win their races, like Wes Moore, who was overwhelmingly elected to be Maryland’s first Black governor. But soon he was congratulating Democrats in more competitive races, like Virginia congresswoman Abigail Spanberger, whose race was seen as a bellwether of Republicans’ fortunes. And then a text to Pennsylvania lieutenant governor John Fetterman, who won one of the most fiercely contested Senate contests and gave Democrats their only gain in the chamber.