Republicans gained majority in the U.S. Senate

Republicans gained majority in the U.S. Senate and widened control of the House of Representatives in midterm elections on Tuesday. US, Republicans seized control of the Senate in mid-term elections that tipped the balance of power away from President Barack Obama and will complicate his remaining two years in office. Republicans who already control the House of Representatives now have the control of the Senate also , for the first time since elections in 2006. The country went to the polls last night to elect one third of the 100-seat Senate, all 435 members of the House of Representatives, 36 out of 50 state governors, and countless state and local offices. The mid-term elections are held in the middle of a presidential term. Republicans, who currently hold 45 seats, took the Senate back from the Democrats eight years after losing the 100-member chamber by adding at least seven seats in the midterm elections. Republican candidates picked up the seven key states previously held by Democrats in Iowa, Montana, Colorado, North Carolina, Arkansas, South Dakota and West Virginia to gain 52 seats in the Senate. The victory will give Republicans full control of Congress, as they have fortified on Tuesday their dominance in the House of representatives. Three incumbent Democratic senators , Kay Hagan of North Carolina, Mark Pryor of Arkansas, and Mark Udall of Colorado have lost the seats to their Republican challengers. Joni Ernst netted a crucial seat in Iowa for the GOP and Republican Shelley Moore Capito, Mike Rounds and Steve Daines won the races in West Virginia, South Dakota and Montana respectively. Louisiana’s Senate race will head to a runoff in December as neither incumbent Democrat Mary Landrieu or Republican Bill Cassidy was able to gain more than 50 percent of the vote. Mitch McConnell, the leader of the Senate Republicans, won a re-election in Kentucky and is poised to become Majority Leader in the Republican Senate. Republicans have maintained their House majority and won more seats than the previously held 233 in the 435-member chamber. Senate leaders will head to the White House on Friday to meet with Obama, Congressional aides and a White House official said late Tuesday. The meeting is expected to include McConnell, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, House Speaker John Boehner and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi. Media agencies Despite GOP’s congressional victory, some analysts still find cooperation between the White House and the Capitol Hill possible.