2022年中期选举成为美国近代史上最重要的一次选举，国会的控制权岌岌可危。
众议院的所有435个席位和参议院100个席位中的35个席位都在投票中，还有亚利桑那州、佐治亚州、宾夕法尼亚州和威斯康星州等几个有影响力的战场州的州长选举。
民主党人捍卫了他们在两院的微弱多数，并保留了对参议院的控制权，但众议院的控制权尚不明朗。但共和党对众议院的翻转足以限制乔·拜登总统的大部分立法议程，并可能导致对他的政府甚至他的家人的调查。
凯蒂·霍布斯的竞选经理妮可·德蒙特在今晚马里科帕县的投票似乎没有达到共和党人卡莉·莱克的希望后发表了以下声明，没有完全宣布霍布斯的胜利，但表示事情会这样发展。
她说:“根据马里科帕、皮纳尔和皮马县的最新统计结果，凯蒂·霍布斯无疑是下一任亚利桑那州州长的热门人选。”"从第一轮计票开始，凯蒂就一直领先，今晚的结果出来后，很明显这种情况不会改变。"
根据迄今为止非官方的县计票结果，民主党人霍布斯在这场尚未所谓的竞选中领先雷克大约26，011票。全州大约还有16万张选票。
马里科帕县周日晚上又投出了大约97，000张选票，莱克在那里获得了大约9，000张选票。就在马里科帕之前，皮马县公布了另外12，000张选票，霍布斯在那里获得了更多的选票。皮纳尔县也下降了3000张选票，使莱克略有上升。
否认竞选的宾夕法尼亚州州长候选人道格·马斯特里亚诺(Doug Mastriano)周日晚上正式向州司法部长、民主党人乔希·夏皮罗(Josh Shapiro)认输，结束了这一周这位州参议员对自己的失败保持沉默，但似乎从未准备好质疑选举结果，尽管此前曾对选举的诚信提出质疑。
马斯特里亚诺在一份声明中写道:“虽然结果很难接受，但除了承认，没有正确的道路，我承认，我期待着未来的挑战。”“乔希·夏皮罗将是我们的下一任州长，我请求每个人给他领导的机会，并祈祷他领导有方。”
马斯特里亚诺是2020年选举欺诈的毫无根据的说法的支持者之一，他在选举日之前的几周多次表示，他质疑今年计算选票的方法。
在他的让步声明中，他认为“宾夕法尼亚州非常需要选举改革。”
美国东部时间11月13日下午1:42
科尔特斯·马斯托庆祝内华达州参议员获胜:“我将永远战斗”
内华达州参议员凯瑟琳·科尔特斯·梅斯托周日在拉斯维加斯的木匠国际培训中心庆祝她在上周选举中的胜利，这确保了民主党人会保持对国会的控制.
“谢谢你，内华达。谢谢你。我非常感谢每一位志愿者，他们挨家挨户敲门，打电话，写明信片和信件，并有勇气公开站出来为我们的州而战。
“对所有的内华达州人来说，无论你们是否投票给我，我都会永远为你们而战，”她说。
科尔特斯·马斯托说，她以微弱优势战胜共和党人亚当·拉克萨尔特(Adam Laxalt)，这位前州检察长和前参议员的儿子和孙子，不仅是关于她，也是关于该州人民、工人阶级家庭和拉丁美洲人，他们在她担任参议员期间一直支持她。
“和你们所有人一样，我从未忘记我来自哪里，我的家人来自哪里...我将继续为我们的拉丁裔社区而战，”她说。
更广泛地说，她说，“我对你们在这次选举中投入的所有时间、承诺和努力感激不尽。现在我们庆祝，让我们继续工作。”
拉克萨特还没有发言或承认。他承认在社交媒体上随着计票工作的继续，Cortez Masto正在缩小他们之间的差距，并可能获胜。
美国东部时间11月13日下午1:26
中期选举结果出来后，众议院的进步人士大声疾呼
华盛顿民主党众议员普拉米拉·贾亚帕尔周日告诉记者，在她的政党令人惊讶的中期表现之后，他们逆历史潮流而动限制他们在房子里的损失，明年的国会将会看到“几十年来最进步的民主党党团会议。”
国会进步党团(CPC)主席贾亚帕尔在与新当选议员的新闻发布会上表示，她的团体将在明年1月拥有100多名成员。
她说，尽管过去的周期模式和拜登白宫不受欢迎，但“没有红色浪潮”，迄今为止，大多数中国共产党支持的候选人赢得了他们的竞选。
贾亚帕尔没有说她是否会支持加州议员南希·佩洛西再次竞选领袖或者她自己是否会竞选众议院领袖。
对于明年1月下届国会开始前的跛脚鸭会议，贾亚帕尔说，她的团队的目标包括提高债务限额和恢复儿童税收抵免。她说，中国石油天然气公司将很快召开执行董事会会议，制定一项计划。
即将上任的佛罗里达州众议员麦克斯韦·弗罗斯特第一位Z世代国会议员——在新闻发布会上说，年轻人关心的不是“和别人有什么不同”。
“区别在于他们看待同样问题的角度，”他说。
截至周日，随着计票工作的继续，众议院的控制权仍未确定。
Midterm election results live updates: Dems keep control of Senate with Nevada win
The 2022 midterm elections shaped up to be some of the most consequential in the nation's recent history, with control of Congress at stake.
All 435 seats in the House and 35 of 100 seats in the Senate were on the ballot, as well as several influential gubernatorial elections in battleground states like Arizona, Georgia, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.
Democrats were defending their narrow majorities in both chambers and retained control of the Senate, though control of the House isn't yet clear. But a Republican flip of the lower chamber would be enough to curtail most of President Joe Biden's legislative agenda and would likely result in investigations against his administration and even his family.
Hobbs' campaign manager calls her 'the unequivocal favorite'
Katie Hobbs' campaign manager, Nicole DeMont, made the following statement after tonight's vote drop from Maricopa County appeared to fall short of Republican Kari Lake's hopes, not quite declaring victory for Hobbs but saying it's going that way.
"With the latest tabulation results from Maricopa, Pinal and Pima counties, Katie Hobbs is the unequivocal favorite to become the next governor of Arizona," she said. "Katie has led since the first round of ballots were counted, and after tonight’s results, it's clear that this won't change."
Hobbs, a Democrat, is leading Lake by about 26,011 votes in the yet-to-be-called race, according to unofficial county tallies so far. There are about 160,000 ballots left statewide.
Maricopa County dropped approximately 97,000 more ballots Sunday night, and Lake netted about 9,000 votes there. Just ahead of Maricopa, Pima County released another 12,000 votes, where Hobbs netted more votes. Pinal County also dropped 3,000 votes, giving Lake a slight boost.
-ABC News' Libby Cathey
Nov 13, 6:24 PM EST
Election-denying candidate Doug Mastriano fully concedes in Pennsylvania race
Doug Mastriano, the election-denying candidate for Pennsylvania governor, officially conceded Sunday night to Democrat Josh Shapiro, the state attorney general, capping a week in which the state senator was silent about his defeat but never seemed poised to challenge the results, despite previously casting doubt on the integrity of the election.
"Difficult to accept as the results are, there is no right course but to concede, which I do, and I look to the challenges ahead," Mastriano wrote in a statement. "Josh Shapiro will be our next governor, and I ask everyone to give him the opportunity to lead and pray that he leads well."
Mastriano, one of the proponents of baseless claims of 2020 election fraud, suggested multiple times in the weeks prior to Election Day that he questioned the methods by which votes were counted this year.
In his concession statement, he argued that "Pennsylvania is in great need of election reform."
-ABC News' Will McDuffie and Oren Oppenheim
Nov 13, 1:42 PM EST
Cortez Masto celebrates Nevada Senate win: 'I will always fight'
Nevada Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto took center stage on Sunday at the Carpenters International Training Center in Las Vegas to celebrate her victory in last week's election, which ensured Democrats will retain control of Congress.
“Thank you, Nevada. Thank you. I am so grateful to every volunteer who knocked on doors, who made phone calls, who wrote postcards and letters and who had the courage to publicly stand up and fight for our state,” she said.
“To all Nevadans, whether you voted for me or not, I will always fight for you always," she said.
Cortez Masto said her narrow win over Republican Adam Laxalt, a former state attorney general and son and grandson of former senators, was not just about her but the people of the state, working-class families and the Latinos who have continued to support her throughout her time as senator.
“Like all of you, I've never forgotten where I come from and where my family came from ... I will continue to fight for our Latino community,” she said.
More broadly, she said, "I cannot thank you enough for all of the time, commitment, effort -- everything that you put into this election. Now we celebrate, and let's continue the work.”
Laxalt has yet to speak or concede. He had acknowledged on social media that as vote-counting continued, Cortez Masto was narrowing the gap between them and could win.
-ABC News' Abby Cruz
Nov 13, 1:26 PM EST
House progressives speak out after midterm results
Washington Democratic Rep. Pramila Jayapal told reporters on Sunday that in the wake of her party's surprising midterm performance, in which they bucked history to limit their losses in the House, next year's Congress will see the "most progressive Democratic caucus in decades."
Jayapal, chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC), said at a news conference with newly elected lawmakers that her group will have 100-plus members come January.
She said that, despite the pattern of past cycles and the Biden White House's unpopularity, there was "no red wave" and a majority of the CPC-endorsed candidates won their races so far.
Jayapal wouldn't say if she'll support Speaker Nancy Pelosi if the California lawmaker runs again for leadership -- or if she herself will run for House leadership.
For the lame-duck session before the next Congress starts in January, Jayapal said her group's goals include raising the debt limit and reviving the child tax credit. She said CPC is holding an executive board meeting soon to lay out a plan.
Incoming Florida Rep. Maxwell Frost -- who will be the first Gen Z member of Congress -- said at the news conference that what young people care about is not "anything different than anyone else."
"The difference is the lens in which they see those same issues," he said.
Control of the House remained unprojected as of Sunday as vote-counting continues.
