00:01Democrats have secured a series of early victories in the closely watched U.S. midterm elections.
00:07The party flipped key seats in both the Senate and the House of Representatives.
00:12Meanwhile, Keisha Lance Bottoms' victory in Georgia's governor's race has further highlighted the challenges facing the Republican Party.
00:20Bottoms brings an end to over two decades of Republican rule in the state.
00:24She also marks history as the nation's first black woman governor.
00:29As for Republican victories, Trump backed Byron Donalds won the governor's race, becoming the state's first black governor,
00:36while Republican Ashley Moody retained a U.S. Senate seat.
00:40The highly anticipated midterm elections were widely seen as a referendum on U.S. President Donald Trump's second term.
00:48His approval rating has fallen to a low point in his second term over public discontent over his domestic decisions,
00:54the country's economy and the war in Iran.
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