After a long and bitter campaign, Americans cast their votes on Nov 2 in elections that swept Democrats from power in Congress and slammed the brakes on President Barack Obama's legislative agenda...

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Republicans win House; Democrats keep Senate
Opposition Republicans delivered a stinging blow to President Barack Obama, capturing the House of Representatives in election results tallied on Nov 3. >>>

GOP gains House seats; tea party favorites thrive
Resurgent Republicans piled up gains in pursuit of a House majority Tuesday night and added seats in the Senate, too, in midterm elections shadowed by recession and fueled by a rebellion of tea party conservatives. >>>

Tea Party get mixed results in midterm elections
With ballots still being counted, Tea Party favored candidates have got mixed results in 2010 midterm elections, according to US media projections on Nov 2,2010. >>>

US Republicans score wins in fight for Congress
Republicans scored the first vital US election wins on Nov 2after a long and bitter campaign that could sweep Democrats from power in Congress and slam the brakes on President Barack Obama's legislative agenda. >>>

US Republicans say voters will repudiate Obama
With two days left in a bitter fight for control of the US Congress, Republicans on Oct 31 appeared headed to a smashing victory they said would be a repudiation of President Barack Obama and his policies. >>> 

Obama makes final campaign push
US President Barack Obama has chosen Ohio as the key state for his final rally before the mid-term election held on November 2. More than 8,000 Democrats gathered at Cleveland State University's Wolstein Center on Oct 31 to show support. >>>

Obama touts job creation as midterm elections near
US President Barack Obama on Monday touted his administration's job-creation efforts just eight days before elections in which voters' economic anxiety threatens his Democrats' grip on Congress. >>> 

Bill Clinton races to help Democratic candidates
Bill Clinton, out of the White House for nearly a decade and once considered a political liability, is campaigning for Democratic candidates at a pace no one can match, drawing big crowds and going to states that President Barack Obama avoids. >>> 

Obama takes his act to Jon Stewart's 'Daily Show'
First he gave an unexpected endorsement to Jon Stewart's upcoming "Rally to Restore Sanity." Now President Barack Obama is giving Stewart's satirical talk show the ultimate television "get" -- himself as a guest. >>> 

Obama targets key groups in election's homestretch
President Barack Obama is targeting key Democratic constituencies as he tries to energize voters and build up Election Day turnout among supporters who helped him win the White House: young people, African-Americans and women. >>>

Obama takes on election-year fears over big debt
"We got it moving again," Obama said of the economy in this Midwestern city, where unemployment tops 14 percent. "We now have to, in a gradual way, reduce spending ... but do so in a way that doesn't hurt people. And that is a challenge." >>> 

US forces' pullout not true but a show for election
Although the last US combat brigade was pulling out of Iraq, Damascus-based Iraqi figures said that the pullout is a false one. Chief of Iraq's Tribe Coalition Isam al-Bouhlala said that the US withdrawal from Iraq is a tactical step. >>> 

Analysis

Vote unlikely to affect Sino-US ties
The United States midterm elections on Tuesday will likely to have a profound effect on its domestic policies, but will herald only a slight adjustment of attitude toward China on heated topics such as currency and trade issues, experts say. >>>

GOP victory could influence US-EU ties
A big Republican win in Tuesday's United States congressional elections could jolt US relations with Europe by affecting issues such as arms control, climate change and relations with Turkey. >>>

Obama's challenges in midterm elections
The main goals of the midterm election is?to elect members of the Senate and the House of Representatives on Capitol Hill, in addition to state governors, local mayors and members of city councils across the country. >>>

Ties face US midterm poll test
The?US midterm election is a test of the incumbent government's performance in its first 2 years in office. This time, the ruling Democratic Party may lose control of one or both houses of Congress, because its political achievements are far from impressive. >>>