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Republicans Take Control of Senate for the first time in 4 years

Republicans will regain control of the United States Senate in January, The Associated Press projected early Wednesday morning while several elections remained uncalled.

Heading into Election Day Democrats controlled the chamber 51-49, putting pressure on both parties to treat every Senate race as a must-win.

in deeply conservative West Virginia.

Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown's on election night set Republicans on the path to taking control even before several other battlegrounds had been called.

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With the new Republican majority, the Senate GOP is now tasked with electing a leader. Longtime Republican Senate Leader  after the election.

Though the U.S. vice president technically presides over Congress' upper chamber as Senate president, the majority leader — whoever succeeds McConnell — oversees the Senate's priorities. Democrat Chuck Schumer held that position for the past four years.

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