republicans keep control chamber u.s. congress tuesday election empower party reshape washington along donald trump white house follow outline stake race result base television projections state election board u.s. senate 100 seat handful race still decide republicans secure 51 seat 100-member senate dash democrats hop take control chamber senators serve six-year term third senate re-election every two years procedural rule senate mean 60 vote need advance major initiatives republicans enter election 54 seat lead kentucky mitch mcconnell versus democrats 44 seat two independents democrats leader next senate expect new york chuck schumer republicans year defend 24 seat democrats defend 10 seat gain one illinois u.s. house 435 seat television network declare republicans expect retain majority house representatives lose few seat anticipate members house serve two-year term re-election every two years advance bill house 218 vote need republicans go elections hold 246 seat democrats 186. three vacancies republican leader speaker paul ryan wisconsin democrats leader nancy pelosi california win majority democrats need gain 30 seat blow democrats republicans pace lose nine seat house well double-digit losses analysts predict senate race result television projections state election offices alabama senate bank committee chairman richard shelby expect sixth term defeat democrat ron crumpton alaska republican senator lisa murkowski defeat democratic challenger ray metcalfe arizona veteran republican senator john mccain 80 defeat democratic u.s. representative ann kirkpatrick 66. arkansas republican senator john boozman beat democrat conner eldridge california state attorney general kamala harris democrat seat hold retire democratic senator barbara boxer harris defeat fellow democrat loretta sanchez colorado democratic senator michael bennet third term turn back challenge republican darryl glenn connecticut democratic senator richard blumenthal second term defeat republican dan carter florida incumbent republican marco rubio fail presidential contender defeat democratic representative patrick murphy georgia republican senator johnny isakson race democrat jim barksdale idaho republican senator mike crapo defeat democrat jerry sturgill indiana democrat evan bayh 60 fail bid recapture senate seat defeat republican representative todd young 44. illinois democratic representative tammy duckworth unseat republican senator mark kirk duckworth 48 double-amputee iraq war veteran kirk 57 suffer stroke sideline much 2012. iowa republican senate judiciary committee chairman chuck grassley 83 seventh term defeat democrat patty judge kansas republican senator jerry moran second term defeat democrat patrick wiesner kentucky republican senator rand paul second term democrat jim gray paul unsuccessfully run president year louisiana runoff election hold dec. 10 decide whether republican john kennedy democrat foster campbell replace republican senator david vitter retire maryland democratic representative chris van hollen replace retire senator barbara mikulski van hollen defeat republican kathy szeliga missouri republican senator roy blunt turn back stiff challenge democrat jason kander missouri secretary state nevada catherine cortez masto 52 former democratic state attorney general beat republican representative joe heck 55 battle replace retire democratic senator harry reid new hampshire democratic governor maggie hassan 58 lead senator kelly ayotte 48-year-old republican hundred vote handful precincts still count new york senator chuck schumer expect become next senate democratic leader defeat republican wendy long heavily democratic state north carolina republican senator richard burr 60 re-election democrat deborah ross 53 former state legislator north dakota republican senator john hoeven second term defeat democrat eliot glassheim ohio republican rob portman 60 defeat democratic challenger ted strickland 75 former governor portman initially endorse trump late withdraw pointedly refuse appear trump talk oklahoma senator jam lankford second term defeat democrat mike workman overwhelmingly republican state oregon senator ron wyden senior democrat senate finance committee defeat republican mark callahan pennsylvania republican senator patrick toomey 54 defeat democratic challenger katie mcginty 53 expensive u.s. senate contest country south carolina senator tim scott african-american republican senate beat democrat thomas dixon south dakota senator john thune member senate republican leadership third term defeat democrat jay williams utah conservative republican senator mike lee heavily republican state democrat misty snow vermont senator patrick leahy longest-serving democrat senate beat republican scott milne washington expect senator patty murray member senate democratic leadership defeat republican chris vance wisconsin democrat russ feingold 63 fail oust republican ron johnson 61 accord projections johnson unseat feingold 2010 see one vulnerable republicans go 2016 campaign factbox republicans retain control senate house