Democracy’s clear champions in US midterm elections, US, Canadian ambassadors say – National

Ambassadors representing Canada and the United States in each other’s capitals say democracy was the real winner in Tuesday’s midterm elections.

Both Washington’s special envoy in Ottawa, David Cohen, and Canada’s top diplomat in DC, Kirsten Hillman, say strong voter turnout is a sign of health in the US political system.

The final result is TBD.

As vote counting continues in the West, Republicans are on track for a narrow majority in the House, but the Senate remains divided.

Georgia, one of the key battlegrounds, will not be resolved until next month, when Republican challenger Herschel Walker and Democratic incumbent Senator Raphael Warnock face off in a rematch in the runoff.

Cohen said that, although still early, the relative lack of inflammatory post-election rhetoric, the many lenient concessions, and the defeat of prominent election deniers meant that a degree of civility had returned to U.S. politics. said to suggest that

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Cohen also believes Joe Biden will run again in 2024, but says the president’s final decision has nothing to do with who is most likely to win the Republican nomination.

Ron DeSantis’ 20-point victory on Tuesday started a heated debate south of the border over whether the governor of Florida plans to challenge Donald Trump’s party rule.