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Democrats lead in US midterm congressional elections

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Photo: Martin Falbisoner / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped

According to preliminary results of the US midterm congressional elections held on November 3, the Democratic Party is winning a majority in both chambers. CBS News projects that Democrats will hold 51 seats in the Senate and at least 229 in the House of Representatives, although figures from different media outlets vary. According to Reuters, Democrats also won in Texas, Iowa and South Carolina.

Coverage timeline

Who reported first and how the others caught up. Each bar shows how many of that side's outlets covered the story.

First to report: Public Radio of Armenia · 07:47 · Pro-government

Pro-government 4 / 6 First: Public Radio of Armenia, 07:47
Balanced 11 / 14 First: Shant TV / Shantnews, 38 min later
Opposition 17 / 21 First: Oragir.news, 1 h 6 min later

Foreign outlets: 1, first: Sputnik Armenia, 08:58

Timeline as a list
  1. Public Radio of Armenia (Pro-government)
  2. Shant TV / Shantnews (Balanced)
  3. Oragir.news (Opposition)
  4. Sputnik Armenia (Foreign)
  5. Mamul.am (Balanced)
  6. Yerevan.Today (Opposition)
  7. Alphanews.am (Opposition)
  8. Azatutyun (RFE/RL) (Balanced)
  9. Public TV news (H1 / Lurer) (Pro-government)
  10. Hraparak (Opposition)
  11. News.am (Opposition)
  12. Armenpress (Pro-government)
  13. Panorama (Opposition)
  14. Infocom (Balanced)
  15. Armlur / Joghovurd (Opposition)
  16. 24news.am (Opposition)
  17. Iravunk (Opposition)
  18. Tert.am (Opposition)
  19. Politik.am (Opposition)
  20. 1in.am (Balanced)
  21. 168 Zham (Opposition)
  22. Factor (Balanced)
  23. Aravot (Balanced)
  24. Civic.am (Pro-government)
  25. Hayeli (Opposition)
  26. CivilNet (Balanced)
  27. Past / Pastinfo (Opposition)
  28. Yerkir Media (Opposition)
  29. Radar Armenia (Balanced)
  30. Ararat News (Balanced)
  31. Golos Armenii (Opposition)
  32. Livenews.am (Opposition)
  33. Hetq (Balanced)

All sources

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