Democrats take Congress in decisive shift

So along with our state, the balance of power in Washington also seeing a major shakeup. Democrats have secured a decisive majority in the U.S. Senate, flipping key seats all across the country to wrestle control away from Republicans. And it's a similar story in the U.S. House. Democrats will take control of the lower chamber as well, securing a large majority and setting up a divided government for the remainder of President Trump's term. And Arizona voters played a partial role in what's being called A blue wave, or maybe you've even heard a blue tsunami. Let's go ahead and take a look at some of the Arizona races, the key local races, and how they stand this morning. District 1 race has not been called just yet, but Democrat Amish Shah is declaring victory over Republican Jay Feeley. Shah released a statement last night commending Feeley on a hard... fought race. So Shaw is at 52%, Feeley coming in at 45%, about 20,000 votes, however, separating them just a little less than that. The seat has been held by Republican David Schweikert since 2011, and Shaw actually lost to him by a very small margin in 2024. And we are keeping a close eye on a very tight race in District 2 as well between Republican Eli Crane with a small lead We have a lead right now over Democrat Jonathan Nez. You can see Eli Crane. sitting with 49.5% of the vote. Jonathan Nez right behind with 48.7%. Okay, District 5, former Pinal County Sheriff Mark Lamb holding a narrow lead over Democrat Elizabeth Lee. So Mark Lamb right now 51.2% and Elizabeth Lee 48.8%. Well, in that race, that was interesting because to start, Lee was up a little bit. We have seen those numbers shift, though, in that race. District 6 in southeastern Arizona between Democrat Joanna Mendoza Has been declared the winner over incumbent Republican Juan Ciscomani. You can see she walks away with 53% of the vote. And over to District 8, incumbent Abe Hamadeh holding a small lead over Democrat Bernadette Green. Placentia, he has 51.4% of the vote. And Democratic Congresswoman Adelita Grijalva retaining her seat in southern Arizona. Speaking with Fox 10 last night, she called the results a mandate from voters who are fed up with the president's policies and the ongoing war in Iran. She says that her priorities now include protecting public lands and pushing back on the administration's border wall expansion. Not only did we flip the House and the Senate, the federal level, we did that in Arizona, in Arizona. Now, we are supposed to be very purple, sometimes red. We are blue today, and I'm very excited about what we can see happen as a result of those changes too. Well, she originally won the seat last year after it was vacated following the passing of her father, Raul Grijalva.