The Republicans have apparently retained control of the U.S. Senate, however. The Democrats need to defeat six Senatorial incumbents, but early results showed only three certain victories.
All 435 seats in the U.S. House of Representatives were up for grabs in Tuesday’s elections, as were 33 Senate seats and 36 governorships. Democrats needed 15 more seats in the House in order to take complete control over the government.
U.S. Senator Joseph Lieberman, who ran as an independent after losing the Democratic primary in Connecticut earlier this year, handily won his fourth term on Capitol Hill. Lieberman was first elected to Senate in 1988, was the first Orthodox Jew to become a U.S. Senator, and ran for Vice President in 2000.
Former First Lady Hillary Clinton also won re-election as one of the two U.S. Senators from New York. She has said that she has not decided whether she will run for President in 2008.
Discontent over the Iraqi war has swelled against the Republican party as American soldiers continue to die in attacks. Former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein was convicted and sentenced to death by hanging this past Sunday for the massacre of villagers.
U.S. President George W. Bush is expected to increase his involvement in the Middle East in his remaining two years in office in a bid to regain his credibility among American voters, according to Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations Dan Gillerman. He said in an interview on Tuesday with Ynet that he believes that Bush “needs an achievement” in the region in order to recoup his party’s losses over the war.
Gillerman surmised that Israel’s relationship with the United States is secure, regardless of the results of the upcoming American elections for American legislators.
“Israel has nothing to worry about,” he said. “The alliance between Israel and America is a historic one based on values and cooperation.”
Others are not so sure, predicting that Democrats will cut foreign aid to Israel by next summer.
All 435 seats in the U.S. House of Representatives were up for grabs in Tuesday’s elections, as were 33 Senate seats and 36 governorships. Democrats needed 15 more seats in the House in order to take complete control over the government.
U.S. Senator Joseph Lieberman, who ran as an independent after losing the Democratic primary in Connecticut earlier this year, handily won his fourth term on Capitol Hill. Lieberman was first elected to Senate in 1988, was the first Orthodox Jew to become a U.S. Senator, and ran for Vice President in 2000.
Former First Lady Hillary Clinton also won re-election as one of the two U.S. Senators from New York. She has said that she has not decided whether she will run for President in 2008.
Discontent over the Iraqi war has swelled against the Republican party as American soldiers continue to die in attacks. Former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein was convicted and sentenced to death by hanging this past Sunday for the massacre of villagers.
U.S. President George W. Bush is expected to increase his involvement in the Middle East in his remaining two years in office in a bid to regain his credibility among American voters, according to Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations Dan Gillerman. He said in an interview on Tuesday with Ynet that he believes that Bush “needs an achievement” in the region in order to recoup his party’s losses over the war.
Gillerman surmised that Israel’s relationship with the United States is secure, regardless of the results of the upcoming American elections for American legislators.
“Israel has nothing to worry about,” he said. “The alliance between Israel and America is a historic one based on values and cooperation.”
Others are not so sure, predicting that Democrats will cut foreign aid to Israel by next summer.