BREAKING: Pat Toomey Re-elected in Pennsylvania, GOP Keeps the Senate

By Joe Cunningham | 1:24 AM on November 09, 2016

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The final key Senate race of the night is over, according to the Associated Press, and Pat Toomey keeps his U.S. Senate seat in Pennsylvania.

BREAKING: Toomey re-elected to U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania. @AP race call at 1:14 a.m. EST. #Election2016 #APracecall pic.twitter.com/5YXXCAs1fS

— The Associated Press (@AP) November 9, 2016

What’s more, with this win, the GOP keeps the Senate, which was originally thought to be lost.

https://twitter.com/AP/status/796235096164548608

That is big news for the Republican Party, who now has control of the U.S. House and Senate. And, if things keep going like they seem to, that’s not all they’ll win…

Joe Cunningham is a Senior Editor at RedState, as well as a former teacher and coach. He is the host of the Joe Cunningham Show, which airs from 3-4 p.m. (CT) on NewsTalk 96.5 KPEL in Lafayette, Louisiana.