Key US Senate results: Democrats wrest North and South Carolina from the Republicans

While polling suggested the Democratic Party would wrest the House of Representatives away from President Donald Trump's Republican Party in the US midterm elections, the struggle for the Senate is expected to be a close one. Republicans held a 53-47 Senate majority going into Tuesday’s elections, ​with Democrats needing a net ‌gain of four seats to take control. All eyes are on Senate contests in Alaska, Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Michigan, Ohio and Texas. Follow live for the latest results in the battle for the US Senate. Democrats flip North Carolina Democrat ⁠Roy Cooper ​handily won North Carolina’s US Senate race, defeating Trump-backed Republican Michael Whatley and giving Democrats a crucial pickup in their battle ​for ‌Senate control. Cooper, a well-known former two-term ⁠governor, defeated Trump's hand-picked candidate after campaigning ‌on the high cost of food and ⁠energy as the president's approval ratings fell. “Tonight, we showed the country that when everyday people come together, we can make change,” Cooper told a crowd of energetic supporters in Raleigh, pledging to get straight to work in Washington on affordability, which he centred in his campaign. Read moreLive resul...