What did Tom Cotton predict about elections in November 2022?
Tom Cotton, U.S. Senator (R-AR) ·
I'll say we'll win the House and the Senate and it's going to be a comfortable majority in both.
Senate stayed Democratic; GOP held 49
Cotton predicted comfortable Republican majorities in both the House and Senate. Republicans did not win the Senate; Democrats held the majority against 49 Republicans.
Republicans did not win the Senate: in the 118th Congress Democrats held the majority with 47 seats plus 4 independents, against 49 Republicans (U.S. Senate Historical Office, Party Division).
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- Interview on Fox Business's Mornings with Maria Bartiromo, aired about 7:37 a.m. ET, five days before the 2022 midterms.