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"We had a slew of historic wins in the governor's races, the governor's races were incredible - against well-funded and skilled Democratic candidates," the president said.

"And people who worked very, very hard, respectfully, for those candidates," he added. "Like Oprah Winfrey, who I like. I don't know if she likes me anymore but she used to. She worked very very hard in Georgia."

Media mogul Winfrey had visited Georgia to support Stacey Abrams in her tight race.

"In President Obama's first mid-term election, he lost six Senate seats - including in the deep blue state of Massachusetts," Mr Trump said.

"Republicans captured at least four Senate seats held by Democrat incumbents and these are tremendously talented hardworking people that did this: Indiana, North Dakota, Florida, Missouri."

He said these individuals won despite facing Democratic opponents who were "bombarded" with money and media support.

"This blue wave that they talked about, I don't know if there ever was such a thing, but could've been if we didn't do the campaigning," Mr Trump said.

He himself held dozens of rallies in the weeks leading up to the mid-term elections.

"The history will really see what a good job we did in the final couple of weeks in terms of getting some tremendous people over the finish line.

"This election marks the largest senate gains for a president's party in a first mid-term election since at least president Kennedy's in 1962."

Donald Trump is praising candiates who "achieved amazing success last night".

He said nine of the 11 candidates he personally campaigned with won.

"We did this in spite of wealthy donors, special interest, and very hostile media coverage, to put it mildly," says Trump.

President Donald Trump said "it was a big day" yesterday and "last night the Republican party defied history to expand our Senate majority while significantly beating expectations in the House".

The president is nearly 30 minutes late in delivering remarks from the White House East Room.

Minnesota has become the only state in the nation to have a divided legislature, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL).

In an echo of the national elections, Minnesota Republicans still control the state Senate, but state Democrats now control the House.

The organisation reports that the last time there was only one state with divided legislature was more than 100 years ago in 1914.

According to NCSL, five state chambers flipped from Republican to Democrat last night.

Many analysts see Trump's praise of Nancy Pelosi as a strategic move to paint Democrats as the party of the California congresswoman who many Americans view as too far to the left.

Its the same move he employed while battling Democrat Maxine Waters, whose birthday he congratulated back in August, while also calling her "the leader of the Democrat Party".

Basically, by promoting the 78-year-old congresswoman (see 14:25 post) Trump is trying to troll all Democrats.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell told reporters it is a "good morning" for his party.

“We had a good day. I’m proud of what happened," he said.

He added his thanks to President Donald Trump, saying he was "extremely helpful to us".

When asked about increasing the number of female Republican lawmakers - who have been noticeably missing from Republican ballots in comparison to Democrats - the top Republican acknowledged his party needed to do "a better job of recruiting women candidates and getting them elected".

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"In all fairness, Nancy Pelosi deserves to be chosen Speaker of the House by the Democrats," the president declared on Twitter this morning.

It's a somewhat unexpected endorsement, as Ms Pelosi, the current House minority leader, is a favourite target for Republican hostility.

So will the congresswoman walk into the job? Not necessarily. First, the Democratic Party will hold a secret ballot later in November. Then, there's a public vote after the House returns for its next session in January 2019.

Democrats currently control 222 seats, which is four more than Ms Pelosi would need to bag the job. But some Democrats have stated that they won't vote for her. Will the veteran operator manage to win them over in the interim? Stay tuned for a months-long charm offensive!

More on Florida's tight race (see 15:19 entry).

A spokesman for Rick Scott's Republican campaign for Florida governor called it "sad" that incumbent Democrat Bill Nelson would request a recount.

"This race is over. It's a sad way for Bill Nelson to end his career," said spokesman Chris Hartline.

"He is desperately trying to hold on to something that no longer exists."

The BBC's Anthony Zurcher is at the White House ahead of Donald Trump's news conference on the mid-term election results.

Back in September, Congressman Paul Gosar found himself in an Olympic-level family row - because no fewer than SIX of his siblings endorsed his Democrat rival. (More on that here...)

Now with 99% of votes counted, he appears to have won in Arizona's 4th Congressional District in spite of that.

The Associated Press puts Mr Gosar, a Republican from the party's most conservative wing, on 69%, with his nearest challenger - Democratic candidate David Brill - on 29.8%.

Mr Gosar himself appears sure he's won another term - and promptly invited his family to Thanksgiving...

After a divisive campaign, the mid-term elections saw exceptionally high voter turnout.

Former senior Republican campaign adviser Peter Wehner explains to the BBC's Newshour programme who that benefits - and who it harms.

As Yahoo reporter Jenna McLaughlin points out, election results night is an excellent time to bury announcements you'd rather not be making.

Such as a cancelled meeting between the US secretary of state and North Korean officials, for example...

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US stocks have opened higher after the mid-term elections gave Democrats the House of Representatives and saw Republicans reinforce their control of the Senate.

After an initial muted market reaction globally, the three major Wall Street indexes rose along with global stocks, while the dollar fell on fading hopes of further fiscal stimulus.

Follow the BBC's business live page for all the latest information.

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Fourteen hours after polls closed in Florida, the Senate race between Republican Rick Scott and Democrat Bill Nelson may not be as decided as first thought.

Mr Scott declared victory last night but there are only 34,435 votes (about 0.42 of a percentage point) between the two candidates.

That means, according to Florida state law, the race could be eligible for a recount.

The process is not automatic - only Florida's Secretary of State Ken Detzner (who was appointed by Mr Scott when he was governor) can call for one, external, the Miami Herald reports.

The BBC's Rajini Vaidyanathan, who is there, says the state has woken up to some confusion over whether or not Mr Nelson has conceded.