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In the US midterm elections that concluded just moments ago, the Republican Party led by President Trump has suffered a heavy defeat against the Democratic Party. Major US broadcasting networks are unanimously projecting that the Democrats will secure majorities in both the Senate and the House of Representatives.

We have the first report from reporter Kim Young-a.

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Voting for the US midterm elections, which began at 7:00 PM yesterday (the 3rd) Korean time, wrapped up around 3:00 PM today with western Alaska closing out the polls.

Vote counting has been underway starting from regions where polls closed earlier, and the Democratic Party maintained an overwhelming lead from the very beginning.

Major US broadcasting networks, including CNN and NBC, projected early this morning Korean time that the Democrats would secure a majority in the House.

[CNN Election Coverage: CNN projects that the Democratic Party will win the majority in the US House of Representatives. This is a significant victory for the Democrats.]

By the afternoon, projections poured in sequentially that Democratic candidates would win in key battleground states for the Senate.

Democratic candidates seized victory by defeating incumbent Republican lawmakers in five locations, including Kansas, Iowa, Ohio, Maine, and Texas.

Particularly in Texas, known as a conservative stronghold, the Democrats recaptured the governorship for the first time in 36 years, pulling off an upset by sweeping both the Senate seat and the governorship.

[James Talarico / Democratic Candidate for Texas State Senate: We just took Texas back!]

NBC News projected that the Democrats would secure majorities in both the House and the Senate.

US media outlets are forecasting that the Democrats will achieve a landslide victory, securing around 240 seats in the House and 53 to 54 seats in the Senate, dealing a crushing defeat to the Republican Party led by President Trump.

In an interview with the New York Times early in the vote count, President Trump stated, "I will fully accept the results and cooperate with the Democratic Party."

However, as predictions poured in that the Republicans would suffer heavy defeats in both the Senate and the House, he posted a photo of a hat featuring the word "VETO" on his social media.

[Video Editing: Park Choon-bae]