The Republicans have won control of the Senate in the US mid-term elections, increasing their power in the final two years of Barack Obama's presidency.

The Republicans also increased their grip on the House of Representatives and now control both chambers of Congress for the first time since 2006.

Republican Senator Mitch McConnell said the result was a vote against "a government people can no longer trust".

Mr Obama is to hold a press conference later on Wednesday.

He has already invited congressional leaders from both parties to the White House for talks on Friday.

Mr Obama reportedly tried to call Mr McConnell as the results came in, but the two did not speak and the president left a message.

About one-third of the Senate, the entire House of Representatives, 36 of 50 state governors, and numerous state and local offices were up for election.

Throughout the campaign, Republicans focused on voter dissatisfaction with Mr Obama, a Democrat, describing the vote as a referendum on his presidency.

As the first results came in late on Tuesday, it became clear they had made the six gains they needed to win control of the Senate.

As the first results came in late on Tuesday, it became clear they had made the six gains they needed to win control of the Senate.

The Republicans won in Arkansas, Colorado, Iowa, Montana, North Carolina, South Dakota and West Virginia. The party now controls 52 seats, and is tipped to win at least one more as votes are counted in other states.

The Republicans are also projected to increase
their majority in the House of Representatives to levels not seen since before World War Two.

They also made gains among the 36 governorships up for re-election.

Barack Obama's unpopularity in the run-up to these mid-term elections is hard to exaggerate. One of the things that is lost in the big picture of the night is some of thebsidebar poll findings - the American people are fed up with all their politicians. It's not just the occupant of the White House, though as Harry Truman most famously noted, the buck stops with the president.

Mitch McConnell will be conscious of that, and will know that in two years' time, when it is not just the Senate but the presidency in play, the American people could be venting their spleen on him. Be fearful of the blame game.

That leaves the Kentucky senator with some important tactical decisions to make.

The Republicans will now have the power to complicate, if not block completely, Mr Obama's agenda in the last two years of his tenure in the White House.

Control of the Senate will also enable the Republicans to stymie his ability to name new federal judges, cabinet members and senior government officials.

In addition to seats the party won from the Democrats, the Republicans retained seats in at least a dozen other states.

Republicans in numbers

100 Women elected to Congress - including Mia Love - first black Republican female.

1st African American, Tim Scott, elected in the South since 1870.

3rd George Bush - grandson and nephew of two former presidents.

18 Age of Saira Blair, the youngest elected state legislator.

30 Age of Elise Stefano, youngest woman elected to US Congress.

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As long as Democrats will continue to defend same sex-marriage they will NOT gain any support from the huge majority of American citizens who despise this type of life.

Well, we're watching.

The action will soon start no doubt.

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