By: Andrew Koch ~Editor-in-Chief~ The Republicans picked up six Senate seats to gain majorities in both the Senate and the House of Representatives for the first time since 2006. While Democrats have had a majority in the Senate since the 2008 elections, Republicans were able to wrest control of the Senate by winning seven seats in Arkansas, West Virginia, South Dakota, Montana, Colorado, Iowa and North Carolina. The GOP maintains its majority in the House, which it has held since the 2010 midterm elections. In local races, incumbent Congressman Steve Chabot (R-OH), who represented Ohio’s 1st District from 1994 to … Continue reading America sees red: Republicans take Senate, retain House in midterms