Republicans have tightened their hold on the West Virginia Legislature, notching election wins that will relegate Democrats to an even smaller fraction of the chamber's 134 seats and giving themselves one of the country's largest legislative supermajorities.

The G.O.P. governor easily won the seat being vacated by Senator Joe Manchin III, an independent who caucused with Democrats, giving Republicans an expected win as they push to take the Senate.

Republicans flipped two Senate seats on Tuesday, as Republican Ted Cruz won a third term in Texas. Democrat Angela Alsobrooks was declared the winner in Maryland's open Senate seat race.

The Republican Party obtained a majority in the U.S. Senate after flipping Democratic seats in Ohio and West Virginia in Tuesday’s election. The Associated Press called the Ohio and West Virginia senate races for businessman Bernie Moreno and former Gov.