Gaza _ Palestine News Network
Palestinian lawyer Rashida Tabeb on Wednesday won a seat in the US House of Representatives, after winning the election for the Democratic Party in Detroit, for lack of a rival.
The election of a 42-year-old Palestinian from the US House of Representatives from the State of Michigan was officially announced at dawn on Wednesday, in the mid-term elections held yesterday in the United States.
US media have predicted that the Democratic Party would take control of the US House of Representatives while strengthening its position as state governors, and that Republicans would keep a majority in the Senate by a slight margin.
The preliminary results coincided with the expectations of the mid-term election results, which saw a large turnout, with participation rates unprecedented in competing for the 435 seats in the House of Representatives, 35 seats in the 100-seat Senate and 36 governors The 50 states in the midterm elections.
