GOP wins Senate seats in Iowa , Kansas , Missouri , S. Texas , Montana , West Virginia , N. Carolina . CNN says GOP will keep the House and Senate . Democratic fears of a rout came true , as party candidates struggled to defend seats won in the 2008 Obama wave in conservative territory , and could n't get out from under an unpopular president limping through his second term . Mitch McConnell defeats Democrat John Lundergan Grimes in Kentucky . Obama to make a statement Wednesday afternoon .
GOP wins Senate seats in Iowa , Kansas , Missouri , S. Texas , Montana , West Virginia , N. Carolina . CNN says GOP will keep the House and Senate . Mitch McConnell defeats Democrat John Lundergan Grimes in Kentucky . Obama to make a statement Wednesday afternoon .