GOP wins Senate seats in Iowa , Colorado , W. Virginia , Kentucky , N. Carolina , W. Virginia , Colorado . 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 . CNN projects GOP will keep the House and Senate . Mitch McConnell beat Democrat Alison Lundergan Grimes in Iowa . Obama to make a statement Wednesday afternoon .
GOP wins Senate seats in Iowa , Colorado , W. Virginia , Kentucky , N. Carolina , W. Virginia , Colorado . CNN projects GOP will keep the House and Senate . Mitch McConnell beat Democrat Alison Lundergan Grimes in Iowa . Obama to make a statement Wednesday afternoon .