Mid-term elections in the United States are producing a new political map and a series of historic moments that are changing representation in American institutions. Meanwhile, four candidates of Albanian origin took part in the races, but preliminary results were not favorable for most of them.
Joe Hoxha was leading, while the other three candidates failed to secure victory. Hoxha, the current Republican representative in the Connecticut House of Representatives, led the race in District 78 by about 1.8 percentage points. According to Decision Desk HQ data, by Wednesday morning over 95 percent of votes had been counted, but the result had not yet been officially certified.
The result was completely different for Diamant Hysenenaj, who ran for the U.S. House of Representatives in New York’s 14th District. He was defeated by Democrat Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who secured about 78 percent of the vote, compared with 21.5 percent for the Republican candidate.
Democratic candidate Shpëtim Qorraj failed to secure a seat in the New York State Assembly. He faced incumbent Republican Michael Tannousis, who won the race with approximately 60 percent of the vote.
In Connecticut, Republican Peter Lumaj lost the race for Secretary of the State. According to Decision Desk HQ results, the victory went to Democrat Stephanie Thomas, the current Secretary of the State, who led by about 24 percentage points.