The first projections of the election night in the United States have been released without major setbacks: Democratic senator Mark Warner and Republican senator Shelley Moore Capito will keep their seats in the states of Virginia and West Virginia, respectively.
In the state of Georgia, an equally practically assured outcome is expected, where the Democrat Jon Ossoff will predictably reaffirm his seat in the upper chamber.
For now, preliminary estimates have not determined a winner in South Carolina, Georgia, Kentucky and, above all, in Ohio, a strategic territory in which Democrats aim to wrest a Senate seat from Republicans.
The case of Ossoff, 39 years old, stands out especially, since his name has been sounding for months as a possible presidential aspirant in 2028, and the first polls place him in leading positions within the range of potential Democratic candidates.
In a debate held in October, Ossoff said that he would "fulfill his full six-year term," which in theory would rule out a presidential campaign in 2028, although this kind of commitment has no legal validity.
In the past, other leaders have walked back their promise not to run for the White House amid growing public backing, as happened with the then senator Barack Obama, who despite a similar statement in 2006 ended up winning the 2008 presidential election.