An election that many pollsters thought was all over for Republicans before it started turned out quite differently on Election Day. At this writing, races in key states remain too close to call. What we do know is that Joe Biden (D) is projected to be the 46th president of the United States. In Congress, Republicans picked up at least nine seats in the House of Representatives, and it’s plausible that they’ll pick up more. Meanwhile, control of the Senate will wait until January 2021 for two runoff campaigns in Georgia. Regardless of the ultimate outcome, hopes by either party of an electoral mandate and sweeping legislative change are now tempered.