Photos: Celebration and sadness as blue wave sweeps midterms

Joy and despair punctuated election-watching evenings overnight after a blue tsunami swept through the nation’s midterm elections.

In Detroit, Democrat Abdul El-Sayed celebrated his victory over Republican Mike Rogers and thus became the first Muslim senator in the history of the United States. He was cheered by a crowd of supporters – some wearing hijabs, others wearing cowboy hats.

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