BREAKING : Ben Carson is OFFICIALLY Confirmed!

The Senate has just confirmed Ben Carson as Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, in a 58-41 vote.

From The Hill

Democratic Sens. Joe Manchin (W.Va.), Mark Warner (Va.), Heidi Heitkamp (N.D.), Sherrod Brown (Ohio), Jon Tester (Mont.), Joe Donnelly (Ind.) and Independent Sen. Angus King (Maine) joined all Republicans in backing Carson.

Sen. Johnny Isakson (R-Ga.) did not vote.

The former neurosurgeon wasn’t a top target for Senate Democrats.

But Carson’s nomination and lack of government experience has divided the caucus.

Top Democrats – including Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (N.Y.) and Sen. Dick Durbin (Ill.) – voted against Carson’s nomination earlier this week.

But red-state Democrats, including Manchin, Donnelly and Heitkamp, voted with Republicans to support him.

Republicans have rallied around Carson’s nomination.