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Democrats sweep Trump heartland in historic midterm rout
Democrats flip six Senate seats in reliably Republican states and win the House, upending Trump's political map halfway through his second term.
In brief
Democrats flip six Senate seats in reliably Republican states and win the House, upending Trump's political map halfway through his second term. Democrats won decisive control of both chambers of Congress on November fourth, twenty twenty-six, flipping Senate seats across Republican strongholds and winning the House…
Democrats reshape the political map
Democrats won major Senate victories in states reliably Republican for decades, including Kansas, which last elected a Democrat nearly a century ago. A blue tidal wave swept Republicans from power across the nation.
Democrats seize control of Congress
Halfway through President Donald Trump's second term, Democrats now have decisive control of the House of Representatives and have wrested a majority back in the Senate.
What Democrats can now do
Democrats will be able to frustrate Trump's agenda and launch investigations into his administration. A historic third impeachment attempt could also be on the cards.
Six Senate seats flipped to Democrats
Adam Hamilton won in Kansas.James Talarico beat Ken Paxton in Texas, ending a thirty-eight-year Democratic losing streak in statewide elections.Annie Andrews won in South Carolina.Troy Jackson defeated Susan Collins in Maine.Josh Turek flipped Iowa.
Democrats win governorships across the map
Gina Hinojosa ousted Republican Greg Abbott in Texas. Democrats also took governors' races in Iowa, Ohio and Georgia, which made history by electing the first black woman to such a post.
Democrats win House majority decisively
Democrats are projected to win two hundred forty-five House seats and Republicans one hundred sixty-six seats. They flipped House seats in Texas, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Iowa, Kentucky and Colorado, among others.
Black and Hispanic voters drove the shift
Black Democrats in southern states turned out in record number.Hispanic voters, whose support had helped secure Trump's presidential victory in twenty twenty-four, swung decisively back to Democrats.
Trump's response mixed on the outcome
Trump pledged to strike deals with congressional Democrats, saying he didn't want to spend his final two years rejecting their legislation.
“he didn't want to have to spend his final two years in office rejecting their legislation”
Voters rebuke Trump's second-term agenda
Trump won the presidency two years ago with forty-eight percent of the vote.He then pushed unpopular policies on trade and immigration and launched an Iran war opposed by most Americans.
Here's the gist
Democrats won decisive control of both chambers of Congress on November fourth, twenty twenty-six, flipping Senate seats across Republican strongholds and winning the House for the first time since twenty twenty-two.
