Democratic Party flips US Senate in 2026 midterm elections

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The result is wide seen arsenic a rebuke to Trump’s Republican Party, which took power of the precocious enclosure successful the 2024 election.

The Democratic Party has regained power of the precocious enclosure of the United States Congress successful the 2026 midterm elections, according to Associated Press quality bureau projections.

The Senate was called successful the party’s favour precocious connected Tuesday night, marking a melodramatic displacement successful legislative power.

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Democrats needed a nett summation of 4 seats successful the 100-member enclosure to wrest power from the Republicans.

Some of those gains were dramatic. In South Carolina, for instance, Democrat Annie Andrews, a paediatrician, took a spot held by Republican Darline Graham, the sister of the precocious longtime Senator Lindsey Graham. The past clip a Democrat won a Senate spot successful the authorities was 1998.

Neighbouring North Carolina saw a akin flip, with Democrat Roy Cooper, a erstwhile governor, beating his Republican rival Michael Whatley.

In Texas, a Republican stronghold, Democrat James Talarico, a authorities legislator and seminary student, delivered an upset against authorities Attorney General Ken Paxton. The past clip a Democrat won a statewide predetermination successful Texas was 1994.

Democrat Sherrod Brown besides defeated incumbent Republican Senator Jon Husted successful Ohio, flipping that spot arsenic well. And successful Kansas, Adam Hamilton, the Democratic pastor of a megachurch, bushed different sitting senator, Republican Roger Marshall.

In the outgoing 119th Congress, Republicans clasp a 53-seat majority. The Democrats person 45 seats, with 2 independents successful their caucus.

With Tuesday’s results, Democrats person secured astatine slightest 51 seats, capable to instrumentality the majority, with a fistful of races inactive being counted.

The result is besides acceptable to extremity the Republican “trifecta” achieved successful the 2024 election, erstwhile the enactment won power of the 3 main levers of powerfulness successful Washington, DC: the Senate, the House of Representatives and the presidency.

The Senate was projected to beryllium harder to flip than the House successful Tuesday’s midterm elections, fixed the smaller fig of seats connected the ballot.

Senate presumption past six years, dissimilar the two-year presumption of members of the House of Representatives. And elections for senators are staggered, meaning that lone astir a 3rd of each Senate seats are voted connected astatine a time.

This midterm predetermination rhythm saw 35 Senate races: 33 regular elections and 2 peculiar elections, successful Ohio and Florida. Those 2 states were near with Senate vacancies erstwhile Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio joined President Donald Trump’s 2nd medication successful 2025.

At slightest 7 Senate races connected Tuesday were considered cardinal toss-ups. They included contests successful Alaska, Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Ohio, Texas and Michigan.

States similar Texas and Kansas, however, seldom autumn wrong the toss-up category, arsenic they are considered Republican strongholds. The past clip a Democratic legislator was elected successful Kansas was 1932.

“How did this happen? How did a Democrat triumph successful Kansas, a profoundly reddish state, for the archetypal clip successful astir a century, particularly successful a authorities wherever lone 25 percent of the radical are Democrats?” Senator-elect Hamilton said successful his triumph speech.

“First of all, I deliberation the radical successful Kansas – Republicans, independents and Democrats – were saying what’s happening successful Washington is not OK.”

The Democratic Party besides successfully defended respective seats, including Jon Ossoff’s successful the plaything authorities of Georgia. Mark Warner, who has represented Virginia successful the Senate since 2009, won a 4th term.

More updates to come…