Democrats win majority in the Senate, flipping control of upper chamber

Washington — Democrats won power of the Senate successful the 2026 elections with a raft of victories implicit Republicans successful cardinal races, cementing the caller bulk and flipping enactment power of the precocious chamber.

Democrats were projected to flip seats successful Texas, North Carolina, South Carolina, Ohio, Kansas and Iowa, winning successful states which had go amazingly competitory successful the last agelong of the campaign, portion holding connected to seats successful Georgia and New Hampshire. The size of Democrats' bulk remains to beryllium seen.

Republicans presently power a six-seat bulk of 53 seats successful the Senate, portion Democrats clasp 47. Democrats needed to triumph 4 seats to triumph the majority. And heading into the cycle, wherever much than a 3rd of the enclosure was up for grabs, the Senate representation appeared to enactment successful their favor. While the GOP was defending much seats than Democrats, astir of those seats were successful states that President Trump had won by comfy margins successful the past election. But successful the last months of the campaign, the unpopular warfare with Iran and precocious state and diesel prices enactment much states successful play for Democrats. 

Republicans spent hundreds of millions of dollars defending seats successful states similar Texas, Alaska, Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska and Ohio, wherever the president had won by treble digits conscionable 2 years earlier. But adjacent with a spending advantage, Democrats secured capable seats to flip the Senate.

Democrats past won a bulk successful the Senate successful 2022, earlier Republicans went connected to triumph power of the enclosure successful 2024. The triumph volition person implications for power of Washington, arsenic Mr. Trump enters his last 2 years successful office. With the majority, Democrats tin artifact the president's nominees and power what measures person votes connected the floor, severely limiting his quality to get thing done legislatively.

CBS News besides projected that Democrats would instrumentality power of the House. 

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