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Democrats won power of the U.S. Senate and are connected the brink of taking the House successful Tuesday’s 2026 midterm elections successful a wide repudiation of President Donald Trump and the Republican Party that reached heavy into their astir loyal territory.
Six Senate seats and much than a half-dozen successful the House person flipped toward Democrats. It’s the archetypal clip successful decades that Texas, Kansas and South Carolina person elected Democratic senators. Democrats besides flipped seats successful North Carolina and Ohio.
Democrats Keisha Lance Bottoms successful Georgia, Amy Acton successful Ohio, Rod Sand successful Iowa and Gina Hinojosa successful Texas won races for governor, flipping GOP-held offices.
While Trump urged voters to unreal helium was connected the ballot, astir look to blasted his medication for precocious costs and privation Congress to enforce much checks connected him, according to The AP Voter Poll.
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What to ticker astatine midnight
Polls adjacent successful Hawaii and astir each of Alaska astatine midnight. The last polls of the 2026 midterms adjacent astatine 1 a.m. successful the Aleutian Islands, location of Alaska’s westernmost polling location.
In Alaska successful 2024, astir 25% of the full ballot was not counted connected predetermination night. The bulk of the state’s message voting results aren’t expected earlier Nov. 18, the deadline to person overseas and subject ballots. Mail and aboriginal in-person ballots comprised astir 35% of the full ballot successful 2022 and astir 45% successful 2024.
Key contests to ticker see the Senate and House races successful Alaska.
Redistricting strategy falters for Republicans
Three much Democratic U.S. House members targeted for decision done redistricting person won reelection.
In Alabama, Democratic Rep. Shomari Figures won a 2nd word successful a territory that was redrawn to assistance Republicans aft a U.S. Supreme Court ruling severely weakened the Voting Rights Act.
The Republican redraw dropped the district’s Black voting property colonisation from 48% to 40%, making it much challenging for Democrats. While immoderate incumbents affected by redistricting chose to discontinue oregon tally successful different district, Figures viewed the contention arsenic inactive winnable, and some parties ended up investing heavy successful the race.
Meanwhile, successful Texas, Republicans hoped to prime up 5 seats done redistricting. But Democratic Rep. Vicente Gonzalez won reelection to a sixth word successful a reconstituted territory that Trump had won by astir 10 percent points implicit Kamala Harris.
And successful Ohio, Rep. Greg Landsman, whose territory connected the westside of Cincinnati was redrawn, won reelection to a 3rd term.
Republicans laic blasted squarely astatine Trump’s feet
Republican run officials were unsparing successful their blasted of President Trump for Tuesday’s wholesale losses, peculiarly successful Senate races.
The losses successful South Carolina, Ohio and Texas — each states Trump carried easy 2 years agone — were a nonstop repudiation of the president, 2 officials with Senate campaigns said.
Trump asked voters to unreal helium was connected the ballot, which they did but not successful the mode the president hoped, the Republican strategists said, speaking connected information of anonymity to stock interior conversations.
Voters were not blessed with his policies and upset with what they felt was his exacerbation of their cost-of-living concerns, they said, adding that the broader Republican Party apparatus understands it was Trump and his squad who outgo the enactment the elections.
Texas Republican Wayne Hamilton, a erstwhile authorities GOP enforcement director, upon Texas Democrats capturing the U.S. Senate spot for the archetypal clip since 1988 arsenic good arsenic the governorship: “Does we got our butts kicked summarize it distinctly enough?”
“You conscionable can’t flooded this environment.”
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— By Thomas Beaumont
Hakeem Jeffries: ‘America is back’
The House Democratic person said this is not a partisan moment, but a patriotic one.
“Today begins the large American comeback,” Jeffries said to a cheering assemblage astatine the Democrats’ ticker party.
“We’re going to enactment hard to present connected the melodramatic alteration that you deserve,” helium said.
“We perceive you,” helium said. “House Democrats are committed to making beingness amended for you.”
In Ohio, Brown improved connected his 2024 show among cardinal groups
Ohio Senate voters had a much affirmative sentiment of Democrat Sherrod Brown than Republican Jon Husted, according to The AP Voter Poll, which recovered that astir fractional of voters had a “strongly” oregon “somewhat” favorable presumption of Brown, portion lone astir 4 successful 10 felt the aforesaid mode astir Husted.
Most Ohio voters besides saw Husted arsenic “too supportive” of Trump, portion little than fractional of voters said Brown was “too extreme.”
About fractional of Ohio voters said power of the Senate was “crucial” to their vote, and Brown won a bulk of this group.
Brown substantially improved connected his 2024 show among young voters, portion making much humble — but inactive important — gains among moderates, lower-income voters and women. The immense majority, astir 7 successful 10, of voters nether 30 supported Brown this year, portion lone astir fractional of this radical voted for him successful 2024, according to AP VoteCast.
Brown besides won astir two-thirds of moderates this year, up from astir 6 successful 10 mean voters successful 2024, and conscionable implicit fractional of women voters, aft splitting this radical with Sen. Bernie Moreno successful 2024.
Texas Republican Ken Paxton congratulates James Talarico connected winning Texas Senate seat
Paxton spoke concisely aft Talarico’s victory.
“I volition perpetrate that I volition beryllium praying for him, that helium volition bash bully for Texas and this nation,” helium said.
Paxton besides acknowledged Republican losses crossed the country.
“We’ve had a hard nighttime contiguous crossed the country, but it’s not over,” helium said.
Democrats person won the US Senate
It marks a decisive rebuke of Republican power of governance successful Washington, ushering successful a caller epoch of legislature absorption to Trump.
The midterm elections that came to a adjacent Tuesday channeled voters’ heavy vexation with precocious prices, the warfare successful Iran and concerns astir authorities corruption.
The House remains excessively aboriginal to call, but Democrats person already flipped 7 seats arsenic they effort to triumph the bulk successful that enclosure arsenic well.
Democratic power of the Senate volition profoundly reshape Trump’s last 2 years successful bureau and apt hamstring his quality to propulsion his agenda, including his hopes for sustaining a blimpish displacement to the Supreme Court.
Trump has promised helium would usage his veto powerfulness to artifact Democrats’ agenda, forecasting the imaginable for gridlock successful Washington.
Crowd erupts erstwhile contention is called for Talarico, past Gina Hinojosa
Thousands had arrived hoping a Democrat would triumph a statewide contention successful Texas for the archetypal clip successful much than 3 decades. Talarico won the Senate seat. Then came different Democratic victory.
Gina Hinojosa bushed Republican Gov. Greg Abbott, and the crowd’s excitement reached a crescendo.
People leapt successful the air; others hugged; 1 danced; a young antheral called his dad; and an older antheral marveled that it was “unbelievable.”
Ramaswamy says helium has ‘serious concerns’ astir the nation’s future
Republican Vivek Ramaswamy expressed some reservations and anticipation for the aboriginal aft losing the Ohio governor’s contention to Democrat Amy Acton.
“I person to archer you, I person immoderate superior concerns astir the aboriginal absorption of our country. There’s nary avoiding that,” helium told supporters astatine a subdued ticker party. “But I bash judge that determination person been galore ups and downs successful the past of our country, and we have, successful the end, inactive recovered our mode upward.”
The biotech billionaire thanked his parents, who were successful attendance, arsenic good arsenic his woman and her parents.
Trump tells The New York Times that he’ll respect the results of the election
As helium watched predetermination results from the White House, Trump told The New York Times precocious Tuesday that helium would respect the results of the predetermination and enactment alongside Democrats, who continued to rack up improbable victories.
“I americium perfectly consenting to judge those results,” helium said soon earlier 10:30 p.m. “We’ll enactment with the Democrats, and we’ll, you know, look guardant to moving with them. We’ll astir apt enactment thing out.”
Missouri voters cull termination prohibition for a 2nd time
Voters defeated a projected amendment to the Missouri Constitution that would person reimposed restrictions connected astir abortions.
The decision Tuesday came conscionable 2 years aft voters approved an abortion-rights amendment, making Missouri the archetypal authorities successful the federation to undo an existing termination prohibition done a ballot measure.
The Republican-led Legislature responded by referring a new, little restrictive mentation of an termination prohibition to this year’s ballot. The measurement would person allowed abortions lone for aesculapian emergencies and fetal anomalies, oregon successful cases of rape oregon incest up to 12 weeks of pregnancy. The Legislature paired the latest termination measurement with a prohibition connected definite aesculapian procedures for transgender minors.
Abortion-rights advocates, led by nationalist progressive groups, heavy outspent termination foes successful a palmy run to decision the ballot measure.
Democrat Gina Hinojosa wins predetermination for politician successful Texas
Hinojosa defeated Republican incumbent Greg Abbott.
Hinojosa’s triumph marks an upset triumph for Democrats. The authorities House subordinate from Austin volition beryllium Texas’ archetypal Latina governor. She besides is the archetypal Democrat to triumph a governor’s contention successful the authorities since 1990.
Abbott was seeking an unprecedented 4th word aft archetypal winning predetermination successful 2014.
James Talarico wasn’t calved the past clip a Democrat won a US Senate spot successful Texas
The Austin authorities typical overcame his party’s decades-old curse Tuesday, defeating Republican Ken Paxton successful a contention that erstwhile seemed similar different acold scope for Democrats.
Talarico benefited from a operation of circumstances, including Paxton’s liabilities and Talarico’s stellar fundraising.
In the race’s closing months, Trump and Senate GOP ace PACs tried to overgarment Talarico arsenic retired of the mainstream, with Elon Musk spending $158 cardinal to reason the Democrat.
But Talarico won successful Texas’ metro areas, arsenic good arsenic successful erstwhile GOP-leaning municipality and suburban areas.
The past Democrat to triumph a Texas Senate spot was Lloyd Bentsen successful 1988. Talarico was calved the pursuing May.
AP Voter Poll: Skepticism among Texans astir Ken Paxton’s character
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has been dogged by questions of corruption during his tally for the Senate — and astir two-thirds of voters successful the Senate contention accidental helium lacked the idiosyncratic quality to service successful that chamber.
Democratic State Rep. James Talarico has been portrayed by Republicans arsenic a vegan who is excessively supportive of transgender rights.
The attacks person had mixed results. Texas voters are astir divided connected whether Talarico’s views are “too extreme.”
Talarico bushed Paxton to nett the archetypal Democratic triumph of a statewide bureau successful Texas since 1994.
Democrat James Talarico wins predetermination to US Senate from Texas
Talarico’s triumph represents the archetypal clip a Democrat has won a statewide bureau successful Texas since 1994, a shakeup for a authorities agelong dominated by Republicans. The result boosts Democrats arsenic they look to retake power of the Senate.
A seminary pupil and authorities representative, Talarico focused connected bringing down mundane costs and revisiting corruption allegations against Republican hostile Ken Paxton, a authorities lawyer general.
Paxton, who had Trump’s endorsement, said Talarico’s progressive stances connected societal issues were retired of measurement with Texas.
Bottoms calls her predetermination arsenic Georgia politician a effect to Washington ‘chaos’
The Democratic erstwhile Atlanta politician addressed a boisterous assemblage of supporters aft being declared the victor successful an predetermination that volition marque her the nation’s archetypal Black pistillate governor.
She was met with chants of “Keisha! Keisha!” erstwhile she took the signifier and was introduced by her daughter.
Bottoms called her run a triumph for each Georgians, from teachers to farmers to entrepreneurs.
“No substance who you voted for tonight, I volition beryllium a politician for each of Georgia,” Bottoms said. “Georgia, we sent a connection large and wide that we privation a person who volition enactment Georgia archetypal and who volition basal up to each the chaos coming retired of Washington, DC.”
Annie Andrews says she’ll beryllium a ‘brick wall’ for South Carolina, adjacent against Democrats
The Democrat said she’d basal up to her ain enactment successful Congress and pledged to amusement up for voters, including those who didn’t enactment her.
Speaking to cheering supporters, she acknowledged her historical triumph — she’s the archetypal pistillate to beryllium elected to correspond South Carolina successful the U.S. Senate — and lamented vitriol successful authorities and power from billionaires.
“South Carolina, you person shown the federation what is possible,” Andrews said.
She besides said she’d basal up for her state, adjacent if it means disagreeing with different Democrats.
But Andrews besides alluded to Trump’s enactment for Darline Graham, her hostile and the sister of precocious Sen. Lindsey Graham, whose spot Darline Graham was appointed to fill.
“The Senate spot does not beryllium to 1 family, 1 enactment oregon to Washington, D.C.,” Andrews said.
Darline Graham says she inactive owes Trump gratitude aft stunning US Senate loss
Trump powerfully pushed for Graham to beryllium named legislator aft her member Lindsey Graham died successful July. Trump visited the authorities doubly successful the weeks earlier the predetermination arsenic her chances appeared to beryllium fading.
“He loves this state dearly and I admit each that helium has done,” Graham said.
Graham told the assemblage they should stay arsenic arrogant of her member arsenic she is.
“This is simply a pugnacious rhythm and each of america request to beryllium progressive arsenic we illustration a way forward. It is wide that we arsenic conservatives person enactment to bash and that enactment starts tonight,” Graham said.
Trump told voters to unreal helium was connected the ballot. New York politician says they did
In a triumph speech, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul reminded a assemblage of the president’s petition to ballot arsenic if helium was connected the ballot, saying, “Well, Mr. President, you got your wish!”
Hochul won a 2nd afloat word Tuesday night, defeating Republican Bruce Blakeman, a Trump ally.
Democrats marching toward House power aft flipping 6 Republican-held seats successful cardinal races
Republican Reps. Tom Kean of New Jersey and 3 Republicans successful Pennsylvania, Ryan Mackenzie, Scott Perry and Rob Bresnahan, mislaid reelection and Democrats won unfastened seats successful North Carolina and Kentucky. Democrats request a nett summation of 3 seats for a majority.
Trump responds to midterm results
As Democrats continued to prime up seats, Trump responded connected Truth Social, shirking blasted for the showing among Republican candidates.
“I wasn’t connected the Ballot and if I was, we would person won IN A LANDSLIDE! Thank you for your attraction to this matter,” helium posted soon aft 10:30 p.m. He was watching the returns successful the East Wing with governmental advisers and Cabinet members, according to his authoritative schedule.
Trump campaigned for galore Republican candidates, urging voters astatine rallies to unreal that helium was connected the ballot.
What to ticker for aft polls adjacent astatine 11 p.m. ET
All polls adjacent astatine 11 p.m. successful California and Washington, arsenic good arsenic the remaining polls successful Idaho and Oregon.
Elections successful California and Washington are conducted chiefly by mail. Mail ballots postmarked by Election Day volition beryllium counted if received by Nov. 10 successful California and Nov. 23 successful Washington.
In the 2024 wide election, astir 38% of the ballot successful California and astir 33% of the ballot successful Washington was not counted connected predetermination night. The number reached 90% successful Washington by Nov. 9, 4 days aft Election Day, and successful California by Nov. 14, 9 days aft Election Day.
Some cardinal contests to ticker successful this hr are California governor, California’s Proposition 40 and U.S. House races successful California and Washington.
Democrat Annie Andrews wins predetermination to US Senate from South Carolina
She defeated Republican incumbent Darline Graham.
Andrews’ triumph successful a authorities Trump won 3 times by treble digits is simply a stark decision for the Republican Party. A pediatrician, Andrews had antecedently tally unsuccessfully for the U.S. House.
Graham had been appointed to the spot that her brother, Sen. Lindsey Graham, held earlier helium died unexpectedly successful July. She aboriginal won a contentious peculiar superior for the Republican information with Trump’s backing.
Democrats prime up a Kentucky House seat
In a contention viewed arsenic an aboriginal trial for Democratic efforts to instrumentality the House majority, erstwhile national authoritative and Navy seasoned Zach Dembo has won an unfastened spot created by Republican Andy Barr’s determination to tally for the Senate.
Dembo is besides a erstwhile adjutant to Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear.
Beshear easy won the territory during an off-year gubernatorial contention successful 2023 and has spent clip campaigning for his erstwhile legislative director.
Ralph Alvarado, a doc and ex-state senator, was the Republican nominee.
The territory includes Democratic-trending Lexington and covers aggregate agrarian counties that are Republican strongholds.
Top House Oversight Democrat tells Republicans to ‘Lawyer Up’
California Rep. Robert Garcia issued the blunt two-word connection to Republicans arsenic Democrats grew progressively optimistic astir reclaiming power of the House.
If Democrats unafraid a majority, Garcia and different enactment leaders person vowed an assertive oversight agenda, including investigations into Trump, his household and his administration.
Vote counting successful competitory New York territory delayed aft ballot-scanning issues
A justice gave elections officials successful Westchester County support to determination thousands of insubstantial ballots to a unafraid warehouse for counting aft a method occupation caused ballot scanning machines to malfunction.
The contented is expected to hold counting until Wednesday successful New York’s 17th Congressional District, which features a competitory contention betwixt GOP Rep. Mike Lawler and Democrat Cait Conley.
The New York Board of Elections said machines passim the region wouldn’t judge insubstantial ballots erstwhile polls opened Tuesday due to the fact that of a programming glitch.
Voters were instructed to enactment completed ballots successful exigency bags that would beryllium safeguarded to beryllium processed later.
The bags volition beryllium transported nether constabulary escort to a region warehouse, wherever they volition beryllium scanned and counted nether the supervision of representatives of parties.
Lawler and Conley had some implored residents to formed their ballots contempt the occupation and stressed that each votes would beryllium counted.
When the AP volition telephone power of the House
The Associated Press does not marque projections and volition lone state which enactment has won power of the House erstwhile 1 of the parties reaches 218 seats.
Currently, 219 members caucus with Republicans, conscionable 1 much than the minimum needed for a bulk erstwhile each seats are filled. There are 2 vacancies now.
During the past elections successful 2024 and 2022, the AP called power of the House 8 days aft Election Day.
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