Democrats Clinch Control of US Senate as Party Notches Several Major Wins
Democrats secured at least 51 seats after a string of upsets in Republican strongholds, giving them the chamber majority, officials said.
- On Election Day, Democrats reclaimed the U.S. Senate majority after flipping four Republican-held seats to secure control of the chamber.
- The party successfully flipped Senate seats across North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas, Ohio, Iowa, and Kansas, collectively shifting the legislative balance.
- In Kansas, pastor Adam Hamilton defeated Sen. Roger Marshall, becoming the first Democrat in 94 years, while James Talarico defeated Ken Paxton in Texas, the state's first Democratic senator since Lloyd Bentsen.
- Roy Cooper defeated Michael Whatley in North Carolina, while Josh Turek defeated Ashley Hinson in Iowa; Sherrod Brown defeated Jon Husted to reclaim the Ohio seat.
- Annie Andrews defeated Sen. Darline Graham in South Carolina, filling the seat left by the late Sen. Lindsey Graham, while Brown will serve the remaining two years of Vice President JD Vance's term.
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The Democrats, who ultimately had to control at least four more seats to take over the US Senate, won their bet in the mid-term elections.
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