2026 Elections | Democrats Topple GOP Control with Stunning Upsets Across the Country
NBC News projects Democrats will control both chambers after voters delivered a rebuke to Trump and gave the party 51 Senate seats.
- On Tuesday, NBC News projected that Democrats secured full control of Congress, delivering a forceful repudiation of President Donald Trump's agenda across deep-red territory.
- Forty-Three percent of midterm voters surveyed cited opposition to Trump as their primary motivator, while 71% of voters—including 41% of Republicans—demanded more congressional oversight of his administration.
- Democrats secured 51 seats in the Senate and flipped more than two dozen House seats across Maine, Iowa, Kansas, Ohio, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Texas.
- This shift enables Democrats to block Trump's nominees and launch investigations into his conduct, while Ohio Governor Amy Acton and former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms secured historic victories.
- Senate Republicans will be largely powerless to stop Democratic efforts to roll back tariffs, force an end to the war in Iran, and investigate the administration during the final two years of Trump's presidency.
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Democrats win both the Senate and House as blue tsunami crushes Donald Trump's Republicans
The Democrats have taken control of both the Senate and House of Representatives as a blue tsunami crushed Donald Trump's Republicans in the Midterm elections. In a bruising night for the President, the Democrats surged in several traditional Republican strongholds and broke long-standing records as the party reclaimed control of both chambers of the US legislative branch. The results mean Mr Trump's final two years in the White House could prov…
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