Democrats win House and Senate in 2026 midterms, flipping seven Senate seats
Briefing by News4U · First published
Democrats won control of both the House and Senate in the 2026 midterms, flipping seven Senate seats in Kansas, Texas, South Carolina, North Carolina, Iowa, Ohio and Maine, and securing at least 228 House seats and 54 Senate seats. President Donald Trump acknowledged the results, attributing Republican losses to higher gasoline prices linked to the war in Iran, and praised Democrats for running a strong campaign. Democrats also flipped governor’s offices in Texas, Georgia, Iowa, Ohio and Nevada, with James Talarico becoming Texas’s first Democratic senator since 1988 and Adam Hamilton Kansas’s first since 1932. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]
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