Democrats Projected to Win Both House and Senate in Midterm Elections
Photo: AxiosDemocrats won control of both the House and the Senate in Tuesday night's midterm elections, according to projections from CBS News and the Associated Press. The result ends the Republican governing trifecta that held for the first two years of President Donald Trump's second term. Republicans lost Senate seats in deep-red South Carolina, Kansas and Texas, along with House seats nationwide. Zeteo counted seven Republican-held Senate seats flipped: Iowa, Kansas, Maine, North Carolina, Ohio, South Carolina and Texas. In Kansas, Methodist minister Adam Hamilton beat Sen. Roger Marshall, becoming the state's first Democratic senator since 1932. In Ohio, former Sen. Sherrod Brown, who lost his seat in 2024, returned to Congress. With both chambers, Democrats can launch formal investigations and block legislation. Trump told the New York Times he would work with Democrats and said on Fox that he holds the veto power.
The Blaze, on the right, describes a sweeping blue wave and a rebuke of the Trump administration, but its lead is BlazeTV host John Doyle's argument that Democrats won through a different electorate, not better candidates, reflecting a demographic shift, especially in Texas. CBS News, on the left, leads with what comes next, with Major Garrett outlining what to expect from Democrats and the Trump administration. Both agree on the outcome and on red-state flips in Texas, Kansas and South Carolina. They differ in focus: The Blaze explains why Democrats won, while CBS looks ahead to governing. Axios and Zeteo add distinct angles: Axios says Trump made himself the face of the campaign and is now distancing himself from the result, while Zeteo uses strongly critical language about Trump and details the seat-by-seat flips.
How the sides differ Right sources attribute the result to a demographic shift; left sources look ahead to governing; alternative sources stress Trump's role and a broad GOP loss.
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CBS News leads with a forward-looking segment in which Major Garrett explains what to expect from Democrats and the Trump administration after the projected wins in both chambers.
Axios stresses the broad GOP losses and Trump's role as the campaign's face, while Zeteo celebrates a Democratic sweep, lists the seven flipped Senate seats and cites Trump's remarks to the New York Times and Fox.
The Blaze acknowledges the sweeping Democratic wins in red states, but centers BlazeTV host John Doyle's argument that a changed electorate, especially in Texas, explains the result more than candidate quality.