Democrats Win Control of House and Senate in Midterms, Including Major Gains in Texas
Photo: PoliticoDemocrats won control of the U.S. Senate and were projected to win a decisive House majority in Tuesday's midterm elections, delivering a setback to President Donald Trump with two years left in his term. It was the first time both chambers flipped in a midterm since 2006, and Republicans had been defending a three-seat House margin. In Texas, Democrat James Talarico defeated Republican Ken Paxton to become the state's first Democratic U.S. senator since 1988, and Democrat Gina Hinojosa unseated Republican Gov. Greg Abbott to become its first Latina governor, ending more than 30 years of Republican control of the office. In North Carolina, former Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper beat Trump-backed Michael Whatley for the seat of retiring Republican Sen. Thom Tillis. In Georgia, Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff won reelection over Trump-backed Mike Collins, and former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms became the first Black woman elected governor of a U.S. state. Democrats also won Senate seats in South Carolina and Kansas and took solidly red House districts that Trump carried by double digits two years earlier. Exit polls showed 62% of voters disapproved of the president, and Democrats had only a five-point favorability edge over Republicans, with neither party above 50%.
Left-leaning outlets MS NOW and Politico frame the night as a sweeping Democratic win. MS NOW calls it a stunning midterm rebuke of Trump and says the takeover threatens his agenda and reshapes Washington's balance of power. Politico narrows to Texas, saying Republicans ran the state for 30 years and Democrats took it back. Their excerpts give no vote counts or exit-poll figures. The alternative outlets, the Christian Science Monitor and CNBC, agree on the rebuke and the scale of the win. CNBC adds race-by-race detail on Texas, North Carolina and Georgia. The Monitor adds that some swing voters saw Democrats as the lesser of two evils. Right-leaning outlets had not reported this story at the time of writing, while the other outlets had, focusing on the Democratic victories and their effect on Trump's agenda.
How the sides differ Left sources frame the results as a rebuke of Trump and a Democratic takeover; alternative sources add voter ambivalence toward Democrats; right outlets had not covered it.
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- PoliticoDemocrats sweep Texas
MS NOW leads with a Democratic sweep of Congress as a rebuke of Trump and a threat to his agenda; Politico focuses on Democrats retaking Texas after 30 years of Republican rule.
The Christian Science Monitor and CNBC report Democratic wins in both chambers, with named results in Texas, North Carolina and Georgia. The Monitor adds exit-poll figures and voter ambivalence toward Democrats.
Not covering this story. None of the right-leaning outlets Crosswire tracks has reported it yet. What one side leaves out can be as telling as what the others report.