Democrats Win Control of House and Senate in Midterm Elections, Flipping Seats in Red States

Democrats won control of both the U.S. House and the Senate in the midterm elections on Tuesday, according to projections, ending the Republican hold on Congress. Democrats flipped more than two dozen Republican-held House seats, from suburban Northeast districts to areas of South Texas, though winners in dozens of races had not yet been projected. In the Senate, Democrats took Republican-held seats in 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 South Carolina, Democrat Annie Andrews defeated Republican Sen. Darline Graham, who was appointed after the July death of her brother, Lindsey Graham, who had held the seat for more than 20 years. President Trump told the New York Times he would work with Democrats, and told Fox he has veto power. Last year's mid-decade redistricting also shaped the House races.

Left-leaning outlets NBC News and CBS News lead with the scale of the Democratic win. NBC highlights historic victories in Texas and Michigan alongside Republican reaction, while CBS catalogs flipped districts, notes that Democrats beat Republicans who won by double digits in 2024, and ties results to redistricting at Trump's urging. CBS also stresses that many races remain unprojected. Right-leaning outlets also describe a Democratic sweep, but The Blaze and Fox News explain it differently. The Blaze, via host John Doyle, argues that a changed electorate rather than better candidates drove the results. Fox News centers its Voter Poll, including rural-voter shifts in South Carolina, and features its own anchors and reporter Chad Pergram. Both sides agree on the outcome and on Texas as a key flip. Axios and Zeteo, meanwhile, frame it around Trump's party losses, with Zeteo using far sharper language.