Democrats Win Control of Senate and House in Midterms, Flipping Texas, Kansas and South Carolina
Photo: The Guardian USDemocrats won control of both the U.S. Senate and the House of Representatives in Tuesday's midterm elections, flipping Republican-held seats in states including Texas, Kansas and South Carolina. Decision Desk HQ called the Senate just after 11 p.m. Eastern. Counts differed: one tally as of 6 a.m. Eastern had Democrats at 54 seats and Republicans at 44, with Alaska and Mississippi undecided, while another showed 51 to 39 with 10 races uncalled. Before the vote, Republicans held 53 Senate seats to Democrats' 45. In Texas, James Talarico defeated Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton, the first Democrat elected to the Senate from the state since 1988. In Michigan, Abdul El-Sayed beat Republican Mike Rogers, and in South Carolina, Annie Andrews defeated Republican Darline Graham. President Donald Trump said he will accept the results and blamed the candidates for the losses. House Speaker Mike Johnson warned that Democrats would turn every committee into an investigative body targeting the president's family, Cabinet and donors. Trump is expected to use his veto against Democratic bills.
The right-leaning Daily Signal runs a short, count-driven report on the Senate call, the seat totals and the undecided Alaska and Mississippi races. The Blaze concedes a sweeping blue wave and a rebuke of the administration, but its headline says Democrats won with a different electorate rather than better candidates. It quotes BlazeTV host John Doyle on a demographic shift, especially in Texas. Left-leaning outlets treat the result as a verdict on Trump. The New Republic calls it a huge blow and an indictment of Republican rule, and Rolling Stone describes a seismic rebuke amid an economic crisis it attributes to Trump. Rolling Stone adds that Democrats now have an investigative platform and quotes Johnson's warning. Both sides agree on the sweep and the red-state flips. They differ on the cause: demographics on the right, Trump's record on the left. Newsweek and France 24 add a distinct angle, with a professor blaming Trump-backed candidates and Trump blaming candidates himself.
How the sides differ Right sources stress a demographic shift and the raw Senate count; left sources frame a rebuke of Trump and coming investigations; alternative sources focus on candidate quality.
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The New Republic and Rolling Stone lead with Democratic control of Congress as a rebuke of Trump and Republican rule. Rolling Stone features Speaker Mike Johnson's warning of investigations and the Democrats' prospective agenda.
France 24 stresses Democratic wins in Republican heartlands and Trump's pledge to accept results while blaming candidates. Newsweek profiles the key winners and quotes a University of Michigan professor on poor campaigns.
The Daily Signal reports the Senate call, seat counts and undecided races in a brief, straightforward account. The Blaze acknowledges the blue wave but quotes host John Doyle arguing a changed electorate, not better candidates, explains it.