Democrats Win Both House and Senate in Midterms, Flipping Seats in Texas, Kansas and South Carolina

Democrats won control of both the House and the Senate in Tuesday's midterm elections, according to NBC News and Associated Press projections, flipping Senate seats in Republican-leaning states including Texas, Kansas and South Carolina. Republicans had held the Senate 53 to 45 before the vote. The New Republic reported Democrats ahead 51 seats to 39 with 10 races uncalled, and six seats flipped. Zeteo counted seven flips, 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 Ohio, former Sen. Sherrod Brown, who lost his seat in 2024, regained a place in Congress. Zeteo said Democrats can now launch formal investigations and Trump can no longer push legislation through. Trump told the New York Times Tuesday evening that he would work with Democrats, and told Fox he has the power of veto.

The right-leaning Blaze opens by describing a sweeping blue wave and a sharp rebuke of the Trump administration, then turns to commentary. Its headline says Democrats won not with better candidates but with a different electorate, and host John Doyle argues the results reflect a demographic shift, especially in Texas. It gives no seat counts. On the left, The New Republic leads with a "huge blow to Trump," gives the 51-39 count and the pre-election 53-45 split, and calls the results an indictment of Republican rule. NBC News calls the win historic, highlighting Texas and Michigan and Republican reaction through reporter Ryan Nobles. All three agree on the outcome and on the red-state flips. They differ on cause: the Blaze points to demographics, the left to voters rejecting Trump. Alternative outlets add their own angles. Axios says Trump is distancing himself from the result, and Zeteo quotes his remarks and stresses Democrats' new investigative power.