Midterms elections 2026: Live results maps on Senate and House races
As vote counts continue in the elections that will determine the balance of power in Congress, the Democrats look set for a clean sweep.
The fate of Donald Trump’s final years in the White House will be majorly influenced by the result, as his political opponents gain essential power over policymaking.
All 435 seats in the House of Representatives were up for election, along with 35 seats in the 100-member Senate.
With over two-thirds of results declared, the Democrats have met high expectations, surpassing the four seats needed to flip to take the Senate.
The party has also taken 25 seats at the House, far beyond the three gains that were required to flip the House.
Historic results have been seen in Texas, where James Talarico is the projected winner, alongside Annie Andrews in South Carolina and Sherrod Brown in Ohio. It has been several decades since the Democrats held the Senate for any of these seats.
Democratic Senator Jon Ossoff is also projected to hold his seat in Georgia, dashing Republican hopes of a victory in the state.
The 2026 midterm elections have been seen as a referendum on Trump’s second residency, with Democratic candidates blaming the administration for the growing cost of living crisis and economic fallout from the Iran war, among other issues that are driving voters to the polls in record numbers.
Defensive Republicans, meanwhile, have sought to cast their opponents as too extreme.
Delivering his victory speech in Georgia, Senator Ossoff said: “Together, we’ve affirmed that our task is not just to contain one president’s wickedness, but to heal the brokenness beneath”.
“The American people have rebuked the depravity, corruption and incompetence of the failed lame duck president Donald J. Trump,” he added.
Calling in to Fox News as results came in, Trump said that he thought the Democrats “did a good job”.
“They fought hard. They were, you know, they’ve been fighting for a long time. They’ve been fighting me for a long time,” he said.
The US president signalled a willingness to work with the Democrats for the last two years of his term, but ruled out compromise on immigration and transgender policies.
