Wednesday briefing: What the Democrat midterms victory tells us about Trump’s future as president
Summary
Democrats won control of the Senate and House in the 2026 midterm elections, according to the early results described in the article. The reported gains include Senate victories in several states and historic wins by candidates including Annie Andrews, Peggy Flanagan and Adam Hamilton.Key Facts
- The article says Democrats took control of both chambers of Congress.
- It reports Democrats won at least 53 seats in the 100-member Senate.
- The reported Senate gains include Texas, Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Ohio and South Carolina.
- Annie Andrews won a South Carolina Senate seat that the article says Democrats had not won since 1998.
- Peggy Flanagan became the first Native American U.S. senator, according to the article.
- David Crowley won Wisconsin’s gubernatorial race and became the state’s first Black governor, the article reports.
- Adam Hamilton became the first Democrat elected to a U.S. Senate seat in Kansas in nearly a century, according to the article.
- Donald Trump blamed the results on his absence from the ballot and said Republicans would have won by a landslide if he had run, the article says.
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