Black voters deliver a GOP reckoning
Summary
Black voters strongly backed Democratic candidates in the 2026 midterms, reversing gains Donald Trump made among Black men in 2024, according to the article. Their votes helped Democrats win Senate races in Michigan and Texas and elect Keisha Lance Bottoms as Georgia’s governor, while Mississippi’s Senate race remained uncalled.Key Facts
- About nine in 10 Black voters backed Democratic House candidates, according to the AP Voter Poll.
- About one in 10 Black men supported Republican candidates in the midterms; roughly one-quarter had supported Trump in 2024.
- Abdul El-Sayed defeated Republican Mike Rogers in Michigan and became the nation’s first Muslim senator.
- James Talarico defeated Ken Paxton in Texas after winning strong support among Black voters, according to an August poll cited in the article.
- Keisha Lance Bottoms became the first Black woman elected governor in the United States.
- Democrat Scott Colom held a narrow lead over Republican incumbent Cindy Hyde-Smith in Mississippi, but the race remained uncalled with ballots outstanding.
- Black voters made up 32.4% of Georgia’s early ballots, up from 30.2% in 2022, according to an Atlanta Journal-Constitution analysis; this did not establish whether overall Black turnout increased.
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