Democrats win control of US House and Senate in 2026 midterm elections

Democrats won control of both the US House of Representatives and the US Senate in the November 2026 midterm elections, according to DW, France 24, Daily Sabah and Anadolu. Anadolu cited a CNN projection. TASS also reported the House result, citing a Bloomberg projection. President Donald Trump remains in office for two more years.

Democrat James Talarico won a Senate seat in Texas. Democrats also won the governorship of Georgia, where a Black woman was elected to the post. Trump said Democrats did a good job. He has repeatedly said he would use his veto in response to a Democratic majority.

Reported results

According to Daily Sabah, wins in Kansas and Iowa clinched the Senate majority, after wins in Texas, South Carolina, North Carolina and Ohio. It reported that Troy Jackson defeated Republican Sen. Susan Collins in Maine.

DW reported that Abdul El-Sayed defeated Republican Mike Rogers in Michigan by 52% to 46%. At 42, he will become the first Muslim US senator, DW said.

Daily Sabah reported that Gina Hinojosa unseated Texas Governor Greg Abbott. It named former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms as Georgia's winner and the first Black woman governor in US history. DW reported that Democrat Rob Sand won the Iowa governorship after 16 years of Republican control. Republicans won in Florida, where Byron Donalds became the state's first Black governor, according to Daily Sabah.

Daily Sabah said control of Congress will let Democrats block legislation and senior appointments and pursue investigations into the Iran war, immigration enforcement and alleged corruption. It also said the results reflected anger over living costs, tariffs and the war against Iran, but cited no polling for that assessment. The reports reviewed by Vocemundi do not include final seat totals, turnout or voter data.

DW reported that global stocks recovered some early losses after the results, while the dollar fell to a one-month low.

What each side says

According to Daily Sabah, Trump told Fox News: "I think the Democrats did a good job, I really do." It reported that he told The New York Times he was "absolutely willing" to accept the results. He said on social media that Republicans would have won in a landslide had he been running. He also acknowledged that the Iran conflict contributed to the defeat, Daily Sabah reported.

House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries said Trump's MAGA movement was "on the run from sea to shining sea," according to Daily Sabah.

Barack Obama wrote on X that Americans "want a politics that brings people together rather than divides them," DW reported.

Metin Hakverdi, the German chancellor's transatlantic coordinator, told DPA he expects the results to significantly affect relations between Berlin and Washington, according to DW.

Analysis

The results point to a period of divided government, with a Republican president and a Democratic Congress. If Trump uses his veto as he has said, and Democrats pursue the investigations Daily Sabah describes, confrontation could shape the next two years. Cooperation is also possible: Trump has suggested common ground on immigration, and Iowa's Rob Sand promised to work across the aisle. Foreign partners may deal with both parties, as German officials indicate. Without voter data in the reports reviewed by Vocemundi, explanations of why voters chose as they did remain unproven.

Produced by the Vocemundi newsroom with AI assistance.