Democrats win control of both chambers of Congress in midterms

Summarised from 2 outlets · 4 reports · Updated 4 Nov, 08:33 · Archive

Democrats won control of both the House of Representatives and Senate in Tuesday's midterm election.

American voters delivered a decisive victory to Democrats on Tuesday 3 November in the midterm election, stripping Republicans of control of both chambers of Congress. The outcome was viewed as a referendum on President Trump's second term.

As of 11:30 p.m., Democrats held a 194–115 edge in the House, with 126 races still to be called, and a 52–40 Senate advantage with eight races outstanding. Democrats were projected to hold significant advantages in both chambers when all results are finalised. Only twice in the last 50 years has control of both chambers changed hands in the same election cycle.

Democrats won Senate seats in Texas, South Carolina, Ohio, Kansas and Maine. The outcome puts stronger guardrails on Trump's final two years in office and opens the president and his allies to months of potential new investigations. Hakeem Jeffries, the House Minority Leader, told a Democratic committee luncheon in Washington that 'Americans will break the MAGA extremism' and that 'we are on the verge of ending this nightmare'. Jeffries is poised to become the first Black Speaker of the House in the nation's history.

Democrats win control of both chambers of Congress in midterms — Image: KNOE

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Democrats hope for midterm ‘blue wave’ to wrest congressional control from RepublicansTuesday's midterm election seen as referendum on President TrumpKNOE · 4 Nov, 02:00
Democrats hope for midterm ‘blue wave’ to wrest congressional control from RepublicansTuesday's midterm election seen as referendum on President TrumpWAFB · 4 Nov, 02:00
Democrats’ ‘blue wave’ wrests congressional control from Republicans in resounding rebuke of TrumpTuesday's midterm election seen as referendum on President TrumpWAFB · 4 Nov, 02:00
Democrats’ ‘blue wave’ wrests congressional control from Republicans in resounding rebuke of TrumpTuesday's midterm election seen as referendum on President TrumpKNOE · 4 Nov, 02:00

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