Democrats won the House and were within reach of taking over the Senate in a rapidly building midterms wave on Tuesday (November 3, 2026) projected to sweep Republicans aside and deliver a stinging repudiation of Donald Trump’s bruising presidency.
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Democrats → win → presidency
CNN and CNBC projected a Democratic House majority, giving the Opposition the power to block Mr. Trump’s legislative agenda and launch sweeping investigations of his administration during the final two years of his presidency.
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CNN → project → presidency
The elections were a nationwide verdict on Mr. Trump’s turbulent second term, with discontent over living costs, tariffs and the U.S. war against Iran — which has driven fuel prices sharply higher — weighing on Republicans as his approval ratings languish near record lows.
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ratings → drive → lows
In one of the night’s biggest shocks, Democratic pediatrician Annie Andrews defeated Darline Graham in South Carolina, according to media projections.
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Andrews → defeat → projections
Ms. Graham was supported by Mr. Trump and had been appointed to replace her brother, longtime Republican senator Lindsey Graham, after his death in July.
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Graham → support → July
Democrats had not won a Senate election in the deeply conservative southern state since 1998.
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Democrats → win → 1998
The victory followed another Republican Senate loss in North Carolina, where popular former Ggovernor Roy Cooper defeated a candidate handpicked by Mr. Trump.
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Cooper → follow → Trump
Democrats also held crucial Senate seats in Georgia, where rising party star Jon Ossoff won reelection, and New Hampshire, where Chris Pappas became the first openly gay man elected to the chamber.
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Pappas → hold → chamber
Republicans entered election day with a 53-47 Senate majority, leaving Democrats needing four net gains to take control.
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Republicans → enter → control
With two Republican seats already flipped, the battle for the upper chamber remained unresolved.
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battle → flip → chamber
House results offered further evidence of the scale of the Republican setback, with Democratic gains extending deep into normally conservative territory.
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gains → offer → territory
In a closely watched bellwether, Democrat J.D. Ford ousted Republican congresswoman Victoria Spartz in Indiana, capturing a district Mr. Trump won by 17 percentage points in 2024.
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Trump → watch → 2024
Political analysts had identified an upset in the district as an early warning that Democrats could be heading for a so-called “blue wave.”
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Democrats → identify → wave
The party also flipped a Republican-held House seat in North Carolina, while results in Florida suggested that redrawn electoral boundaries were failing to deliver the gains Republicans had expected.
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Republicans → flip → gains
In Georgia, Democratic former Atlanta mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms won the governorship, becoming the first Black woman elected governor in U.S. history and ending 24 years of Republican control.
Even Republican success came after scares in unusually tight results.
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success → win → results
Trump-backed Byron Donalds won Florida’s governorship, becoming the state’s first Black Governor, while Republican Ashley Moody retained a Senate seat.
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Moody → back → seat
Mr. Ossoff hailed the Democratic victories as a rejection of Mr. Trump’s “depravity, corruption and incompetence.”
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Ossoff → hail → depravity
A White House official told AFP the mood around the president was “defiant,” warning that Mr. Trump would resist the “radical left” regardless of the election outcome.
“Buckle up,” the official said.
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official → tell → outcome
Democratic control of the House will empower congressional committees to investigate the Iran war, mass deportations and allegations of corruption, while complicating Trump’s efforts to pass new laws.
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control → empower → laws
Losing the Senate as well would jeopardize his judicial nominees and senior administration appointments.
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Losing → lose → nominees
“Rent, groceries, utility bills, and property taxes keep climbing, and I want people in Congress who will actually do something about costs,” Taylor Cook, a 24-year-old Los Angeles voter, told AFP.
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Cook → climb → AFP
Trump defended his record in a final television appearance Tuesday, praising his tariffs, immigration crackdown and military campaign against Iran.
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Trump → defend → Iran
“We have to keep America great.
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We → have → America
We’re great now.
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We → ’re → ?
We were terrible two years ago,” the 80-year-old told Fox News.
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old → tell → News
Mr. Trump had already contemplated the prospect of an Opposition Congress.
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Trump → contemplate → Congress
“I veto everything,” he said in a podcast released on Monday (November 2, 2026), before acknowledging that he might eventually negotiate deals with Democrats.
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he → veto → Democrats
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