The midterm elections turned out to be a brutal loss for Republicans as they lost control of both chambers of Congress on Tuesday.
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The results can be viewed as a rejection of President Donald Trump’s agenda, which was undermined by the Iran war and rising costs this year.
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The result was a massive blue wave that took the White House by surprise.
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Though Democrats are now poised to control the House and Senate, Trump has expressed his intent to use his veto power for any Democrat-led bill that may cross his desk during his last two years in office.
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Here are the major takeaways from Election Day as the results finish coming in.
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Who won the House?
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Democrats took control of the House, surpassing the 218-seat threshold required for a majority.
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Democrats have secured 222 seats so far, which puts them higher than Republicans’ slim 218-seat majority in the 119th Congress.
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When the House convenes for the next session, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) will make way for House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) to take the top House post.
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Who won the Senate?
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Democrats flipped the Senate, with Josh Turek’s victory in Iowa pushing the party over 50 seats.
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Turek won the seat by more than 4 points against Rep. Ashley Hinson (R-IA).
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As of Wednesday morning, Democrats secured 54 seats in the chamber.
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This election cycle was a blue tsunami, significantly outpacing Republicans’ performance in the 2022 midterm elections.
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Democrats pulled off multiple major upsets, such as in South Carolina.
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Sen. Darline Graham (R-SC) lost her bid for a first full term to Democrat Annie Andrews, who won by more than 4 points.
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The president’s endorsement of Graham was expected to put her ahead in the red state.
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Andrews, however, managed to pull ahead.
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She will become South Carolina’s first Democratic senator in more than 20 years.
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Texas also saw Democrats sweeping the elections, with Gina Hinojosa ousting three-term Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX) and James Talarico beating state Attorney General Ken Paxton in the state’s highly competitive Senate contest.
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The gubernatorial election results were finalized shortly after Abbott conceded the race, and Paxton did the same after his race was called.
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Hinojosa and Talarico, who became the first Democrats to be elected to their respective posts in over three decades, represent a sizable blue shift in Texas.
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In Ohio, Democrat Amy Acton won the governor’s race by nearly six points over Vivek Ramaswamy.
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Her victory broke Republicans’ hold over the governor’s mansion, which is currently held by term-limited Gov. Mike DeWine (R-OH).
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Ramaswamy’s campaign was likely impacted by the controversy involving its attack ad featuring Acton’s mother, Donna Arthur, who turned out to be a questionable source.
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The ad was released in the last 15 days before the general election.
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The midterm elections also brought about a night of historic firsts, with major milestones regarding representation being achieved in U.S. politics.
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In Georgia, Democratic candidate Keisha Lance Bottoms is set to become the state’s first black governor and the first black woman elected governor in the United States.
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She previously served as mayor of Atlanta and as a senior adviser in the Biden administration.
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Bottoms, who defeated Republican contender Rick Jackson, also flipped the governor’s mansion in Georgia to Democrats for the first time since 1998.
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Similarly, Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL) will become Florida’s first black governor after narrowly outperforming Democratic opponent David Jolly.
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Donalds’s victory in the gubernatorial race helped extend Republicans’ standing in Florida, which used to be a swing state.
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Meanwhile, Hinojosa will become Texas’s first Latina governor and its first female governor since 1995.
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Abbott conceded the race.
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In New Mexico, Democratic nominee Deb Haaland, who is of Native American descent, is on track to become the first indigenous woman elected governor of any U.S. state.
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Rep. Chris Pappas (D-NH) is going to be the first openly gay man elected to the Senate.
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Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) was the first openly gay person elected to the Senate in 2012.
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