US midterm results 2026 LIVE updates: Trump commits to work with Democrats as ‘blue tsunami’ destroys Republican majority in House, Senate; Kansas goes blue for first time in almost a century

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Welcome to today’s live coverage of the US midterm elections, after Democrats seized control of both chambers of Congress, depriving the president and his Republicans of legislative power at the midpoint of Donald Trump’s second term.

Here’s what you need to know:

  • The Democrats, who needed only three more seats to take control of the House, are projected to gain more than 20 seats.
  • They flipped at least seven Senate seats in ruby-red states and battlegrounds alike: Kansas, which hasn’t elected a Democratic senator in nearly a century, Iowa, Texas, Ohio, Maine, North Carolina and South Carolina.
  • Democrat Abdul El-Sayed was declared the winner in the race for Michigan’s Senate seat, becoming the first Muslim elected to the US Senate.
  • Democrats also held on to battleground seats in Georgia and Michigan. In the House, they flipped more than two dozen districts, some that voted for Trump by double digits in 2024.
  • Democrats Keisha Lance Bottoms in Georgia, Amy Acton in Ohio, Rob Sand in Iowa and Gina Hinojosa in Texas won races for governor, flipping GOP-held offices.
  • Political scientist Bob Shapiro said it was at least the biggest blue wave since Democrats swept Republicans out of Congress in 2006 towards the end of the Bush administration.
  • President Donald Trump distanced himself from the results following the rout but said he accepted the election results and was willing to work with Democrats in Congress.

Read more of our US midterms coverage below: