Democrats made history this week while delivering massive victories up and down the ballot as voters across America decisively rejected Donald Trump and Republicans’ harmful agenda. In red, blue, and purple districts, working people put their trust in Democrats and our agenda to lower costs, expand access to healthcare, and make life more affordable.
From Texas and Georgia to Ohio, South Carolina, Kansas, Iowa, North Carolina, and beyond, Democrats built a blue wave that swept across the country — recapturing majorities in both chambers of Congress, flipping governorships from red to blue, securing Democratic trifectas, winning hundreds of state legislative seats, and fracturing Trump and JD Vance’s 2024 coalition.
With these historic victories, working families are gaining Democratic champions who will lower costs and deliver for them in public office.
Here’s a look at just some of Democrats’ victories across the country:
Democrats secured historic wins in battleground Senate races while expanding the map, winning the U.S. Senate with a sizable majority not seen since 2014. Across the map, Democrats won big in deep-red territories, including James Talarico, who became the first Democrat to win a U.S. Senate seat in Texas since 1988, and Adam Hamilton, who became the first Democrat to win a U.S. Senate race in Kansas since 1932.
- In Iowa: New York Times: Josh Turek Flips Iowa Senate Seat in a Major Victory for Democrats
- In Kansas: Washington Post: Adam Hamilton wins Kansas Senate race, becoming first Democrat elected to seat in nearly a century
- In Maine: MS NOW: Troy Jackson defeats Susan Collins in Maine, ending her 30-year Senate career
- In North Carolina: Reuters: Democrat Roy Cooper flips Republican-held US Senate seat in North Carolina
- In Ohio: Associated Press: Sherrod Brown flips Senate seat in Ohio for Democrats by ousting Sen. Jon Husted
- In South Carolina: The Guardian: Democrat Annie Andrews flips South Carolina Senate seat held by Republicans since 1998
- In Texas: Houston Public Radio: Democrat James Talarico wins U.S. Senate seat, ending GOP’s 32-year Texas statewide winning streak
Despite Republicans’ desperate attempt to rig the midterms through gerrymandering, Democrats still swept the House map, holding onto every Frontline seat in a Republican-gerrymandered district and picking up seats in areas redrawn to favor Republicans. Democrats also massively overperformed and won in swing districts across the country, with an estimated 13-point margin of victory in the overall popular vote for House seats, the largest vote share for either party since at least 1976.
- Nationwide: NBC News: Democrats win control of the House of Representatives with a vow to combat Trump
- Nationwide: NBC News: Republicans bet the House on redistricting, but Democrats swept through the seats they targeted
- Nationwide: The Hill: Democrats seize House control from Republicans
- Nationwide: The Atlantic: Republicans Redistricted Themselves Out of Congress
After flipping gubernatorial seats in Georgia, Iowa, Nevada, Ohio, and Texas, Democratic governors will represent a majority of states for the first time in almost two decades. The country will also have the most women governors in history, including Keisha Lance Bottoms, the first Black woman ever elected governor, and Gina Hinojosa, the first Hispanic governor of Texas.
- In Georgia: Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Keisha Lance Bottoms elected Georgia governor, a first for a Black woman in US
- In Iowa: Washington Post: Rob Sand wins Iowa governor’s race, becoming the first Democrat elected to lead the state in 20 years
- In New Mexico: Source NM: New Mexico elects Democrat Deb Haaland as first Native American woman governor in US
- In Ohio: The Guardian: Amy Acton wins Ohio race for governor, ending 16 years of Republican control
- In Texas: Associated Press: Democrat Gina Hinojosa elected Texas’ first Latina governor, ousts Republican incumbent Greg Abbott
- In Wisconsin: Wisconsin Public Radio: Democrat David Crowley makes history, defeats Tom Tiffany in Wisconsin governor’s race
- Nationwide: Stateline: Democrats win majority of governorships for the first time in 16 years
Democrats swept state legislative races across the country, securing at least 51 majorities and putting Democrats in control of the majority of state legislative chambers for the first time in a generation. Democrats also flipped 12 legislative majorities, while expanding Democratic trifectas — which now outnumber Republicans and will make policy decisions to improve the lives of more than 180 million Americans.
- In Arizona: KTAR: Democrats poised to control both chambers of Arizona Legislature for first time in 60 years
- In Georgia: Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Democrats win a majority in the Georgia House for first time in 22 years
- In Indiana: Indiana Capital Chronicle: Indiana Dems break GOP supermajority in House, notch Senate wins
- In Michigan: Michigan Advance: Return of the trifecta: Michigan Democrats reclaim full control of state government
- In Minnesota: CBS Minnesota: Democrats take control of both chambers of the Minnesota Legislature
- In Missouri: Missouri Independent: Democrats flip 16 Missouri House seats, ending Republican supermajority
- In New Hampshire: WMUR: Democrats set to take control of New Hampshire House, Senate
- In Nevada: Nevada Globe: Nevada Democrats Capture Assembly Supermajority, Near Total Legislative Dominance
- In North Carolina: News & Observer: Blue wave: NC Democrats flip state House after 16 years of Republican control
- In Ohio: Cleveland.com: Ohio House Dems break GOP veto-proof supermajority to assist Amy Acton as governor
- In South Carolina: South Carolina Daily Gazette: ‘Through the roof’: Here’s how SC Democrats erased the House’s GOP supermajority
- In Pennsylvania: Spotlight PA: Democrats have won the Pennsylvania House and Senate, handing Shapiro a powerful trifecta
- In Wisconsin: Wisconsin Examiner: Democrats win control of Wisconsin Legislature, cementing first Democratic trifecta in 16 years
Democratic attorneys general will now represent the majority of states after voters put their faith in strong candidates and flipped seats from red to blue in Georgia, Iowa, Kansas, Ohio, and Texas. This includes a historic number of female attorneys general, with a total number of 11.
- In Colorado: Colorado Sun: Democrat Jena Griswold is elected Colorado attorney general, defeating Michael Allen
- In Georgia: WABE: Tanya Miller is elected Georgia’s first Black woman attorney general
- In Iowa: Iowa Capital Dispatch: Democrat Willems declares victory in race for Iowa attorney general
- In Ohio: Ohio Capital Journal: Democrat Kulewicz claims victory in Ohio Attorney General race after Republican Faber concedes
- In Texas: Houston Chronicle: Nathan Johnson wins Texas Attorney General race, becomes first Democrat to win since 1994
Meanwhile, Tuesday’s results showed what we’ve been seeing all year long — Trump and Vance’s 2024 coalition is broken, and voters are turning to Democrats to make things better in their lives. According to a New York Times analysis of voter trends compared to the 2024 results, Democrats secured a 15-point swing across all voters. The message from voters is clear: No more of Republicans’ unaffordable and out-of-touch agenda that enriches billionaires at the expense of working Americans.
- Nationwide: Washington Post: Young voters swung toward Democrats in House races, fueling midterms sweep
- Nationwide: NC Newsline: Black, Hispanic, Asian early voter turnout in North Carolina outpaces 2022 midterms
- Nationwide: Business Insider: Young people swung left in the midterms, and it’s in large part because of skyrocketing prices
- Nationwide: Associated Press: Young voters led a sharp shift toward Democrats in the 2026 midterms, The AP Voter Poll finds
- Nationwide: Reuters: Latinos, motivated by immigration and economic woes, drive Democratic gains in Republican strongholds
- Nationwide: Reuters: How Democrats expanded the map and won rural America
- Nationwide: CNBC: Voters say the economy drove them to the polls — and blame Trump for their troubles
- Nationwide: Washington Post: Angry voters in red America will swing the election
- Nationwide: New York Times: Angry Voters Usher in Beginning of the End to the Trump Era
- Nationwide: CNN: Live map: House districts Trump won by double digits shift toward Democrats in midterms
