Democrats secured control of both the House and Senate in the 2026 midterm elections, flipping at least seven Republican-held Senate seats and more than two dozen House districts in results that extended deep into traditionally conservative territory, according to projections from multiple news organizations as of early Wednesday.

The gains, driven by voter dissatisfaction with inflation, living costs and other national issues, produced a Democratic Senate majority of at least 54 seats to the Republicans' 44, with two races still unresolved. In the House, Democrats held at least 228 seats to the Republicans' 139 with dozens of contests remaining to be called, well above the 218 needed for a majority. The outcome marked one of the more decisive midterm shifts in recent decades and ended Republican control of both chambers.

Senate flips occurred in Kansas, where Adam Hamilton defeated the Republican incumbent to become the first Democrat elected to the seat since 1932; in Texas, where state Rep. James Talarico defeated Attorney General Ken Paxton; in South Carolina, where Annie Andrews won; in Iowa; in Ohio, where Sherrod Brown prevailed in a special election; in Maine; and in North Carolina. Democrats also held competitive seats in Michigan, where Abdul El-Sayed won and is set to become the first Muslim member of the Senate, and in other battlegrounds. Two contests, in Alaska and Mississippi, remained too close or incomplete for final calls early Wednesday.

In the House, Democratic candidates prevailed in districts that had supported the Republican presidential ticket by........

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