All 435 United States federal House of Representatives seats and 35 of the 100 Senate seats were up for election in yesterday’s midterm elections.

In the 2024 elections, Republicans won the House by 220–215 over the Democrats and the Senate by 53–47. Due to Vice President JD Vance’s tie-breaking vote, Democrats needed at least a net four-seat gain to win control of the Senate.

Democrats have gained a total of seven Senate seats, with five of those gains coming in states Donald Trump won at the 2024 election by double-digit margins: Ohio, Kansas, Iowa, South Carolina and Texas. Democrats will have a 54–44 Senate majority, with two contests undecided: Alaska and Mississippi.

In Mississippi, Democrat Scott Colom has taken a 65-vote lead over Republican incumbent Cindy Hyde-Smith with over 95% counted. This may well take weeks to resolve.

In Alaska, Democrat Mary Peltola leads Republican incumbent Dan Sullivan by........

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