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Maine Ousts Collins

Troy Jackson ended Susan Collins’s 30-year Senate career. Democrats also won in Kansas and Iowa, giving them at least 53 seats.

2026 Midterm Elections Live Updates: Democrats Win the Senate in Rebuke of Trump

Democratic candidates won races in Republican strongholds, flipping Senate seats in Kansas, Ohio, North Carolina, South Carolina and even Texas. On a night shaping up as a Democratic romp, President Trump told The New York Times that he would accept the election results.

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El-Sayed delivers major blow to GOP in Michigan

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Voters have delivered a stunning rebuke to Donald Trump. The results mark the start of a tumultuous era for the president’s party

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The president says he doesn't see the Republican defeats as a rebuke of him, instead pinning the blame on some of his party’s candidates

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Democrats have clinched the House, giving them full control of Congress and a powerful platform to counter President Trump.

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Democrats take back the House and Senate in a sweeping midterm victory, flipping Republican strongholds across the country

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Democrats take House and Senate as Americans deliver stunning rebuke to Donald Trump

US midterms: Democrats gain control of House and Senate from Republicans