Democrats won control of the U.S. Senate and are expected to take the House of Representatives in Tuesday's midterm elections, according to The New York Times, The Guardian and NBC News. NBC News reported that Democrats will hold both chambers of Congress beginning in January after flipping seven Senate seats. According to the Associated Press, as cited by the Times, Democratic Senate pickups came in Maine, Iowa, Kansas, Ohio, North Carolina, South Carolina and Texas, many of them in states that had long been Republican strongholds.

Several of the victories were historic. Democrat James Talarico defeated Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, whom President Trump had elevated to the Republican nomination, becoming the first Democrat elected to the Senate from Texas since 1988. In Kansas, the Rev. Adam Hamilton defeated Sen. Roger Marshall, the state's first Democratic Senate win since 1932, and in South Carolina, Dr. Annie Andrews won a seat for Democrats for the first time since 1998. In Maine, Sen. Susan Collins conceded to Troy Jackson, a former state legislator, and in Michigan, Dr. Abdul El-Sayed won despite a late endorsement of the Republican nominee by his defeated primary rival, Rep. Haley Stevens. Counting continued in Alaska and in Mississippi, where a couple dozen votes separated the candidates, so Democrats could still widen their Senate margin.

Democrats also won significant governorships. Keisha Lance Bottoms was elected in Georgia and became the first Black woman elected governor in the country's history, and Gina Hinojosa ousted Texas Gov. Greg Abbott to become the first Democratic governor there since Ann Richards in 1990. Dr. Amy Acton became the first woman elected to lead Ohio, and Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford defeated Republican Gov. Joe Lombardo, according to NBC News projections. Republicans did win a notable race in Florida, where Byron Donalds was elected the state's first Black governor.

Trump said in an interview with The New York Times that he was "absolutely willing to accept those results" and would "look forward to working with" Democrats, adding, "We'll probably work something out." He also posted on social media, "I wasn't on the Ballot and if I was, we would have won IN A LANDSLIDE!" In an interview with Fox News, he pointed to his veto power, saying Democrats would "send over things that are insane and I'll veto them," and predicting that after "a couple of months of vetoes" the parties would work together. The Guardian reported that Trump held 30 campaign rallies over the past month and that, in remarks seen as aimed at voters unhappy with U.S. support for Israel, he said the United States would stop $4 billion in annual funding to Israel after the end of this year.

The campaign was shaped by concerns over the cost of living, rising fuel prices and an unpopular war with Iran, and by record-low approval ratings for Trump, according to The Guardian. NBC News reported that Democrats regained ground in heavily Latino counties in Texas, where voters who shifted toward Trump in 2024 over economic concerns were also affected by federal immigration enforcement. Democratic control of Congress will give the party oversight powers and the ability to pass legislation, though Trump's veto authority will constrain what becomes law. Among Democrats, Rep. Ro Khanna called El-Sayed's win evidence that progressives can win nationally, a message that Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has also promoted; both are considered potential 2028 presidential candidates but have not announced campaigns.