Democrats won control of the U.S. House early Wednesday, completing a sweep of both chambers of Congress and setting up two years of divided government in which President Donald Trump will face a Democratic Congress, according to the Associated Press.
The AP called the House at 1:26 a.m. Eastern time Wednesday, hours after Democrats were projected to win a Senate majority, Roll Call reported. Anadolu Agency, citing the AP, reported that Johnny Garcia’s victory over Republican Carlos De La Cruz in Texas’s 35th District gave Democrats their 218th seat, the number needed for a majority in the 435-member chamber.
Democrats had a momentous election night, riding a blue wave to take control of the House and Senate.
As results poured in throughout last night and this morning, candidates celebrated their wins across the US. https://t.co/kgZDn1fJFS pic.twitter.com/hAUPLaTSvp
— CNN (@CNN) November 4, 2026
The AP described the result as a decisive rebuke of Republican governance and reported that Democrats won races in states Trump carried by double digits two years ago. According to the AP, Democrats flipped Senate seats with James Talarico defeating Ken Paxton in Texas, Adam Hamilton ousting Sen. Roger Marshall in Kansas, Annie Andrews defeating Darline Graham in South Carolina, Sherrod Brown topping Sen. Jon Husted in Ohio and Roy Cooper winning an open seat in North Carolina. Republican Sen. Susan Collins of Maine also lost, to Democrat Troy Jackson, the AP reported.
Roll Call reported that the GOP’s mid-decade redistricting push in states such as Texas, North Carolina, Florida and Ohio did not deliver the seats Republicans had hoped for, and that Democrats flipped rural and Republican-leaning House districts, including two Iowa seats held by Reps. Zach Nunn and Mariannette Miller-Meeks.
House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, who is in line to become speaker when the new Congress convenes in January, told supporters that “the American people are crying out for transformational change,” according to the AP. The AP reported that Democratic leaders have signaled they will use their new majorities to launch investigations of top administration officials, and that impeachment of Trump and his Cabinet officials “is not off the table.” Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Elon Musk are among possible targets for investigations, according to the AP.
Republicans pushed back. Senate Majority Leader John Thune wrote on X that “Senate Republicans will not stand idly by as the far-left, socialist wing of the Democrat Party attempts to unwind everything we’ve done,” the AP reported, adding that Thune said Republicans will work with Trump “to stop the worst impulses of Democrat extremism.”
Trump, in a late-night phone interview with Fox News, said he did not consider the results a personal defeat and said voters “didn’t like the candidates,” according to the AP. The AP also reported that Trump said on Fox that he would accept the results, and that he vowed to veto Democrat-controlled legislation.
Not everything went the Democrats’ way. The AP reported that Republican Byron Donalds was elected governor of Florida, becoming the nation’s first Black Republican elected governor. Several Senate races, including Alaska, where Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan is on the ballot, remained uncalled Wednesday morning, according to the AP.
The AP Voter Poll found that about three-quarters of voters rated the economy “not so good” or “poor,” and that roughly half cited government corruption and the cost of living as crucial to their vote, the AP reported. The same poll found the Democratic Party is not much more popular than the GOP, with just under half of voters viewing Democrats favorably compared with about 4 in 10 for Republicans, according to the AP.
The new Congress convenes in January 2027, when Democrats will elect the speaker and take over House committees, Anadolu reported. Until then, Republicans keep their current majorities.
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