Democrats seize Congress in sweeping midterm rebuke to Trump’s agenda

No new election results are reported in the added coverage: Democrats’ sweeping midterm wins remain the central development, giving them control of both chambers of Congress and the power to challenge Donald Trump’s agenda. The results mark a sharp rebuke to Republican allies in states that backed Trump two years ago, amid voter concerns including the cost of living.

Democrats flipped seven Senate seats, won more than two dozen House seats and increased their number of governors. Adam Hamilton’s Kansas victory was the first Democratic Senate win there in 94 years; Democrats also ended long Republican runs in South Carolina and Texas. Trump said he would have won “in a landslide” if he had been on the ballot, despite previously urging supporters to vote as though he were a candidate.