Blue wave crashes

Democrats won a sweeping victory in the midterm elections, taking both chambers of Congress and making gains in states that had strongly backed Donald Trump in 2024. The article presents the result as a broad rebuke of Trump and a sign that some Republicans are beginning to look beyond his leadership.

Democrats flipped at least seven Senate seats and were projected to gain at least 40 House seats; Republican campaign chairman Richard Hudson also lost his seat. Exit polls found 44% of voters said opposition to Trump drove their vote, compared with 16% who voted to support him. The article also describes losses among men, white voters and Hispanic voters, while noting that polls had struggled to reach Republicans and missed the scale of some Democratic wins.