Democrats seized control of the House of Representatives in Tuesday's midterm elections, taking 43 districts from Republicans while giving up just two. Winners in dozens of races have yet to be projected.
The gains stretched from suburbs in the Northeast to parts of South Texas once seen as drifting toward the GOP. They included perennial swing districts as well as seats long considered deep red.
In several districts, Democrats unseated Republican lawmakers who had won by double digits two years earlier. A few victories came in rematches, including one against a Republican the Democrat had faced multiple times before.
Redistricting gambits tested
The results were also a test of last year's mid-decade redistricting fight. At President Trump's behest, Texas Republicans redrew their map to push several districts rightward, California Democrats moved districts to the left, and other states adjusted their lines for partisan advantage.
Texas Republicans had hoped to pick up as many as five Democratic-held seats. They gained one and lost two Republican districts to Democrats, as the state elected its first Democratic senator and governor in decades.
In California, where voters approved their own redistricting plan after Texas acted, Democrats captured all five seats they had targeted. Republican pickups nationwide have been limited so far.
Gains across regions
North Carolina saw a handful of House seats change hands, including upsets in districts tilted toward the GOP in redistricting a few years ago. The shifts came as Roy Cooper decisively won the state's Senate race.
Both parties spent heavily in the Northeast, including on seats with a history of swinging between parties and a competitive Pennsylvania district held for a decade by an overperforming Republican.
Several Midwestern states will send dramatically different delegations to Congress next year, and some Western cities and states elected their first Democratic House members in years.
