Democrats seized control of both chambers of Congress in the midterm elections, winning 54 Senate seats and 228 House seats by Wednesday morning in a sharp rebuke of President Donald Trump and the Republican majorities on Capitol Hill.
The party swept virtually every race expected to be competitive. By midnight, Republicans had not flipped a single Democratic-held Senate seat, House seat or governorship.
Several Senate victories came in states Trump carried by double digits just two years ago: Iowa, Kansas, South Carolina, Ohio and Texas. Some of those states had not elected Democrats in decades.
Democrats also captured the North Carolina seat left open by retiring Republican Thom Tillis and held Minnesota, where Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan won election to the Senate. The party led in a handful of other states as well.
In the House, Democrats had netted 25 seats by early Wednesday. That margin would give Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, whom Democrats are expected to elevate to speaker, some room to maneuver when the next Congress begins.
Not every contest was settled. Several Senate and House races were still uncalled as Election Day ended on the East Coast, and no formal call on House control had been made by midnight.
The wave extended to governors' mansions. Democrats flipped four governorships, in Georgia, Texas, Ohio and Iowa, winning the top statewide office in three of the states where they also picked up Senate seats.
