6 takeaways from Democrats' big wave on election nightnpr.org· 10d
NPR's Domenico Montanaro takes six lessons from the 2026 midterms, where Democrats won both the House and Senate, including James Talarico's Texas Senate win — the state's first Democrat since 1988 — after a Trump-backed redistricting push backfired. He says Trump's approval slid after the Iran war, and expects wide reverberations for 2028.
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- Marco Rubio defends Trump foreign and immigration policies in Federalist Society speech
- Potential 2028 Democratic contenders cast themselves as pragmatists after midterm wins
- Republicans' mid-decade gerrymanders netted few seats as Democrats won the 2026 House
- Democrats' midterm wins open abortion-rights push as Trump administration fights back
