2026 midterm election results live: Democrats sweep Congress. What’s next for Trump?MS NOW's live coverage reports Democrats reclaimed the House and Senate in the 2026 midterms, flipping at least 35 House seats and seven Senate seats as Trump-backed candidates lost from Texas to Michigan. Highlights include Abdul El-Sayed becoming the first Muslim elected to the U.S. Senate, Democrats winning statewide in Texas for the first time since 1990, Scott Colom's razor-thin Mississippi lead, and Trump blaming the Iran war for the sweep while Democrats like Jim Himes vow to cut off war funding and Hakeem Jeffries launches his speaker bid.
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- Mary Peltola likely to win Alaska Senate race as count nears end
- Scott Colom wins Mississippi Senate race, first Black senator since Reconstruction
- Abdul El-Sayed wins Michigan Senate seat as 'habibi' quip draws wide attention
- Republicans' mid-decade gerrymanders netted few seats as Democrats won the 2026 House
- Trump pulls JD Vance from Iran talks, orders him to target corruption in Democratic states
- Jerry Moran challenges Lisa Murkowski for top GOP seat on Senate Appropriations Committee
- Democrats' midterm wins open abortion-rights push as Trump administration fights back