Inside the Republican Cataclysm
The Washington Sun's three reporters chronicle the Republican midterm wipeout of November 3, 2026, in which the party lost at least 25 House and seven Senate seats as Democrats flipped strongholds in Texas, Kansas, South Carolina, Iowa and Michigan. They trace the collapse to Trump's record unpopularity, the Iran war's gas-price hit, a failed redistricting gambit — "a Watergate-level loss," in one Republican's words.
