US midterm elections 2026 live: Democrats exceed 250 House seats as blue wave sweeping Congress grows
The Guardian's live blog tracks the Democratic wave in the 2026 midterms: Democrats lead House races 253 to 157 with 25 still to call, having flipped eight seats, and hold a 106-seat Congress majority, with the Mississippi and Alaska Senate races uncalled. Attention turns to the fallout — Republicans including JD Vance, Ted Cruz and Ron DeSantis jockeying for 2028, Harmeet Dhillon's resignation from the justice department, and Nithya Raman's narrow mayoral win in Los Angeles.
