A Big Picture post argues the bigger story of the 3 November 2026 midtimes is in the statehouses: Democrats flipped more than 500 legislative seats and 12 chambers, took governorships in Georgia, Iowa, Nevada, Ohio and Texas for a 28-20 majority, their first since before 2010, and won five new trifectas. The post adds these gains give Democrats, on paper, enough trifectas to push the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact past 270 electoral votes, and incoming leaders like Wisconsin's Greta Neubauer weigh redistricting and ambitious agendas while defending against a Trump White House for two more years.