• Momentous sweep: Democrats have flipped control of both the House and Senate in a resounding and historic victory, CNN projects. They capitalized on President Donald Trump’s historic unpopularity to win significant power to check his final two years in office.
• What we’re still watching: Two Senate races — in Alaska and Mississippi — are still too early to call. The Mississippi candidates are separated by just 43 votes. And several dozen House races have still not been projected.
• Trump’s response: The president told The New York Times he’ll accept the results, and in an interview with Fox News, he said he didn’t see the GOP losses “as a hit on me.”
• Democratic Senate wins: Abdul El-Sayed will in Michigan, CNN projects, becoming the first Muslim senator in US history. Democrats flipped seven other Senate seats — in Ohio, Iowa, South Carolina, Maine, North Carolina, Kansas and Texas.
• Stay with us: See all the latest House and Senate results here. And sign up for CNN’s breaking news alerts.
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Inflation is no joke. It cost Democrats the White House in 2024 and the GOP control of Congress in 2026. Prices keep going up and the middle is squeezed to the breaking point. Now comes the hard part and none of it will be easy.
