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Nov 04, 2026
How an unpopular president and an unpopular war provided an opening for Democrats to make sweeping gains in the midterms.
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Nov 04, 2026
Abdul El-Sayed's election to the Senate is significant not because he shares their religion, Muslim Americans said, but because he prioritizes issues that many voters care about.
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Nov 04, 2026
Victories by moderates in competitive or Republican-leaning states and districts paved the way for large new Democratic majorities likely to be shaped by their priorities.
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Nov 04, 2026
After a decade at the center of American politics, President Trump is politically wounded, with diminished power. Those who know him say the next two years will be unpredictable.
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Nov 04, 2026
The president's approval was essential to winning Republican Senate primaries. It became lethal in competitive general-election races.
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Nov 04, 2026
A two-term Democratic governor and a suburban revolt against President Trump laid the groundwork for Adam Hamilton's victory.
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Nov 04, 2026
Democrats are clinging to small leads in both states, and it may take quite a while until the winners are known.
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Nov 04, 2026
The conservative justice has told friends he does not plan to step down before the end of the court's term, even as Democrats are set to seize the Senate in January.
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Nov 04, 2026
Democrats' sweep of Congress further whittled the already small ranks of Republican women.
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Nov 04, 2026
Global leaders shared their reactions a day after Democrats routed the Republican Party in the midterm elections and were on track to control both the House and the Senate.
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Nov 04, 2026
After a decade at the center of American politics, President Trump is politically wounded, with diminished power. Those who know him say the next two years will be unpredictable.
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Nov 04, 2026
The Maine Republican survived tough cycles in the past even as the political ground shifted underneath her. But the anti-Trump fever in her state doomed her this time.
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Nov 04, 2026
And what the party should do with its new majority in the House and Senate.
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Nov 04, 2026
Democrats' strong showing included wins in every statewide race.
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Nov 04, 2026
The race for U.S. Senate is incredibly close in Mississippi, which does not allow for vote recounts in statewide elections.
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Nov 04, 2026
The president loves combat and chaos. He's about to get more of it.
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Nov 04, 2026
President Trump usurped power from the legislative branch with Republican help for two years. Democrats are now positioned to try to claw back some of Congress's prerogatives.
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Nov 04, 2026
When a new Congress is sworn in, it will have the power to hold hearings and issue subpoenas, prompting one representative to advise White House officials and others to "lawyer up."
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Nov 04, 2026
Fairshake, the major industry super PAC, spent $46 million on ads against the Democrat, Sherrod Brown, who won.
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Nov 04, 2026
Troy Jackson, a former Democratic state lawmaker, upset Senator Susan Collins, a Republican who had served the state for 30 years.
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Nov 04, 2026
Democrats clinched control of Congress, but the full scale of the party's landslide, and Republicans' losses, remained unknown.
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Nov 04, 2026
For once, the numbers provided a quick, decisive verdict. But from Fox News to the Kornacki Cam, the voices and faces told the story.
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Nov 04, 2026
And what the party should do with its new majority in the House and Senate.
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Nov 04, 2026
Democrats celebrated a seismic triumph in the midterm elections, winning control of the Senate and the House as voters delivered a blistering rebuke to President Trump. Peter Baker, The New York Times's Chief White House correspondent explains what this historic reset of the balance of power in Washington means.
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Nov 04, 2026
The midterms were full of firsts, including the first Black woman to be elected governor of a U.S. state and the first openly gay man to serve in the Senate.
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Nov 04, 2026
Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, a progressive Democrat and outspoken critic of Israel, won Michigan's Senate race, maintaining his party's hold on a crucial battleground seat and becoming the nation's first Muslim senator.
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Nov 04, 2026
Investors are already picking the winners and the losers after Democrats glided to a landslide victory in the midterm elections.
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Nov 04, 2026
The party's midterm victory reshapes the political landscape.
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Nov 04, 2026
Democrats flipped several Senate seats, most of which had been held by Republicans since former President Obama was elected in 2008.
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Nov 04, 2026
What mattered most in these midterms?
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Nov 04, 2026
The party clinched the House and the Senate in the midterm elections, giving Democrats a powerful platform to counter President Trump.
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Nov 04, 2026
Plus, how to vote from space.
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Nov 04, 2026
The race could take weeks to be decided.
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Nov 04, 2026
The race could take weeks to be decided.
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Nov 04, 2026
In Michigan, Adbul El-Sayed outlasted former Representative Mike Rogers in a Senate campaign marred by ugly attacks.
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Nov 04, 2026
"People hate the way that Trump is running this country," the columnist Michelle Goldberg argues. Her fellow columnists and the American electorate agree. Democrats had a great night, but what now? Eight Opinion columnists offer their views on what Democrats need to do next, and what Trump's final two years in office might hold.
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Nov 04, 2026
In Michigan, Adbul El-Sayed outlasted former Representative Mike Rogers in a Senate campaign marred by ugly attacks.
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Nov 04, 2026
The Democratic Party wrested control of Congress from Republicans in a wave of midterm victories as voters delivered a scathing rebuke to President Trump.
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Nov 04, 2026
Mr. Ricketts secured Republicans' grip on the deep-red state by defeating Dan Osborn, a mechanic and military veteran.
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Nov 04, 2026
Republicans lost control of the House and Senate as voters offered a stinging rebuke to President Trump's agenda.
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Nov 04, 2026
Democrats won shocking victories all over the map and flipped the Senate and House with ease, leaving the president weakened. "There was a mood in the air, I guess," he said.
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Nov 04, 2026
Every Senate win holds important lessons for Democrats.
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Nov 04, 2026
Representative Chris Pappas of New Hampshire, the first openly gay man to win a Senate seat, spoke about a Democratic victory over the "broken status quo" and gave a shoutout to his husband.
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Nov 04, 2026
Dr. Abdul El-Sayed will become the nation's first Muslim senator. He triumphed in one of the country's most bitter and expensive races, keeping his party in control of a crucial seat.
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Nov 04, 2026
Abdul El-Sayed's victory answers several questions.
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Nov 04, 2026
Voters from South Carolina to Ohio to Texas have elevated a new class of Democrats who could not be more different from one another.
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Nov 04, 2026
In his victory speech, Senator Jon Ossoff, Democrat of Georgia, said he hoped his daughters would inherit a better future.
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Nov 04, 2026
For years, Ken Paxton turned scandal into a test of Republican loyalty, but his Senate defeat exposed the limits of a political strategy that helped reshape Texas.
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Nov 04, 2026
A G.O.P. voter in Kansas put it bluntly: "The Republican Party has lost its way."
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Nov 04, 2026
One of the greatest survivors in U.S. politics finally falls.
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Nov 04, 2026
Senator Susan Collins, the sole Republican representing New England in Congress, acknowledged that her seat had been lost on a landslide night for Democrats.
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Nov 04, 2026
One of the greatest survivors in U.S. politics finally falls.
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Nov 04, 2026
For Republicans, Texas has long been a dependable political anchor. Its loss was a profound psychological blow.
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Nov 04, 2026
In a stunning string of victories in Iowa, Texas, and North and South Carolina, Democrats delivered a midterm thrashing repudiating President Trump.
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Nov 04, 2026
In a seismic shift that was once unthinkable, victories by James Talarico and Gina Hinojosa upended decades of statewide dominance in what had been the nation's most populous conservative state.
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Nov 04, 2026
Democrats won a Senate seat in Kansas for the first time in nearly 100 years. Our election data reporter Christine Zhang talks about the growing Democratic footprint in the state.
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Nov 04, 2026
Ms. Flanagan, Minnesota's lieutenant governor, ran against the former sports broadcaster Michele Tafoya. She becomes the first Native American woman elected to the Senate.
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Nov 04, 2026
In the race for U.S. Senate in Texas, Republicans forfeited gains that President Trump made among Hispanic voters in 2024. Our election data reporter Christine Zhang explains.
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Nov 03, 2026
Mr. Turek, a Paralympian and state representative, defeated Representative Ashley Hinson, a Republican, in one of this year's top Senate races.
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Nov 03, 2026
What's stunning about his win is that it wasn't a surprise by Election Day.
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Nov 03, 2026
See results for ballot measures around the country related to voting rights, social policy, redistricting and more.
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Nov 03, 2026
James Talarico, a state lawmaker, beat Ken Paxton, the Republican attorney general, after a bruising and costly campaign.
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Nov 03, 2026
Our election data reporter Christine Zhang explains how double-digit swings in several counties helped Dr. Annie Andrews, a Democrat, defeat Senator Darline Graham, a Republican, flipping South Carolina in the U.S. Senate race.
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Nov 03, 2026
Dr. Annie Andrews defeated Darline Graham, who succeeded her brother after his death, to become South Carolina's first Democratic senator of the 21st century.
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Nov 03, 2026
In the first big surprise of election night, Senator Darline Graham, a Republican, lost her seat to a Democratic challenger in South Carolina. Our national political correspondent Shane Goldmacher explains how the senator's missteps contributed to her loss.
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Nov 03, 2026
The Democrats flipped their first Senate seat of the night. Our national political correspondent Shane Goldmacher explains why this wasn't a surprise, and why it's one of at least four seats the party needs to win to secure a majority in the Senate.
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Nov 03, 2026
Ashley Moody, a Republican, defeated Angie Nixon, a Democrat, in the U.S. Senate race in Florida, but Ms. Nixon did well in some Hispanic-majority counties. Our election data reporter Evan Reynolds explains.
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Nov 03, 2026
Chris Pappas, Democrat of New Hampshire and a congressman, will move to the upper chamber at a time when L.G.B.T.Q. rights have faced pushback in some states.
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Nov 03, 2026
The popular former governor defeated President Trump's handpicked choice to replace the retiring Thom Tillis.
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Nov 03, 2026
Ms. Moody, who had been appointed to the position to replace Marco Rubio, won a special election to finish his term, defeating a strong, grass-roots challenge from Angie Nixon, a state lawmaker.
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Nov 03, 2026
Mr. Ossoff, the Democratic incumbent, was an aggressive anti-Trump campaigner. He beat Representative Mike Collins, a Republican.
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Nov 03, 2026
As much as any midterm race, the senator-elect affirmed the power of the right person waging the right campaign
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Nov 03, 2026
Representative Chris Pappas beat a former Republican senator, John E. Sununu. He will succeed the Democratic incumbent, Jeanne Shaheen, who did not run for re-election.
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Nov 03, 2026
Fighting corruption, the theme in his race, could work for Democrats in 2028.
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Nov 03, 2026
Mail-in ballots are often slower to process in states with high volumes of them, and the count cannot begin until Election Day in some cases.
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Nov 03, 2026
Times Opinion writers break down the results from across the country and what they will mean for American politics in the years ahead.
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Nov 03, 2026
Follow real-time estimates of the outcome of the 2026 midterm elections from The New York Times.
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Nov 03, 2026
Get live results and maps from the 2026 West Virginia elections.
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Nov 03, 2026
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Nov 03, 2026
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Nov 03, 2026
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Nov 03, 2026
Election results in states where voting ends early could indicate how each party will fare in House and Senate races elsewhere in the country.
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Nov 03, 2026
Many of the leads for Sherrod Brown and Adam Hamilton have fallen within the margins of error, underscoring that they could be quite competitive.
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Nov 03, 2026
The Democratic senator from Connecticut, who is 53, began experiencing symptoms while attending his son's hockey game on Saturday, his office said.
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Nov 03, 2026
Get live results and maps from the 2026 Maine general election.
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Nov 03, 2026
The move is a highly unusual action to take at the decisive moment in a close race between the incumbent, Dan Sullivan, and his Democrat rival, Mary Peltola.
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Nov 03, 2026
Get live results and maps from the 2026 Maine general election.
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Nov 03, 2026
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Nov 03, 2026
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Nov 03, 2026
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Nov 03, 2026
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Nov 03, 2026
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Nov 03, 2026
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Nov 03, 2026
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Nov 03, 2026
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Nov 03, 2026
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Nov 03, 2026
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Nov 03, 2026
A shattered alliance in Michigan between Dr. Abdul El-Sayed and his former primary rival, Representative Haley Stevens, underscored broader tensions in the party.
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Nov 03, 2026
The political winds are blowing in Democrats' direction. The question is: How strong are they?
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Nov 03, 2026
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