The Associated Press reported Democrats won control of both chambers in the Nov. 3 elections, giving the party federal majorities as its candidates also captured high-profile governor and Senate races across several states.
AP put Democrats at no fewer than 54 of the Senate’s 100 seats and said their House majority exceeded the 218 seats needed for control.
Voters also cited economic pressure and public integrity as important concerns. About half said corruption and the cost of living were crucial to their congressional vote, while about eight in 10 reported moderate or severe hardship from inflation. Roughly three-quarters rated the economy “not so good” or “poor,” according to the AP Voter Poll.
The Texas Secretary of State’s results page showed 100% of polling locations reporting. The snapshot listed Democratic gubernatorial candidate Gina Hinojosa with 5,230,789 votes to Gov. Greg Abbott’s 4,524,527. Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico had 5,444,982 votes to Republican Senate candidate Ken Paxton’s 4,249,373. The page did not label the totals certified final results.
The Associated Press reported Hinojosa won, returning the Texas governorship to a Democrat for the first time since Ann Richards left office in 1995. CBS projected Talarico as the Senate winner. After the projection, he told CBS Mornings, “Texas is not for sale.”
In Georgia, AP reported Democratic gubernatorial candidate Keisha Lance Bottoms defeated Republican gubernatorial candidate Rick Jackson. AP said Bottoms would be the first Black woman elected governor in the United States. In her victory speech, Bottoms said, “No matter who you voted for tonight, I will be a governor for all of Georgia.”
AP also reported that Democratic Senate candidate Adam Hamilton defeated Republican Sen. Roger Marshall in Kansas. Hamilton’s win was the state’s first Democratic Senate victory since George McGill won in 1932, AP reported. Hamilton told supporters, “This is amazing. We really did make history.”
Democratic Senate candidates Annie Andrews in South Carolina, Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan and Troy Jackson in Maine also won, AP reported. They defeated Republican Darline Graham, Mike Rogers and Sen. Susan Collins, respectively.
The new Congress is scheduled to convene Jan. 3, 2027. A later AP report said Alaska and Mississippi Senate races remained uncalled.
