Democrats flip seven Senate seats in decisive midterm victory

Democrats won control of Congress in Tuesday's midterm elections, delivering a decisive defeat to President Donald Trump and Republicans, with the party flipping seven Senate seats and gaining ground across numerous counties nationwide. In the Senate, Democrats flipped seven seats from Republican control, including long-held Republican strongholds in Texas, South Carolina, and Kansas. Swing maps from the Associated Press show a sharp shift toward Democrats in six key states that had favored Trump in the 2024 presidential election, with visible blue gains across nearly every county. In Maine, the seventh flipped seat, Democrat Troy Jackson defeated Republican incumbent Susan Collins, though the margin was narrower than Kamala Harris's 2024 victory there. Trump blamed the Iran war for Republican losses, while former President Barack Obama credited strong Democratic candidates in previously unlikely regions.