Memes and TikToks Celebrate Democrats' Midterm Wins

Democrats flipped both the U.S. House and Senate in the 2026 Midterms, prompting a wave of celebratory memes and TikToks on social media that also took jabs at President Donald Trump. The party won Senate seats in battleground and ruby-red states including Texas, North Carolina, South Carolina, Kansas, Iowa, Ohio and Maine, while holding Georgia and Michigan, and flipped more than two dozen House districts. Social media users used clips from shows and movies like The Office, Breaking Bad, Mean Girls and Avengers: Endgame to express their reactions. Notable Democratic winners celebrated online included James Talarico in Texas, Jon Ossoff in Georgia, Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan and Annie Andrews in South Carolina. History-making wins included Chris Pappas as the first openly gay man elected to the Senate and Keisha Lance Bottoms as the first Black woman elected governor in any state, with her win in Georgia.