Trump's endorsements fail as Democrats sweep 2026 midterms

President Donald Trump's endorsement proved insufficient as Democrats won control of both the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives in Tuesday's midterm elections, flipping seven Senate seats and enough House districts to secure both chambers. Voters treated the election as a referendum on Trump, who entered with the lowest approval rating of any president heading into a midterm. His endorsed candidates lost key races including Senate contests in Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Michigan, Ohio, South Carolina, and Texas, plus gubernatorial defeats in Georgia, Iowa, Ohio, and Texas. Trump had urged voters to "pretend" he was on the ballot, but declared on Election Day he was "not" on it, writing "I wasn't on the Ballot and if I was, we would have won IN A LANDSLIDE!" Notable winners included the first Muslim U.S. Senator and first Black female governor.