Democrats won the House and were within reach of taking over the Senate in a rapidly building midterms wave on Tuesday (November 3, 2026) projected to sweep Republicans aside and deliver a stinging repudiation of Donald Trump’s bruising presidency.
Trump-backed Byron Donalds won Florida’s governorship, becoming the state’s first Black Governor, while Republican Ashley Moody retained a Senate seat. Ms. Graham was supported by Mr. Trump and had been appointed to replace her brother, longtime Republican senator Lindsey Graham, after his death in July. Even Republican success came after scares in unusually tight results. Losing the Senate as well would jeopardize his judicial nominees and senior administration appointments.
Democrats had not won a Senate election in the deeply conservative southern state since 1998. In Georgia, Democratic former Atlanta mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms won the governorship, becoming the first Black woman elected governor in U.S. history and ending 24 years of Republican control.
A White House official told AFP the mood around the president was “defiant,” warning that Mr. Trump would resist the “radical left” regardless of the election outcome. “Buckle up,” the official said.
CNN and CNBC projected a Democratic House majority, giving the Opposition the power to block Mr. Trump’s legislative agenda and launch sweeping investigations of his administration during the final two years of his presidency.
In one of the night’s biggest shocks, Democratic pediatrician Annie Andrews defeated Darline Graham in South Carolina, according to media projections.
