Several Indian-origin candidates too notched up victories as Democrats made significant gains in the U.S. midterm elections on November 3, 2026, positioning themselves to wrest key Senate seats from Republicans, delivering a stinging rebuke to President Donald Trump.
House Speaker Mike Johnson will step down as Republican leader following his party’s crushing midterm election defeat, his spokesperson confirmed on Wednesday (November 4, 2026). Johnson, 54, had led the House since October 2023, when he emerged as a compromise candidate after weeks of Republican infighting following the ouster of his predecessor, Kevin McCarthy. The response contrasted with then-President George Bush, who fired Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld the morning after the 2006 midterm elections, when voter discontent over the Iraq war helped Democrats win control of Congress. Congress in a sweeping midterm rout on Tuesday (November 3, 2026) with a landslide of upsets that delivered a crushing rebuke of President Donald Trump and his Republican Party.
He had campaigned extensively to preserve the Republicans’ narrow House majority and previously suggested he might remain party leader even if Democrats won control. President Donald Trump backed Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth, a day after Democrats won control of both chambers of Congress in midterm elections that reflected voter anger over the Iran war. Democrats won full control of the U.S.
U.S. Mr. Johnson, the highest-ranking Republican in the United States after President Donald Trump and Vice-President J.D. Vance, is second in the line of presidential succession. Mr. U.S.
The Louisiana Republican told staff of his decision Wednesday morning, a day after Democrats seized control of both chambers of Congress in a sweeping rejection of Trump’s party and his policies.
