Democrats notched a string of early victories in U.S. midterm elections Tuesday, flipping a Republican-held Senate seat and making inroads in conservative House districts as President Donald Trump faced the prospect of a bruising election setback.
In a further blow to Republicans, former Atlanta mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms was projected to win Georgia’s governorship, becoming the nation’s first Black woman Governor and ending 24 years of Republican rule. In Florida, Trump-backed Byron Donalds won the governor’s race, becoming the state’s first Black governor, while Republican Ashley Moody retained a US Senate seat. The Opposition party also retained key Senate seats , while victory in Georgia’s Governor race added to mounting signs that Republicans face a difficult night. The vote was a nationwide judgment on Mr. Trump’s turbulent second term, with discontent over living costs, tariffs and the U.S. war against Iran — which has driven fuel prices sharply higher — weighing on the president and his party. those results raised the possibility of a wider Democratic advance into territory normally considered safe for Trump’s party Although control of Congress remained undecided. Democrat Roy Cooper, a popular former North Carolina governor, delivered one of the night’s most consequential results by defeating Michael Whatley, the former Republican National Committee chairman handpicked by Mr. Trump.
“I veto everything,” Trump said in a podcast released Monday, contemplating the possibility of a Democratic Congress before adding that he might eventually negotiate deals.
