FILE-Members of Congress participate in a joint session of Congress to ratify the 2024 Presidential election at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Chen Mengtong/China News Service/VCG via Getty Images)

Democrats have won control of Congress in the 2026 midterm elections.

The political party flipped roughly seven Senate seats in red states and battleground states: Kansas, Iowa, Texas, Ohio, Maine, North Carolina and South Carolina. And Democrats held on to seats in the battleground states of Georgia and Michigan.

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In the House, Democrats flipped over two dozen districts, some that voted for

President Donald Trump by double digits in 2024, according to The Associated Press.

The 2026 midterm elections delivered major victories for Democrats nationwide with the results marking a series of historic firsts as candidates from underrepresented communities won some of the country’s highest offices.

Democrat Keisha Lance Bottoms was elected governor of Georgia on Tuesday, making history as the first Black woman to be elected governor in the United States, defeating Republican businessman Rick Jackson.

Gina Hinojosa was elected the first Democratic governor of Texas in more than 30 years, ousting Republican incumbent Greg Abbott.

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