Democrats were on track to win the US House of Representatives in Tuesday's midterm elections, according to media projections, and were moving closer to a Senate majority after seizing Republican seats in South Carolina and North Carolina. The early results were a sweeping rebuke to US President Donald Trump and the Republican Congress that has supported him since he returned to the White House two years ago. In South Carolina, pediatrician Annie Andrews became the first Democrat to win a Senate seat since 1998, a stunning victory over Trump's hand-picked candidate Darline Graham in a state that he carried by nearly 18 percentage points in 2024. Andrews' win, along with Democrat Roy Cooper's victory in North Carolina's Senate race, gave the party two of the four seats it needs to secure control of the chamber.
In Florida, Republican Senator Ashley Moody narrowly fended off Democrat Angie Nixon, but was ahead by only about three percentage points in a state Trump carried by 13 points in 2024, further evidence that even solidly Republican states were shifting dramatically toward Democrats. Democrats held onto three House districts in Florida that Republican lawmakers had redrawn earlier, all of which backed Trump by at least nine percentage points. The final outcome for the House remained uncertain, with many races still uncalled. Democrats held onto Senate seats in Georgia and New Hampshire, once considered competitive but lost to Trump's declining approval ratings. With several television networks projecting a Democratic majority in the House, the results are likely to shape the final two years of Trump’s second term, potentially opening the floodgates to investigations and possible impeachment proceedings. These midterm elections are typically viewed as a referendum on the president, and the American people have clearly expressed their dissatisfaction with Trump and the Republican agenda.