Over in the US Democrats have taken both the House and the Senate in their best midterm results since Watergate. NBC projects they will end up on 53 Senate seats and 255 House seats, with counting still going on. Trump said: “I don’t like to consider it a defeat for me. I wasn’t on the ballot”…
Seven Senate seats flipped:
- Texas – James Talarico is the first Democrat to win a Texas Senate race since 1988.
- Ohio – Sherrod Brown took back JD Vance’s old seat, Vivek Ramaswamy lost the governorship.
- Maine – Susan Collins out after 29 years.
- Kansas – Megachurch pastor Adam Hamilton is the first Democrat senator since 1932.
- Iowa – This is a state Trump won by 13 points.
- South Carolina – Annie Andrews beat Darline Graham, Lindsey’s’ sister.
- North Carolina – Former RNC chair Michael Whatley defeated.
Elsewhere overnight:
- Michigan – Leftist Abdul El-Sayed held the seat for Democrats against Mike Rogers and will be the first Muslim senator. The Bernie and Mamdani wing will be unbearable…
- Governors – Democrats took Texas along with Ohio and Georgia.
- House scalps – NRCC chair Richard Hudson lost, Republicans Brian Fitzpatrick and Ann Wagner were also beaten. Hakeem Jeffries is set to become Speaker.
- Still counting – In Mississippi, Scott Colom led Cindy Hyde-Smith by 28 votes out of more than 900,000. In scandal-ridden Alaska, Mary Peltola had 54% in the first batch but could face a ranked-choice count lasting two weeks…
- GOP wins? – Pete Ricketts held Nebraska against independent Dan Osborn, and California’s billionaire tax is trailing with half the ballots counted. Every cloud…
Trump has promised to be “Mr Veto” and posted a picture of a red “VETO” hat. Two long years ahead…
