Election results 2026 live updates: Voters deliver rebuke to Trump as Democrats net major wins

Democratic victories in red and battleground states, fueled in large part by opposition to Trump’s policies, propelled the party to win control of both the House and the Senate.

Two decades after Democrats swept into power and elected Nancy Pelosi the first female speaker of the House, the party is making history once again.

After winning back the majority in yesterday’s elections, Democrats are on the cusp of elevating Hakeem Jeffries, a Pelosi protégé, to become the first Black speaker of the House.

Supporters for Trump-aligned state Attorney General Ken Paxton gathered for his election night party in Dallas yesterday — only to bear witness as Texas Republicans suffered their first statewide loss in more than 30 years.

Paxton has battled personal scandals for years, but Trump endorsed him over GOP Sen. John Cornyn in the primary anyway. In the general election, a line of prominent Republicans publicly pledged support for Democrat James Talarico rather than back Paxton.

The Republican-controlled state House impeached Paxton in 2023 before the state Senate acquitted him in a vote for which Trump took credit after he pressured the lawmakers. Paxton’s estranged wife, Angela Paxton, a state senator, publicly revealed that she had sought a…

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