Trump Claims Republicans Would Have Swept the Midterms in a Landslide If He Had Been on the Ballot
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President Donald Trump insisted on Truth Social that Republicans would have cruised to a landslide midterm victory if he had been a candidate, even as Democrats are projected to take the House and edge closer to a Senate majority amid voter anger over costs, tariffs, and conflict abroad.
President Donald Trump posted on his Truth Social platform that the Republican Party would have won the midterm elections in a "landslide" if he had been on the ballot, a claim that reads more like self-promotion than political analysis.
Democrats are projected to capture the House and are close to gaining a Senate majority, flipping several key races, including a Senate seat in Georgia and a gubernatorial race in Ohio. The results are being read as a broader rebuke of the administration’s second term, with voters voicing deep concerns over living costs, tariffs and the conflict with Iran, all of which have helped push fuel prices higher.
In South Carolina, Democratic pediatrician Annie Andrews defeated Darline Graham, a candidate supported by President Trump who had been appointed to fill the seat of the late Senator Lindsey Graham. The win marks the first Democratic Senate victory in the state since 1998, underscoring the scale of the shift.
Republicans also lost a Senate race in North Carolina, where Democratic candidate Roy Cooper defeated the party’s nominee handpicked by President Trump. In Ohio, Democrat Amy Acton won the gubernatorial contest over Trump-backed Indian-American Vivek Ramaswamy, dealing another blow to the party’s campaign strategy.
Democrats retained Senate seats in Georgia, where incumbent Jon Ossoff was re-elected, and in New Hampshire, where Chris Pappas became the first openly gay man elected to the chamber. Republicans entered Election Day holding a 53-47 Senate majority; with two seats already flipped, the final balance of power in the Senate remains to be determined.