Democrats win seven Senate seats and dozens of House districts in 2026 midterms
Democrats captured seven Senate seats, nearly 30 House districts, five governorships and multiple state legislative chambers in the 2026 midterm elections, while Republicans failed to flip any Democratic-held offices.
Democrats expanded their control in the 2026 midterm elections, winning seven Senate seats, at least 24 House districts, five governorships and twelve state legislative chambers, according to Associated Press data compiled on Wednesday. Republicans have not succeeded in flipping any Democratic-held congressional seat, governorship or state legislative chamber.
In Kansas, voters elected the first Democratic U.S. senator since 1932, ending a 94-year gap for the party. In Texas, Democrats unseated three-term Republican Governor Greg Abbott and captured a Senate seat that had not been held by a Democrat since 1988. Republican-held Senate seats also turned Democratic in Iowa, South Carolina, Ohio, Maine and North Carolina.
The gubernatorial victories included upsets in Georgia, Iowa, Ohio and Nevada, states that President Donald Trump carried in 2024, giving Democrats a majority of governorships for the first time since 2010.
State legislative races saw Democrats take control of the Texas House for the first time in more than two decades, flip both chambers of the Wisconsin Legislature, and win the North Carolina House after 16 years in the minority. In Pennsylvania, Democrats captured the state Senate for the first time since before 1994, achieving full control of state government. They also regained lower chambers in Michigan and Minnesota, restoring full Democratic control in those states. Unofficial results in Arizona suggested Democrats could take both legislative chambers for the first time in roughly 60 years.
Even in states where Republicans retained legislative majorities, Democrats reduced Republican supermajorities in Florida, Indiana, Kansas and Missouri. The Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee noted that the scale of the losses matched the magnitude of the Watergate-era statehouse shifts of 1974.
Republicans had pursued a mid-decade redistricting effort in Texas, Florida and North Carolina to favor their candidates, a strategy encouraged by President Trump. However, the redistricting did not prevent the Democratic gains. Some Senate races in Alaska and Mississippi and several House contests remained undecided as of Wednesday.