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Archive photo · 3 April 2007Democrats Win US Midterms, Take Senate and House With 54 Senate Seats, 237 House Seats
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Democrats won control of both the House and Senate in the midterms. Historic milestones for minority and women candidates across multiple offices.
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Midterms flip Congress
Democrats won control of both the House of Representatives and the Senate in the United States midterm elections held on Tuesday, with Democrats securing 54 seats in the Senate and 237 seats in the House. Voters elected a “historic slate of women, candidates of colour and other under-represented politicians” on Nov 3, as Democrats rode “a wave of dissatisfaction with President Donald Trump’s administration.” RTVE.es reported that Democrats flipped seven states in the Senate, listing Iowa, Ohio, South Carolina, North Carolina, Kansas, Texas, and Maine.
The Senate majority gave Democrats 54 seats, comfortably surpassing the 51 needed for a majority. RFI said the opposition won control of the House of Representatives and the Senate, and it described the result as “a humiliating setback for Donald Trump” that “jeopardizes the end of his presidency.”
Historic minority wins
Abdul El-Sayed of Michigan became the first Muslim elected to the US Senate, and the Straits Times listed him alongside Gina Hinojosa, Deb Haaland, Keisha Lance Bottoms, Xavier Becerra, and Chris Pappas as firsts for women and minority candidates.
Sinart Digital said Abdul El-Sayed was a 42-year-old physician who mobilized voters with leftist promises including universal health care, and it quoted State Voices strategy director Bill Shiebler calling Tuesday’s results “a strong rebuke to hate and division.”
Sinart Digital also reported that Keisha Lance Bottoms became the first Black woman to win a post of that caliber in the United States, and it said Chris Pappas would be the first openly gay man in the U.S. Senate after winning the New Hampshire election.
Stacey Abrams said, “From coast to coast, voters... spoke with clarity. Democrats must now govern courageously,” after the Democratic wins.
RFI reported that the ballot results included milestones in Texas and Kansas, including James Talarico’s victory over Ken Paxton and Adam Hamilton becoming the first Democrat elected to the Senate from Kansas since 1932.
Trump response and next steps
President Donald Trump acknowledged the midterm results largely reflect the Iran war, and he quoted him saying, “We had no choice. If we could go back, I would do it again. Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon.”
Trump acknowledged the defeat in a conversation with New York Times journalists, quoting him: “I am absolutely willing to accept those results,” and it also quoted him saying, “I think the Democrats did a good job, I really do.”
Democrats pledged to open investigations into the president, his family and his government, and into the advisability of continuing to pay for the war in Iran.
Vote counts were still ongoing in some states such as Alaska, Nebraska, or Mississippi, and it added that the elections chose the 435 members of the House of Representatives and a third of the senators.
The United States Department of Justice deployed 1,000 supervising officers across the country to monitor voting in Democratic jurisdictions.