2026 United States elections

Halfway through Donald Trump's second term, his Republicans went into the midterm holding both the House and the Senate, and lost the lot. The upset came in Texas. The state's attorney general, Ken Paxton, had ousted the sitting Republican senator, John Cornyn, in a primary runoff, then lost the seat to Democrat James Talarico, the party's first Senate win in Texas since 1988. House projections give Democrats more than 250 seats. Several races are still being counted, so final totals may move.