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 in May, then lost the seat to Democrat James Talarico by about 12 points, the party's first Senate win in Texas since 1988. Democrats had won more than 250 House seats within a week of the vote, their largest majority since 2008, though a few races were still being counted and final totals may move.