2026 US midterm elections

Much of the data center capacity expected to come online in 2027 is already under construction, limiting the near-term impact of new restrictions.

James Sullivan said the bifurcation in equity performance is largely driven by the view that existing capacity is significantly more valuable because of incremental supply constraints.

On Wednesday following the midterm results, Micron fell 7% and Nvidia fell 3.17%.

Democrats retook control of both the House of Representatives and the Senate in the midterm elections.

Crenshaw accused Democrats of refusing to pass legislation to make Republicans look bad ahead of the election.

Raskin said Democrats would start by getting rid of illegal tariffs that have driven up prices.

John James was not in Congress when the 2020 election results were certified.

John James lost his gubernatorial race in Michigan.

Rick Jackson lost his gubernatorial race in Georgia.

Elon Musk spent nearly half a billion dollars on midterm elections spending.

Trump accepted the results of the midterm elections.

Dozens of Republican candidates directly endorsed by Trump lost their races.

Brent crude futures fell to a two-month low below $100 per barrel following the midterm election results.

Virginia voters approved a constitutional amendment establishing a fundamental right to reproductive freedom.

Voters in Idaho rejected an effort to repeal the state's abortion ban.

Jon Husted lost in the 2026 midterms.

Donald Trump was still president at the time of the midterms.

At a rally in Oklahoma, Trump talked about 'big, strong, handsome Oklahoma studs' and brought some on stage.

Trump has withdrawn support for Ukraine and suspended sanctions on Russian oil.

Abdul El-Sayed of Michigan became the first Muslim senator.

Democrats have governors in 28 states compared to Republicans' 20, with two yet to be declared.

Cunningham said she wants to protect young girls in sport from competing against biological men.

Democrats reclaimed the House and Senate from Republicans in the midterm elections.

Cunningham said her ESPN interview took place in February of 2026.

Votes were cast from space during the 2026 Election Day.

Expressive reactions to election night were shared online.

ABC News published this article on November 5, 2026.

Jason Snead said the left poured more than $30 million into the California ballot measure campaign to defeat Proposition 39.

Jason Snead said Arizona's defeated measure was broader legislation that included several provisions beyond noncitizen voting.

Jason Snead said noncitizen voting bans are overwhelmingly popular and enjoy bipartisan support.

Democrats recaptured the governor's mansion in Ohio.

Voters say the election results send a message to Republicans not to take Ohio for granted.

Democrats flipped a Senate seat in Ohio.

President Trump retains veto power despite Democratic control of both chambers of Congress.

President Donald Trump carried Ohio by double digits two years prior to the election.

President Trump pledged to work with Democrats.

Hamilton's Resurrection church is the largest Methodist assemblage in the country.

JD Vance charged that Hamilton had insulted voters' faith and spit on their religion.

James Talarico said Christians are called to challenge the systems that make charity necessary.

The tech industry spent large amounts on the midterms.

Democrats won every one of the five Senate races where Musk's America Pac spent the most money backing Republican candidates.

Elon Musk spent $446m into Republican-aligned political action committees and groups since last year.

Senator Cory Booker of New Jersey commended Schumer's handling of the midterms, saying he delivered one of the most historic sweeps for the party.

Michigan Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib said Schumer should have stepped down as leader over the government shutdown retreat.

Senator Chris Van Hollen told Bloomberg that Democrats should not commit to Schumer without promises of a bold agenda.

Democrats retook the US Senate and House of Representatives in the midterm elections.

The Democratic share of the popular vote for House races was the largest of any election since 1976.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Ro Khanna have been cited as possible progressive contenders for the 2028 presidential primaries.

NBA commissioner Adam Silver gave about $41,000 to Democrats in the 2026 cycle.

Madison Square Garden's 1982 tax break had cost the city nearly $1bn by 2023.

Nebraska passed a measure requiring schools to assign teams by biological sex with 67% of the vote and put it in the state constitution.

Democrats secured supermajorities in both chambers of the Colorado legislature.

Weiser said anti-trans measures may need adjustments and expressed opposition to full body examinations for student athletes.

Weiser defeated Republican Victor Marx in the governor's race.

The crypto industry spent more than $200 million to influence the midterms.

Sherrod Brown won his Senate race in Ohio.

Kara Calvert of Coinbase said the 120th Congress is on track to have more new pro-crypto members than any prior freshman class.

Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, is competing against Scalise for House minority leader.

Scalise said House Democrats have signaled they intend to impeach President Trump.

Scalise's guidance includes taking inventory of Democratic investigative efforts, identifying who is on Democrats' target list, and reviewing Supreme Court rulings and a DOJ memo on executive privilege.

Betsy Reed asserted that major law firms and universities capitulated to Trump's threats and intimidation.

Betsy Reed stated that Trump is still the president of the United States.

Betsy Reed claimed that an emboldened Congress is poised to investigate Trump and interrogate his appointees.

Donald Trump vetoed a bipartisan resolution to end support for Saudi Arabia’s war in Yemen in his first term.

Donald Trump claimed that the US would end military aid by the end of the year.

Donald Trump was rebuffed by voters in Tuesday's midterms.

Brian Schatz is a Democratic senator from Hawaii.

Abdul El-Sayed is the Michigan Democratic senator-elect.

Senator Chris Van Hollen has introduced a bill to close loopholes letting federal contractors circumvent the existing ban on election spending.

Washington seized control of Venezuela's oil exports in January after ousting former President Nicolás Maduro in a military raid.

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries said Democrats will end the war that has skyrocketed gas prices.

The Trump administration has canceled nearly $8 billion of energy projects in states that supported Vice President Kamala Harris in the 2024 presidential election.

Darline Graham said during a primary debate in August that national security was not her thing.

Nancy Lacore won the congressional race to fill the seat vacated by former US representative Nancy Mace.

Shane Massey said the GOP nominee was selected in mid-September, leaving Darline Graham only six or seven weeks to run as a first-time candidate.

Donald Trump Jr. publicly endorsed Vance's analysis of the GOP's failures.

Democrats won control of both the House of Representatives and the Senate in the 2026 midterms.

Democrat Abdul El-Sayed defeated Republican Mike Rogers in the Michigan Senate race.

Mandara Meyers is the executive director of the States Project.

Democrats won full control of government in Pennsylvania for the first time since the 1990s.

Democrats won full control of government in Arizona for the first time in 60 years.

T.W. Shannon is a member of the Chickasaw Nation.

Stacey Plaskett will become the U.S. Virgin Islands' first woman chief executive.

Byron Donalds is a Republican congressman.

Every county in Kansas shifted to vote more Democrat in the 2026 Senate race.

Linda Olson was forced to spend $700 on medication while in between insurance plans.

Michael Smith is a political science professor at Emporia State University.

The 2026 US midterm elections delivered historic firsts for women, Black, Muslim, gay, and Native American politicians.

The article about the 2026 midterm historic firsts was published on November 5, 2026.

The last time a Democratic doctor held a seat in the US Senate before the 2026 election was in 1969.

Democrats ran more than 158,000 healthcare-related campaign ads compared to 61,000 for Republicans.

Dr Richard Besser is the president and CEO of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

Democrat Marni von Wilpert is projected to flip California's 48th Congressional District, previously held by Republican incumbent Darrell Issa, who is retiring.

Former Rep. Ben McAdams is projected to win Utah's 1st Congressional District, which was redrawn to favor Democrats.

Republicans are projected to lose two-thirds of the 15 congressional seats they redrew.

Hakeem Jeffries met with Tsai Ing-wen in New York in 2023.

The U.S. government has tightened restrictions on the ability of Chinese companies to buy advanced chips from Nvidia over the last several years.

Trump and Xi are expected to meet in Shenzhen and in Miami, Florida, before the new winners begin their terms.

Net interest on the national debt totaled $1.05 trillion in fiscal 2026.

Jan Hatzius said Democrats are likely to leverage a debt ceiling impasse to win policy concessions.

Democrats won House, Senate, governor, and other state races in the midterm election.

Both Mississippi Senate candidates held about 49 percent of the vote with 96 percent of ballots counted.

Two candidates named Dan Sullivan competed in Alaska's Senate race.

Trump's Department of Justice filed a lawsuit to prevent Alaska from certifying its election results.

Steve Kerr asked reporters why there were no questions about the midterms after practice at Chase Center.

Kerr joked that he was disappointed about not receiving a $5,000 check, taking a swipe at President Trump.

Kerr told reporters after a road trip to Minnesota that ICE agents were not rooting out violent criminals but instead taking 5-year-old kindergartners and American citizens.

Only about one in 10 voters in the 2026 national electorate are under 30.

Representative Maxwell Frost of Florida became the first Gen Z member of the House in 2022.

Melat Kiros defeated 30-year incumbent Representative Diana DeGette in a primary election.

The national average gas price rose by $1.16, or 38%, since the outbreak of the Iran war.

Over half of House voters said the Trump administration's policies have made their healthcare costs worse.

59% of House voters said they were very concerned with gasoline or diesel prices.

Lee Carter wrote a book called "Persuasion."

Lee Carter cites Michigan, Texas, and Kansas as states that offer reason to question the assumption that political identity is destiny.

Lee Carter argues that Americans can hold seemingly contradictory political views simultaneously.

Amendment 81 failed to receive 55% of the vote.

Amendment 81 included a 72-hour deadline for law enforcement to alert the Department of Homeland Security after filing charges for crimes against possibly undocumented individuals.

Shad Murib said Colorado can hold people accountable for crimes without giving ICE more power over families who deserve fair treatment.

Keith Jones is a member of the Pottawattamie County Board of Supervisors.

Jones said he was a police officer for 29 years.

Jones said in a statement to Fox News Digital that the public deserves to know more about Armstrong's situation.

Hugh Hewitt said Ohio Senator Bernie Moreno should recruit GOP Senate candidates for 2028.

Hugh Hewitt said when President Obama was sworn in in 2009, there were only 41 Republican senators and 178 GOP House members.

Hugh Hewitt said the Strait of Hormuz and the Bab el-Mandeb Strait must be open to all traffic.

Gina Hinojosa unseated Republican Governor Greg Abbott, becoming Texas's first Latina governor and first Democratic governor since 1994.

In Virginia's 2nd congressional district, Elaine Luria defeated Jen Kiggans.

West Virginia had the lowest voter turnout at 33.33 percent of eligible voters.

Rural voters were more likely than urban and suburban voters to say gas prices were hurting their finances and that they were in economic survival mode.

Rural voters were slightly more likely to say Republicans had a bigger problem with corruption than Democrats.

The number of rural Americans who said the economy was getting worse climbed 17% since Trump took office in the month before the midterms.

Natasha Cloud shared a Threads post from Rep. Robert Garcia reading "LAWYER UP!" and added the commentary "BTA!" after the midterms.

Natasha Cloud tweeted "Our country is trash" in 2023 following a Supreme Court ruling on affirmative action.

Natasha Cloud plays for the Chicago Sky.

The White House and Republican National Committee did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's comment requests on Thursday.

Bill Clinton said Democrats should rebuild trust with humility and an open hand to those who didn't vote for their candidates.

Bill Clinton called for getting the national debt under control.

Polling company SSRS collects data for the survey on behalf of a consortium of news companies.

People with a college degree voted Democrat by an estimated 62% to 36% Republican.

32% of poll respondents said the state of democracy was the most important issue.

Hamilton's campaign was projected by the Associated Press.

Adam Hamilton is a Methodist pastor and founder of the largest United Methodist church in the country.

A Democrat had not won a Senate seat in Kansas since 1932.

Question 9, the effort to repeal the state's 2024 gun law, failed.

Question 3 supporters conceded defeat just after 11 p.m.

Question 8, a repeal effort targeting the state's legal marijuana industry, was rejected by voters.

Democrat Annie Andrews was projected to have defeated Republican Sen. Darline Graham in South Carolina.

Democrat Josh Turek was projected to win the Iowa Senate race, becoming the first Democrat to represent Iowa in the Senate since Tom Harkin was elected in 2008.

Democrat James Talarico was projected to defeat Republican Ken Paxton in the Texas Senate race.

Missouri voters rejected an anti-abortion rights amendment on the ballot.

Missouri enacted a trigger ban prohibiting most abortions after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.

The rejected amendment would have allowed abortions in cases of medical emergencies, fetal anomalies, rape or incest.

Hillary Clinton said a Democratic affordability agenda should include healthcare costs.

Hillary Clinton stated that the damage Elon Musk did through DOGE is currently unknown.

Hillary Clinton said Democrats should prioritize an anti-corruption package.

Erika Kirk said Turning Point had been hearing the same voter concerns from students around the country for months.

Erika Kirk said Charlie Kirk wanted Turning Point Action to be a permanent, year-round operation.

Erika Kirk said Charlie Kirk told her that when things are going well conservatives should stay humble, and when things are not going as wanted they should stay positive, keep their faith, and get back to work.

Jason Chaffetz said Democrats elevated Kamala Harris without a real primary contest.

Darline Graham was appointed to her late brother's Senate seat in South Carolina.

Darline Graham won the Republican nomination for the South Carolina Senate seat but lost the general election.

Cooper confirmed that Whatley acknowledged the election result.

Cooper is a former two-term governor of North Carolina.

North Carolina has narrowly voted for Trump three times since 2016.

Democrat Keisha Lance Bottoms won Georgia's gubernatorial race, becoming the first Black woman to be elected governor in the United States.

Democrat Abdul El-Sayed was elected as a senator in Michigan.

Ken Paxton was the Republican Senate candidate in Texas and was defeated.

Dr Theopia Johnson Tate is from Atlanta.

Dr Theopia Johnson Tate posed for a portrait at an election night event for Keisha Lance Bottoms.

Keisha Lance Bottoms is a Georgia Democratic gubernatorial candidate.

Byron Donalds won the gubernatorial race in Florida.

Incumbent senator Ashley Moody defeated Democratic challenger Angie Nixon by a narrow margin.

Don Davis won re-election in North Carolina's first congressional district.

House Speaker Mike Johnson made remarks after ABC News projected Democrats will take control of the House.

ABC News projected Democrats will win enough seats to take control of the House.

Democrats defeated Rep. Jeff Van Drew, R-N.J., in the 2026 House elections.