Election results 2026 live updates: Voters deliver rebuke to Trump as Democrats net major wins

What to know today CONTROL OF CONGRESS: Democrats will take control of the House and the Senate in January, NBC News projects, winning seats in deep-red and battleground states in a repudiation of President Donald Trump's agenda. SENATE FLIPS: Democrats flipped seven seats in the upper chamber, including Iowa, Kansas, Ohio, Maine, North Carolina, South Carolina and Texas. HOUSE MARGIN: Democrats will win at least 258 House seats, well beyond the 218 needed to secure a majority, an NBC News analysis shows. After the results came in, House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., told his staff this morning that he will not not stay on as Republican leader in the new Congress. GOVERNOR RACES: In gubernatorial races, Democrats flipped Texas, Georgia, Nevada, Ohio and Iowa. NBC NEWS EXIT POLLS: A cocktail of crucial factors helped Democrats capture both chambers of Congress, including concerns about the economy, key voting blocs shifting away from the GOP, and a resounding rejection of Trump himself, according to the NBC News Exit Poll.

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