{
  "id": 18064446,
  "title": "US midterms: Democrats win US House in growing midterms wave against Trump",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/04/us-midterms-democrats-win-us-house-in-growing-midterms-wave-against",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-04T04:24:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Dawn",
    "slug": "dawn",
    "url": "https://www.dawn.com/news/2042019/us-midterms-democrats-win-us-house-in-growing-midterms-wave-against-trump"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The 2024 US midterm elections saw Democrats make significant gains, projecting a majority in the House and positioning themselves to challenge Republican control of the Senate. CNN and CNBC were among the media outlets projecting a Democratic House majority, indicating a strong rebuke to President Donald Trump and his Republican Congress.\n\nPediatrician Annie Andrews made history by winning a Senate seat in South Carolina, becoming the first Democrat to do so since 1998. This victory, coupled with Roy Cooper's projected win in North Carolina's Senate race, brought the party two of the four seats needed to take control of the chamber.\n\nThe results also suggested a growing Democratic wave could extend beyond urban areas, even reaching deeply Republican strongholds. Sherrod Brown's win in Ohio's US Senate race, flipping the seat to the Democrats, further bolstered the party's prospects.\n\nWhile Democrats held onto Senate seats in Georgia and New Hampshire, other critical races were still too early to call. Many of these races, including in Alaska, Iowa, Michigan, Maine and Texas, remained unresolved as millions of votes were still uncounted.\n\nDemocrats were favored to win the House, with the fate of the chamber still uncertain due to numerous races yet to be decided. Former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms secured a historic victory, becoming the first Black woman elected Governor of Georgia.\n\nPresident Trump urged his supporters to see the midterms as an opportunity to rebuke him, holding numerous rallies across the country. Exit polls showed half of voters nationwide wanted to use the election to rebuke the president, with 75% expressing anger or dissatisfaction with the country's direction under his administration.\n\nHistorically, the president's party has lost congressional seats in midterms, a trend Trump's party followed. However, Democrats were favored to win the majority in the House, despite Republican attempts to portray Democratic candidates as radical or un-American.",
  "summary": "Democrats won the House and were within reach of taking over the Senate in a rapidly building midterms wave Tuesday projected to sweep Republicans aside and deliver a stinging repudiation of Donald Trump’s bruising presidency. CNN and CNBC projected a Democratic House majority, giving the opposition the power to block Trump’s legislative agenda and launch sweeping investigations of his…",
  "key_points": [
    "Democrats projected to win majority in US House in 2024 midterms",
    "Annie Andrews becomes first Democrat elected to SC Senate since 1998",
    "Sherrod Brown flips Ohio US Senate seat to Democrats"
  ],
  "editors_take": "The Democratic surge across diverse regions signals a broad rejection of the current administration and shifts the party closer to reclaiming control of the Senate.",
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/03/u-s-midterms-may-alter-trumps-stance-on-iran-but-they-wont-change",
        "published": "2026-11-03T17:23:45.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "France 24",
        "title": "US midterms: \"Voters have become increasingly frustrated with President Trump\"",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/04/us-midterms-voters-have-become-increasingly-frustrated-with-president",
        "published": "2026-11-04T03:50:01.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Al Jazeera",
        "title": "Trump and Republicans trampled in the midterms",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/04/trump-and-republicans-trampled-in-the-midterms",
        "published": "2026-11-04T04:47:55.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Reuters Business via SCMP",
        "title": "US voters unleash blue wave, handing Congress to Democrats and rebuking Trump",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/04/us-voters-unleash-blue-wave-handing-congress-to-democrats-and",
        "published": "2026-11-04T05:33:25.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Moneyweb",
        "title": "Democrats secure control of Congress in sharp rebuke of Trump",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/04/democrats-secure-control-of-congress-in-sharp-rebuke-of-trump",
        "published": "2026-11-04T06:05:28.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Jerusalem Post",
        "title": "Trump congratulates Democrats on midterm success, blames GOP candidates for poor performance",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/04/trump-congratulates-democrats-on-midterm-success-blames-gop",
        "published": "2026-11-04T06:12:51.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "PBS NewsHour",
        "title": "Democrats win control of the U.S. House",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/04/democrats-win-control-of-the-u-s-house",
        "published": "2026-11-04T06:27:26.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "DW News",
        "title": "US midterm election results: Democrats flip House and Senate. Here's what else the data tells us",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/04/us-midterm-election-results-democrats-flip-house-and-senate-heres",
        "published": "2026-11-04T06:34:00.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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