Democrats Flip Senate Seats in Texas and Two Southern States as Networks Project a House Majority

Al Jazeera reports from US midterm night that Democrat James Talarico won the Texas Senate race, the first statewide office a Democrat has taken in Texas since 1994. Citing the Associated Press, Annie Andrews became South Carolina's first Democratic senator since 1998, and Roy Cooper took a Republican-held seat in North Carolina. Jon Ossoff held Georgia for the Democrats. These results are as reported on the morning of Wednesday, November 4, 2026, and counts are not final.

Khabar Online, citing CNN, reports that CNN, NBC and MSNBC have projected a Democratic House majority, while the Guardian is not treating it as settled until the Associated Press calls it. Democrats need 218 of 435 seats. Control of the Senate is not yet clear: Republicans held 53 of 100 seats before the vote, and Khabar Online lists Alaska, Kansas, Iowa, Maine, Ohio and Texas among the races still to be decided. Iran war policy was an issue in the campaign, as this feed noted when polls opened.