Democrats win Senate
Democrats win House
The Democrats win the Senate and the House in US midterm elections, taking control of Congress for the rest of Donald Trump's presidency
This is a historic rout of the Republican Party - most Democrats wouldn't have dreamt of this a few months ago, our North America correspondent writes
Trump tells Fox News that the Democrats "did a good job" - and acknowledges the Iran war, and higher fuel prices, played a part in the defeat
In the Senate race, Democrats picked up a string of victories in Republican strongholds, including Texas, Ohio, and Kansas - which last elected a Democrat almost 100 years ago
With control of Congress, Democrats will be able to frustrate President Trump's plans for the next two years - and could even try to impeach him for a third time, writes our North America editor
A short while ago, polls closed in Hawaii, marking the final polls to close in the 2026 midterm elections.
Democrats are projected to take back the Senate and House of Representatives from the Republicans, but there are still more results rolling in.
Stay with us.
Helena Humphrey
Reporting from Bangor, Maine
Image source, ReutersIt’s a pretty sorry atmosphere here at Senator Susan Collins’ watch party in Bangor, Maine.
The house lights are back on, they’re playing Closing Time, and it doesn’t appear the senator will be coming out to address her supporters.
Instead, she’s issued a statement saying she’s called Democrat Troy Jackson to congratulate him and promise a smooth transition.
But this isn’t just the end of an election night. It’s the end of a Senate career stretching back to 1997.
In his victory speech, Jackson recalled asking voters to put their faith in him just over 100 days ago, after the original Democratic nominee, Graham Platner, withdrew amid sexual assault allegations, which he denies.
Jackson pitched this as a battle between the working class and the political establishment.
And with cost-of-living concerns dominating conversations at polling stations across Maine today, it seems Susan Collins has finally run out of time.
Image source, ReutersDemocrats celebrate in Atlanta after sweeping the Senate and governor races in Georgia
Image source, AFP via Getty ImagesDemocrats cheer as Roy Cooper flips North Carolina US Senate seat
Image source, ReutersA relieved Troy Jackson takes in the moment he realised he unseated incumbent Senator Susan Collins
Image source, Getty ImagesThe scenes in Texas were jubilant as supporters learned that Democrat James Talarico was projected to win the state's Senate seat
Image source, ReutersIn Kansas, attendees at a Democratic watch party were happy to see their candidate - Adam Hamilton - win the Senate race
The BBCs US news partner CBS is rating that the Alaska Senate race and the Alaska governor's race are currently toss-ups.
The Maine Senate seat is projected to go to the Democrat, Troy Jackson, CBS News says.
It’s a flip from Republican incumbent Susan Collins, who has served in the seat for nearly 30 years and is the longest-serving Republican woman in US Senate history.
Image source, Getty ImagesJames Talarico is now addressing his supporters at a rally in Austin, Texas, after being elected the first Democratic Texas senator in more than three decades.
"We just took back Texas," he says to massive applause. "We just showed that a politics of division is no match for a politics of love."
Talarico says he has always "bet on young people", "bet on immigrants" and "bet on the underdog", and that his campaign was meant to send a messages to billionaire campaign donors that "power belongs to the people".
"I will always serve you, I will always fight for you," he says.
More now from the president, who was speaking to Fox News a short while ago.
Trump addresses reports that the US is planning a strike on parts of Iran.
"We have to do something large," he tells Fox News, adding that it could involve a "heavy hit".
"They will never have a nuclear weapon," the president says.
He then goes on to acknowledge that gas prices hurt Republicans during the midterm races – saying people "didn't like it" when they had to pay more for fuel.
Trump rounds out his reaction on Fox News by saying he does not view the results as a "hit" against his presidency, despite his party being projected to lose both chambers of Congress.
He says the Democrats "have been looking to do this", a significant win, for many years and they "finally" achieved it. He then congratulates them on a "good job".
The president also used his time to tout achievements of the past two years – nominating the economy and security at the southern border as his main triumphs.
CBS News has just updated its race rating for the Senate race in Louisiana and says it is now leaning Republican.
Louisiana's Senate race was previously rated a toss-up. It has reliably voted Republican in past elections.
The BBC's US news partner CBS has just rated the Senate and governor's races in Michigan.
Both have been rated likely Democrat.
Sakshi Venkatraman
Reporting from Washington DC
Democrats are now projected to have a majority in both the Senate and the House of Representatives.
That means, come January, they will be back in control of Congress, the branch of government responsible for passing the nation's laws.
Both chambers of Congress are currently controlled by Trump's Republican Party, who hold the majority.
But when Democrats take back Congress, they will be able to pass laws more easily and challenge the president's agenda. They will also be able to launch investigations into members of the president's administration.
It's a big shift - and the win the Democrats were hoping for as Trump enters his final two years in office.
Tom Bateman
Reporting from Columbus, Ohio
This is a dramatic, significant result for the Democrats in Ohio - projected to flip a seat in the US Senate and take the governor’s mansion from the Republicans.
This state has been solid Republican territory throughout the Trump era and the Democrats have broken the party’s hold here.
It tells us much about the scale of the party's success tonight as this state was one of the tightest, toughest fought campaigns.
Trump visited Ohio three times during this campaign such was the concern at the way his party felt the challenge was becoming.
The Senate seat was vacated two years ago by JD Vance when he became vice-president.
There will be clear symbolism for the Democrats feeling they have cracked the White House’s political hold nationwide.
Image source, ReutersDemocratic candidate Amy Acton is projected to win Ohio's governor race
Sakshi Venkatraman
Reporting from Washington DC
Image source, Getty ImagesWe've just heard from one of the top Congressional Democrats, Hakeem Jeffries, who is celebrating his party taking back control of the House of Representatives from the Republicans.
"Today begins the great American comeback," he tells a crowd.
A big win for Democrats tonight in the House may also mean a change of title for Jeffries.
That's because a Democratic majority in the US House of Representatives means a new speaker will replace the Republican speaker, currently Mike Johnson.
That person could be Jeffries. He is currently the House Minority Leader, which means he is the top Democrat in the House of Representatives.
If his colleagues choose to keep him as the leader of their party's House delegation, he will be the next speaker.
President Donald Trump has dialled into Fox News to discuss his reaction to the results of the midterm rout against the Republicans, conceding the Democrats "did a good job".
He tells host Bret Baier that there was a "mood in the air" and expresses surprise at the outcome.
"We had tremendous rallies," Trump says. "I'm a little bit surprised".
Taking a conciliatory tone, he says that there were "many, many things" that he could work with Democrats on in Congress.
He rules out making any changes to his cabinet as a result of the midterms.
Image source, Getty ImagesThe current estimate for the House of Representatives is that Democrats will win at least 239 seats and Republicans will win at least 161 seats, according to CBS projections.
With 435 seats in the US House, we're still waiting on quite a few races to be called - particularly in California and Texas where there are many more seats.
Places like Maine and Alaska also take longer to count their votes.
Sakshi Venkatraman
Reporting from Washington DC
Earlier today, we told you that results for this year's midterm elections might take a while to come in, especially when it came to knowing the overall winners of the House of Representatives and the Senate.
That turned out to be very wrong.
Big Democratic wins came in strikingly quickly, representing a decisive rebuke of President Donald Trump and his Republican Party, which currently controls both Congress and the White House.
We didn't anticipate this speed, especially in previous Republican strongholds like Texas and Kansas.
Of course, there is still more news to bring you.
We're still waiting to see what happens in Michigan, where a close contest between Democrat Abdul El-Sayed and Republican Mike Rogers is playing out.
But if you feel it all happened very fast, you're not alone.
Donald Trump is speaking to Fox News right now.
We'll bring you his comments in the next few minutes.
Image source, ReutersTrump has now taken to Truth Social to give his view on the night's results so far.
"I’m going to become a Political Pundit, both good and bad, on the reasons these Candidates won and lost!" he writes.
"If Greg Abbott, the Governor of Texas, hadn’t become a RINO in the last six months of his Political Life, he wouldn’t have lost," he says, using an acronym that means "Republican in name only".
He also shared an image of a red hat with the word "veto". That's an apparent reference to his ability to block any legislation that is passed by the next Democratic-controlled Congress.
He also took issue with Fox News, something he's done repeatedly throughout the day, asking why it has former Democratic New York Mayor Bill de Blasio on its political panel.
"FoxNews [sic] bears responsibility for these losses by constantly and consistently putting on the Dumocrat opposition, and worse."
Earlier tonight, he posted: "I wasn’t on the Ballot and if I was, we would have won IN A LANDSLIDE! Thank you for your attention to this matter."
Image source, RealDonaldTrump/Truth SocialTrump shared this image on Truth Social
