Democrat victory in US midterm elections: Republican stronghold also lost

In the USA, the expected happened and Democrats gained the upper hand in Congress. Democrats, who lost both the presidential seat and both houses of Congress in the 2024 presidential election, made a strong comeback this time. Although the official counts have not yet been completed as of the morning hours, it appears that the Democrats have passed the 218 seats required for supremacy in the House of Representatives. Reaching 250 seats, Democrats regained power in the parliament. The Democrats seem to have great success in the Senate, where 35 seats are up for election. The Democratic Party, which managed to take 6 states from the Republicans, exceeded the required 50 seats here too.

On the other hand, Democratic Party senator candidate James Talarico won in Texas, known as the Republican stronghold. Such a success is noteworthy, especially in Texas, where Republican candidates generally win by far in the presidential elections. Republican Ken Paxton received 43% of the votes in Texas, while Talarico exceeded 53%.

Trump: It was a bit of a surprise!

Trump spoke to Fox News by phone after the election and congratulated the Democrats:

"Actually, it was a bit of a surprise. We did good work, good rallies. Republican voters obviously did not like some of the candidates. But I look at the economy, it is very good! The economy is soaring, but gasoline prices prevented people from seeing this. The reason for the increase in gasoline prices is Iran... The people support what I did regarding Iran, but they could not accept the increase in gasoline prices in the short term. Some of them could not see what we would achieve in the long term. The Democrats also did a good job. They fought me for 8 years. I was always winning, but this time they won. I was at the ballot box." "If I were you, I would still win. I will approve the election, but I'm sure the Democrats will bring me a lot of crazy bills and I will veto them."