US President Donald Trump complained about Fox News' reporting on the evening of the midterm elections. On his Truth Social platform, he criticized the station for devoting “too much time” to Democrats. Trump watched the early election results with political advisers and members of his Cabinet in the East Room of the White House. This was announced by the government headquarters.
After Republicans were projected to lose their majority in the House of Representatives, the US President posted on Truth Social the following comment: "I wasn't on the ballot, and if I had been, we would have won in a landslide! Thank you for your attention to this matter. President DONALD J. TRUMP"
According to projections, US President Donald Trump's Republicans have lost their majority in the House of Representatives in the congressional elections. The Democrats will take control of the House chamber, US channels CNN and NBC News reported based on vote counts and voter surveys.
Democrat Amy Acton will become governor of Ohio, an office that was previously held by Republicans. The doctor beat US President Donald Trump-backed Vivek Ramaswamy, a billionaire and Republican presidential candidate in 2024, according to AP data. Republicans had spent more than $100 million in campaign funds to prevent a Democratic victory.
A controversial election commercial that Ramaswamy aired dominated the final weeks of the election campaign. In it, Acton's mother, with whom she has had no contact for decades, claimed that the Democrat had lied about her own childhood.
US President Donald Trump has announced that he will recognize the results of the congressional elections. "We will work with the Democrats, and we look forward to it. We will probably find a solution," he told the New York Times.
Defeat for US President Donald Trump's party: According to projections, the Republicans have lost another Senate seat to the Democrats in the US state of South Carolina. President Donald Trump-backed candidate Darline Graham Nordone lost to Democrat Annie Andrews in the general election, NBC News and CBS News reported based on vote counts and voter surveys.
Graham Nordone is the sister of Senator Lindsey Graham, who died this summer. The state on the east coast with 5.6 million residents has been governed by Republicans for decades. Republican candidates are also traditionally ahead of the Democratic competition in presidential elections.
Graham Nordone's candidacy was also notable because the 62-year-old had not been politically active before her brother's death. She had focused her campaign heavily on supporting Trump and her brother, whose legacy she wanted to continue. She promoted conservative values.
The influential Senator Lindsey Graham, a close ally of Trump and one of the most important foreign policy voices in Washington, died unexpectedly in July at the age of 71 from complications of vascular disease. He had already been chosen as a candidate for the midterm elections.
After the midterm elections, New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani called on Democrats to implement their political plans. "Together we have the opportunity to prove that the Democrats can deliver. That they can offer an alternative to the empty promises and ongoing betrayals of the right," Mamdani said at an election party in Manhattan.
While Mamdani gave his speech, the AP news agency announced the election victory of Democratic Governor Kathy Hochul in New York. “The work we began here on the streets of New York City continues tonight across the country,” Mamdani said.
According to projections, the Democrats have secured the governorship of the state of Georgia. Candidate Keisha Lance Bottoms prevailed in the election against Republican Rick Jackson, as the AP news agency reported based on voter surveys and vote counts. Bottoms will be the first woman and the first black person to hold the office - and the first black female governor in US history. The Republican incumbent Brian Kemp was not allowed to run again after two terms in office.
Bottoms is an attorney and served as mayor of metropolitan Atlanta from 2018 to 2022. Jackson is an entrepreneur and billionaire and has been supported by both incumbent Kemp and US President Donald Trump. The southeastern state of Georgia has around eleven million inhabitants and the capital is Atlanta. Governors are the heads of government of the US states and are roughly comparable to the prime ministers of the federal states.
In the US state of New Hampshire, Republican hopes of capturing a Democratic Senate seat have been dashed, according to projections. The Democratic candidate Chris Pappas defeated Republican John Sununu, as the AP news agency reported based on voter surveys and vote counts. According to media reports, Pappas will be the first openly gay man to enter the US Senate.
Pappas tried to link Sununu to President Donald Trump during the campaign and denounced corruption in Washington. Sununu set priorities in economic policy and distanced himself from the government.
Democratic Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has been re-elected. The prominent representative of the party's left wing defeated Republican Diamant Hysenaj in her New York constituency, according to data from the AP news agency.
Voter turnout among black voters in the US was high on election day, according to the civil rights organization Black Voters Matter. In some states, it may have reached levels similar to those seen in 2008, when Democrat Barack Obama first ran for president, said LaTosha Brown, co-founder of Black Voters Matter. Participation was particularly high in the states of Michigan and Mississippi.
Brown made the comments at a press conference hosted by the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation. Your organization deployed more than 2,000 election observers in several states. These did not report any “far-reaching problems” for voters.
Melanie Campbell, the organization's president and chief executive officer, said the observation is not limited to Election Day. The organization will continue to support the entire process - from the counting of votes to the confirmation of the results and the inauguration of the election winners. “If we believe in a democracy that belongs to all people, we must also work to make it work for everyone,” Campbell said.
