Democrats take House and Senate in stinging rebuke to Trump
Sara Ruthven and Cody Combs report:
Democrats swept the House of Representatives and the Senate on Tuesday, in a stinging rebuke of US President Donald Trump.
Votes are still being counted, but Democrats were projected to take the majority of seats in Congress following a series of stunning reversals in Republican-held states.
Former Republican safe state Texas flipped blue as Democrats Gina Hinojosa and James Talarico took the governorship and the open Senate seat, respectively. And in neighbouring Kansas, a Democrat won a Senate seat for the first time in nearly a century.
Republican Darline Graham, sister of the late Senator Lindsey Graham whom Mr Trump chose to serve out the remainder of his term, lost to Democrat Annie Andrews in South Carolina, a traditionally red state.
The elections came as the cost of living in the US has surged since the start of the Iran war, with prices for petrol, food and other necessities remaining high.
The results are a signal of Americans’ dissatisfaction with Mr Trump’s performance over the past two years.
