New Majorities

Over 122 million people voted in this year’s midterms, with nearly 49% of eligible voters casting ballots, and Democrats flipped both chambers.

What’s Congress lookin’ like?
In the 100-seat Senate, the AP reports Democrats will control at least 54 seats. So far, seven states saw red Senate seats turn blue: Iowa, Kansas, Ohio, Maine, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Texas. Races in Mississippi and Alaska remain too close to call (see live updates).

Democrats are also projected to have the largest House majority in decades: leading 252-155 with 28 races yet to be called.

President Trump and VP Vance attributed Republicans’ losses to the Iran War, while some GOPs blamed Trump for ignoring issues like affordability, calling on him to change course.

Stocks have spent the week on a rollercoaster: climbing ~2% Wednesday before plummeting 4.3% yesterday (the S&P 500’s worst day since April 2025).

What else happened?
The U.S. also passed some historic milestones:

• Michigan elected the country’s first Muslim senator,
• Florida now has the country’s first elected Black Republican governor,
• Texas elected its first Latina governor,
• and Tennessee has its first female governor.

(A correction: On Wednesday we said “Virginia passed a state constitutional amendment legalizing abortion in the first two trimesters,” but it’s more complicated than that. Read our correction.)

What’s next?
Democrats are mapping out their next-two-years agenda:

• Ending the Iran War
• Bringing down the cost of living
• Reversing Medicaid and SNAP cuts
• Addressing “corruption in government”
• Regulating AI and putting moratoriums on data centers (Wondering why data centers are such a hot topic? Come back for tomorrow’s TPO Explains.)

Current Senate majority leader Thune (R-SD) has vowed that Republicans “will not stand idly by” but will work with Trump to block “Democrat extremism.”

PRAY WITH US
Ruler of All Nations, thank You for the privilege to live in a free society with the opportunity and responsibility of electing our leaders. Because of this great privilege and freedom, some of us are happy today, and some of us are wrestling with disappointment, discouragement, and even sorrow.

Even as these political tides shift and leaders change, may we always remember: our home country is not this one, our true Leader does not hold an earthly office, our hope is in something greater. Train us to zealously pursue the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace, never allowing ourselves to break fellowship over party or policy.
Amen. (Read this full prayer here.)