How the Democratic party flipped the House and Senate, in 12 charts

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The 2026 midterm race results saw a blue wave that secured a Democrat majority in both the Senate and House of Representatives. They flipped Senate seats in states the party hadn’t won in decades and took back a House that Republicans had controlled since 2023. But what led to the turnaround that had voters turn out? Democrats flipped key states in Senate race The Democratic party needed a net gain of four seats to win back the Senate, and many in the party had seen 2026 as a testing ground. “What we’re seeing in the early parts of 2026 really puts Democrats in a good position, as long as we don’t screw it up,” Jen O’Malley Dillon, a Democratic campaign strategist, said at a Dartmouth political event in April. “It’s never been more complex to find a way to reach people. We are such a polarized country when it comes to our politics and, and, you know, people are tuning out in a lot of ways and for good reason—because we need to survive.” In a stunning showing, Democrats flipped seven…

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