Keisha Lance Bottoms

Democrats have won control of both the Senate and the House of Representatives in the US midterm elections, according to multiple outlets. The party surpassed 218 seats in the 435-seat House, the threshold for a majority, around 10:00 p.m. Eastern Time on 3 Nov. In the Senate, Democrats won seats in Iowa, Kansas, Ohio, both Carolinas and Maine, among others. The shift ends the Republican control of both chambers. President Donald Trump said Democrats had "done a good job" and said he was "absolutely willing" to accept the results.

Keisha Lance Bottoms defeats Republican businessman Rick Jackson in Georgia’s gubernatorial race on 3 Nov, becoming the first Black woman elected governor of any US state and returning the office to Democrats after more than two decades of Republican control. Bottoms, a former Atlanta mayor and former senior adviser to President Joe Biden, succeeded term‑limited Governor Brian Kemp. Jackson, a billionaire founder of Jackson Healthcare, spent over $200 million of his own money on the campaign. The same night, Stacey Plaskett was elected governor of the US Virgin Islands, also marking a historic first for Black women.

The Democratic Party now holds 54 seats in the Senate and 228 seats in the House, giving it clear control of both chambers. Voters flipped four Senate seats previously held by Republicans, including a win in Texas that made James Talarico the state's first Democratic senator since 1988 and a victory in South Carolina. In Texas, Gina Hinojosa also became the first Latina governor. The Justice Department deployed about 1,000 monitors to polling places nationwide, citing election integrity as a top priority.