Democrat wins surged on Tuesday across the United States with stunning victories in the South Carolina, Texas and Ohio senate races -- traditionally Republican strongholds -- in the 3 November midterm elections.
While projections in U.S. media tipped Democrats to take control of the U.S. Congress, the eventual scale of the win remains unprecedented after the party flipped at least eight Republican seats in states like Texas, North Carolina, South Carolina, New Jersey and Kentucky.
With the blue wave also came a wave of historical firsts in America's political landscape. The electorate also seized the opportunity to register strong displeasure at President Donald Trump's policies so far.
Here are some shake-ups of note from the midterm elections:
Kansas is recording its first Democrat senator since 1932 after Adam Hilton defeated incumbent Roger Marshall.
James Talarico rode the blue wave to oust long-term Senator Ken Paxton after more than three decades in one of the more shocking defeats. Texas is always known to be a Republican ‘red’ state.
Other states like Iowa and South Carolina also turned blue with Darline Graham, sister of late Senator Lindsey Graham losing out to Annie Andrews.
History was made all through the elections with three black women about to serve in the Senate for the first time. Juliana Stratton, Angela Alsobrooks and Lisa Blunt Rochester all won their respective seats.
Chris Pappas defeated John Sununu to clinch the New Hampshire Senate seat, making him the first openly-gay senator in American history.
Abdul El-Sayed, a doctor and Michigan's senatorial candidate made history after defeating Republican Mike Rogers to become the country's first Muslim senator with 52 per cent of the votes in Michigan.
Other firsts include:
A plot twist saw Republican Byron Donalds become the first Black person elected to govern Florida in the state’s history.
Republicans had a difficult night overall, but there were some notable bright spots, particularly in Florida and parts of the South.
The strongest example is Florida, where Republican Byron Donalds won the governorship, becoming the first Black Republican elected governor of a U.S. state. Republicans also held on to Florida's Senate seat, with Ashley Moody defeating Democrat Angie Nixon.
Overall, however, the Republicans were unable to hold on to areas they had been counting on. U.S. President Donald Trump told voters to pretend he was on the ballot, they did and Republican candidates paid for it.
Trump's handpicked Senate candidates in South Carolina and North Carolina, Graham and Michael Whatley, lost their races, while Paxton in Texas was soundly beaten.
Trump's choices left Republicans fighting on the defensive in states where they had been favoured to win.
President Trump acknowledged that the war in Iran played a role in Republicans’ poor outing at the polls.
Voters were far more focused on the price of groceries and gas and blaming the President's policies namely the war in Iran for rising costs.
Voter polls also showed that Trump’s base of Latino and young voters were eroding after initially warming up to him in 2024.
AP Voter Polls also showed that three quarters of voters felt ‘angry’ or ‘dissatisfied’ with the direction of the country.
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