Democrats seized control of both chambers of Congress overnight, according to projections from NBC News, CNN and other major outlets, delivering President Trump the kind of midterm rebuke that reshapes the final two years of his term.

NBC projected Democrats would hold at least 258 House seats, up from the 218 needed for a majority — the party's widest House margin since 1993. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries is now expected to become speaker when the new Congress convenes in January.

In the Senate, Democrats flipped seven seats — Iowa, Kansas, Ohio, Maine, North Carolina, South Carolina and Texas — enough to reclaim the majority there as well. The two most stunning results came in states Republicans had long considered safe.

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In Maine, Democrat Troy Jackson defeated six-term Republican Sen. Susan Collins, who conceded shortly after midnight. "It has been the honor of my life" to serve Maine, Collins said in her concession, closing out one of the longest Senate careers in state history.

In Texas, state representative James Talarico beat Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton, becoming the first Democrat elected to the U.S. Senate from Texas since 1988. In his victory speech, Talarico cast the race as a fight against a Washington establishment he likened to "Goliath," name-checking both Trump and Elon Musk.

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Exit polling cited by NBC found Trump's disapproval rating at 62 percent, with more than three-quarters of voters disapproving of Congress overall — numbers that helped translate into Democratic wins up and down the ballot in governor's races in Georgia, Nevada, Ohio and Iowa as well.

Not every result went Democrats' way. Republicans held Alabama and Tennessee and flipped Florida's governorship, while several close races — including Senate contests in Alaska and Mississippi, and a House seat in Tennessee's 4th District — remained too close to call early Wednesday.

Reaction From the White House

Trump told reporters he was "a little bit surprised" by the results and said he "thought we'd do better," while vowing to veto any legislation Democrats send him over the next two years. Senate Republican Leader John Thune said his caucus would still work with Trump to block the incoming Democratic majority's agenda wherever possible. Musk, reacting on X, joked about building "data centers in space."

With Jeffries poised to take the speaker's gavel and Democrats holding the Senate, Washington heads into 2027 with a fully divided government — and two years of legislative gridlock that will test both parties ahead of the next presidential race.