Five bombshell defeats for Donald Trump as 'Blue Tsunami' crushes Republicans in US midterm elections
The midterms, which determine which party controls Congress, were seen as a referendum on the controversial president.
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The elections saw a series of notable firsts.
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Georgia and Florida each elected their first Black governors, while Democrat Chris Pappas became the first openly gay man elected to the Senate after winning in New Hampshire.
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Pappas → elect → Hampshire
Texas turns Blue
Fellow Democrat Gina Hinojosa was elected Governor of Texas, in a remarkable double victory.
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Hinojosa → turn → victory
Hinojosa also becomes the first Latina to be elected as a US governor.
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Hispanic voters around the US-Mexico border switching support in great numbers from Trump to the Democrats was a huge reason for the upset.
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voters → switch → upset
Mr Talarico, a former schoolteacher, had made the rising cost of living under Republican leadership a central theme of his Senate run.
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More than half a billion dollars were spent across both sides in the most expensive US Senate race in history, with Mrs Paxton losing the race despite a super PAC supporting his campaign receiving a $158m (£117m) donation from Elon Musk.
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PAC → spend → Musk
Michigan elects first US Muslim senator
Mr El-Sayed’s victory came following a bitterly fought race, during which his detractors had launched a series of attacks against him.
Mr Rogers had portrayed Mr El-Sayed as a communist, criticising his stance on Israel and his Muslim faith, while Trump alleged he was a “jihadist” and suggested he would need to walk through a metal detector to get into the Senate.
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Mr El-Sayed had campaigned on a platform that included universal health care and a wealth tax on billionaires, and said that his opponents had chosen to be divisive because they didn’t have an answer to the problems he said they created.
He also overcame controversy within his own party - with his Democratic primary rival, Haley Stevens, endorsing Mr Rogers just two days before the election.
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In a video posted to X, she had said: “I don't belong in Abdul's campaign.
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Who we are as Michiganders is not hate and is not what we are getting out from our Democratic nominee right now.
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That's why I am endorsing Mike Rogers.”
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Ohio Governor now Blue after bitter election race
Ms Acton became the first Democrat in two decades to win the governorship, and is the first ever woman to win the race.
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Ohio has voted for Trump in the last three presidential elections, but has elected Ms Acton following personal attacks against her from the Ramaswamy campaign.
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Ohio → vote → campaign
The campaign featured a personal attack from Ms Acton’s estranged mother, Donna Arthur, who accused her daughter of lying for “her entire life”.
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who → feature → life
The advert did not include allegations made by Ms Acton that her stepfather, Arthur’s husband, had sexually abused her as a child.
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stepfather → include → child
Reports have previously stated that he left the state before a warrant could be executed and he died in 2004.
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The editorial board of Ohio news outlet the Columbus Dispatch endorsed Ms Acton after the advert was aired, describing it as "revolting and unsettling".
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Kansas votes Democrat for first time in almost a century
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Hamilton took a closely-fought Senate seat in Kansas, giving the state its first Democratic senator for nearly a century.
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Mr Hamilton narrowly defeated Republican incumbent Roger Marshall to become the first Democrat elected to represent Kansas in the Senate since 1932.
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Mr Marshall’s campaign has suffered following reports that he had sued hundreds of his patients for unpaid bills, including dozens who were arrested after missing court dates.
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Republicans lose South Carolina for first time this century
Following the sudden death in July of her brother, longstanding Republican Senator Lindsey Graham, Ms Graham had been appointed to fill his vacant seat for the rest of his term by South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster.
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Lindsey Graham had been elected to the Senate in 2002 and was a long-serving senator known for his hawkish foreign policy views.
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Graham → elect → views
But despite Darline Graham’s efforts, she failed to hold on to the seat in the midterm election.
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The huge swing, partly due to a huge Black voter turnout, has given the Democrats their first victory in the state for 28 years.
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