Voters across the country delivered a stinging rebuke to Republicans in Congress and President Trump's agenda in the
on Tuesday, with Democrats capturing House and Senate seats that had seemed out of reach just a few months ago.
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CBS News projects Democrats will take control of both chambers when the new Congress convenes in January, with wide margins in each.
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Democrats are projected to control at least 54 Senate seats, with two races still unresolved.
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In the
, CBS News estimates the party could control between 251 and 268 when all the votes are counted.
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Out of 11
that CBS News considered battlegrounds, Democrats were projected to win 10.
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The 11th race, in Alaska, is still rated a toss-up as results come in.
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The Mississippi Senate race is also unresolved and is unexpectedly close, with Democrat Scott Colom leading incumbent GOP Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith by just 43 votes.
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CBS News has rated that race as a toss-up.
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The victories weren't just limited to House and Senate races, either.
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Democrats captured the governor's mansion in Texas, a feat they haven't accomplished since 1990.
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Here are the major races that propelled Democrats to victory on Tuesday, according to CBS News' projections:
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Texas governor: Gina Hinojosa
Hinojosa, a state lawmaker,
, making her the first Democrat to win the governor's mansion in more than 30 years.
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Hinojosa will be the third woman to lead the state.
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Abbott had been in office for more than a decade and was seeking a fourth term as governor, and the race against Hinojosa narrowed in the months leading up to the election.
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Hinojosa focused her campaign on affordability and public education.
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The
also emerged as a major issue in the governor's race.
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Andrews, 45, made healthcare access and affordability the focuses of her campaign.
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Graham was
of her late brother's Senate term following his unexpected death in July.
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President Trump swiftly and campaigned for her in South Carolina in the lead-up to the midterms.
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It has been nearly 30 years since a Democrat won the Senate in South Carolina, a state Mr. Trump won by 18 points in 2024.
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Hamilton, a fifth-generation Kansan, is the leader of the largest United Methodist church in the country and is a well-known author and speaker.
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The 62-year-old defeated Roger Marshall, a Republican, who was seeking his second term in the Senate.
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Kansas hasn't elected a Democrat to the Senate since 1932.
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Mr. Trump won the state by more than 16 points in the last presidential election.
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In the closing weeks of the Senate campaign, Marshall, an obstetrician-gynecologist, came under scrutiny after the New York Times reported that he had filed lawsuits against hundreds of his patients over outstanding medical bills, and 81 were arrested.
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In the most expensive Senate race in Texas history, and one of the closest-watched matchups of the election cycle, Talarico
.Talarico, 37, is a former teacher and Presbyterian seminarian who was elected to serve in the Texas House of Representatives in 2018.
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Talarico's campaign focused on corruption and lowering costs.
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He
on Wednesday that his victory sent a message to Elon Musk, who spent heavily in the race, that "Texas is not for sale.
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""The power in this state, in this country, belongs to the people and we've got to make sure it stays that way," he said.
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Paxton was backed by Mr. Trump, who endorsed the Republican attorney general over Sen. John Cornyn in the GOP Senate primary earlier this year.
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Paxton went on to
in May, setting the race against Talarico.
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Paxton had weathered numerous controversies and was impeached by the state House in 2023 on allegations of bribery, obstruction of justice and abuse of trust.
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He was acquitted by the state Senate.
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In Georgia, Democrat Keisha Lance Bottoms will make history as the nation's first Black woman governor.
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The former Atlanta mayor and senior adviser in the Biden administration defeated Republican Rick Jackson and Libertarian Chase Oliver, CBS News projects.
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With 99% of the vote counted, Bottoms had 54.3% of the vote, compared to 45.7% for Jackson.
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Bottoms
on Wednesday that she was surprised that the race was called as early as it was on election night.
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"I thought that it was going to be a very long night.
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I knew that we had done the work, but Georgia has always, for the past few years, been a purple state, so I thought it would be much closer," she said.
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Michigan Senate: Abdul El-Sayed
Michigan was viewed as Republicans' best chance to flip a Senate seat, but El-Sayed's
keeps it in Democrats' hands.
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…and 17 more, not listed.
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