Democrats won control of the House of Representatives on Tuesday by flipping more than two dozen Republican-held seats, picking up perennial swing districts and seats that were once considered deep-red. The party’s wins ranged from suburban areas in the Northeastern United States to areas of South Texas that were once viewed as increasingly GOP-friendly.
The 2026 midterm elections were also shaken up by last year’s nationwide mid-decade redistricting gambit, with Texas Republicans shifting several districts rightward at President Trump’s behest, California Democrats moving districts to the left and several other states tweaking their House maps for partisan purposes. Democrats notched several
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