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Blue tsunami breaks MAGA: 5 takeaways from a blowout midterm election

Axios·November 4, 2026·1 min read
Blue tsunami breaks MAGA: 5 takeaways from a blowout midterm election

Democrats seized both chambers of Congress in Tuesday's midterms, gaining up to 40 House seats and at least seven Senate seats. The wave flipped Texas, Georgia, and both Carolinas, ousting three-term Gov. Greg Abbott and delivering Democratic trifectas in unlikely states. Gina Hinojosa became Texas' first Democratic governor in decades, marking the party's biggest repudiation of a president since 1974.

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