Democrats Flip Six Senate Seats, Take Control of Congress

Democrats have flipped six seats in the US Senate, seizing control of both the House and the Senate, according to a breaking post from @KobeissiLetter. The sweep hands the party the majority in both chambers at once. It's the kind of swing that redraws the map in Washington overnight.

The six-seat Senate haul is the party's largest since 2008, when Democrats netted eight seats, per the same post. Six is a smaller number, but it's still a heavy swing in a chamber where single seats decide who runs committees and sets the agenda. The post did not break down which states delivered the other flips.

Kansas is the stunner. The state's Senate seat went Democratic for the first time since 1932, ending a 94-year Republican winning streak there, according to the post. That's nearly a century of one-party control snapped in a single night.

Down the ballot, Democrats also flipped 15 seats in the US House, the post said. Stack those on top of the Senate gains and the party comes out of the night controlling both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue's legislative branch.

The post did not include further details on individual races or vote margins. With control of both chambers now in Democratic hands, the shape of the next Congress — and what it can pass — changes immediately.