Democrats Seize House Majority as Redistricting Shakes 2026 Midterms

Democrats won control of the House on Tuesday, according to CBS News, after flipping more than two dozen Republican-held seats. Their victories ranged from Northeastern suburbs to South Texas, including districts once seen as deep red. The 2026 midterms played out under maps redrawn last year in a nationwide mid-decade redistricting scramble.

Texas Republicans had shifted several districts rightward at President Trump's behest, aiming to pick up as many as five Democratic-held seats. In the end, one seat flipped to the GOP while Democrats captured two red districts, CBS News reported. Texas voters also elected their first Democratic senator and governor in decades.

After Texas moved, California voters approved their own redistricting plan designed to tug several seats left. Democrats have now picked up all five seats they had hoped to flip there. In several other districts, Democrats ousted GOP lawmakers who had cruised to double-digit wins two years earlier. A few Democrats also beat Republicans they had faced before, including one they had run against multiple times.

Both parties spent heavily in the Northeast, contesting seats with a habit of changing hands and a competitive Pennsylvania district held for a decade by a Republican who outperformed there. Several Midwestern states will start next year with dramatically different congressional delegations. A handful of additional districts also switched parties.

Winners in dozens of races still have not been projected by CBS News. That leaves the final size of the Democratic majority unsettled as the remaining results come in.