What will and won’t matter in the midterm elections from Tuesday’s results

Published November 6, 2025 7:00am ET



Tuesday’s election results struck fear into Republicans’ hearts about what they might mean for the party’s fragile congressional majorities a year from now.

Democrats felt similarly lost a year ago, when Republicans won unified control of the federal government. Now, for the first time in President Donald Trump’s second term, the roles are reversed.

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