Special Report: The Map After the Wave — House, Senate, Statehouses, and Trump's Last Two Years
Democrats have locked in congressional majorities and flipped five governorships in states Trump carried in 2024. Alaska and Mississippi are still counting. Here is the balance of power as this was written — and what a veto presidency looks like before and after January.
By Clara Hughes
Three days after Election Day, the argument is no longer about who won Washington. It is about how large the majorities are, which races are still open, and what President Donald Trump can still do with a pen, a veto stamp, and a short lame-duck calendar. As this was written Friday afternoon Eastern, Nov. 6, Democrats held at least 54 Senate seats to Republicans' 44, with two contests — Alaska and Mississippi — still uncalled, according to CBS News and matching tallies from Reuters graphics and The Guardian's results desk. Neither outstanding Senate race can erase the Democratic majority already secured. In the House, CBS News estimated Democrats were on pace for about 256 seats after flipping more than 40 Republican-held districts. The Guardian's interactive tally showed Democrats at 253 seats to Republicans' 161 with dozens of races still uncalled. Reuters' midday Friday graphics blog showed Democrats at 250 and Republicans at 157 with counting ongoing. The precise House margin will move; Democratic control will not. That is the federal floor. The state map moved too. Keep reading with Altas Premium. Below: the five