Election results: Senate & House balance of power, governor’s races

Have any U.S. Senate seats up for re-election this time? Other states certainly did. Oh, sure. Haley Spittler joining us live now from our Life Center with some of the most surprising seats Democrats were able to flip. Good morning, Haley. Yeah, good morning, Donovan and Nicola. So, heading into the election, Republicans controlled both the Senate and the House of Representatives. Both of those have now flipped to the Democrats. And with two Senate seats yet to be called, Democrats have already claimed 54 U.S. Senate seats to Republicans, 44. So I want to take some time just to highlight three of the biggest wins for Democrats, starting with the one Jason Calvey was just mentioning in Texas. Texas, a historically red state, President Trump winning back in 2024 by double digits in Texas. But now Democrat James Tallarico has defeated Republican Ken Paxton, Democrats' first statewide victory in Texas in more than 30 years. So the 37-year-old is a state legislator who used to be a middle school teacher and a seminarian. But now he is Texas's first Democratic senator since 1993. All right, let's head over to Kansas. This is another major flip seat. Democrat Adam Hamilton heading to the Senate after receiving 50.9 percent of the votes. He defeats incumbent Senator Roger Marshall. Hamilton is a United Methodist pastor and an author, and he really ran on the promise of bridging partisan divides. But get this, Democrats. They have not won a U.S. Senate election in Kansas since 1932. We're talking nearly a hundred years and now that seat is blue. History in South Carolina as well. Now this was anything but your typical Senate race. So longtime Senator and Republican Lindsey Graham was originally running for re-election. Then in July he died suddenly from a brief illness. It was at that point that his sister Darlene Graham was selected to replace him. And complete his Senate term, she also decided to run for election. And after a special election, she did become the official Republican candidate running against Democrat Annie Andrews. And last night, another typically red state flipped the Senate seat blue. Andrews, a pediatrician, will be the state's first Democratic senator in more than 20 years. And she's also now the first elected female senator in South Carolina history. Certainly a lot of big storylines coming out of last night. We're still waiting on seats in Alaska and Mississippi to be called. So, of course, stick with Fox 6 for the latest on this election. All right. Thank you, Haley. A lot of historic firsts, too, in this midterm.