Democrats win House & Senate in major 2026 midterm sweep

Let's move forward and talk about what these Democratic wins mean. So Democrats took control of Congress, both the House and the Senate. Last night, defeating Republicans and almost all the battleground states and they're already previewing their priorities for this new Congress. A Fox News correspondent, Rebecca Castor, joins us live now from Washington. Rebecca, thanks so much for joining us to break this down. First, I want to know if you've talked to voters. What are they saying on both sides of the aisle about this new Congress? Hi, Jasmine. So we're hearing from leaders on both sides of the aisle here on Capitol Hill. Democrats, of course, are riding high after their historic wins last night. We just heard from the current minority leader, Hakeem Jeffries, who he's calling last night. You know, it wasn't just a blue wave. He says it was a blue tsunami. And then, of course, on the other side, you have Republican leaders really trying to dress their wounds here. They know they need to do some recalibrating before 2028. One popular Republican put it like this, he sees last night as the political equivalent of a meteor strike. So major, major issues to address for the GOP there. And there are still two Senate races undecided. Speaking about Alaska and Mississippi, what do we know about them? Yeah, so we were anticipating delays in Alaska, Jasmine, especially with some of those concerns over having two candidates with the same name on the Senate ballot. I can tell you right now, the Democrat candidate, Mary Peltola, whose staffers were allegedly behind this scheme to get another Dan Sullivan on the ballot. She is currently leading the so-called real Dan Sullivan, but only by a few hundred votes. So that is way too close to call. They only have about 70 percent of the vote. So that's something that we're still waiting on. The bigger surprise is this holdup in Mississippi. Nearly 96% of the vote is in there. And the reason they're not calling it is because the Democrat candidate is only leading the Republican incumbent by just about 65 votes. So that's going to be a state where every vote needs to be counted. This should have been a safe bet for Republicans, though. So definitely another shocker last night. Yes, and thanks for shedding some light on those races. President Trump has been speaking out. I know he spoke with Fox News last night, and he also just delivered some remarks just a few moments ago. What has he been saying about all of this? Yeah, so last night, he really kind of sounded impressed with just how significant the Democrats' wins were last night. And he also acknowledged that he was surprised that his hand-picked GOP candidates couldn't pull it off. He talked about all of the rallies that he held over the last month, nearly 30 rallies in all of these competitive states. And he talked about how thousands of people were showing up. So clearly, he thought that his base was going to be loyal to him and his candidates. Of course, the exact. exact opposite happened. We haven't heard the president really take much blame yet. He's not you know really saying last night is a check on him. He's has acknowledged that it likely has a lot to do with the war in Iran but he stands by that decision. One thing though Jasmine I will notice he has said that he is willing to work with the Democrats on bipartisan issues. Of course both parties looking ahead to 2028 they need to show voters that they can get things done so we'll see We'll see what kind of compromises come out there. Absolutely. And one last question before you go. What are the exit polls revealing about what played a role in voters' decisions? Yeah, so, I mean, back to President Trump and going on these rallies across the country, some of the polls that we're looking at, some of the insight that we're getting, shows us that voters, you know, really, they rejected those Republican candidates that they thought were too close to Trump. That's how we saw the candidates lose in Kansas, in Iowa, Nevada, Maine, and Ohio as well. You know, President Trump held one of his last rallies in Kansas that should have been a seat that was safe for Republicans. And it swung and elected their first Democrat senator in over 100 years. So that is definitely one thing we're getting from the exit polls, as well as voters acknowledging as well that it was the economy, high gas prices, and the war in Iran that was really on the top of their minds when they went to go make those decisions last night. All right, Rebecca, thanks so much for joining us. I know our time with you is now over, so thanks again for breaking down the Democrats' control of Congress and what President Trump has been saying since election night. We'll see you later.