🔴 Midterms live: Texas, Ohio, North and South Carolina... Democrats have already flipped 4 Senate seats

Early results from the US midterm elections point to a rebuke of Donald Trump on Tuesday, though the path to wresting control of Congress from the Republicans remains a long one. Several media outlets are projecting a Democratic victory in the House of Representatives, while, according to AP, the Democrats have already secured the four seats they need to gain a majority in the Senate. Follow our liveblog for all the latest. Kansas sends Democrat to US Senate for first time since 1932 Democrats on Tuesday picked up another US Senate seat when Adam Hamilton defeated Republican incumbent Roger Marshall in the central state of Kansas, media projections showed. Hamilton, a Methodist minister, is the first Democrat to win a US Senate seat for Kansas since 1932, CNN and NBC News projected. Democratic gains mount in US midterms as Trump faces bruising verdict Democrats surge toward control of Congress in setback for Trump Democrats won Senate races in South Carolina, Texas and Ohio, capturing Republican strongholds and moving within reach of a majority in a sharp rebuke to President Donald Trump. Democrats were also on track to win the US House after flipping at least eight Republican seats, including in Kentucky, New Jersey and North Carolina. In Ohio, Democrat Sherrod Brown defeated Republican incumbent Jon Husted to return to the Senate. In Texas, Democratic state Representative James Talarico defeated Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton despite heavy outside spending against him. In South Carolina, Democrat Annie Andrews defeated Republican Senator Darline Graham in a state Trump won by nearly 18 percentage points in 2024. Democrat Xavier Becerra wins election for governor in California James Talarico becomes first Democrat to win statewide in Texas since 1994 Democrat James Talarico on Tuesday won the US Senate race in Texas, flipping yet another seat for his party in a huge blow to Republicans, media projections showed. Talarico defeated the state's Attorney General Ken Paxton, a close ally of President Donald Trump, NBC News and CBS News projected. Democrat Amy Acton defeats Vivek Ramaswamy in Ohio governor’s race Dr. Amy Acton delivered a stunning victory in the race for Ohio governor on Tuesday, overcoming more than $100 million spent against her to become the first Democrat to win the seat in 20 years and the first woman ever elected to the state’s top post. The public health physician and former COVID-19-era state health director defeated Trump-backed Republican Vivek Ramaswamy, a biotech billionaire and 2024 presidential candidate. She campaigned relentlessly on affordability and better access to healthcare, appealing to working- and middle-class voters by emphasizing her hardscrabble roots as an Ohio native who spent part of her childhood homeless and, for one winter, living out of a tent. Trump says Republicans would have won in 'landslide' if he was running US President Donald Trump, faced with sweeping Democratic victories in midterm elections, said his Republican Party would have won in a "landslide" if he had been running. "I wasn't on the Ballot and if I was, we would have won IN A LANDSLIDE! Thank you for your attention to this matter," Trump said in a post on his Truth Social platform. Scanner malfunction delays count in key New York race Vote-scanning malfunction expected to delay vote counting in competitive New York congressional district until Wednesday. Midterms may bring in wave of historic firsts for some states and the country Featuring one of the most diverse slates of both Democratic and Republican candidates in recent years, this midterm election is shaping up to be a wave of historic leadership firsts across the country. Voters on Tuesday night elected the first Black female governor and the first openly gay male US senator. They could still propel into office the first Native American female governor and Native women senators, and the first Muslim US senator, among other milestones. Most are Democrats, but the GOP could also break ground. Democrats flip US Representative Ryan Mackenzie's Pennsylvania district Democrat Bob Brooks defeated US Representative Ryan Mackenzie of Pennsylvania on Tuesday, according to US media, flipping a Republican-held seat in a presidential battleground state. Brooks is the president of a Pennsylvania firefighters union. The seat is one of four Republican-held Pennsylvania districts that Democrats sought to flip this cycle. President Donald Trump carried Mackenzie's district by 3 percentage points in 2024. Democrats win control of US House from Republicans, US media project US media projected on Tuesday that Democrats were on track to win majority control of the US House of Representatives, putting them in position next year to challenge President Donald Trump's agenda. Democrat upsets Trump-backed Graham in South Carolina Senate race Democrats picked up a seat in the US Senate on Tuesday when pediatrician Annie Andrews narrowly defeated Darline Graham, who was seeking to permanently fill her late brother Lindsey Graham's shoes, media projections showed. Andrews stunned Darline Graham, who temporarily filled the seat after her brother's death in July but turned out not to be as strong a candidate as her party -- or President Donald Trump -- had hoped. All eyes on Michigan Democrats flip US Representative Tom Kean's New Jersey district Democrat Rebecca Bennett defeated US Representative Tom Kean of New Jersey on Tuesday, according to US media, flipping a Republican-held seat. Bennett is a former US Navy helicopter pilot. Kean was the most vulnerable Republican in New Jersey's congressional delegation. He flipped the Democratic-held seat in 2022 but disappeared from the public for months in an election year before disclosing this summer his battle with depression. President Donald Trump carried the district by 1.2 percentage points in 2024. Democrat Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez wins reelection to US House in New York's 14th Congressional District Democrat Ossoff says US voters rejected Trump's 'corruption and incompetence' Democrat Jon Ossoff said Tuesday that victories by his party in crucial US midterm elections represent a rejection of President Donald Trump by Americans. "In sweeping and decisive victories, the American people have rebuked the depravity, corruption and incompetence of the failed lame duck President Donald J. Trump," Ossoff said in an energetic speech to supporters after winning re-election in the southern state of Georgia. Trump's White House says mood 'defiant' despite Democratic gains President Donald Trump's White House said Tuesday it was in a defiant mood despite a likely hammering in the US midterm elections -- warning Democrats to "buckle up" and blaming some Republican candidates. The 80-year-old president himself had appeared agitated before the first results even came in, posting a string of angry messages on social media lashing out at conservative broadcaster Fox News's coverage. But after initially saying Trump was "cautiously optimistic," the mood music changed as Democrats looked increasingly likely to deal the president a bruising setback that could upend his last two years in power. "The White House mood is defiant," a White House official told AFP. Early voting tops 59 million, surpassing 2022 turnout More than 59 million people had already cast ballots before Tuesday, according to an Associated Press analysis, surpassing early-voter turnout from 2022. Democrat Keisha Lance Bottoms becomes first-ever Black woman governor in US Democrat Keisha Lance Bottoms has made history as the first Black woman to be elected governor of Georgia, defeating Republican businessman Rick Jackson on Tuesday and flipping the top job in a key swing state. A former Atlanta mayor, Bottoms won Tuesday despite a staggering campaign spending deficit driven by the billionaire Jackson tapping more than $200 million of his own fortune. She becomes the first Democrat to prevail in a Georgia governor’s race since 1998. State of play: Democrats on track for strong gains In the Senate, Democrats have flipped a Republican seat with Roy Cooper’s victory in North Carolina. They need to gain three more seats to win a majority. Ohio, Texas, Maine, Alaska, Iowa, Kansas and even South Carolina offer possible opportunities. In the House, the trend is also encouraging for Democrats, with victories in districts Donald Trump won comfortably in 2024 and others Republicans had redrawn to their advantage. • US President Donald Trump chose the backdrop of Washington's Reflecting Pool – a landmark whose botched renovation symbolised the 80-year-old's chaotic second term – to try and rally Republicans against a predicted Democratic win in the midterms. • The Supreme Court rejected a push for California to set aside 20,000 mail ballots from people President Donald Trump’s administration claims are not citizens.