Recapping Democrats' massive wins in the 2026 midterm elections
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[0:00] In the 2026 midterms, CBS News projects
[0:03] Democrats take back control of both the
[0:06] Senate and the House of Representatives,
[0:08] defeating Republicans in key
[0:09] battleground races. The Republican party
[0:12] counting its losses as young voters and
[0:14] Latinos turn away. While across the
[0:17] board, Americans say they're unhappy
[0:19] with President Donald Trump and his
[0:21] policies. Plus, election day unfolds
[0:23] with relatively few problems, although
[0:25] we're monitoring isolated issues,
[0:27] including some malfunctioning ballot
[0:29] machines. Our teams have been tracking
[0:32] the races around the country all through
[0:34] the night, and we're seeing some
[0:35] surprising results and history being
[0:38] made. In the Georgia governor's race,
[0:40] former Atlanta Mayor Kesha Lance Bottoms
[0:42] is projected to be the first black woman
[0:44] governor ever elected to lead a US
[0:47] state. The first Senate seat to flip
[0:49] from Republican to Democrat in the 2026
[0:51] midterms is in North Carolina, where Roy
[0:53] Cooper emerged victorious. And in
[0:56] another top battleground fight, CBS News
[0:58] projects John Oaf winning reelection as
[1:01] US senator representing Georgia,
[1:03] defeating Mike Collins. We get more now
[1:05] from CBS's S