Americans voted in midterm elections on Tuesday 3 November. Congress has two houses: the House of Representatives and the Senate. Democrats will control both when the new Congress meets in January.
In the House, Democrats had won at least 240 seats to the Republicans’ 147. In the Senate, the Democratic group will have at least 54 senators. Alaska and Mississippi were too close to call.
The loss is changing who leads Republicans. House Speaker Mike Johnson said he will not try to lead House Republicans in the next Congress. Two Republican representatives, Steve Scalise and Jim Jordan, both said they will run for minority leader. Democrat Hakeem Jeffries will run for speaker, and he would be the first African American to hold that job.