Washington: Democrat Abdul El-Sayed has won the Michigan Senate race, defeating Republican candidate Mike Rogers in a major victory for the party.
Republican Senate candidate Mike Rogers had earlier expressed confidence that his party could still turn the race around. "I love America," he said while talking to the supporters.
"We're very, very confident we're going to turn this thing around," he told supporters, according to CNN.
In Michigan, the gubernatorial contest also went the Democrats' way, with US networks projecting that Democratic Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson would be elected the state's next governor.
CNN's Decision Desk projected Benson defeating Republican John James, keeping the battleground state's highest office in Democratic hands ahead of the 2028 presidential election. She will succeed term-limited Democratic Governor Gretchen Whitmer.
US networks have projected that Democrats will win control of both the House and Senate in the 2026 midterm elections. Meanwhile, Texas and Kansas elected their first Democratic senators in decades, while the party also flipped Senate seats in Ohio, Iowa, North Carolina and South Carolina. Democrats also flipped Maine.
Meanwhile, US President Donald Trump told Fox News that he did not view the midterm losses as a mandate on his presidency.
"I don't view it as a hit on me... We've had the greatest two years in the history of the presidency in terms of the economy, in terms of all the things that we've done," Trump told Fox News in a live phone interview.
Trump also congratulated Democrats while blaming Republican candidates for failing to inspire his voter base.
"Well, I say this, Congratulations to the Democrats. They did a good job. They've been looking for this one for 11 years, and they finally got it," Trump said.
According to Fox News, four key voter groups shifted away from the GOP. Young, independent, rural and Hispanic voters turned against Republicans in large numbers, with the Iran war and tariffs among the issues influencing their choices.
The shift helped Democrats make gains even in traditionally Republican territory, including winning Senate seats in South Carolina and Texas, a state that had not elected a Democrat to the Senate since 1994.
The Democratic gains also broke through nearly a century of Republican dominance in Kansas, with the party winning a Senate seat.
CNN reported that voters appeared to have been influenced by inflation, Trump's tariffs, the Iran war and concerns over his conduct and alleged self-enrichment.
(With agency inputs from ANI and AP via PTI)