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Paradoxes of US Elections
The 2026 U.S. midterm elections revealed broad Democratic gains in states considered Republican strongholds. In Kansas, Adam Hamilton won a Senate seat, ending a 94-year losing streak. In Texas, James Talarico won a Senate seat for the first time for a Democrat since 1988, and Democrats ended 32 years of Republican control of statewide elected offices. The gains extended to South Carolina, Iowa, and Ohio, where Democrats won seats and governorships. They also included historic firsts in the representation of women and minorities, including the election of Georgia’s first Black woman governor and New Mexico’s first Indigenous governor. A national poll found that about 70% of voters under 30 and 60% of Latino voters supported Democratic House candidates, while the report linked the shifts to growing economic anxiety and declining support for the war on Iran.
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