Democrat Troy Jackson ousts Susan Collins in Maine Senate race

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Democrats win control of the US Senate in midterms, with a string of governor wins

Democrats regained the Senate in Tuesday's midterm elections, giving them leverage over Trump's legislative agenda and appointments, including judicial nominations. Overnight results showed Democratic Senate wins in Maine, Ohio, Texas, North Carolina and South Carolina, plus governor wins in Texas, Ohio, California, New Mexico and Georgia. The incoming House oversight chair, Democrat Robert Garcia, told Trump and Republicans to "lawyer up".

• Troy Jackson defeated five-term Republican Susan Collins in Maine, Sherrod Brown beat incumbent Jon Husted in Ohio, and James Talarico beat Ken Paxton in Texas.
• Gina Hinojosa unseated Texas Governor Greg Abbott, Amy Acton beat Vivek Ramaswamy in Ohio, and Xavier Becerra won in California.
• Republican Ashley Moody won Florida's special Senate election, while Democrats won three of four Florida House districts Republicans redrew and narrowly lead in the fourth.
• Senator Ron Wyden signalled subpoenas, and on Tuesday the justice department sent target letters to Democrats in an Alaska ballot-name probe.