US state ballot measures back abortion rights and reject Trump-backed redistricting

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Democrats win House and Senate in midterms; Trump concedes they did well

Democrats took control of both the House and the Senate in Tuesday's midterm elections, according to results reported through Wednesday morning. President Trump said Democrats had done a good job and acknowledged the Iran war may have contributed to Republican losses, though he did not take personal responsibility. Democrats are now positioned to challenge the administration, with incoming House oversight chair Robert Garcia telling Trump and Republicans to "lawyer up".

• Democrats won Senate seats in North Carolina (Roy Cooper), South Carolina (Annie Andrews), Texas (James Talarico), Ohio (Sherrod Brown), Maine (Troy Jackson) and Michigan (Abdul El-Sayed), and held Georgia and New Hampshire.
• Democrats won governorships in Texas (Gina Hinojosa over Greg Abbott), Ohio (Amy Acton), California (Xavier Becerra), Georgia (Keisha Lance Bottoms) and New Mexico (Deb Haaland). Republican Byron Donalds won in Florida.
• Voters backed abortion rights and pushed back on Trump-backed redistricting, and Democrats won three of four Florida districts that Republicans redrew.
• The justice department sent target letters to Democrats in an Alaska ballot-name probe on Tuesday, an unusual step so close to election day.