Election deniers lose governor races in key US swing states

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Democrats win House and Senate in midterms; Republicans split over Iran war blame

Democrats won control of both the House and the Senate in Tuesday's midterm elections. Since then, President Trump has conceded Democrats did well and said the Iran war may have played a role, without taking personal responsibility. Vice-president JD Vance said the war was the real reason Republicans lost, and the Guardian reports Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth may take the blame. House Speaker Mike Johnson reportedly will not seek the minority leader post.

• Senate flips included Maine (Troy Jackson over Susan Collins), Ohio (Sherrod Brown over Jon Husted), Texas (James Talarico over Ken Paxton), North Carolina (Roy Cooper) and South Carolina (Annie Andrews).
• Democrats won governorships in Texas (Gina Hinojosa over Greg Abbott), Ohio (Amy Acton), Georgia (Keisha Lance Bottoms), California (Xavier Becerra) and New Mexico (Deb Haaland), while Republican Byron Donalds won in Florida.
• Thomas Massie has filed eight articles of impeachment against Hegseth, and incoming House oversight chair Robert Garcia told Trump and Republicans to 'lawyer up'.
• Voters backed abortion rights and pushed back on Trump-backed redistricting, and Democrats won three of four redrawn Florida House districts.