By Salma El-Sakka
Democrats swept the 2026 US midterm elections in a "blue tsunami" that repudiated Donald Trump, his policies and the Republican party, giving the party an opportunity to reset the domestic agenda. Leaders and newly elected officials offered post-election comments on Wednesday.
Hakeem Jeffries, set to become House majority leader, said Democrats will fight to make the country affordable for every American and bring accountability to what he called unprecedented corruption in high office.
Chuck Schumer, the new Senate majority leader, declared that voters had reduced the Republican "red brick wall" to a pile of bricks, enabling a generational remake of the Senate map that will change America for the future.
Former President Barack Obama said the results sent a clear message that Americans want politics that brings people together and leaders who offer concrete solutions to their challenges.
Troy Jackson, elected senator from Maine after defeating incumbent Susan Collins, told supporters he owes Trump and billionaires nothing.
James Talarico, elected senator from Texas, said the victory proved that all the money in the world is no match for the people of Texas and that a politics of division cannot defeat a politics of love.
Abdul El-Sayed, elected senator from Michigan, called for taxes to be spent on domestic schools, healthcare and infrastructure rather than on war, and took a swipe at JD Vance.
Amy Acton, elected governor of Ohio, described the campaign as a movement for public servants who solve problems instead of creating them.
Deb Haaland, elected governor of New Mexico, criticized the president for enriching himself while making New Mexicans sicker, poorer and hungrier.
Adam Hamilton, elected senator from Kansas, called the election a rebuke of unkindness and cruelty in Washington and pledged to love boldly during his six-year term.
Roy Cooper, elected senator from North Carolina, said he is going to Washington to do something, not to be something, and that everyday people can make change.
Annie Andrews, elected senator from South Carolina, said the state showed the nation it will not bow down to billionaires, special interests or Washington insiders.
