Democrats have secured majorities in both chambers of the US Congress in the 2026 midterm elections, according to tagesschau.de. The German public broadcaster reported the outcome as results continued to come in on Wednesday, 4 November 2026. DIE ZEIT carried a live results page on the congressional elections the same day, and STERN.de published running interim figures from the vote count.
The result has triggered blame-shifting within Republican ranks. WELT reported that Republicans are holding Donald Trump responsible for the defeat, with one line quoted from the coverage urging the party to distance itself "as far as possible" from him. BILD reported that Trump reacted angrily, saying, "I was not on the ballot."
The picture emerging from the German coverage is of a midterm election that has reshaped control of both the House and the Senate, with the former president's role a central point of contention inside his own party. The reports cited here come from German news organisations covering the vote count; full official results and final seat totals were not included in the material available.
What to watch next: final certified results and how Republican leaders respond to calls within their own ranks to break with Trump.