A New Era

November 4, 2026 Voters flipped control of both chambers of Congress from the Republicans to the Democrats, A Democratic victory in the House was expected, but in the Senate the outcome was unclear, In the Senate, Democrats flipped seven seats, and the race in Alaska has not been called yet, Even more eye-popping, in another uncalled race, Democratic Senate candidate Scott Colom is ahead of the Republican incumbent in Mississippi, If he wins he will be the first Black senator from Mississippi since Reconstruction, Democrats claimed governors’ seats in five states, and none will be hamstrung by a Republican supermajority in the state legislatures, Voters flipped seats up and down the ballot in states like Texas, Some races were won by 20 points, some as high as 40, The election came off without significant hitches, and the win was, as hoped, “too big to rig,” The results were a rejection of the Republican ideology that has driven American politics since the 1980s, that some people are better than others and have the right to rule, This took hold in response to the push for equality for women and racial minorities, After sending Democrat Jimmy Carter to the White House in 1976, Americans elected Ronald Reagan who won by attacking the modern American state, Reagan tied racial and gender inequality to economic prosperity, That combination worked until Trump’s second term, The administration's policies have hurt regular Americans, and in the election those Americans came together across the lines the Republicans have exploited, The election is a historic rebuke of the Republican ideology, and the results will turn the focus to Americans’ needs, and on checking Trump and his administration, Trump is a lame duck and he has turned his attention to his DC projects, Meanwhile the Republicans who hope to follow him to the White House are trying to draw lines distinguishing themselves, But for now, Americans have moved on.