Midterm Elections on Seven Lights https://sevenlights.org/tags/midterm-elections/ Recent content in Midterm Elections on Seven Lights Hugo en-us Fri, 06 Nov 2026 03:00:00 -0500 Civil rights division chief Dhillon resigns in first senior DOJ exit after midterms https://sevenlights.org/2026/11/06/dhillon-doj-civil-rights-resigns/ Fri, 06 Nov 2026 03:00:00 -0500 https://sevenlights.org/2026/11/06/dhillon-doj-civil-rights-resigns/ Harmeet Dhillon, the Justice Department’s assistant attorney general for civil rights, resigned Thursday, the first senior official to step down after Democrats’ midterm sweep. Mississippi Senate race heads to extended count with Colom narrowly ahead https://sevenlights.org/2026/11/06/mississippi-senate-race-extended-count/ Fri, 06 Nov 2026 03:00:00 -0500 https://sevenlights.org/2026/11/06/mississippi-senate-race-extended-count/ Democrat Scott Colom leads Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith by roughly 1,800 votes in Mississippi with thousands of mail and provisional ballots outstanding, setting up a tense multi-day count. Speaker Johnson to step down as House Republicans choose new leadership https://sevenlights.org/2026/11/05/mike-johnson-not-seek-minority-leader/ Thu, 05 Nov 2026 03:50:00 -0500 https://sevenlights.org/2026/11/05/mike-johnson-not-seek-minority-leader/ House Speaker Mike Johnson told staff on Wednesday he would not run for minority leader after Republicans lost their majority in the midterm elections. The party elects new leadership on November 10. Vance blames the Iran war for the Republican midterm defeat https://sevenlights.org/2026/11/05/vance-blames-iran-war-midterm-loss/ Thu, 05 Nov 2026 03:50:00 -0500 https://sevenlights.org/2026/11/05/vance-blames-iran-war-midterm-loss/ Vice President JD Vance said the war with Iran was ’the real reason’ Republicans lost the midterms, breaking with President Trump’s stance that the conflict was worth its cost as the 2028 cycle opens. Futures pare early losses as Democratic sweep in midterms was priced in https://sevenlights.org/2026/11/04/wall-street-futures-democratic-sweep/ Wed, 04 Nov 2026 05:45:00 -0500 https://sevenlights.org/2026/11/04/wall-street-futures-democratic-sweep/ US equity futures erased steep early losses overnight as the Democratic sweep in the midterm elections was judged largely priced in, with tech earnings next in focus. Abdul El-Sayed wins Michigan Senate race, first Muslim American elected https://sevenlights.org/2026/11/04/el-sayed-wins-michigan-senate-seat/ Wed, 04 Nov 2026 05:30:00 -0500 https://sevenlights.org/2026/11/04/el-sayed-wins-michigan-senate-seat/ Democrat Abdul El-Sayed defeated former representative Mike Rogers in Michigan, becoming the first Muslim American elected to the Senate, CBS News projected. Democrats win control of Congress, rebuking Trump in midterms https://sevenlights.org/2026/11/04/democrats-win-control-congress-midterms/ Wed, 04 Nov 2026 05:30:00 -0500 https://sevenlights.org/2026/11/04/democrats-win-control-congress-midterms/ Democrats took the House and seven Senate seats from the Republican Party in the 2026 midterm elections, returning the party to full control of Congress for the first time since 2023. Talarico wins Texas Senate seat, first Democrat since 1988 https://sevenlights.org/2026/11/04/talarico-wins-texas-senate-seat/ Wed, 04 Nov 2026 05:30:00 -0500 https://sevenlights.org/2026/11/04/talarico-wins-texas-senate-seat/ CBS News projected that Democratic state Representative James Talarico defeated Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, giving Democrats their first Texas Senate seat since 1988.