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Democrats win both the House and Senate, flipping seats in Pa. and N.J.; races yet to be called

Voters overwhelmingly rejected President Donald Trump and the Republican party, who suffered historic losses in a sweeping election.

U.S. Rep.-elect Bob Harvie celebrates after defeating incumbent Republican Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick in a sweeping election victory for Democrats.
U.S. Rep.-elect Bob Harvie celebrates after defeating incumbent Republican Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick in a sweeping election victory for Democrats.Read more
Monica Herndon / Staff Photographer
What you should know

  1. Democrats took control of both the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House in the midterm elections, a decisive rebuke to Republicans in Washington.

  2. Five Republican incumbents lost across Pennsylvania and New Jersey, flipping seats to Democrats, and GOP Rep. Jeff Van Drew has conceded even while the Associated Press has yet to call the race for Democratic challenger Zack Mullock.

  3. Pennsylvania Democrats retained control of the state House, but the state Senate has yet to be called.

  4. President Donald Trump wasn't on the ballot, but loomed large in the minds of voters.

Races yet to be called

Local

  1. Pennsylvania Senate control: As of Wednesday morning, Republicans and Democrats are tied with 24 seats each, two short of the 26 seats needed to win the majority.

  2. Pennsylvania Senate 16th District: In the Bucks and Lehigh District, Democrat Mark Pinsey currently leads incumbent Republican state Sen. Jarrett Coleman by a narrow margin.

  1. New Jersey 2nd Congressional District: While incumbent Republican Rep. Jeff Van Drew has conceded, the Associated Press has not called the race for Democrat Zack Mullock.

National

While Democrats have already won control of both the U.S. House and U.S. Senate, a few high-profile races have yet to be called.

Democrat Eileen Hartnett Albillar ousts GOP incumbent in 6th State Senate District

Democrat Eileen Hartnett Albillar has defeated Republican State Sen. Frank Farry in Bucks County’s 6th State Senate District, flipping one of the most vulnerable seats in Harrisburg, The Associated Press projected. 

Hartnett Albillar, the county clerk of courts and a social worker by trade, centered her campaign on affordability and has enjoyed the endorsement of popular Gov. Josh Shapiro who has been stumping in Bucks County to deliver a Democratic trifecta in the state legislature. 

Farry, who was elected to represent the 6th District in 2022, touted his work with Shapiro, bipartisan legislation, and a focus on cost of living issues.

— Fallon Roth

Dems flip key swing seats in Pennsylvania and New Jersey to win back U.S. House

Democrats have flipped four U.S. House seats in Pennsylvania, a clean sweep of the state’s competitive congressional elections.

Two of the ousted GOP incumbents won their seats with President Donald Trump’s help just just two years ago. The other two, including U.S. Brian Fitzpatrick in Bucks County, are longtime Republican lawmakers with long tenures and distinct political brands.

The sweeping wins in Pennsylvania – along with Democratic wins in New Jersey — helped put the party in control of the House for the first time in four years and for the remaining years of Trump’s presidency. As of Wednesday morning, the Associated Press called 228 House seats for Democrats, 10 more than they needed to take over the majority.

Gov. Josh Shapiro cruised to reelection in Pennsylvania. Now the real campaign begins.

Gov. Josh Shapiro cruised to reelection on Tuesday, trouncing his Republican opponent Stacy Garrity in a decisive victory that strengthens the Democrat’s prospects for a 2028 presidential run.

The Associated Press called the race for Shapiro shortly after polls closed across the state. The resounding win for Shapiro, 53, of Abington Township, cements his dominance in the critical battleground state that voted for President Donald Trump just two years ago.

But a more substantial test of Shapiro’s strength is still to come in the following hours and days, as he’s staked his reputation on helping Democrats win up and down the ballot. The move could bolster his national standing at a time when the Democratic Party searches for a new leader to carry it into the post-Trump era. Shapiro invested $10 million of his campaign war chest to flip four congressional seats and to win a Democratic trifecta of control in Harrisburg for the first time since 1993, in races that had yet to be called on Tuesday evening.

Trump again loomed large among Pa. and N.J. voters, with Congress and a governor’s chair at stake

(Left to Right) Volunteers Christina DeLullo, Vicky McCaffrey, and voter Keith Franchetti at the polls at Barry Playground polling place, on Election Day, in South Philadelphia.Read moreJessica Griffin / Staff Photographer

By the time polls opened just after daybreak on what turned out to be a magnificent Election Day with the weather evoking a spring primary, the sunlight had turned the foliage on the treetops to fire.

Whether that somehow lit a fire among those who voted was arguable, but a certain energy was evident at the polls as voters cast ballots that potentially could change the balance of power in the U.S. House and the Pennsylvania Senate.

Of several congressional seats considered up for grabs, the race in solid purple Bucks County between GOP incumbent U.S. Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick and Democratic challenger Bob Harvie was among the most closely watched in the nation as talk of a Democratic “blue wave” had been building.