Democrats win the US House and Senate as voters deliver a strong rebuke to Trump and Republicans

WASH­ING­TON (AP) — De­moc­rats won con­trol of both cham­bers of Con­gress, de­liv­er­ing a de­ci­sive re­buke of Re­pub­li­can gov­er­nance in Wash­ing­ton and ush­er­ing in a new era of con­gres­sion­al re­sis­tance to Pres­i­dent Don­ald Trump.

Tues­day’s midterm elec­tions laid bare vot­ers’ deep frus­tra­tions over high prices, the Iran war and con­cerns over gov­ern­ment cor­rup­tion. De­moc­rats rout­ed their ri­vals across the map, flip­ping states that have vot­ed Re­pub­li­can for decades and that Trump won by dou­ble dig­its just two years ago.

That in­cludes James Ta­lari­co’s stun­ning Sen­ate vic­to­ry in Texas, where no De­mo­c­rat had won statewide of­fice in more than 30 years, and An­nie An­drews’ up­set vic­to­ry over Sen. Dar­line Gra­ham in South Car­oli­na. Trump had thrown his full weight be­hind both los­ing can­di­dates.