{"id":518042,"date":"2026-11-04T07:48:13","date_gmt":"2026-11-04T07:48:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/518042\/"},"modified":"2026-11-04T07:48:13","modified_gmt":"2026-11-04T07:48:13","slug":"the-latest-democrats-win-us-house-cementing-control-over-congress-national","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/518042\/","title":{"rendered":"The Latest: Democrats win US House, cementing control over Congress | National"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Democrats won at least seven Senate seats in ruby-red states and battlegrounds alike: <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/projects\/elections-2026\/kansas-us-senate-results\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kansas<\/a>, which hasn\u2019t elected a Democratic senator in nearly a century, Iowa, <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/projects\/elections-2026\/texas-us-senate-results\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Texas<\/a>, Ohio, Maine, <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/projects\/elections-2026\/north-carolina-us-senate-results\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">North Carolina<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/projects\/elections-2026\/south-carolina-us-senate-results\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">South Carolina<\/a>. 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