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Democrats have taken control of the House of Representatives in the two thousand twenty six midterm elections, dealing a substantial setback to President Donald Trump as the party flipped enough seats to reclaim the chamber's majority heading into the final stretch of his term.
That wave carried into individual races across the country. In Pennsylvania's seventh congressional district, Democrat Bob Brooks defeated Republican incumbent Ryan Mackenzie. Brooks, a former firefighter and union leader, leaned hard into his blue-collar roots throughout the campaign, and voters in that district responded.
Democrats also broke through in territory that rarely goes their way. Zach Dembo won Kentucky's sixth congressional district, ousting Republican Ralph Alvarado in a race that underscores just how broadly Tuesday's results cut across the electoral map, even into states that have long leaned reliably red.
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