A shock election victory for Democrats in deep-red Texas on Saturday is giving the opposition party a jolt of momentum to begin 2026 — a year that will decide the fate of Donald Trump’s twin congressional majorities, and possibly his presidency.
Democrats elsewhere are seeing other signs, too, that the various dynamics that kept voters at home or willing to consider voting for Trump in 2024 are shifting. Despite being shy of the majority, members in both chambers are brimming with optimism and are beginning to talk openly about the possibility of pulling off a clean sweep of the GOP in November.
