Democrats win Congress as US voters rebuke Trump in the midterms

Senate seats flipped

• Texas: James Talarico
• Kansas: Adam Hamilton
• Iowa: Josh Turek
• South Carolina: Annie Andrews
• North Carolina: Roy Cooper

Democrats flipped Senate seats in conservative strongholds, including Texas, Kansas, Iowa, South Carolina and North Carolina. Kansas will have its first Democratic senator in 94 years.

"I wasn't on the Ballot and if I was, we would have won IN A LANDSLIDE!"

— Donald Trump, on social media

About four in 10 voters said the economy was the top issue, with many worried about high petrol and grocery prices that rose after the US launched a war on Iran in February.

And us?

Why it matters for Canada

In Maine, which buys US$4.1 billion in goods from Canada a year, Democrat Troy Jackson ousted Republican Susan Collins in a race shaped by the trade war. Prime Minister Mark Carney said Tuesday that more intense trade talks with Washington have begun but are not finished.