Democrats flipped seven Senate seats in the 2026 midterm elections, according to Fox News, which described the vote as a "2026 midterm referendum on Trump." The outlet's summary said the results ousted Susan Collins and defeated Attorney General Ken Paxton. Fox News's headline refers to six stunning results, a count the summary does not reconcile with the seven seats it cites.
PBS NewsHour, in a live results page on the Kansas Senate midterm election, reported that Kansas had moved from the edges to the center of the map in the battle between Democrats and Republicans for Senate control. The outlet's summary describes Kansas as a state that has long been reliably Republican, and it does not state a result for the Kansas race.
Fox News's headline also described the results as upending the political map, from Texas to Kansas. Its summary does not say how Kansas figured in the count, name a Kansas winner, or give vote totals or margins for any race.
Neither summary states which party will control the Senate after the elections. The summaries also do not provide a full list of candidates, beyond the names Fox News cited, or explain which seats changed hands outside those named.
Because the available reports are limited to headlines and summaries, the details of individual contests could not be confirmed from these sources. The claims in this story are limited to what those summaries state, and neither summary describes the full reporting behind its headline.
Sources: PBS NewsHour: Live Results: Kansas Senate midterm election; Fox News: From Texas to Kansas, 6 stunning midterm results that upended the political map.