DENVER - Democrats won pivotal races in Texas, South Carolina, Georgia, Mississippi, Michigan and elsewhere in the 2026 midterm elections, according to CBS News, which published a list of what it described as the biggest Democratic victories of the cycle. The network's summary did not give vote margins, the number of seats involved or the candidates in each contest.
Separately, Democrats gathered in Denver for a two-day conference called What's Next, according to an Associated Press report by Nicholas Riccardi that was published by PBS NewsHour. The event is hosted by a new group called Majority Democrats. The PBS NewsHour summary said the gathering had been placed on politicos' calendars months earlier as another stepping stone as the party charted its way out of its "post-2024 political wilderness."
The PBS NewsHour headline described the gathering as moving from introspection to celebration after the midterms. The summary did not describe the conference's agenda, its speakers or any statements made there, and it did not give attendance figures.
The two reports cover related events but do not connect them directly. The CBS News summary concerns the outcomes of individual races, while the Associated Press account, as summarized by PBS NewsHour, concerns the Democratic Party's organizing after the elections. Neither summary states whether the Denver conference addressed the races named by CBS News.
Both summaries were published on November 12, 2026. Further details of the race results and the conference were not included in the source material for this report.
Sources: CBS News: The biggest races Democrats won in the midterms; PBS NewsHour: Democrats gather in Denver for post-midterms introspection-turned-celebration.