{"id":1000,"date":"2026-11-13T19:30:40","date_gmt":"2026-11-14T00:30:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theusdaily.com\/?p=1000"},"modified":"2026-11-13T19:30:40","modified_gmt":"2026-11-14T00:30:40","slug":"democrats-won-now-we-need-deliver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theusdaily.com\/?p=1000","title":{"rendered":"Democrats won, now we need to deliver"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"av-in-brief\"><strong>In brief:<\/strong> Democrats clinched their 55th Senate seat and remain on track for a 56th as ballot-counting continues in Alaska. But the party fell tantalizingly short of a 60-seat supermajority that could override Republican filibusters. A look at four races \u2014 in Montana, Louisiana, Florida, and Nebraska \u2014 shows how vote-splitting, underfunded candidates, and limited party coordination left winnable seats on the table.<\/p>\n<div class=\"av-faq\">\n<h2>Key questions<\/h2>\n<h3>How many Senate seats did Democrats win in the 2026 midterms?<\/h3>\n<p>Democrats officially clinched their 55th Senate seat and remain on track to win a 56th as election officials continue counting ballots in Alaska.<\/p>\n<h3>Which Senate races did Democrats come closest to flipping?<\/h3>\n<p>Democrats came close in Montana, Louisiana, Florida, and Nebraska \u2014 with races in Louisiana and Florida decided by less than 2 and 3 points respectively.<\/p>\n<h3>Why did Democrats fall short of a 60-seat Senate majority?<\/h3>\n<p>Factors included split votes between Democratic and independent candidates, underfunded nominees, and limited coordination from Senate Democratic leadership in states like Louisiana and Florida.<\/p>\n<p><script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"av-schema\">{\"@context\": \"https:\/\/schema.org\", \"@type\": \"FAQPage\", \"mainEntity\": [{\"@type\": \"Question\", \"name\": \"How many Senate seats did Democrats win in the 2026 midterms?\", \"acceptedAnswer\": {\"@type\": \"Answer\", \"text\": \"Democrats officially clinched their 55th Senate seat and remain on track to win a 56th as election officials continue counting ballots in Alaska.\"}}, {\"@type\": \"Question\", \"name\": \"Which Senate races did Democrats come closest to flipping?\", \"acceptedAnswer\": {\"@type\": \"Answer\", \"text\": \"Democrats came close in Montana, Louisiana, Florida, and Nebraska \u2014 with races in Louisiana and Florida decided by less than 2 and 3 points respectively.\"}}, {\"@type\": \"Question\", \"name\": \"Why did Democrats fall short of a 60-seat Senate majority?\", \"acceptedAnswer\": {\"@type\": \"Answer\", \"text\": \"Factors included split votes between Democratic and independent candidates, underfunded nominees, and limited coordination from Senate Democratic leadership in states like Louisiana and Florida.\"}}]}<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- \/av-faq --><\/p>\n<p class=\"wire-source\"><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/opinion\/campaign\/6217508-democrats-reclaim-senate-control\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">thehill.com \u2014 Democrats won, now we need to deliver<\/a>. Also reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/opinion\/campaign\/6216492-bipartisan-support-voter-id-laws\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">thehill.com<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/slate.com\/news-and-politics\/2026\/11\/midterm-election-results-blue-wave-democrats-60-senate-seats.html?via=rss\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">slate.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wire-credit\"><em>AI-assisted summary; the reporting is the source&#x27;s. Read the original at the link.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Democrats, Senate, 2026 midterms, election results, Senate majority<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democrats clinched their 55th Senate seat and remain on track for a 56th as ballot-counting continues in Alaska.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":999,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[203,2],"tags":[146,188,197,180,1032],"class_list":["post-1000","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-election-2026","category-politics","tag-2026-midterms","tag-democrats","tag-election-results","tag-senate","tag-senate-majority"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theusdaily.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1000","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theusdaily.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theusdaily.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theusdaily.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theusdaily.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1000"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theusdaily.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1000\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theusdaily.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/999"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theusdaily.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1000"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theusdaily.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1000"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theusdaily.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1000"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}