Talarico Beats Paxton, Collins Falls: Six Races That Redrew the Map

Republicans lost both chambers Tuesday, and the night's results reached deep into red territory. Fox News projects Democrats at 54 Senate seats, with seven flipped, and 228 House seats, with 25 flipped, to 139 for Republicans.

In Texas, Democrat James Talarico defeated Trump-backed Attorney General Ken Paxton for the Senate, becoming the state's first Democratic senator in close to 40 years. Fox reports national Republicans and outside groups spent hundreds of millions of dollars supporting Paxton. Democrat Gina Hinojosa also defeated Gov. Greg Abbott, ending 36 years of Republican control of the governor's office. "It has been the joy of my life to be the governor of the state of Texas," Abbott said.

In Maine, Democrat Troy Jackson, a logger who campaigned on abolishing ICE and Medicare for All, ousted Sen. Susan Collins. In Michigan, Abdul El-Sayed beat former Rep. Mike Rogers; El-Sayed told Rogers, "Enjoy your retirement."

Kansas Democrat Adam Hamilton, a megachurch pastor, defeated Sen. Roger Marshall, who had warned before the election, "if we lose Kansas, I don't see how we keep control of the Senate." In South Carolina, pediatrician Annie Andrews defeated Darline Graham, who had been appointed to the seat of the late Sen. Lindsey Graham, for the state's first Democratic Senate win since 1998.

Fox's Decision Desk attributed the swing to shifts among young, independent, rural and Hispanic voters. Fox commentators also pointed to economic anxiety, including the cost of diesel, as a driver of voter decisions.