Key facts
- 3.14 Action executive director Erik Polyak said the group flipped at least 10 Republican seats, with a final count in the low 30s.
- Democrats ran more than 158,000 healthcare-related campaign ads against 61,000 for Republicans, per the Cook Political Report.
- All incumbent Democratic doctors won their races, while three Republican doctors' races were too close to call.
- 3.14 Action said it spent $23 million on independent ads, most targeting health issues.
- The group said it is still tallying results in hundreds of state races, some not yet reporting.
Democratic doctors and scientists won races up and down the ballot in the 2026 US midterms, the political group 3.14 Action said on November 5, 2026, describing the results as a rebuke of the Make America Healthy Again movement.
Erik Polyak, the group's executive director, said 3.14 Action had flipped at least 10 Republican seats and put the final number in the low 30s. He said the group is still tallying wins and awaiting results in hundreds of state races, some of which are not yet reporting results.
Among the winners were Democrats Dr Abdul El-Sayed of Michigan and Dr Annie Andrews of South Carolina. The last time a Democratic doctor held a seat in the US Senate was in 1969, the era when Medicare and Medicaid were passed into law.
Republicans Dr Mariannette Miller-Meeks of Iowa and Senate candidate Dr Roger Marshall, both described as allies of US health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr, lost. Races for three more Republican doctors were too close to call, while all incumbent Democratic doctors won.
Healthcare was the second-biggest issue in campaign ads, according to the Cook Political Report, with Democrats running more than 158,000 healthcare-related ads against 61,000 for Republicans. 3.14 Action said it spent $23 million on independent ads, most targeting health issues.
Dr Richard Besser, president and CEO of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, said in a statement that voters were frustrated by the cost of living and a complicated healthcare system. Polyak said public health political organizations are already calling for Kennedy to be removed from office.
New Democratic lawmakers face the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, whose most restrictive cuts take effect on New Year's Day 2027. The body said the cuts are expected to result in 17 million people losing insurance over the next decade.