Key facts
- Democrats regained the House and Senate and several governorships, winning in South Carolina, Texas and Kansas, POLITICO reported.
- Brazil's Lula trailed in the first round before defeating Flavio Bolsonaro in the runoff, the primary report said.
- National Rally leader Jordan Bardella blamed US attacks on Iran for heavy consequences on world economies.
- Alternative für Deutschland co-leader Alice Weidel said Trump broke a campaign promise not to pursue an interventionist foreign policy.
- Vox leader Santiago Abascal said he was in Spain, not in Michigan, and cared little about events elsewhere.
- Eurasia Group's Mujtaba Rahman said far-right parties were acting for domestic advantage.
Democrats won control of both the US House of Representatives and the Senate in the November 3, 2026 midterm elections, POLITICO reported, also taking several governorships in states including South Carolina, Texas and Kansas. The result dealt a rebuke to candidates aligned with US President Donald Trump.
In Brazil, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva defeated Flavio Bolsonaro, son of former president Jair Bolsonaro, in a runoff election after trailing in the first round, according to the primary report. The two results, roughly 10 days apart, marked setbacks for the populist right across the Americas.
In Europe, far-right leaders moved to distance themselves from Trump. Jordan Bardella, leader of France's National Rally, blamed US attacks on Iran for what he said were very heavy consequences for world economies, without naming the president who ordered them. Alice Weidel, co-leader of Alternative für Deutschland, said Trump had promised voters not to pursue an interventionist foreign policy and that the broken campaign promise had come back to haunt Republicans.
Roberto Vannacci, founder of Italy's National Future party, said Trump failed to live up to expectations. In Madrid, Vox leader Santiago Abascal brushed off questions about an ideological alliance, saying he was in Spain, not in Michigan, and cared quite little about what happens in other places.
Mujtaba Rahman of the Eurasia Group consultancy said the parties were acting for domestic advantage, hoping to benefit from the ideological momentum of Trumpism without being tarred by what he called the chaos and economic disruption of the presidency. POLITICO reported that European Parliament Vice President Sophie Wilmès welcomed a major shift in the balance of power in the US Congress and said she hoped it would lead to a calmer, more constructive relationship with Europe.