Key facts
- CBS News estimated Democrats could end up with 251 to 268 House seats after winning control on Tuesday, November 3, 2026.
- Texas Republicans sought five more seats but won 24 to Democrats' 14, CBS News said, making Texas a dummymander.
- Ohio Republicans redrew for two more seats but won seven districts while eight Democrats, including Marcy Kaptur and Greg Landsman, won.
- North Carolina Republicans tried to oust Don Davis; he won and nine Democrats had won as of Thursday, per CBS News.
- Louisiana Republicans had won three districts and Democrats one as of Thursday, with the 6th District a toss-up and the 5th headed to a runoff.
- Both Alabama Democratic incumbents won reelection on Tuesday, leaving Republicans at the five seats they already controlled.
Democrats won control of the US House on Tuesday, November 3, 2026, and Republicans were on track to lose all of the districts they tried to gerrymander mid-decade, CBS News reported. CBS News estimated Democrats could end up with 251 to 268 House seats.
Republican efforts started when President Trump ordered Texas lawmakers to redraw their map to net up to five seats for the GOP. Texas Republicans went into Election Day controlling 24 seats, with Democrats holding 13 and one GOP-leaning seat vacant. Republicans won 24 seats and Democrats 14 in the midterms, making Texas a dummymander, CBS News said.
In Ohio, a commission comprising mainly Republicans hand-picked by GOP lawmakers redrew the map to net two more seats, targeting longtime Democratic Rep. Marcy Kaptur's northern Ohio district and Rep. Greg Landsman's Cincinnati-area district. Ohio Republicans controlled 10 seats and Democrats five going into Tuesday night; eight Democrats, including Kaptur and Landsman, won, while Republicans won seven districts, CBS News said.
North Carolina Republicans, who hold a veto-proof statehouse majority, pushed through a map that attempted to oust Democratic Rep. Don Davis. Republicans controlled 10 House seats and Democrats four going into Election Day; as of Thursday, nine Democrats had won, including Davis, and CBS News estimated five districts with Republican incumbents were toss-ups.
Louisiana lawmakers redrew their districts after the Supreme Court ruled in June that compliance with Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act could not justify the state's use of race in redrawing its House district lines. The new map aimed to eliminate one of the majority-Black districts represented by Democrats. As of Thursday, Republicans had won three districts and Democrats one, with CBS News estimating the 6th District is a toss-up and the 5th District race will go to a runoff.
After the same Supreme Court decision, Alabama Republicans sought to eliminate the state's two majority-Black districts, both represented by Democrats. Both incumbents won reelection on Tuesday, so Republicans did not net more than the five seats they already controlled, CBS News said. Tennessee lawmakers also redrew their map after that decision, CBS News reported.