Democrats flip six seats in Pa. and N.J., winning back the U.S. House in blue wave – Inquirer.com

Democrats flip six seats in Pa. and N.J., winning back the U.S. House in blue wave  Inquirer.com

Democrats scored major wins from Harrisburg to the Jersey Shore. Democrats in Pennsylvania and across the country racked up generational victories on Tuesday in a stunning display of dissatisfaction with President Donald Trump — flipping four U.S. House seats in what amounted to a clean sweep of competitive Keystone State races, as well as downballot races that put the party in control in both Washington and Harrisburg. The decisive wins left strategists on both sides of the aisle declaring the midterms a “blue tsunami” that not only reversed Republican gains from 2024 but changed the realm of political possibilities for Democrats. Two of the ousted GOP incumbents in Pennsylvania won their seats with Trump’s help just two years ago.

The other two, including U.S. Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick in Bucks County, were longtime Republican lawmakers with long tenures and distinct political brands. The Pennsylvania results — along with Democratic wins in New Jersey — will help put the party in control of the House for the first time in four years and for the remaining years of Trump’s presidency. And the party racked up Senate wins in longtime Republican states across the country — flipping seats in Kansas, Texas, and South Carolina — to build solid majorities in both chambers. It was the second time in the last decade that an