The midterms saw a landslide of Latinos vote for Democrats. In Texas, California, Kansas and Colorado, Latinos who had voted for Republicans just two years ago voted for Democrats in large numbers, helping secure Democratic control of both the House and the Senate. Latino lawmakers will make up about a fifth of the Democratic majority in the House. And in an historic victory, the two most populous…
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In the final televised debate for Michigan’s Senate race, GOP candidate Mike Rogers used his closing remarks to claim that Jewish Democrats were supporting him because they view his Democratic opponent, Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, as “too extreme” on the subject of Israel. “Jewish Democrats who are afraid for their children when their daughters can’t wear their Star of David walking across Michigan’s…
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This week Donald Trump and the Republican Party suffered one of the most vehement repudiations of a sitting president in modern U.S. history. After the most expensive midterm election season ever, Democrats surged to take control of the House of Representatives and, more surprisingly, the Senate. They won seats in terrain that was previously thought well beyond the reach of the party: Senate seats…
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Voters across the U.S. overwhelmingly rejected the Trump administration’s war on Iran on Tuesday, putting their faith in Democrats who now wield enormous power to end the war — and to prevent future wars from being started unilaterally by a figure like Donald Trump ever again. The historically unpopular war and its economic consequences were among the top reasons for Republicans’ collapse.
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This is the Nov. 5, 2026, edition of “The Tea, Spilled by Morning Joe” newsletter. Subscribe here to get it delivered straight to your inbox Monday through Friday.
“It was a Watergate-level repudiation.”
— Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz on the midterm elections
Democrat Abdul El-Sayed made history Tuesday, becoming the first Muslim elected to the U.S. Senate. The 42-year-old former Detroit health director won Michigan’s closely watched race by seven points, overcoming attacks on his faith and a massive spending disadvantage.
El-Sayed joined “Morning Joe” today to discuss the lessons of his victory, working with President Donald Trump, and why he believes Democrats need to rethink how they govern.
Joe Scarborough: Republicans repeatedly tried to link you to terrorist organizations because of your faith. Yet you predicted you’d win by seven points — and you did. What did you understand about Michigan voters that your opponents didn’t?
I’ve been me for 42 years. From my vantage point, there are always a few small-minded people who speak very loudly and claim to speak for everybody else.
I took a bet on a big Michigan — that Michiganders were going to reject this kind of politics. And I’m just so grateful that they embraced a big Michigan that includes all of us.
Willie Geist: You kept bringing the conversation back to the price of gas and groceries. How important was that to your victory?
I think it was about affordability and consistency. We have this buzzword in politics: authenticity. But authenticity isn’t about delivery. It’s about consistency.
We got outspent in our primary 11 to one, $70 million. In the general election, we were outspent by about $110 million. But it
Elon Musk, the world’s wealthiest man, went on a spending spree in the weeks leading up to the midterms. By Election Day, he had invested — and I use that word deliberately — more than $440 million into propping up the GOP to try to make its message and its candidates more palatable with voters during an election cycle in which their brand had become increasingly toxic. Astoundingly…
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