Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) said Democrats’ sweep in Tuesday’s elections sent a clear message that people want affordability and for Democrats to stand up and fight for it, much like they’re now doing amid the government shutdown.

Different Democrats have had all sorts of different strategies throughout the shutdown. But Democrats now want to try to speak with one voice.

Two days after Democrats saw resounding election victories in multiple states, the debate inside their own ranks over the government shutdown has only intensified, pitting progressives determined to hold the line against moderates eyeing a potential off-ramp.

Instead, the two Democrats won so decisively because they also flipped a crucial sliver of voters who said they supported Mr. Trump in 2024. Ms. Sherrill and Ms. Spanberger both won 7 percent of Mr. Trump’s supporters, according to the exit polls.

As Democrats are riding the high of several notable electoral victories on Tuesday, the outlook for 2026 appears a bit tougher.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune told his members he was close to courting enough Senate Democrats to back his plan to end the longest shutdown in history, but Democrats held a meeting of their own meeting and show no signs of cracking.

SACRAMENTO, California — Gavin Newsom will headline a rally in Texas on Saturday alongside Lone Star state House members and dignitaries — an event designed as an aggressive show of force in the wake of California Democrats’ resounding gerrymander victory on Tuesday.

Democrats in Colorado hailed the flipping of Aurora's council, as progressives were set to take majority control from conservatives following Tuesday's election in a city U.S. President Donald Trump said had been "invaded and conquered" by illegal immigrants from Venezuelan drug gangs during the 2024 election campaign.