Trump: "My Name Wasn't on the Ballot... I Would Have Won in a Landslide" [U.S. Midterm Elections, Day of Reckoning]

Trump comments on Truth Social
Democrats favored to retake House majority

With Democrats projected to retake the majority in the U.S. House of Representatives in the midterm elections on Nov. 3 (local time), U.S. President Donald Trump said he would have won if he had been a candidate.

U.S. President Donald Trump walks with Interior Secretary Doug Burgum to the Oval Office at the White House on the 2nd (local time). AP-Yonhap News

He wrote that day on Truth Social, the social media platform he founded: "My name was not on the ballot. If it had been, we would have won overwhelmingly." He added, "Thank you for taking an interest in this issue."

Major U.S. broadcasters projected that Democrats would win a majority in the House that day. CNN and NBC made the projection shortly after 10 p.m. Eastern Time, while votes in the midterm elections were still being counted. This meant they projected that Democratic candidates would win at least 218 seats, a majority of the 435 seats in the House.

As vote counting continued, Democrats maintained their lead and were expected to win well over a majority. NBC projected that Democrats would secure 244 seats in the House. If Democrats win the House majority, they will take control of the chamber for the first time in four years, since 2022.

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