ANNALS OF TRUMPI$TAN: Zero House Democratic incumbents lost to a Republican in the midterms (Anna Liss-Roy, WaPo, November 11, 2026)

From The Washington Post:

• Anna Liss-Roy

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Reporter covering Congress

Zero House Democratic incumbents lost to a Republican in the midterms

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-New York) speaks to reporters at the Capitol on Tuesday. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-New York) stood before a cluster of reporters at Democratic headquarters on election night and made a prediction: Republican redistricting efforts in Florida, North Carolina and Texas would fail, he said. Every Democratic incumbent could return.

One week later, the news of Rep. Darren Soto’s victory in Florida on Tuesday proved Jeffries correct. While several House Democrats lost their seats to Democratic challengers, not one was ousted by a Republican opponent.

Soto and Reps. Shomari Figures (Alabama), Kathy Castor (Florida) and Don Davis (North Carolina) were among the Democratic incumbents considered in serious danger of losing their seats to a Republican. In January, not one will have a Republican taking their place.