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November 10, 2026

TO:            Interested Parties 

FROM:      EMILYs List

RE:           Women Dominate Democrats’ Midterm Victories Up and Down the Ballot

DATE:       November 10, 2026

In early 2025, EMILYs List set out an aggressive plan to put women at the very center of Democrats’ fight to take back power: recruiting women candidates we knew could put tough races in play and helping them build the campaigns needed to flip competitive Republican-held seats in order to put a real check on the Trump administration. 

That work has paid off: EMILYs List women have already won 225 of the 247 races we targeted, with victories across the map continuing to trickle in. These women spearheaded Democrats’ fight to take back power, once again delivering the U.S. House majority, achieving historic wins in the U.S. Senate, and securing Democratic governing majorities in battleground states across the nation. Here’s what you need to know:

Delivering the U.S. House Majority

  • EMILYs List women were the lynchpin in building Democrats’ historic margin. They have flipped 21 U.S. House seats and counting, making up over half of all Democrats’ red-to-blue House flips thus far. Twelve of these were won in districts Donald Trump won by 5+ points, while five were districts he won by 10+ points in 2024. 
  • All 10 of EMILYs List’s frontliners won reelection over Republican challengers, many of them by 10+ points. That includes Emilia Sykes (OH-13) who won by 22 points, Nellie Pou (NJ-09) by 35, and Kristen McDonald Rivet (MI-08) by 14. 
  • At least 117 Democratic women will serve in the U.S. House at once in the next Congress, with that number expected to grow as additional races are called. Women will make up more than 40% of the Democratic caucus, up from less than 5% in 1985, the year EMILYs List was founded.

Securing Historic Wins in the U.S. Senate

  • EMILYs List women brought tough Senate races onto the map. Throughout the summer, because of Dr. Annie Andrews in South Carolina and Mary Peltola in Alaska, Democrats’ opportunities to take back to the Senate only strengthened. 
  • On a night where we saw a “generational remake of the Senate map,” EMILYs List women will bring a new generation of leadership to the U.S. Senate. History-making wins like Illinois Sen.-elect Juliana Stratton, Minnesota Sen.-elect Peggy Flanagan, and South Carolina Sen.-elect Annie Andrews mark a sea change for leadership in that chamber. They’ll be ones to watch in this chamber for years to come. 
  • We’re not done yet. Lifelong Alaskan Mary Peltola continues to hold a lead as counting continues in the Alaska Senate race. With tens of thousands of Early in Person (EIP) votes and absentee ballots still uncounted, Mary’s path to victory remains clear. Despite what Dan Sullivan may want us to think, the data from already counted vote totals shows that, when counted, these votes will break for Mary and extend her lead. When every Alaskan’s vote is counted, Mary will win this race.

Driving a Sea Change in State Power Nationwide

  • A historic 15 Democratic women governors will lead their states, including four women who held governorships and three women who flipped Republican-held seats in Georgia, Ohio, and Texas; races that many others called impossible to win.
  • Downballot, EMILYs List women built juggernaut campaigns, protecting and flipping key statewide offices that will play a critical role in 2028, including Kris Mayes (AZ-AG), Tanya Miller (GA-AG), Judge Penny Brown Reynolds (GA-SOS), and Allison Russo (OH-SOS). 
  • EMILYs List women delivered eight governing trifectas in key 2028 battleground states, including six new ones: Arizona, Nevada, Michigan, Minnesota, Pennsylvania, New Mexico, Maine, and Wisconsin. They also broke Republican control in four states: Georgia, New Hampshire, Ohio, and Texas. 
  • EMILYs List flipped 11 legislative chambers across the country, including both chambers in Arizona and New Hampshire, and took the North Carolina state House from a potential superminority to a supermajority for Democrats. 
  • EMILYs List women protected and flipped state Supreme Court seats nationwide. Justice Anita Earls won reelection to the North Carolina Supreme Court, while Judge Marilyn Zayas and Justice Jennifer Brunner won their seats on the Ohio Supreme Court, and EMILYs List women flipped four seats on the Texas Supreme Court. This means progressive majorities are possible on the North Carolina, Texas, and Ohio state Supreme Courts in 2028. 

Bottom line: Women have once again proven to be the Democratic Party’s strongest path to taking back power. Up and down the ballot, across the country, EMILYs List women battled out victories in the most competitive races on the map, flipping Republican-held seats, and offering Americans a real path out of the Trump administration’s recklessness. Now, these bold women leaders will fight to deliver solutions that make Americans’ everyday lives better once again.