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NBC's Chris Pollone reports projected Democratic control of both chambers, with victories stretching into states Trump carried by double digits.
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Story of Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 1,406,880 views a day, 704 times a normal first day on this channel (1,998).
Democrats sweep: Voters hand the party control of Congress
Adam Hamilton puts household finances at the center of his Kansas victory remarks: "Hundreds of thousands of people are living paycheck to paycheck, and this is not okay." In 11Alive's election roundup, that concern sits alongside celebrations across several states and Donald Trump's promise to veto Democratic proposals.
The Atlanta station's segment, "Democrats sweep: Voters hand the party control of Congress," passed a million views within 14 hours, an unusually large audience for one of its short uploads. Taken from a live newscast, it features NBC News reporter Chris Pollone in Washington explaining NBC's projection that Democrats will take both the House and Senate.
The report moves through the people behind that result. James Talarico celebrates in Texas; Annie Andrews tells South Carolina she will answer to the state; Abdul El-Sayed marks his projected Michigan victory. Georgia's Jon Ossoff delivers a sharply critical assessment of Trump.
Then comes the president's response. In a phone interview, Trump says he is surprised by Republicans' performance before setting out how he intends to respond to Democratic legislation: "They'll send over things that are insane, and I'll veto them." Pollone also notes Trump's social media post showing a red hat bearing the word "VETO."
The national roundup was not 11Alive's only election upload drawing an unusually large audience. A separate report on control of Congress also ran well above the channel's usual short-video start, while its coverage of Georgia Governor-elect Keisha Lance Bottoms brought the results back to the station's home state.
A Democratic politician and educator who is the U.S. senator-elect from Texas. He has served in the Texas House of Representatives since 2018.
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- Channel views, last 7 days
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- Channel views, pace per day
- 2,727,772 (on a normal day: 669,530)
- Video published
- November 4, 2026
- Video views so far
- 1,058,654 (less than a day online)
- Video views, pace per day
- 1,406,880
The numbers
The congressional roundup drew an exceptional audience for an 11Alive short. Across the channel, daily views were also roughly four times the usual level.
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Which state does James Talarico celebrate winning in the report?
Talarico's victory speech includes the declaration, "We just took back Texas."