Democrats currently have the majority in the Senate. Democrats hold 47 of the chamber's 100 seats. Republicans have 49 seats. Along with those 47 Democrats, four independent senators usually vote with the Democrats, giving them a voting majority.

Election results were flying in the day after the 2024 election, with major changes in power and representation already announced and voters waking up to the news — for those able to sleep. Former Republican President Donald Trump clinched the election to become president once more,

Republicans have won the Senate, flipping control of the chamber from Democrats for the first time in three years, following a fierce competition for a Senate majority that came down to a handful of seats in the 2024 election.

Republicans won the seats they needed to regain control of the upper chamber, as Democrats fell short in Florida, Texas and Ohio.