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‘Not been this excited in a long time’: US expats ride the blue wave at Australian midterms watch parties

France 24's Wassim Cornet says it is "impossible to overstate" the scale of the victory for the Democrats, with the party on course to win more seats in the House than they had when Barak Obama was elected in 2008.

✦ Extractive summary — built from the sources' own reporting•From 2 sources•1 min read•Updated November 4, 2026, 10:11 AM UTC

More than 100 US expats and election enthusiasts have packed into the function space at the Keg and Brew in the inner-east suburb of Surry Hills to watch the midterm results roll in.

Democrats seized control of the US Congress on Tuesday, capturing the Senate and House of Representatives in a stunning, nationwide rejection of Donald Trump.

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