Democrats James Talarico and Annie Andrews are among the winners of the US midterms, flipping Senate seats blue for the first time in decades. It is part of a bigger wave of Democrat wins that has seen the party take control of both chambers of the US Congress. Donald Trump has sought to distance himself from the midterm results.
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