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Channel 4 News
Wednesday 4 November 2026 · 19:00 GMT · 1h · 1 story · 5 annotated moments · 55 of 60 min on news stories (91%)
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A US midterm special led the bulletin and dominated it from start to finish, as Democrats won control of both chambers of Congress. The running order contains one item, taking 45 minutes 24 seconds from 00:10.
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- 0:14
Sherrod Brown, Democrat
- 0:50
Donald Trump, President Trump
- 7:46
Annie Andrews, Democrat
- 8:26
James Talarico, Democrat
- 9:18
Donovan McKinney, new Congressman for this district
- 10:32
Shawn Fain, union leader
- 10:56
Pete Buttigieg, Michigan resident and a possible 2028 presidential contender
- 12:07
Abdul El-Sayed, Michigan's Senator-elect
- 17:31
Jim Messina, former deputy chief of staff in Barack Obama's White House and the man behind Obama's successful reelection campaign in 2012
- 27:19
Bryan Posthumus, Republican, Majority Leader in the Michigan House of Representatives
- 30:40
Sam Rosenthal, Capitol Hill Coordinator for Progressive Democrats of America
- 30:46
Jim Kessler, Executive President of Policy of the Moderate Center Left Think Tank, the Third Way
- 49:22
Bernie Sanders, movement-type candidate
- 49:51
Eddie Glaude, Professor of African American Studies at Princeton University
- 0:10 Story begins Democrats win control of Congress in US midterms
- 0:50
Claim Democrats win control of Congress in US midterms
Trump attributed Republican losses to his absence from the ballot in an interview with Fox News.
Channel 4, Channel 4 News, 4 November 2026, 0:50-0:53
- 1:46
Charged quote Democrats win control of Congress in US midterms
in one heavily Republican state after another, Democrat candidates won where they hadn't in decades. What helped them was revulsion with the excesses of an imperial presidency from unchecked inflation to unnecessary ballrooms to toxic insults. Trump had risen to power on a wave of American anger. Last night, America directed that anger
Channel 4, Channel 4 News, 4 November 2026, 1:46-1:57
- 2:06
Contested quote Democrats win control of Congress in US midterms
Trump had risen to power on a wave of American anger. Last night, America directed that anger against him and his enablers. The biggest single mistake was Trump's unfinished war of choice against Iran, which led to steep increases in inflation. Victorious Democrats discovered MAGA's Achilles heel, the unchecked and under-taxed power of billionaires.
Channel 4, Channel 4 News, 4 November 2026, 2:06-2:13
- 2:43
Claim Democrats win control of Congress in US midterms
If elected, El-Sayed would be the first Muslim elected to the US Senate.
Channel 4, Channel 4 News, 4 November 2026, 2:43-2:50
- 4:16
Claim Democrats win control of Congress in US midterms
James Talarico won the Texas Senate seat for the Democrats, with reports describing him as the first Democratic Texas senator in four decades or the first this century.
Channel 4, Channel 4 News, 4 November 2026, 4:16-4:21
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