Republicans entered Election Day controlling the House, Senate and White House, but projected losses would leave Trump facing a Democratic Congress for his final two years in office.

On election night, Hannity said the Iran war had unquestionably hurt Republicans, pointing to higher gas prices and voters’ sense that they had not seen economic gains; he also acknowledged that some immigration-enforcement tactics had upset voters.

Hannity later argued that the losses were routine rather than unprecedented, citing past midterm defeats under several presidents, including Ronald Reagan.

He contrasted the projected loss of more than 40 House seats and seven Senate seats with 1982, when Republicans lost 26 House seats but gained one Senate seat.

CNN analyst Harry Enten projected Democratic gains of about 44 or 45 House seats, a scale comparable to the last such loss in 1948; if Democrats held their leads in Alaska and Mississippi, they would gain nine Senate seats.

Enten said Democratic Senate victories in South Carolina, Kansas and Texas, alongside possible wins in Alaska and Mississippi, would create an unprecedented pattern across five states in one election cycle.