Democrats now control the House and Senate after winning Senate races in Texas, Michigan and South Carolina, with President Donald Trump remaining the check on new federal gun laws. James Talarico beat Ken Paxton in Texas as the first Democrat to take a Senate seat there since 1988 and has supported assault-weapon bans, mandatory storage, background checks on private sales, and past bills on out-of-state licenses, range rentals and licensing rules.

Abdul El-Sayed defeated Mike Rogers in Michigan by seven points after proposing a constitutional swap of the right to bear arms for a right to health care and arguing the Second Amendment covers militias and muskets. Annie Andrews, previously a Moms Demand Action volunteer and paid Everytown for Gun Safety adviser, won in South Carolina over Darline Graham, and the National Rifle Association, Gun Owners of America and Second Amendment Foundation have two years until the next presidential election.