Edwin Sifuna during the unveiling of The Equitable Party (TEP) on October 4, 2026 which later rebranded to Linda Mwanchi.

Democrats won back control of Congress on Tuesday as the party claimed control of Congress and won governors’ races across the country on Tuesday, wiping out Republicans.

Sifuna, likening the 'blue wave' to his Linda Mwananchi party color, said that the rule of 'bad people' is drawing to a close, a change he also expects to achieve in Kenya's next polls.

"It feels very nice to see good people winning elections. Watu roho safi tu who actually care about ordinary citizens. Bad people have been winning too much bwana. What a night for the Democratic Party in the US midterms. Blue wave, sindio?" he wrote on X.

The Linda Mwananchi, with blue and white as its primary colours, has fronted 44-year-old Sifuna as its presidential candidate, as he has continually bashed the rot in governance, promising an overhaul of the running government if he clinches victory.

In the US, President Donald Trump was dealt a blow as the blue shift was enormous across the political map.

States where President Trump posted huge margins of victory in 2024 saw those margins plummet as

Texas, the country’s biggest red state, Democrats are in contention to break their decades-long lockout from statewide office.

The same is evident in other Republican strongholds, Ohio, and Kansas, which last elected a Democrat almost 100 years ago

Meanwhile, the White House is already deflecting blame, saying Trump's interventions in his party’s attempts to hold its House and Senate majorities seem to have only hurt the Republican Party's chances.

Former President Barack Obama says his party's sweeping victory is evidence that Americans want change.

"Tonight, the American people sent a clear message — they want a politics that brings people together rather than divides them, and leaders who offer concrete solutions to the challenges they face," he wrote on X.

In the run-up to the polls, Obama campaigned with several Democratic candidates in swing states like Michigan and Georgia.