Member-elect of the Georgia House of Representatives (District 110) in the United States, Segun Adeyina, has said that Americans voted in the 2026 midterm elections based on the issues affecting their daily lives rather than political party slogans.
“Well, of course it boils down to what’s going on in people’s kitchen tables. People did not vote based on political slogans. People voted on issues happening on their kitchen tables,” Adeyina said during an interview on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily on Friday.
“Can they pay their rent, their mortgage? Can they afford groceries? Can they access healthcare? These are all important items that the everyday person has been faced with over the last couple of years.”
On how President Donald Trump’s performance impacted the big win for the Democrats, he said the war in Iran came at a cost to American families.
“And Affordability was really one of the key issues that the president couldn’t truly address; and going to Iran, for us, drove up our costs, drove up the challenge that we have with affordability.
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“And it boiled down to what are the things that people discuss at their kitchen tables. And you see the outcome. The outcome was, you know, some people call it a blue wave. I call it a blue tsunami.
“People showed up and turned out to vote on issues that concerned them on their kitchen tables.”
The representative said that his re-election showed the confidence that voters in House District 110 have in his leadership.
“I am a proud Nigerian-American, and this victory is very important. I was elected, as you know, in 2022, and that was a way to introduce myself to my community,” the representative said.
“But being re-elected for the second time and serving a third term tells you the confidence that the people of House District 110, which consists of Grayson, Snowville, Lawrenceville, and Loganville, have in the opportunity that I have presented them, and coming back for a third term, it shows that they have confidence in the leadership and the service that I have provided.”
Adeyia was among Nigerian-Americans who secured electoral victories in the November 3 midterm elections.
Other successful candidates are Will Jawando, Junior Ezeonu, Oye Owolewa, Solomon Adesanya, Carol Kazeem, and Gab Okoye, who won seats in local government and state legislatures across Maryland, Texas, Washington, DC, Georgia, and Pennsylvania.