85 Dem
218 for control
47 GOP
132 of 435 seats decided
Republicans are defending a 53-47 majority in the Senate, as Democrats aim to flip enough seats to gain control.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans in Tuesday’s midterm races were hoping their candidates could hold onto the winning coalition that President Donald Trump assembled in the 2024 presidential election, but The AP Voter Poll suggests the GOP has lost ground with at least one key group.The poll, an expansive survey of about 80,000 voters in all 50 states, suggests young voters were less likely to back House Republicans this year than they were to support Trump in 2024.
Polls are now closed in 40 states and D.C. as results from the 2026 midterm elections continue to come in. Follow live updates here.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Election Day was barely underway before unverified rumors of voting irregularities surfaced online.One actual ballot-scanning breakdown, in Westchester County, New York, in particular gave rise to baseless theories about activities by Democrats or their allies to suppress Republican votes.
Here's a national look at what's on voters' minds in the 2026 midterm elections as they cast their ballots.
Democrats appeared on track to hold several Florida congressional seats redrawn to get redder, a sign of significant Republican underperformance across the map.
(The Center Square) — Democrat Chris Pappas defeated Republican John E. Sununu in Tuesday's midterm elections to keep one of New Hampshire's two U.
Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff defeated GOP Rep. Mike Collins in the Georgia Senate race, CBS News projects, holding onto his seat in the upper chamber.
Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.) will win reelection for another term in the Senate, holding off a challenge from Rep. Mike Collins (R-Ga.), Decision Desk HQ has projected. Ossoff is leading with about 80 percent of the vote to Collins’s nearly 20 percent with 11 percent of precincts reporting. Georgia was one of the few legitimate…
Democrat Jasmine Clark is projected to win the race to represent Georgia’s 13th District, according to Decision Desk HQ (DDHQ). Clark defeated Republican Jonathan Chavez with over 81 percent of the vote at 58 percent of ballots counted, securing a victory in the blue district outside Atlanta. The win sends the Georgia state lawmaker and…
Early results out of Indiana and Kentucky are in line with polling that’s put Democrats well ahead in the battle for Congress.
Early results out of Indiana and Kentucky are in line with polling that’s put Democrats well ahead in the battle for Congress.
Early results out of Indiana and Kentucky are in line with polling that’s put Democrats well ahead in the battle for Congress.
As Americans cast ballots Tuesday, new Google Trends data shows intense interest in the 2026 midterm elections.
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(The Center Square)—U. S. voters and poll workers confronted defective scanners, false bomb threats, and flooding during a contentious Election Day 2026 in which control of Congress and the state houses were at stake.
President Trump marked Election Day by issuing two proclamations on space and anti-communism Tuesday. The president signed “the American Declaration of Freedom in Space,” which states Earth’s solar system and outer space “are open to exploration, development, use, and the establishment of a permanent presence” by U.S. citizens. A second proclamation Trump signed declared Nov.…
Democratic strategist James Carville predicted an “astronomical” Black turnout would drive Tuesday’s midterm elections amid election forecasters anticipating a “blue wave.” “When I look around at candidates in other places, I think the story” Tuesday night and Wednesday morning “is going to be Black turnout,” he said during a Monday appearance on MS NOW. “I…
If you are in line to cast your ballot before a polling site closes, you have the right to remain in line and vote.
They’re hoping for good news tonight, but still tamping down some of the rosiest projections.
Iowa Senate candidate state Rep. Josh Turek (D) said he voted for three Republicans when he cast his ballot Tuesday. Asked whether he voted straight down the ballot for Democrats, Turek said he voted for Republicans Susan Miller for Pottawatamie County supervisor and Lea Voss for Pottawatamie County treasurer. The Democrat is locked in a…
Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.) said in an interview released Sunday that he believed “2028 could very well be theoretical” if the Democratic Party does not win Tuesday’s midterm elections amid GOP attacks and potential legal battles regarding election results. “Now, where is your head on 2028?” Politico’s Jonathan Martin asked Warnock during an interview that…
Sen. Dan Sullivan’s (R-Alaska) campaign and the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC), the campaign arm for Senate Republicans, have organized a “recount fund,” according to a Tuesday filing with the Federal Election Commission, the latest sign that Republicans are prepared to contest the results of the Senate election in Alaska if anyone other than the…
The Department of Justice (DOJ) said Tuesday it is sending Election Day monitors to all 50 states. In a press release, the department said it will go through with “its largest monitoring effort in history” Tuesday, featuring “approximately 1,000 election monitors and observers deployed, and, for the first time, in all 50 states.” “Election integrity…
President Donald Trump is arguably the most pro-Israel president of modern times. So his Election Dayannouncement that the United States would end nearly $4 billion in annual aid to Israel was stunning.
The midterms are raising fresh questions about where to draw the line between protecting the vote and intervening in the electoral process.
Entering Election Day, Republicans held a majority in both chambers of Congress, and Democrats were favored in polls.
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Gas prices today are at a record high for an Election Day, hovering at an average of $4.11 a gallon nationally as of Tuesday afternoon, according to GasBuddy. The previous record for Election Day gas prices was set in 2022, with an average of around $3.75 per gallon, U.S. government data shows. The figures are…
Advocates are enthusiastic about the potential for increased youth voter turnout in key races in Tuesday’s midterms. The economy, the Trump administration, AI and data centers have all sparked a fire in young Americans, according to youth voter groups that have knocked on thousands of doors across the country ahead of what is expected to…
Joe Scarborough used his "Morning Joe" Election Day rant to claim Pat McAfee is "ruining GameDay" and that voters could reject the "manosphere."
