Election night: follow the 2026 midterm results live. Live results
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By Map the Midterms Editorial Team
Last updated: October 28, 2026. Unofficial information. Not affiliated with any government or election authority. Confirm with your official election office (Vote.gov).
What the 2026 midterms decide, and what they do not
Election Day for the 2026 U.S. midterms is Tuesday, November 3, 2026. Voters are choosing every voting seat in the U.S. House, because those terms are two years, and about one-third of the Senate, Class 2, because those terms are six years and expire in January 2027. They are not choosing a president. There is no national popular vote for “the midterms.” There are thousands of contests, each certified by a state or a county. A single color on a national map is a summary someone else drew. It is not the ballot.
What is at stake in Washington is organizational. If every House seat is filled, 218 is a majority of 435. Vacancies change the arithmetic of members sworn. In the Senate, 51 is a majority of 100 when every seat is filled, and the Vice President votes when the Senate is tied. Ending debate is a separate practice under Senate rules, often discussed as 60 votes. That figure is not in the Constitution. None of these counts is a forecast. They are the rules the next Congress will use if the rules are still the rules. This site does not predict which party will organize either chamber.
States put their own offices on the same day or they do not. Many elect governors. Some do not. Many ask voters to decide constitutional amendments, statutes, or bonds. A measure is not a candidate, and a yes vote is not a party endorsement unless the official ballot says so, which it almost never does. The state hubs on this site list the statewide offices taken from each election office’s own pages. A hub that does not list a Senate race is reporting that list, not forgetting the Senate.
Ratings and polls are other people’s work, and this site treats them that way. A Cook Political Report label, or a label from Inside Elections, Sabato’s Crystal Ball, or Decision Desk HQ, appears on a race guide only with the outlet’s name and date. A poll row appears only with a pollster, dates, a sample, and a link. One survey is not a forecast. An empty poll table is not a hint. Readers who want a model should open the outlet that builds one and read its methods. Readers who want the candidates’ own words should use the candidates’ sites. A bio on a race guide restates an election-office listing. It is not a speech, and this page will not invent one.
Past margins are canvasses. The Federal Election Commission compiles certified federal results after the states report them. A 2020 Senate margin or a 2024 presidential margin describes those ballots. It does not decide 2026, because the people who vote are not a fixed list. Turnout percentages also depend on the denominator. The Census Bureau asks a sample whether they voted. A state counts ballots. Those charts can both be honest and still disagree. On election night the first percentages are unofficial. Mail ballots, provisional ballots, ranked-choice rounds, and runoff calendars move totals for reasons that are statutory, not suspicious by default. The live page copies state files after polls close. It does not call a winner unless that file does.
ZIP matching runs in your browser. A five-digit ZIP on this form is kept in this tab’s session storage until the tab closes, and narrows U.S. House districts and local contests. It is not added to the page address and it is not sent to a third party. The Census place search below does not store the ZIP. We do not collect Social Security numbers, voter registration numbers, or ballot images.
Find Census places by ZIP code
A 5-digit ZIP code is matched to the Census ZIP Code Tabulation Area relationship files. Places and congressional districts are the overlaps that have land area, listed from the largest land area to the smallest. Alabama, California, Florida, Louisiana, North Carolina, Ohio, Tennessee, Texas, and Utah use the 120th Congressional District block assignments joined to the ZCTA-to-block file, because the Census Bureau has not published a 120th Congressional District to ZCTA relationship file. Every other state, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico use the 119th Congressional District to ZCTA file. The Census Bureau states that those boundaries had no changes from the 2024 cycle for the 2026 election.
Georgia’s Class 2 Senate seat is on the November 3, 2026 ballot. The Clerk of the House nominee list names Mike Collins (Republican) and Jon Ossoff (Democrat). The Secretary of State’s official June 16, 2026 Republican runoff results list Mike Collins with 390,174 votes (55.54 percent) and Derek Dooley with 312,339 votes (44.46 percent). The certified write-in list names Elbert Arthur Bartell, Christina Clement, and Cassandra Easton.
Michigan’s Class 2 Senate seat is on the November 3, 2026 ballot. The Bureau of Elections official candidate listing names Abdul El-Sayed (Democratic Party), Mike Rogers (Republican Party), Lydia Christensen (Libertarian Party), Tim Long (U.S. Taxpayers Party), Douglas P. Marsh (Green Party), and Walter P. Kristy (Natural Law Party).
North Carolina’s Class 2 Senate seat is on the November 3, 2026 ballot. The State Board of Elections general candidate list names Roy Cooper (DEM), Michael Whatley (REP), Shannon W. Bray (LIB), and Michael Dublin (GRE).
Texas’s Class 2 Senate seat is on the November 3, 2026 ballot. The Secretary of State’s ballot certification names Ken Paxton (REP), James Talarico (DEM), and Ted Brown (LIB).
A Maricopa County official ballot for the November 3, 2026 general election prints governor and lieutenant governor as one contest. The printed tickets are Katie Hobbs (DEM) with John Giles (PND), Andy Biggs (REP) with Sine Kerr (REP), Risa Lombardo (GRN) with Lisa Castillo (GRN), and Teri Ann Hourihan (NOL) with Angela Harrolle Mohan (PND).
Georgia elects a governor on November 3, 2026. The Secretary of State’s official results for the June 16, 2026 Republican primary runoff list Rick Jackson with 373,543 votes (52.64 percent). The other candidate’s name was not in the results text retrieved for that contest. The certified write-in list names David C. Byrne, Jacqueline Angela DaCosta, Deb Broughton Davis, Milton J. Lofton, David Leon Moreland, Leland Jake Olinger II, and Andrew Pacetti. A Democratic candidate for governor is not named on this page.
Michigan elects a governor on November 3, 2026. The Bureau of Elections official candidate listing names Jocelyn Benson / Winnie Brinks (Democratic Party), John James / Jay DeBoyer (Republican Party), Anthony Hudson / Beau Parmenter (Libertarian Party), Donna Brandenburg / Robert Donald Cowper II (U.S. Taxpayers Party), and Douglas Campbell / Bobbie Clay (Green Party).
The Clark County Registrar of Voters list of candidates for the November 3, 2026 general election names Aaron D. Ford (DEM), Danielle Ford (NPP), and Joseph Lombardo (REP) for governor, and includes a “None of these candidates” line.
The Franklin County Board of Elections 2026 general-election candidate list, revised October 16, 2026, names Amy Acton and David Pepper (Democratic), Vivek Ramaswamy and Robert A. McColley (Republican), and Don Kissick and James L. Mills (Libertarian) for governor and lieutenant governor. The same list marks Timothy Grady and Andrea Neutzling, Heather Hill and Patrick Manley, and Renea Turner and Jalen Turner as write-in.
The Monroe County candidate proclamation for the November 3, 2026 general election lists, county-wide, Josh Shapiro with lieutenant governor Austin Davis (Democratic), Stacy Garrity with lieutenant governor Jason Richey (Republican), and Ken Krawchuk with lieutenant governor John Thomas (Libertarian).
The Wisconsin Elections Commission candidate list for the November 3, 2026 general election names Tom Tiffany / David Varnam (Republican) and David Crowley / Sarah Godlewski (Democratic) for governor.
A Maricopa County official ballot for the November 3, 2026 general election prints, for U.S. representative in Congress district 1, Shah, Amish (DEM), Feely IV, Thomas "Jay" (REP), and Alponte, Monica (LBT).
The State Board of Elections 2026 general candidate list for U.S. House District 01 names Don Davis (DEM), Laurie Buckhout (REP), and Tom Bailey (LIB).
The Clark County Registrar of Voters list of candidates for the November 3, 2026 general election names, for representative in Congress district 3, Susie Lee (DEM), Marty O'Donnell (REP), and Jon Kamerath (IAP).
The Monroe County candidate proclamation for the November 3, 2026 general election lists Bob Brooks (Democratic) and Ryan Mackenzie (Republican) for representative in Congress, 7th district, in Eldred, Polk, and Ross One.
Arizona’s November 3, 2026 publicity pamphlet lists eight propositions. The candidate list on this page names each U.S. House district, governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, secretary of state, state treasurer, superintendent of public instruction, state mine inspector, the corporation commission, and the Arizona Supreme Court.
Georgia’s November 2026 federal and state candidate file lists a U.S. Senate seat, statewide executive offices, and U.S. House contests by district. The file does not list a statewide ballot question.
Michigan’s 2026 general-election candidate report lists U.S. Senate, governor and lieutenant governor, other statewide offices, education and university boards, and two Supreme Court seats. The Secretary of State’s ballot-questions document lists Proposals 2026-1 and 2026-2.
North Carolina’s November 3, 2026 candidate list includes U.S. Senate, one Supreme Court associate-justice seat, and three Court of Appeals seats. Governor is not on that list. The state referendum file lists three constitutional amendments.
The Henry County official ballot for November 3, 2026 prints Ohio’s statewide executive offices, two Supreme Court terms, and a U.S. Senate contest for an unexpired term ending January 3, 2029. The Secretary of State certified Issue 3 for that election.
Pennsylvania’s November 3, 2026 voter-services candidate list includes governor and lieutenant governor as the statewide offices. U.S. House contests on that list are by district.
Wisconsin’s August 25, 2026 candidates-on-ballot report lists governor, attorney general, secretary of state, and state treasurer for November 3, 2026.
The Texas Secretary of State’s August 28, 2026 ballot certification places a U.S. Senate seat, statewide executive offices, and statewide judicial offices on the ballot in all 254 counties. The current-elections page does not list a statewide constitutional-amendment proclamation.
Florida’s November 3, 2026 candidate listing includes United States Senator, Governor, Attorney General, Chief Financial Officer, Commissioner of Agriculture, and Supreme Court Justice. The constitutional-initiatives table lists three 2026 general-election amendments.
California’s certified candidate list for November 3, 2026 has no U.S. Senate contest. It lists eight statewide executive offices and two Supreme Court retention contests. The qualified-ballot-measures page lists Propositions 1–5 and 37–45.
New York’s October 7, 2026 amended ballot certification lists governor and lieutenant governor, comptroller, and attorney general as statewide offices. Representative in Congress is listed by district.
Minnesota’s November 3, 2026 candidate file lists a U.S. Senate seat, statewide executive offices, Supreme Court and Court of Appeals seats, and one constitutional amendment.
Alaska’s November 3, 2026 candidate list includes governor and lieutenant governor, U.S. senator, U.S. representative, and a Supreme Court contest, plus two initiatives the petitions page says will appear.
Kansas’s candidate-information page lists a U.S. Senate seat, governor and lieutenant governor, four other statewide executive offices, and statewide judicial retentions, plus one constitutional amendment.
The Illinois State Board of Elections candidate list for November 3, 2026 includes United States Senator, governor and lieutenant governor, attorney general, secretary of state, comptroller, and treasurer. The U.S. Senate lists Illinois in Class II.
Colorado’s September 4, 2026 candidate list marks a U.S. Senate seat, statewide executive offices, and statewide courts, and the state lists certified 2026 ballot measures.
Tennessee’s 2026 candidate-lists page publishes governor and United States Senate lists, and three constitutional amendments are set for the November 2026 ballot.
The Walker County November 3, 2026 ballot prints Alabama’s U.S. Senate seat, statewide executive offices, and statewide appellate offices, and the Secretary of State certified four statewide amendments.
Arkansas’s Secretary of State lists four measures referred to the November 3, 2026 ballot. The candidate list on this page names U.S. Senate, four U.S. House districts, governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, secretary of state, auditor, and treasurer.
Andover’s official November 3, 2026 state-election ballot prints governor and four other statewide executive offices, and Representative in Congress by district.
Delaware’s November 3, 2026 candidate list marks U.S. Senator, Representative in Congress, attorney general, auditor of accounts, and state treasurer as statewide.
The D.C. Board of Elections November 3, 2026 calendar lists Delegate to the U.S. House, mayor, council-wide offices, attorney general, and the Board’s United States Senator and United States Representative contests, plus Initiative Measure No. 86.
Hawaii’s May 11, 2026 proclamation and the general-election ballot proofs list U.S. House by district, governor and lieutenant governor, Office of Hawaiian Affairs trustees, and two constitutional questions.
Idaho’s November 3, 2026 voter pamphlet prints two constitutional amendments, Proposition One, and a non-binding advisory question. The Secretary of State candidate list names U.S. Senate, two U.S. House districts, governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state, state controller, state treasurer, attorney general, and superintendent of public instruction.
Kentucky’s 2026 general-election officer guide lists U.S. Senate, U.S. House by district, and constitutional amendments for all voters, and it does not print the amendment titles.
Mississippi’s qualifying list associates a U.S. Senate contest and U.S. House districts with the November 3, 2026 general election, and it says qualifying is not itself ballot placement.
Montana’s Secretary of State says the 2026 cycle elects one U.S. Senator and both U.S. Representatives, and three ballot issues are marked qualified for the 2026 general election.
Nebraska’s September 11, 2026 candidate list names a U.S. Senate seat and five statewide executive offices, and the elections page lists three initiatives and LR19CA.
New Mexico’s January 26, 2026 proclamation calls a U.S. Senate seat, statewide executive offices, and one Court of Appeals position for November 3, 2026, and the voter guide lists constitutional amendments and bond questions.
North Dakota’s 2026 general contest list has no U.S. Senate contest and lists Representative in Congress, statewide executive offices, Supreme Court contests, and two constitutional measures.
Oklahoma’s July 24, 2026 election notice lists a U.S. Senate seat, five U.S. House offices, and statewide executive offices, and two state questions are qualified for November 3, 2026.
Rhode Island’s 2026 candidate guide lists U.S. senator, statewide general offices, and the voter handbook lists five state bond questions for November 3, 2026.
South Dakota’s 2026 general candidate list names a U.S. Senate seat and statewide executive offices, and the ballot-question pamphlet prints four constitutional amendments.
Utah’s September 21, 2026 certification lists U.S. House by district, Supreme Court and Court of Appeals retentions, and two constitutional amendments, and it does not list a U.S. Senate or governor contest.
Vermont’s 2026 offices list names U.S. representative, governor, and five other statewide executive offices. Two constitutional amendments are announced without titles.
West Virginia sample ballots for November 3, 2026 print U.S. Senator and U.S. House by district, and the Secretary of State noticed one constitutional amendment.
Wyoming’s 2026 voter guide lists a U.S. Senate seat, U.S. representative, statewide executive offices, judicial retentions, and Proposed Initiative Proposition Number One.
Census places — incorporated places and census-designated places from the U.S. Census Bureau 2026 Gazetteer Files, with a page for each place.
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When is Election Day 2026?
The 2026 U.S. midterm general election is Tuesday, November 3, 2026. Early in-person voting and mail-ballot request and return calendars vary by state. Dates for 51 states are on this site’s voting-deadlines page, each with an official source.
Is Map the Midterms an official election website?
No. Map the Midterms is an informational site. It is not a government, secretary of state, or county election website. Ballots, registration, and voting rules are published by the state or county election office and by Vote.gov.
How does the ballot ZIP lookup work?
The ballot ZIP lookup runs in the browser. The first three digits select a starter-state sample-ballot sketch from a table shipped with the page. A five-digit ZIP is kept in session storage for this tab until the tab closes, and narrows U.S. House districts and local contests. It is not added to the page address and it is not sent to a third party. The browser loads a public Census file from this site at /zcta/ plus the first three digits and .json, and uses the five-digit ZIP only as the key for a row in that file. An older ballot address that still has #zip= is copied into that session storage and the fragment is removed before advertising or analytics scripts run. The separate Census place search on the homepage does not add the ZIP to the page address and does not store it. It loads the same kind of three-digit file and reads the five-digit ZIP in the browser. Neither lookup is an official ballot, a voter-file search, or a registration check. The ballot lookup does not write the ZIP into local storage or a cookie set by this site. The site does not collect Social Security numbers, voter registration numbers, or ballot images. The official sample ballot for an address is issued by the election office.
Where do candidate names and ratings come from?
A race guide names a 2026 candidate only when an election-office candidate list, certified ballot, certified results page, or the Clerk of the House nominee list includes that name. The short bio restates that listing. Race ratings appear only when a named outlet — for example Cook Political Report, Inside Elections, or Sabato’s Crystal Ball — has published a rating this site can link. Those placements are attributions, not Map the Midterms endorsements or forecasts.
When do results appear on this site?
The results tracker stays in awaiting-returns mode until Election Day, Tuesday, November 3, 2026. It links a results page for each starter state and for each race guide, plus the live results page. Unofficial returns, if shown, appear around Election Night and the days after. Map the Midterms does not certify outcomes. Later totals remain unofficial until a state or county certifies the contest.
Where are official election offices listed?
The ballot lookup page and each starter-state hub link to that state’s official election office. Vote.gov publishes state registration information.
