Get live updates and the latest news on the 2026 election results as vote counts in Alaska, Mississippi and Kansas continue and Trump will face a Democratic-controlled Congress.

Our election forecast is based on estimates for the outcomes of all Senate and House races, and the tables below show our estimates for the closest ones. Republicans can control the Senate with 50 seats because of the vice president’s tie-breaking vote.

Alaskans await more results from key races on the general election ballot, including a bitterly fought U.S. Senate campaign and an open seat for governor.

Alaskans settled in Wednesday to await more results from key races on the general election ballot, including a bitterly fought U.S. Senate campaign and an open seat for governor. A ballot measure seeking to repeal Alaska’s unique system of open primaries and ranked vote general elections also was too early to call.

Alaskans are deciding one of the most closely watched U.S. Senate races in the country. Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan is seeking to fend off a challenge from Democratic former congresswoman Mary Peltola.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer cast his vote at a polling booth in Brooklyn, New York, Tuesday, the final day of voting for the 2026 midterm elections.

Follow live election results as voters head to the polls for the 2026 Arkansas Senate race. Watch in real-time as midterm outcomes arrive.

Backers of the Senate’s sweeping permitting bill are setting a high target for its performance in its first vote — a bar that could depend on painstaking negotiations involving tribal politics and constraints on the White House’s power to kill energy projects.