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2026 United States elections
2026 United States
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Elections in the United States were held on November 3, 2026. In these midterm elections, which occurred during the non-consecutive second term of incumbent Republican president Donald Trump, all 435 seats in the U.S. House of Representatives and 35 of the 100 seats in the U.S. Senate were contested to determine the 120th United States Congress. Thirty-nine state and territorial U.S. gubernatorial elections, attorney general elections, and numerous state and local elections were also contested. In one of the worst instances of the six-year itch suffered by a president serving a second term, the opposition Democratic Party won in a landslide victory, gaining a majority of seats in both houses of Congress and state governments across the United States, undoing the legacy of the Tea Party wave of 2010 and giving the Democrats their largest congressional majority since the 102nd United States Congress.
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The United States holds midterm elections for 435 members and five non-voting delegates of the House of Representatives, 35 members of the Senate (including special elections in Florida and Ohio), 39 state and territorial governors, and numerous other state, territorial, tribal, and local officials.
Cited sourcesNov 3, 2026 · Cited sources: The Guardian(opens in a new tab)
U.S. news organizations project that the Democratic Party will control the House of Representatives and the Senate in the upcoming 120th Congress, ending the Republican Party's majority in both chambers.
Cited sourcesNov 3, 2026 · Cited sources: Reuters(opens in a new tab)Nov 3, 2026 · Cited sources: The Guardian(opens in a new tab)
Several states elect their first Democratic representatives in decades, including: Adam Hamilton, the first Democrat to win a Kansas Senate seat since 1932; James Talarico, the first Democrat to win a Texas Senate seat since 1988; and Gina Hinojosa, the first Democrat to become governor of Texas since 1990.
Cited sourcesNov 3, 2026 · Cited sources: NBC News(opens in a new tab)Nov 3, 2026 · Cited sources: Axios(opens in a new tab)
Abdul El-Sayed defeats Mike Rogers in the United States Senate election in Michigan, making him the first Muslim to be elected to the U.S. Senate.
Cited sourcesNov 3, 2026 · Cited sources: The Washington Post(opens in a new tab)Nov 3, 2026 · Cited sources: Time(opens in a new tab)
Keisha Lance Bottoms defeats Rick Jackson in the gubernatorial election in Georgia, becoming the first black woman to be elected governor in U.S. history.
Cited sourcesNov 3, 2026 · Cited sources: AP(opens in a new tab)
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