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Election Day Tue, Nov 3
Updated Oct 30, 3:40 p.m. ET

27,086,416 early ballots cast in 20 states and DC that publish counts. Counts differ by state · Early vote

Who controls what

SenateDemocrats 45Republicans 53Independents 2HouseDemocrats 214Republicans 218Independents 1GovernorsDemocrats 24Republicans 26

51 Senate seats or 218 House seats for control. Seats held today, rosters from Oct 28. Not a forecast.

How the 35 Senate seats on the ballot voted last time

Small states
  • Democrat won last time (13)
  • Republican won last time (22)
  • No Senate race this year

Darker means a wider margin.

Make your own mapResults: MIT Election Data and Science Lab, U.S. Senate statewide 1976-2024

What changed

All changes

Oct 30: 23 new polls, 12 early-vote reports

  1. EARLY VOTENorth Dakota

    North Dakota: 82,574 ballots cast early

    North Dakota Secretary of State, report of 3:40 p.m. ET

  2. NEW POLLTexas Governor

    Texas Governor: Greg Abbott 52.1, Gina Hinojosa 47.9

    ActiVote, Oct 23 to Oct 29, 400 likely voters · via VoteHub (CC BY 4.0)

Closest Senate races

  1. Dan Sullivan Republican 48.2Mary Peltola Democratic 48.1

    0.1 pts

  2. Ashley Hinson Republican 46.1Josh Turek Democratic 45.8

    0.3 pts

  3. Pete Ricketts Republican 48.5Dan Osborn Independent 46.5

    2.0 pts

  4. Darline Graham Republican 48.0Annie Andrews Democratic 46.0

    2.0 pts

  5. Troy D. Jackson Democratic 49.0Susan M. Collins Republican 46.6

    2.4 pts

Gap between the top two in the 7-week polling average. Not a forecast. Polls via VoteHub (CC BY 4.0). How it's calculated

All 35 Senate races · 14 more without an averageGovernor racesHouse races

Most raised

2026 Senate candidates · FEC, through Oct 14
  1. James Talarico DemocraticTX Senate$146.3M
  2. Jon Ossoff DemocraticGA Senate · incumbent$115.9M
  3. Sherrod Brown DemocraticOH Senate$68.4M
  4. Abdul El-Sayed DemocraticMI Senate$53.8M
  5. Roy Cooper DemocraticNC Senate$49.6M

All candidates by money raised

Seats and what each side needs

What each side needs

Senate 51 for a majority, 35 seats on the ballot
Democrats hold 32 seats not up, so need 19 of the 35 (17 if the 2 independents not up are counted with them).
Republicans hold 31 seats not up, so need 20 of the 35.
House 218 for a majority, all 435 seats on the ballot
Each side needs 218 seats; 2 seats are vacant today.

Same seat counts as the top of this page. Not a forecast.

Sources: congress-legislators (CC0), Wikidata (CC0), our 2026 calendar. Rosters retrieved Oct 28.

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