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US Midterm Elections 2026Page 5 of 8
Americans vote on November 3, 2026 for every seat in the House of Representatives, about a third of the Senate and many governors and state offices. This page gathers our latest reporting on the campaigns, the races and the results.
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Rep. Haley Stevens endorses GOP candidate Mike Rogers in Michigan Senate race
Rep. Haley Stevens, D-Mich., endorsed Republican Senate candidate Mike Rogers on Sunday, a major shakeup in the final stages of a top battleground race that could determine which party controls the Senate.
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US midterm elections set to decide control of Congress and 36 governorships
Voters in this year's elections will choose all 435 members of the House of Representatives, a third of our Senators, and 36 races for governor. Correspondent David Pogue looks at what midterm election results typically represent, and why – with inflation a key topic on voters' minds, and a historically unpopular president – this year's midterms may upend expectations.
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Democrats hold seven-point lead ahead of midterms as Trump disapproval peaks
Democrats have a sizable advantage in the battle for control of Congress days ahead of the midterm elections, a new national NBC News poll finds, with voters clamoring for change and voicing all-time high disapproval of President Donald Trump.
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US Democrats warn of renewed Russian disinformation blitz ahead of midterms
Top Democratic lawmakers says Russia was waging the same kind of online misinformation campaign that the intelligence community had tracked in US elections in 2016, 2020, and 2024
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Texas Republicans lead midterm drive against Sharia and Islamist groups
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Alaska urges federal court to dismiss Trump administration lawsuit over Senate race
The Republican-led state government in Alaska implored a federal judge on Saturday to permanently dismiss the Trump administration’s lawsuit that seeks to block the certification of the Alaska Senate race if GOP Sen.
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US midterm polls favor Democrats as early ballots exceed 43 million
More than 43 million Americans have voted early as Democrats lead opinion polls and Trump prepares for final rallies.
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Michigan Democrats rally behind Abdul El-Sayed following attacks from Trump
Endorsement not always full-throated but party backing marks major turn after bitter split over nomination Facing a barrage of extreme attacks from Donald Trump and his allies, the Democratic establishment is finally rallying around progressive Abdul El-Sayed, the party’s candidate in the closely watched US Senate election in Michigan. But the endorsement is not always full-throated, and often even omits his name. At a rally in Port Huron on Sunday, the US president launched the latest in a wave of Islamophobic rants against El-Sayed, erroneously branding him a “jihadist” and “Muslim Brotherhood member” while invoking 9/11. Continue reading...
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Federal judge bars Trump administration from intimidating midterm election staff
A federal judge issued a sweeping order blocking the Trump administration from threatening or intimidating election officials amid pressure tactics used by the administration in the weeks leading up to next week’s midterm elections.
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US midterm early voting tops 43 million with surge among Hispanic voters
Hispanic voters have helped drive the early voting numbers, which appear to outpace overall turnout for previous elections in some battleground counties.
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Pope Leo participates in US midterm election via mail-in ballot
US citizen Leo, who has clashed with Donald Trump over several issues, submits his vote by post in Chicago Pope Leo has voted in the US midterm elections – the first time a sitting pontiff is known to have cast a ballot in any political election at any time in history. Leo, who has clashed with the US president, Donald Trump, over several issues, submitted his vote by post in Chicago, where he was born, the Vatican said on Friday. Leo became the first American leader of the Catholic church last year after the death of Pope Francis. Continue reading...
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Donald Trump reinstates campaign rallies in Kansas and Iowa before midterms
The president cancelled the events in favor of tele-rallies, as Republicans face a fight to retain control of Congress Donald Trump cancelled, and then promptly uncancelled, two in-person rallies in Kansas and Iowa this weekend as polls suggest US midterm election races in the previous Republican strongholds could go down to the wire. On Thursday, just five days before election day, the Republican National Committee (RNC) announced the president would no longer host the Kansas and Iowa rallies and instead participate in “a large number of tele-rallies”. The RNC claimed it felt it was in a “strong position” in Kansas and Iowa. Continue reading...
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South Carolina Senate contest tightens as Trump rallies support before midterms
The critical Senate race in South Carolina is closer than expected, and President Trump stopped there with six days to go until the midterms. Weijia Jiang has more.
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Washington election chief says DOJ noncitizen voter list includes US citizens
Washington Secretary of State Steve Hobbs told two federal prosecutors that "many" U.S. citizens were included on a Justice Department list of suspected noncitizens.
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Alaska Senate contest faces scrutiny over reported ballot-stacking effort
Democrat Mary Peltola’s campaign reportedly recruited a second Dan Sullivan in the race in what Republicans call a ploy to split votes US politics live – latest updates Republican officials have called for an investigation into an alleged ballot-stacking scheme in Alaska’s competitive Senate race by Democrat Mary Peltola’s campaign. For months, Donald Trump and others accused Peltola and Democrats of recruiting candidates with the same name as her Republican opponent, Dan Sullivan, to purposefully confuse voters when they cast their ballots in November’s midterms. Continue reading...
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Barack Obama campaigns for Georgia Democrats and brushes off Trump attacks
Former US president comes to Georgia to support Jon Ossoff for US Senate and Keisha Lance Bottoms for governor Barack Obama, speaking at a Wednesday campaign rally in suburban Atlanta, offered a closing argument for Democrats in the final week of the midterm election campaign. “These are not serious people,” he said of Donald Trump and the Republican party. “And we’re all paying the price for their lack of seriousness.” Continue reading...
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California mail ballots will not be segregated over citizenship claims, judge rules
A federal judge in California is refusing a request by the Trump administration to segregate 20,000 mail-in ballots from individuals it alleges are noncitizens.
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California federal prosecutor Bill Essayli faces scrutiny over election lawsuits
Bill Essayli has launched a crusade against ‘voter fraud’, in his latest push to pursue Maga-aligned cases Since he was sworn in last year, Bill Essayli, the top US prosecutor in southern California, has devoted his office to Donald Trump’s agenda – bringing splashy cases against sanctuary policies, protesters and the rights of young trans athletes. But Essayli’s latest crusade has significantly raised the stakes of his partisan remaking of one of the country’s largest US attorney’s offices: he is fighting to block thousands of votes from being counted in the upcoming midterms. Continue reading...
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US midterm election campaigns enter final stretch as early voting surpasses 35 million
Election Day is Tuesday, Nov. 3, and early voting is underway throughout the country.
