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Former North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper has won the state’s open U.S. Senate race, giving Democrats their first Senate seat flip of Election Night 2026. What happened Major free news outlets projected Tuesday night that Democrat Roy Cooper defeated Republican Michael Whatley for the North Carolina Senate seat left open by retiring GOP Sen. Thom … Read more
CBS News and NBC News project Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff has won a second term in Georgia, defeating Republican Rep. Mike Collins in a key battleground Senate race. What was decided Georgia voters returned Ossoff to the Senate. CBS News Atlanta and NBC News projected his win over Collins on Election Night, Nov. 3, after … Read more
Major U.S. news outlets project that Democratic Sen. Mark Warner has won a fourth term in Virginia, the first Senate race called on Election Night 2026. First Senate call of the night Shortly after polls closed at 7 p.m. Eastern on Tuesday, The Associated Press, NBC News and CNN projected that Warner defeated Republican Bert … Read more
Takeaway: Early Election Day surveys show many voters focused on living costs and democracy, with President Trump’s job rating near the bottom for a midterm president. What the early surveys show As polls closed across much of the country on Tuesday, early exit polls and The AP Voter Poll sketched a restless electorate. According to … Read more
Three U.S. astronauts on the International Space Station voted electronically in the 2026 midterms and sent encrypted ballots to election officials in Texas. Votes from orbit on Election Day On Tuesday, Nov. 3, NASA astronaut Anil Menon posted on X that he and crewmates Luke Delaney and Jessica Watkins had cast their midterm ballots from … Read more
On Election Day, the Justice Department told about 20 people—including Democratic elections lawyer Marc Elias—they may be criminal targets in a probe of how a second candidate named Sullivan landed on Alaska’s U.S. Senate ballot. What the department is doing According to ABC News, CBS News and Axios, federal prosecutors have issued roughly 20 target … Read more
Close House and Senate races may take hours or days to call after polls close, election experts say, because mail ballots and state rules slow the count — not because votes are being invented overnight. What to expect tonight As Americans finish voting in the 2026 midterms, networks and analysts are warning that control of … Read more
Americans headed to the polls with national gas near $4.15 a gallon — the highest average ever recorded on an Election Day — after a year shaped by the Iran war and a fierce debate over who owns the bill at the pump. What the numbers show As of Tuesday morning, AAA put the U.S. … Read more
On Election Day, Texans choose between Republican Ken Paxton and Democrat James Talarico in a neck-and-neck U.S. Senate race that could help decide which party controls the chamber. Why this race matters Polls opened at 7 a.m. and close at 7 p.m. local time across Texas. The contest pits state Attorney General Ken Paxton against … Read more
On Election Day, Fulton County, Georgia, asked to rescan about 1,069 early-voting ballots after two scanners failed during early voting, and Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said he does not expect the fix to delay race results. What happened Fulton County Elections Director Nadine Williams described the problems in a Nov. 3 memo, according to … Read more
