How to Follow The New York Times’s 2026 Midterm Election Results and Coverage

What the coverage shows

Most outlets frame this as live midterm results coverage, with National Review, Breaking Points, Democracy Now! and PBS NewsHour all stressing live or special election-night updates. The New York Times stands out for two separate pieces, one about how broadcasters will cover the night and another on how to follow its own results coverage, while PBS NewsHour is the only outlet whose extract mentions ASL interpretation. The Independent is the only outlet whose headlines and extract explicitly project partisan outcomes, rather than focusing on the coverage format.

Written by Crossfiled from the 6 headlines and extracts below, not from the articles themselves. It describes how the outlets framed this, not what happened. Open any headline for a summary of that article.