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US midterm elections 2026: live results from Senate, House and governor races in all 50 states
Latest results suggest the Democrats are almost certain to win a House majority, having already seized control of the Senate. Find live updating results in full here US midterm elections – live updates The US legislature, Congress, has two chambers: the House of Representatives and the Senate.
What the coverage shows
The coverage converges on live election results, with several outlets quickly centering Democratic gains in the Senate and, in some cases, the House. The Guardian US is the main outlet to foreground a broader set of races and to say Democrats are near a House majority, while CBS News singles out the New Hampshire Senate race in its own projection. National Review and the New York Times stay more generic in their initial live-coverage framing, and only Al Jazeera explicitly characterizes the Senate result as a rebuke to Trump’s party.
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