2026 election results explained: winners, flips and races still uncalled

Democrats have secured control of both chambers of Congress in the verified election calls reviewed for this report. The individually identified House calls give them 245 seats against 152 for Republicans, with 38 races still uncalled. In the Senate, Democrats hold 52 seats, Republicans 44 and Independents 2, with 2 still uncalled. The remaining counts can change the size of the majorities; the called seats already put Democrats over the thresholds for control.

The House shift extends across the country. Democratic gains include competitive districts in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Iowa and North Carolina, alongside seats in Arizona, California, Montana, Nevada and Texas. Republicans also recorded flips: Brent Taylor won Tennessee’s 9th District and Jace Yarbrough won Texas’s 32nd. Across the full called flip set, Democrats gained 40 House seats and lost two, for a net gain of 38. Those are changes in party control, rather than the number of additional races called during counting.

The Senate change rests on seven Republican-to-Democratic flips: Josh Turek in Iowa, Adam Hamilton in Kansas, Troy Jackson in Maine, Roy Cooper in North Carolina, Sherrod Brown in Ohio, Annie Andrews in South Carolina and James Talarico in Texas. King and Sanders remain Independents in the party totals even though they caucus with Democrats. Governors’ calls show five Democratic pickups and a 28–20 Democratic advantage across all 50 states, with two contests still uncalled.

Use the linked race directory below to see the candidates, parties, places and outcomes in our 131 published election reports, including every called flip in the national tracker. The national balance tracker carries the continuing updates and four geographic dashboards. This analysis uses the source snapshot Nov. 4, 2026, 7:00 p.m. CST.

The national balance i

Office	Democratic	Republican	Independents	Uncalled
House · 435 seats	245	152	0	38
Senate · 100 seats	52	44	2	2
Governors · 50 states	28	20	0	2

The Senate totals include all 65 continuing senators—32 Democrats, 31 Republicans and two Independents. The governor totals include all 14 continuing offices—six Democratic and eight Republican. All 435 House seats were up for election.

Gains, losses and net change i

Office	Party	Gained	Lost	Net
House	Democratic	40	2	+38
House	Republican	2	40	-38
House	Independents	0	0	0
Senate	Democratic	7	0	+7
Senate	Republican	0	7	-7
Senate	Independents	0	0	0
Governors	Democratic	5	0	+5
Governors	Republican	0	5	-5
Governors	Independents	0	0	0

Read the race results i

The race directory also includes later verified calls: Marie Gluesenkamp Perez’s Washington 3rd District hold, called Nov. 4 at 7:16 p.m. CST, and Amish Shah’s Arizona 1st District flip, called at 7:39 p.m. CST. The national balance table and overview map above retain their explicitly labeled 7:00 p.m. CST snapshot; the linked national tracker carries the later balance.

Row colors: DemocraticRepublicanIndependentsUncalled
Gray means uncalled, regardless of the leading candidate’s party. Party and result labels remain visible in every row.

Each candidate row links to its individual report. “Uncalled” remains separate from a win, even where one candidate leads. The party column identifies the named candidate; a lead does not color an undecided seat as a victory.

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Tracked mayoral race i

Washington, D.C., is the explicitly tracked mayoral contest here. Janeese Lewis George’s victory is a Democratic hold; this is not a tally of every U.S. mayoral election. Her race report also identifies independent Rhonda Hamilton and D.C. Statehood Green Party candidate Robert Gross.

State and local decisions beyond party control i

Ballot questions and school referendums decide policies and funding rather than a candidate’s party control. Maryland approved its congressional-redistricting amendment; Virginia approved abortion-rights protections, while Missouri rejected proposed abortion restrictions and Idaho rejected its reproductive-rights initiative. The individual reports distinguish confirmed outcomes from proposals that still led or trailed in the latest verified unofficial returns.

• Arizona Proposition 318 leads in school sports vote — Arizona · Uncalled / unofficial lead
• California billionaire-tax Proposition 40 trails in unofficial count — California · Uncalled / unofficial lead
• D.C. Initiative 86 leads in vote to ban force-fed foie gras sales — District of Columbia · Uncalled / unofficial lead
• Florida voters approve Amendment 3 property-tax changes — Florida · Approved
• Idaho voters reject Proposition 1 reproductive-rights initiative — Idaho · Rejected
• Winchester Model 1873 leads Idaho’s nonbinding state-gun vote — Idaho · Uncalled / unofficial lead
• Joliet Township voters reject AI data-center advisory question — Illinois · Rejected
• Baltimore Question F leads in vote to reshape city budgeting — Maryland · Uncalled / unofficial lead
• Maryland voters approve Question 3 on congressional redistricting — Maryland · Approved
• Missouri voters reject Amendment 3 abortion restrictions — Missouri · Rejected
• Nebraska Initiative 442 leads in school sports amendment vote — Nebraska · Uncalled / unofficial lead
• Hubbard voters approve data-center ban — Ohio · Approved
• Rhode Island voters approve $120 million housing bond — Rhode Island · Approved
• Virginia voters approve abortion-rights amendment, AP reports — Virginia · Approved
• Brown Deer voters approve school referendum — Wisconsin · Approved
• Delavan-Darien voters reject school referendum — Wisconsin · Rejected
• Elmbrook voters approve school referendum — Wisconsin · Approved
• Fort Atkinson voters reject school referendum — Wisconsin · Rejected
• Fox Point-Bayside voters approve school referendum — Wisconsin · Approved
• Geneva Joint No. 4 voters reject school referendum — Wisconsin · Rejected
• Greenfield voters approve school operations and facilities referendums — Wisconsin · Approved
• Janesville voters approve voter control over major GM/JATCO projects — Wisconsin · Approved
• Lake Mills Area voters approve school referendum — Wisconsin · Approved
• Mayville voters approve school referendum — Wisconsin · Approved
• Muskego rejects $5.9 million public safety referendum — Wisconsin · Rejected
• New Berlin rejects $3.12 million police and fire referendum — Wisconsin · Rejected
• Oconomowoc Area voters reject school referendum — Wisconsin · Rejected
• Palmyra-Eagle voters reject school referendum — Wisconsin · Rejected
• Plymouth voters reject $600,000 annual police referendum — Wisconsin · Rejected
• Sheboygan Falls voters approve school referendum — Wisconsin · Approved
• Swallow voters approve school referendum — Wisconsin · Approved
• Trevor-Wilmot voters reject school referendum — Wisconsin · Rejected
• Twin Lakes No. 4 voters reject school referendum — Wisconsin · Rejected
• Whitefish Bay voters approve school referendum — Wisconsin · Approved
• Whitewater voters reject school referendum — Wisconsin · Rejected
• Williams Bay voters approve school referendum — Wisconsin · Approved
• Wisconsin tax-veto amendment leads with 51.44% of reported vote — Wisconsin · Yes leads51.44%;uncalled
• Missouri voters reject Proposition A congressional map — Missouri · Rejected

What remains open i

38 House races remain uncalled in this snapshot. Mississippi and Alaska remain open in the Senate, while Alaska and Kansas remain open for governor. Those seats stay gray on call-based maps. The race directory includes the current reports on Scott Colom and Cindy Hyde-Smith in Mississippi and Cait Conley and Mike Lawler in New York’s 17th District.

DDHQ’s House summary bar was ahead of its individually identifiable race-card feed: 249 Democratic and 153 Republican seats in the aggregate, compared with 245 and 152 identified district calls. The national table and map here use the complete identified district set, excluding the nonvoting D.C. delegate, so each colored seat has a named district behind it.

People and consequences i

Deb Haaland’s New Mexico victory and Keisha Lance Bottoms’s Georgia victory produced historic firsts in the governorships. Abdul El-Sayed’s Michigan Senate victory and Chris Pappas’s New Hampshire Senate victory also marked milestones. Read the separate report on women’s House and governor victories for the reported national tally and its geographic scope.

The congressional result also reshapes party leadership. Mike Johnson said he would not seek another term as House Republican leader, according to AP. The election calls establish who has won seats; leadership selections and the remaining vote counts are separate next steps.

Sources: DDHQ House, DDHQ Senate, DDHQ governors; the official returns and AP reporting cited within each linked race article; U.S. Census congressional boundaries. Calls and unofficial returns are distinct from certification.

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