Republicans have lost at least seven Senate seats. Only six of the 23 midterms since 1934 cost a president’s party more.
AP race calls as of 1:26 p.m. ET, Nov. 4, 2026. NPR and NBC News report Democrats won control of both chambers. Counts that can still grow say “at least” or “so far.”
1:26 p.m. ET, Nov. 4 (latest)
AP calls so far. Alaska and Mississippi are uncalled in the Senate; 68 House races are uncalled.
Before the vote, Republicans held 53 seats.
Still uncalled, both Republican seats. Alaska: Peltola (D) leads Sullivan (R) by 626 votes, 48.18% to 47.88%, with an estimated 74% of the vote counted. No one has 50%, and the AP lists it as a ranked choice race, so ranked choices may decide it. Mississippi: Colom (D) leads Hyde-Smith (R) by 65 votes, 48.95% to 48.94%, with an estimated 96% of the vote counted.
The AP has called 28 House seats that changed party, all to Democrats. Its 218th call for a Democrat came at 2:13 a.m. ET, Nov. 4. With 68 races uncalled, the House change can’t be ranked against past midterms yet.
North Carolina
Roy Cooper (D) wins a seat Republicans held, over Michael Whatley (R).
Called 8:23 p.m. ET, Nov. 3. Count as of 1:26 p.m. ET: 58.72% to 39.09%.
“I’m not going to Washington to be something. I’m going to Washington to do something.”
South Carolina
Annie Andrews (D) wins a seat Republicans held, over Darline Graham (R).
Called 10:39 p.m. ET, Nov. 3. Count as of 1:26 p.m. ET: 51.13% to 46.65%.
“The Senate seat does not belong to one family, to one party, or to Washington, D.C.”
Texas
James Talarico (D) wins a seat Republicans held, over Ken Paxton (R).
Called 11:03 p.m. ET, Nov. 3. Count as of 1:26 p.m. ET: 55.08% to 42.99%.
“The people of Texas, you were my slingshot and tonight we defeated Goliath”
Ohio
Sherrod Brown (D) wins a seat Republicans held, over Jon Husted (R).
Called 11:10 p.m. ET, Nov. 3. Count as of 1:26 p.m. ET: 50.01% to 45.15%.
“You sent an undeniable message tonight. Ohio is not for sale.”
Kansas
Adam Hamilton (D) wins a seat Republicans held, over Roger Marshall (R).
Called 11:24 p.m. ET, Nov. 3. Count as of 1:26 p.m. ET: 50.93% to 46.06%.
“We’re not flyover country. We’re the heart of the country.”
The call that won the Senate
Iowa
Josh Turek (D) wins a seat Republicans held, over Ashley Hinson (R).
Called 11:35 p.m. ET, Nov. 3, the 51st Democratic seat. Count as of 1:26 p.m. ET: 50.51% to 46.4%.
“They told me it was impossible to win this Senate race, but tonight, Iowa, we have once again proved that the impossible is possible”
Maine
Troy Jackson (D) wins a seat Republicans held, over Susan Collins (R).
Called 1:02 a.m. ET, Nov. 4. Count as of 1:26 p.m. ET: 53.65% to 46.28%.
“You’ve lifted one of your own all the way to the United States Senate.”
Independents, 33% of voters
58% Democratic38% Republican
2022: 49% D47% R
Voters under 30, 11% of voters
73% Democratic25% Republican
2022: 63% D35% R
Voters who called the economy not so good or poor, 75% of voters
70% Democratic28% Republican
One reason for their House vote, all voters
44% to oppose Trump40% Trump not a factor16% to support Trump
The 2026 national voter poll, conducted by SSRS for The Associated Press, ABC News, CBS News, CNN, FOX News Media, NBC News and Versant: 79,668 respondents, as published by CNN at 11:30 a.m. ET, Nov. 4. NBC News publishes the same figures. House vote shown; the rest of each bar is other candidates or no answer. 2022 bars are from that year’s exit poll, a different survey, as CNN’s comparison table lists them, so treat the change as rough. A poll is an estimate, with a margin of error that is larger for small groups.
Each row is a midterm, ranked by the Senate seats the president’s party lost, biggest loss at the top and gains at the bottom.
Since 1934, a president’s party lost more Senate seats in six of 23 midterms. 1938 (Roosevelt) lost the same seven. If Alaska and Mississippi both go to Democrats, the loss is nine, level with 1942 (Roosevelt) and 2014 (Obama), and two midterms lost more.
What if the uncalled races go to Democrats?
What if, not an AP call.
In the House, the AP has called 229 races for Democrats, past the 218 for a majority. With 68 uncalled, the House change isn’t ranked here.
Each bar is the change in Senate seats for the party that held the White House, as counted by The American Presidency Project at UC Santa Barbara. Its table starts with 1934, Franklin D. Roosevelt’s first midterm. In 2026 the president’s party is the Republicans, under Donald J. Trump. 8 of 23 saw no loss or a gain. In 1974 the president was Gerald R. Ford, who took office when Richard Nixon resigned that August.
The 2026 bar counts Republican-held seats the AP has called for Democrats. No Democratic seat went Republican, so it is also the net loss from the 53 seats Republicans held before the vote. The uncalled races, Alaska and Mississippi, are Republican seats, so the loss can only grow, to 9 at most. That is the hatched part of the bar and the shaded rows. Years that tie sit in year order; 2026 sits above its tie because its count can still grow.
Senate.gov’s counts at the opening of each Congress differ in some of the years with big losses: 1938 at −6, 1946 at −13, 1950 at −5, 1994 at −10 and 2010 at −5. On those counts too, six midterms saw a loss bigger than seven.
Times are Eastern. Democrats include the independents who caucus with them. Races are called by the AP, not by Artifact News; the AP’s final results will be on its 2026 results page.
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