Election 2026 · Results as of Wednesday morning, Nov. 4
A Nation Turns the Page
State by state, the winners, the history-makers in both parties, and the direction they promise to take the country.
Some races are still being counted. A race is listed as won only when a major news organization has called it. We will update this page as the count continues.
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The Newly Elected: History Makers
Women, Black, Latino, Native American, Muslim and immigrant leaders won across the map, in both parties.
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First Black woman elected governor in U.S. historyDemocrat · Georgia
Keisha Lance Bottoms
Governor-elect
Why it matters. Flips Georgia's governorship to Democrats after 24 years of Republican control, and breaks a barrier no Black woman had broken in any state.
Promises. Expand Medicaid, guarantee pre-K, let localities cut grocery taxes, fully fund schools, pause new data centers.
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Florida's first Black governorRepublican · Florida
Byron Donalds
Governor-elect
Why it matters. A Republican first in the nation's third-largest state, showing Black leadership rising in both parties.
Promises. Tax reform, regulating data centers, and carrying forward the Trump agenda in Florida.
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First Latina governor of TexasDemocrat · Texas
Gina Hinojosa
Governor-elect
Why it matters. Unseats Gov. Greg Abbott and becomes the first Democrat elected governor of Texas since Ann Richards.
Promises. Fund public schools and raise teacher pay instead of vouchers, rethink testing, pause data centers, ease household costs.
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First Native American woman elected governorDemocrat · New Mexico
Deb Haaland
Governor-elect
Why it matters. A member of Laguna Pueblo and former U.S. Interior Secretary, she brings Native leadership to a statehouse for the first time.
Promises. Affordability, lower health-care costs and more affordable college tuition.
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Wisconsin's first Black governorDemocrat · Wisconsin
David Crowley
Governor-elect
Why it matters. The Milwaukee County Executive takes the top job in a pivotal swing state.
Promises. Expand Medicaid, more money for schools and child care, restore collective bargaining for public workers.
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Three Black women will serve in the Senate at onceDemocrat · Illinois
Juliana Stratton
U.S. Senator-elect
Why it matters. For the first time, three Black women will sit in the U.S. Senate together.
Promises. Medicare for All; opposed National Guard and federal immigration-agent deployments in Chicago.
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In line to be the first Black Speaker of the HouseDemocrat · New York
Hakeem Jeffries
Re-elected, NY-8 · Likely Speaker
Why it matters. With Democrats projected to win the House, the Brooklyn congressman is poised to lead it, pending a formal House vote.
Promises. A 100-day agenda: reverse Medicaid cuts, extend ACA tax credits, challenge tariffs, tackle housing, groceries, utilities and caregiving costs.
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Harlem's new member of CongressDemocrat · New York
Darializa Avila Chevalier
U.S. Rep.-elect, NY-13 (Harlem)
Why it matters. An Afro-Latina daughter of Dominican immigrants who works at the Neighborhood Defender Service of Harlem. She defeated Rep. Adriano Espaillat in June and won Tuesday's general election.
Promises. Universal child care, tuition-free public college, Medicare for All, a $15 federal minimum wage, a 32-hour work week, a 5% cap on rent hikes by big landlords.
Democrat · Colorado
Melat Kiros
U.S. Rep.-elect, CO-1 (Denver)
Why it matters. An Ethiopian-born immigrant and lawyer, 29, endorsed by the Democratic Socialists. NPR reports she is the first Gen Z woman elected to Congress.
Promises. Medicare for All, abolish ICE, take on concentrated corporate power.
Democrat · New York
Claire Valdez
U.S. Rep.-elect, NY-7
Why it matters. A Democratic Socialist who ran on Mayor Mamdani's affordability message in Queens and Brooklyn.
Promises. National rent regulation and a cost-of-living agenda for working families.
Democrat · New Jersey
Adam Hamawy
U.S. Rep.-elect, NJ-12
Why it matters. A retired Army combat surgeon representing central New Jersey.
Promises. Get corporate money out of politics.
Democrat · South Carolina
Annie Andrews
U.S. Senator-elect
Why it matters. A pediatrician who flipped a Republican seat in the Deep South.
Democrat · Minnesota
Peggy Flanagan
U.S. Senator-elect
Why it matters. Minnesota's lieutenant governor and a citizen of the White Earth Nation adds a Native woman's voice to the Senate.
Republican · Louisiana
Julia Letlow
U.S. Senator-elect
Why it matters. A Republican barrier broken in the Deep South.
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First woman elected governor of TennesseeRepublican · Tennessee
Marsha Blackburn
Governor-elect
Why it matters. The U.S. senator moves to the statehouse and makes history for Tennessee women.
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First woman governor of MinnesotaDemocrat · Minnesota
Amy Klobuchar
Governor-elect
Why it matters. The longtime senator becomes the first woman to lead Minnesota.
Democrat · Texas
James Talarico
U.S. Senator-elect
Why it matters. Defeated Ken Paxton in the costliest Senate race in Texas history.
Promises. Fight corruption and lower costs, with a faith-rooted message aimed at former Republican voters.
Democrat · Iowa
Josh Turek
U.S. Senator-elect
Why it matters. Born with spina bifida, he appears to be the first person with a permanent disability to represent Iowa in federal office.
Promises. Reverse Medicaid and food-aid cuts, restore ACA subsidies, create a public health option, work with Trump on border security.
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New York's first all-woman governor and lieutenant governor ticketDemocrat · New York
Kathy Hochul & Adrienne Adams
Governor & Lt. Governor
Why it matters. Former City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams, a Black woman from Queens, becomes lieutenant governor.
Promises. Universal child care, tax breaks for parents, energy rebate checks, stronger state limits on ICE.
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New York's first Black and first woman attorney generalDemocrat · New York
Letitia James
Re-elected Attorney General
Why it matters. Wins another term as the state's chief legal officer.
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First elected Latino governor of CaliforniaDemocrat · California
Xavier Becerra
Governor-elect
Why it matters. The former U.S. Health Secretary will lead the world's fourth-largest economy.
Promises. Lower health costs, build housing, crack down on price-gouging, raise wages, protect immigrants, regulate AI while using it in schools and government.
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Re-elected as one of only a handful of Black governors everDemocrat · Maryland
Wes Moore
Re-elected Governor
Why it matters. Before this year, AP notes, only three Black governors had ever been elected in U.S. history.
Democrat · New Hampshire
Chris Pappas
U.S. Senator-elect
Why it matters. Holds an open seat for Democrats in a swing state.
Democrat · Texas
Bobby Pulido
U.S. Rep.-elect, TX-15 (CBS projection)
Why it matters. The Latin Grammy winner, a self-described conservative Democrat, unseated a Republican on the border. AP had not yet called the race.
Promises. Living costs, health care, and the harm immigration raids do to families.
The Big Picture
Voters sent a message about the cost of living. According to AP VoteCast exit polling reported by PBS, about six in ten voters disapproved of President Trump, most voters under 30 backed Democrats, the Republican share of the Hispanic House vote fell to roughly a third, and about 70% said they want Congress to act as a stronger check on the president.
Democrats flipped Senate seats in Texas, North Carolina, Ohio, Iowa, Kansas and South Carolina, and are projected to take Maine. Republicans held the Senate in Florida, Kentucky, Louisiana, Tennessee, West Virginia, Wyoming and across much of the South and Plains, and kept governorships in Florida, Tennessee, New Hampshire, Vermont and elsewhere.
The Progressive and Democratic Socialist Wave
Five candidates endorsed by the Democratic Socialists of America won House seats, more than tripling that bloc in Congress, which had been Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Rashida Tlaib:
- Darializa Avila Chevalier (NY-13, Harlem and Upper Manhattan)
- Claire Valdez (NY-7, Queens and Brooklyn)
- Melat Kiros (CO-1, Denver)
- Donavan McKinney (MI-13, Detroit): tax the ultra-wealthy, Medicare for All, codify abortion rights
- Chris Rabb (PA-3, Philadelphia): pause data centers, public grocery stores, end the tipped minimum wage
Their shared platform includes Medicare for All, universal child care and abolishing ICE, and they refuse corporate PAC money. None has yet committed to backing Hakeem Jeffries for Speaker. Progressive Brad Lander, backed by Mayor Zohran Mamdani, won NY-10. In Maine, Troy Jackson, who ran on a Bernie Sanders-style platform of fighting wealth inequality and guaranteeing health care, is projected to unseat Sen. Susan Collins. Florida’s Angie Nixon, the only self-described democratic socialist running for Senate, lost to Sen. Ashley Moody.
The Independents
Several independents mounted serious statewide challenges, though none had been declared a winner by early Wednesday. In Nebraska, Dan Osborn led Sen. Pete Ricketts in early returns before Ricketts closed the gap. In Montana, Seth Bodnar ran second behind Republican Kurt Alme. In Idaho, Todd Achilles challenged Sen. Jim Risch. In Maine’s governor’s race, independent Rick Bennett finished behind Democrat Hannah Pingree.
Harlem and New York City
- NY-13 (Harlem, Washington Heights, Inwood): Darializa Avila Chevalier (D/WFP) defeated Jomo Williams (R). AP called it shortly after 9 p.m.
- NY-15 (Bronx): Ritchie Torres (D) won a fourth term, running on affordability, AI safety, fighting antisemitism and accountability for the Trump administration.
- NY-12: Micah Lasher (D) succeeds Jerry Nadler. NY-10: Brad Lander (D/WFP) wins.
- Re-elected: Hakeem Jeffries (NY-8), Gregory Meeks (NY-5), Grace Meng (NY-6), Yvette Clarke (NY-9) and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14).
- Statewide: Gov. Kathy Hochul and Lt. Gov.-elect Adrienne Adams defeated Bruce Blakeman; Attorney General Letitia James and Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli were re-elected.
- City ballot proposals: Voters approved all five charter changes from Mayor Mamdani’s government-efficiency commission, speeding up permits, contracts and street-safety projects and setting savings targets for the city’s rainy-day fund.
- Across the river: Sen. Cory Booker won a third full term in New Jersey, and Democrat Rebecca Bennett unseated Rep. Tom Kean Jr. in NJ-7.
Where They Want to Take the Country
Cost of Living
The night’s dominant theme in both parties: groceries, gas, utilities and rent. Democrats ran on a 100-day affordability agenda; Republicans such as Florida’s Byron Donalds and New York’s Bruce Blakeman pushed tax and utility-bill cuts.
Health Care
Reversing Medicaid cuts and restoring ACA subsidies (Jeffries, Turek, Bottoms, Crowley); a public option (Turek); Medicare for All (Stratton and the DSA bloc).
Education & Child Care
Universal child care (Hochul, Avila Chevalier), pre-K for all (Bottoms), public-school funding over vouchers (Hinojosa), tuition-free or cheaper college (Avila Chevalier, Haaland).
Wages & Work
A $15 federal minimum wage and 32-hour work week (Avila Chevalier), ending the tipped minimum wage (Rabb), raising wages (Becerra), restoring union bargaining (Crowley).
AI & Data Centers
A new issue on the ballot: pauses on new data centers (Bottoms, Hinojosa, Rabb), regulating them (Donalds), AI safety (Torres), and regulating AI while putting it to work in schools and government (Becerra).
Housing
National rent regulation (Valdez), a 5% cap on rent hikes by large landlords (Avila Chevalier), more home-building (Becerra, Ayotte, Kotek).
Immigration
Limits on ICE in New York (Hochul) and calls to abolish it (DSA bloc), alongside Republican and moderate Democratic support for border security (Turek, Blakeman).
Checks & Balances
About 70% of voters wanted Congress to check the president. Democrats promise oversight investigations; voters in Missouri rejected a Trump-backed congressional map.
State by State
| State | Winner | Party | Seat |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | Barry Moore | R | Hold |
| Arkansas | Tom Cotton | R | Hold |
| Colorado | John Hickenlooper | D | Hold |
| Delaware | Chris Coons | D | Hold |
| Florida (special) | Ashley Moody | R | Hold |
| Georgia | Jon Ossoff | D | Hold |
| Illinois | Juliana Stratton | D | Hold |
| Iowa | Josh Turek | D | Flip |
| Kansas | Adam Hamilton | D | Flip |
| Kentucky | Andy Barr | R | Hold |
| Louisiana | Julia Letlow | R | Hold |
| Massachusetts | Ed Markey | D | Hold |
| Minnesota | Peggy Flanagan | D | Hold |
| New Hampshire | Chris Pappas | D | Hold |
| New Jersey | Cory Booker | D | Hold |
| New Mexico | Ben Ray Luján | D | Hold |
| North Carolina | Roy Cooper | D | Flip |
| Ohio (special) | Sherrod Brown | D | Flip |
| Oklahoma | Kevin Hern | R | Hold |
| Oregon | Jeff Merkley | D | Hold |
| Rhode Island | Jack Reed | D | Hold |
| South Carolina | Annie Andrews | D | Flip |
| South Dakota | Mike Rounds | R | Hold |
| Tennessee | Bill Hagerty | R | Hold |
| Texas | James Talarico | D | Flip |
| Virginia | Mark Warner | D | Hold |
| West Virginia | Shelley Moore Capito | R | Hold |
| Wyoming | Harriet Hageman | R | Hold |
Senate races still being counted
- Maine. Troy Jackson (D) projected by CNN; Sen. Susan Collins conceded. AP call pending.
- Michigan. Too close to call. Abdul El-Sayed (D) leads Mike Rogers (R). El-Sayed would be the first Muslim U.S. senator.
- Alaska. Mary Peltola (D) leads Sen. Dan Sullivan (R) early; mail ballots and a possible ranked-choice count to come.
- Nebraska. Dan Osborn (I) vs. Sen. Pete Ricketts (R); not called.
- Mississippi. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R) narrowly leads Scott Colom (D); not called.
- Montana. Kurt Alme (R) leads independent Seth Bodnar; not called.
- Idaho. Sen. Jim Risch (R) vs. independent Todd Achilles; awaiting confirmed call.
| State | Winner | Party | Seat |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arizona | Katie Hobbs* | D | Hold |
| Arkansas | Sarah Huckabee Sanders* | R | Hold |
| California | Xavier Becerra | D | Hold |
| Colorado | Phil Weiser | D | Hold |
| Connecticut | Ned Lamont* | D | Hold |
| Florida | Byron Donalds | R | Hold |
| Georgia | Keisha Lance Bottoms | D | Flip |
| Hawaii | Josh Green* | D | Hold |
| Idaho | Brad Little* | R | Hold |
| Illinois | JB Pritzker* | D | Hold |
| Iowa | Rob Sand | D | Flip |
| Maine | Hannah Pingree | D | Hold |
| Maryland | Wes Moore* | D | Hold |
| Massachusetts | Maura Healey* | D | Hold |
| Michigan | Jocelyn Benson | D | Hold |
| Minnesota | Amy Klobuchar | D | Hold |
| New Hampshire | Kelly Ayotte* | R | Hold |
| New Mexico | Deb Haaland | D | Hold |
| New York | Kathy Hochul* | D | Hold |
| Ohio | Amy Acton | D | Flip |
| Oklahoma | Mike Mazzei | R | Hold |
| Oregon | Tina Kotek* | D | Hold |
| Pennsylvania | Josh Shapiro* | D | Hold |
| Rhode Island | Helena Foulkes | D | Hold |
| South Carolina | Alan Wilson | R | Hold |
| South Dakota | Larry Rhoden* | R | Hold |
| Tennessee | Marsha Blackburn | R | Hold |
| Texas | Gina Hinojosa | D | Flip |
| Vermont | Phil Scott* | R | Hold |
| Wisconsin | David Crowley | D | Hold |
| Wyoming | Eric Barlow | R | Hold |
Governor races still being counted
- Nevada. Gov. Joe Lombardo (R) vs. Aaron Ford (D); no call.
- Kansas. Cindy Holscher (D) led Ty Masterson (R) in early returns; no call.
- Nebraska. Gov. Jim Pillen (R) narrowly leads Lynne Walz (D); no call.
- Alaska. Ranked-choice count; results may take days or weeks.
- Alabama. Tommy Tuberville (R) declared victory over Doug Jones (D); AP had not called it and Jones has not conceded.
Calls as reported by AP, NBC, CBS, ABC, CNN, Fox News and Decision Desk HQ. Results are unofficial until certified.
On the Ballot
- Abortion: Missouri voters rejected Amendment 3, which would have repealed abortion rights; Virginia passed an abortion-rights amendment; Idaho’s measure to lift its ban was leading.
- Redistricting: Missouri rejected the Trump-backed congressional map; Maryland passed a Democratic-backed redistricting amendment.
- Taxes: Florida approved property-tax cuts; California’s proposed tax on billionaires’ wealth was trailing early.
- Voter ID: Ohio and North Carolina passed voter-ID amendments.
From the Publisher
Where Do Harlem and the Harlems of the World Go From Here?
“If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.”African proverb
The past few years have been difficult for some of us and spectacular for others. Some families have watched rent, groceries and the light bill climb faster than their paychecks. Others have built businesses, bought homes and seen their children walk across graduation stages. No matter which side of that line we have stood on, one truth holds: we must pull together.
The challenges in front of us are real. Tensions are rising at home between groups who too often see each other as enemies rather than neighbors. There are threats of foreign wars. Economic woes press on working families. And emerging superpowers like China are competing with us in every arena that will decide the century: technology, artificial intelligence, manufacturing, energy and education.
America, regardless of party, has to wake up and move toward the future. We must marshal our better angels and stand up for ourselves and for our posterity. If we are to play a leading role in the world to come, we must put aside our collective grievances and stand with purpose.
This election showed that, and diversity played a big role in it. Candidates from every walk of life won across the map, in both parties, and they won by speaking to the concerns all of us share. Voters young and old turned out and made their voices heard. Many races are still being counted, and every one of them will be counted.
And the simple fact that we held an election at all, peacefully, on schedule, under the rules our founders gave us, shows the strength of our democracy. That is something Harlem, and every Harlem of the world, can build on.
— Paul Jackson, Publisher, The Harlem Times