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Nov 04, 2026
"People hate the way that Trump is running this country," the columnist Michelle Goldberg argues. Her fellow columnists and the American electorate agree. Democrats had a great night, but what now? Eight Opinion columnists offer their views on what Democrats need to do next, and what Trump's final two years in office might hold.
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Nov 04, 2026
Gov. Kathy Hochul won re-election to a second full term, and Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez secured a fifth term in Congress.
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Nov 04, 2026
In Michigan, Adbul El-Sayed outlasted former Representative Mike Rogers in a Senate campaign marred by ugly attacks.
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Nov 04, 2026
The Democratic Party wrested control of Congress from Republicans in a wave of midterm victories as voters delivered a scathing rebuke to President Trump.
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Nov 04, 2026
Commentators abroad wondered what the president's electoral losses might mean for oil prices, the war on Iran and the end of the Trump era.
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Nov 04, 2026
Mr. Ricketts secured Republicans' grip on the deep-red state by defeating Dan Osborn, a mechanic and military veteran.
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Nov 04, 2026
Republicans lost control of the House and Senate as voters offered a stinging rebuke to President Trump's agenda.
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Nov 04, 2026
Democrats won shocking victories all over the map and flipped the Senate and House with ease, leaving the president weakened. "There was a mood in the air, I guess," he said.
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Nov 04, 2026
Representative Chris Pappas of New Hampshire, the first openly gay man to win a Senate seat, spoke about a Democratic victory over the "broken status quo" and gave a shoutout to his husband.
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Nov 04, 2026
Dr. Abdul El-Sayed will become the nation's first Muslim senator. He triumphed in one of the country's most bitter and expensive races, keeping his party in control of a crucial seat.
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Nov 04, 2026
Abdul El-Sayed's victory answers several questions.
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Nov 04, 2026
Voters from South Carolina to Ohio to Texas have elevated a new class of Democrats who could not be more different from one another.
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Nov 04, 2026
Sarah Trone Garriott, a Democratic state senator and Lutheran minister, beat Representative Zach Nunn, a Republican who had tied himself closely to President Trump.
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Nov 04, 2026
In his victory speech, Senator Jon Ossoff, Democrat of Georgia, said he hoped his daughters would inherit a better future.
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Nov 04, 2026
The New York Democrat who is in line to be the first Black speaker was raised by a Black nationalist family in Brooklyn, is a moderate and loves a hip-hop reference.
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Nov 04, 2026
The party's victory in the House cemented an era of divided government and a freshly assertive Congress after two years in which Republicans ceded power to President Trump.
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Nov 04, 2026
The defeat of the two-term Republican by Brian Poindexter, a union ironworker, handed Democrats a seat that had appeared out of reach before the family clash became public.
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Nov 04, 2026
A G.O.P. voter in Kansas put it bluntly: "The Republican Party has lost its way."
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Nov 04, 2026
Senator Susan Collins, the sole Republican representing New England in Congress, acknowledged that her seat had been lost on a landslide night for Democrats.
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Nov 04, 2026
Bob Harvie, a Bucks County commissioner, defeated Representative Brian Fitzpatrick, who had survived three previous elections in a district that voted against President Trump each time.
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Nov 04, 2026
One of the greatest survivors in U.S. politics finally falls.
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Nov 04, 2026
Representative Mike Lawler, a Hudson Valley Republican, chose to concede even with tens of thousands of votes yet to be counted because of balloting issues in Westchester County.
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Nov 04, 2026
For Republicans, Texas has long been a dependable political anchor. Its loss was a profound psychological blow.
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Nov 04, 2026
Mr. Pulido, a Latin Grammy Award-winning singer and conservative Democrat, ousted a Republican incumbent in a district President Trump won by 18 percentage points in 2024.
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Nov 04, 2026
In a seismic shift that was once unthinkable, victories by James Talarico and Gina Hinojosa upended decades of statewide dominance in what had been the nation's most populous conservative state.
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Nov 04, 2026
Democrats won a Senate seat in Kansas for the first time in nearly 100 years. Our election data reporter Christine Zhang talks about the growing Democratic footprint in the state.
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Nov 04, 2026
Discontent about the war with Iran and tariffs helped create a tough environment for Representative Mariannette Miller-Meeks, the defeated Republican.
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Nov 04, 2026
Ms. Flanagan, Minnesota's lieutenant governor, ran against the former sports broadcaster Michele Tafoya. She becomes the first Native American woman elected to the Senate.
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Nov 03, 2026
See results for ballot measures around the country related to voting rights, social policy, redistricting and more.
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Nov 03, 2026
Representative Shomari Figures won even though a new Republican-drawn map changed his district, a move prompted by the Supreme Court decision weakening the Voting Rights Act.
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Nov 03, 2026
James Talarico, a state lawmaker, beat Ken Paxton, the Republican attorney general, after a bruising and costly campaign.
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Nov 03, 2026
Our election data reporter Christine Zhang explains how double-digit swings in several counties helped Dr. Annie Andrews, a Democrat, defeat Senator Darline Graham, a Republican, flipping South Carolina in the U.S. Senate race.
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Nov 03, 2026
Dr. Annie Andrews defeated Darline Graham, who succeeded her brother after his death, to become South Carolina's first Democratic senator of the 21st century.
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Nov 03, 2026
Rebecca Bennett, a Democrat, unseated Representative Tom Kean Jr. in a New Jersey swing district. Mr. Kean was absent from Congress for nearly four months while he was treated for depression.
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Nov 03, 2026
In the first big surprise of election night, Senator Darline Graham, a Republican, lost her seat to a Democratic challenger in South Carolina. Our national political correspondent Shane Goldmacher explains how the senator's missteps contributed to her loss.
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Nov 03, 2026
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez defeated her opponent, Diamant Hysenaj, despite having spent much of this election cycle campaigning for other Democrats across the country.
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Nov 03, 2026
The outcome in the state's red Sixth District was a sign of Democratic strength in an area that voted heavily for President Trump two years ago.
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Nov 03, 2026
Ms. Dandiya, a former high school principal, is set to become Florida's first South Asian member of Congress after winning a district Republicans had gerrymandered in their favor.
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Nov 03, 2026
The Democrats flipped their first Senate seat of the night. Our national political correspondent Shane Goldmacher explains why this wasn't a surprise, and why it's one of at least four seats the party needs to win to secure a majority in the Senate.
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Nov 03, 2026
Ashley Moody, a Republican, defeated Angie Nixon, a Democrat, in the U.S. Senate race in Florida, but Ms. Nixon did well in some Hispanic-majority counties. Our election data reporter Evan Reynolds explains.
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Nov 03, 2026
Chris Pappas, Democrat of New Hampshire and a congressman, will move to the upper chamber at a time when L.G.B.T.Q. rights have faced pushback in some states.
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Nov 03, 2026
The popular former governor defeated President Trump's handpicked choice to replace the retiring Thom Tillis.
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Nov 03, 2026
Ms. Moody, who had been appointed to the position to replace Marco Rubio, won a special election to finish his term, defeating a strong, grass-roots challenge from Angie Nixon, a state lawmaker.
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Nov 03, 2026
Mr. Ossoff, the Democratic incumbent, was an aggressive anti-Trump campaigner. He beat Representative Mike Collins, a Republican.
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Nov 03, 2026
As much as any midterm race, the senator-elect affirmed the power of the right person waging the right campaign
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Nov 03, 2026
Representative Chris Pappas beat a former Republican senator, John E. Sununu. He will succeed the Democratic incumbent, Jeanne Shaheen, who did not run for re-election.
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Nov 03, 2026
Fighting corruption, the theme in his race, could work for Democrats in 2028.
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Nov 03, 2026
Mail-in ballots are often slower to process in states with high volumes of them, and the count cannot begin until Election Day in some cases.
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Nov 03, 2026
Times Opinion writers break down the results from across the country and what they will mean for American politics in the years ahead.
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Nov 03, 2026
Missouri Republicans tried to end the congressional career of Emanuel Cleaver. Even with an old map back in place on Election Day, his political future remained unclear.
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Nov 03, 2026
Follow real-time estimates of the outcome of the 2026 midterm elections from The New York Times.
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Nov 03, 2026
Get live results and maps from the 2026 Utah elections.
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Nov 03, 2026
Get live results and maps from the 2026 Vermont general election.
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Nov 03, 2026
Get live results and maps from the 2026 Washington elections.
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Nov 03, 2026
Get live results and maps from the 2026 Wyoming elections.
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Nov 03, 2026
Election results in states where voting ends early could indicate how each party will fare in House and Senate races elsewhere in the country.
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Nov 03, 2026
Many of the leads for Sherrod Brown and Adam Hamilton have fallen within the margins of error, underscoring that they could be quite competitive.
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Nov 03, 2026
The Democratic senator from Connecticut, who is 53, began experiencing symptoms while attending his son's hockey game on Saturday, his office said.
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Nov 03, 2026
Get live results and maps from the 2026 Maine general election.
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Nov 03, 2026
The move is a highly unusual action to take at the decisive moment in a close race between the incumbent, Dan Sullivan, and his Democrat rival, Mary Peltola.
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Nov 03, 2026
Get live results and maps from the 2026 Maine general election.
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Nov 03, 2026
Get live results and maps from the 2026 South Dakota general election.
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Nov 03, 2026
Get live results and maps from the 2026 Virginia elections.
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Nov 03, 2026
Get live results and maps from the 2026 Utah elections.
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Nov 03, 2026
Get live results and maps from the 2026 Wyoming elections.
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Nov 03, 2026
Get live results and maps from the 2026 Wisconsin general election.
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Nov 03, 2026
Get live results and maps from the 2026 Tennessee general election.
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Nov 03, 2026
Get live results and maps from the 2026 Washington elections.
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Nov 03, 2026
Get live results and maps from the 2026 West Virginia elections.
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Nov 03, 2026
Get live results and maps from the 2026 Vermont general election.
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Nov 03, 2026
Get live results and maps from the 2026 Rhode Island general election.
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Nov 03, 2026
A shattered alliance in Michigan between Dr. Abdul El-Sayed and his former primary rival, Representative Haley Stevens, underscored broader tensions in the party.
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Nov 03, 2026
The political winds are blowing in Democrats' direction. The question is: How strong are they?
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Nov 03, 2026
Here's how to follow our news coverage, with real-time results, visuals and analysis from more than 400 journalists.
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Nov 03, 2026
Strategists in both parties say Democrats are likely to wrest back control of the House, but the battle for the Senate is more complicated.
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Nov 03, 2026
Our election data reporter Evan Reynolds looks at counties that could decide the Senate race in the diverse and rapidly growing southern states of Georgia and North Carolina.
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Nov 03, 2026
"Mirages," midnight swings and long counts: The Needle can cut through the noise.
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Nov 03, 2026
The political winds are blowing in Democrats' direction. The question is: How strong are they?
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Nov 03, 2026
Could Texas elect its first Democratic Senator in decades? Our election data reporter Christine Zhang tells us what counties to watch in the competitive Texas Senate race.
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Nov 03, 2026
Republicans see Michigan as a key Senate seat to flip. Our reporter Christine Zhang breaks down the race between Abdul El-Sayed and Mike Rogers.
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Nov 02, 2026
Chuck Schumer thinks his party has expanded the map.
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Nov 02, 2026
Despite worries about federal intervention, local and state officials say they are well prepared to run a secure election.
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Nov 02, 2026
Election officials across the country have conducted hundreds of exercises to prepare for possible threats or disruptions at polling sites.
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Nov 02, 2026
We answer your questions about the midterm elections and what they will mean for the world.
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Nov 02, 2026
Signs that belonged to Darrell Harris, a Republican candidate for state representative in Connecticut, vanished. Staff members had hidden AirTags inside some of them.
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Nov 02, 2026
"We just have to protect those people," President Trump said in an interview, when asked about potential investigations of allies and administration officials if Democrats won control of Congress.
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Nov 02, 2026
Our polls suggest the economy is biggest motivator of voters' choices in these midterm elections and that Democrats are more trusted to fix things.
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Nov 02, 2026
Mr. Turkish, 39, is a longtime Democratic donor and disability rights lawyer. He endorsed Republican Mike Rogers for U.S. Senate on Wednesday.
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Nov 02, 2026
Early voting figures tell an incomplete story, but strong turnout among key demographics stood out in critical Senate battlegrounds.
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Nov 02, 2026
Seldom have political food fights been this ridiculous.
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Nov 02, 2026
Experts say it could take days and even weeks before winners are known in key states including Maine, Alaska, Arizona and California that could determine who controls Congress.
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Nov 02, 2026
Dr. Abdul El-Sayed is a progressive Democrat looking to win a Senate race in Michigan. Our national political correspondent Shane Goldmacher explains why a victory for El-Sayed could have broader implications for 2028.
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Nov 02, 2026
Never before has a single ultrawealthy person who was not running for office spent this much during a single election cycle.
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Nov 02, 2026
Never before has a single ultrawealthy person who was not running for office spent this much during a single election cycle.
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Nov 02, 2026
A state-by-state breakdown of when the polls in each state close on Election Day and when to watch for results.
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Nov 02, 2026
The likelihood of a slim majority leaves room for several hard-to-predict scenarios that could affect the balance of power.
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Nov 02, 2026
Polls show some kind of "wave" seems likely for the Democrats in this midterm election. But will it translate into Democrats flipping the House and Senate? Nate Cohn, our chief political analyst, outlines four possible scenarios.
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Nov 02, 2026
Facing an energized Democratic opponent, the Texas attorney general is testing whether party loyalty can overcome voters' reservations about him.
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Nov 02, 2026
More than 400 journalists across at least 30 states will interview voters, break down results and identify trends.
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Nov 01, 2026
The relationship shattered in part because of Israel, but also because of their sensitive egos and hurt feelings. The split had been months in the making.
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