Reporting checked: November 9, 2026, 7:17 a.m. Philippine time / November 8, 2026, 6:17 p.m. US Eastern time.
This is a timestamped news roundup, not an automatically refreshing results feed. News organizations call races before states certify official results; the figures below are attributed snapshots.
Democrats have won control of both chambers of Congress in the 2026 US midterm elections. The remaining question is how large their majorities will be—and how they will use that power during the final two years of President Donald Trump’s term.
The Associated Press called the Senate for Democrats at 11:36 p.m. Eastern on November 3 and the House at 1:24 a.m. on November 4. Those calls settle the contest for congressional control, even as individual races remain unresolved. Source: AP’s chronology of race calls.
Where the results stand
The Daily Tribune results tracker, updated at 2:13 a.m. Philippine time on November 9, showed the following balance:
| Chamber | Democrats* | Republicans | Uncalled |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | 54 | 44 | 2 |
| House | 252 | 161 | 22 |
*The Senate figure includes independents who caucus with Democrats and seats not contested this year. House control requires 218 seats. These are projected results, not final certified totals. Source: Daily Tribune results tracker.
A separately checked Guardian tracker displayed 254 Democratic and 162 Republican House seats, with 19 uncalled. Source: The Guardian.
The difference is why any “latest results” report needs to identify its tracker. Mixing figures from different outlets can produce a misleading national total.
Mississippi remains too close to call
Democrat Scott Colom and Republican Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith remain locked in an unresolved contest. Reuters reported on November 6 that Colom held a narrow lead while the campaigns disputed the handling of affidavit ballots, which require additional eligibility checks.
The secretary of state estimated that 12,000 to 20,000 affidavit ballots remained to be counted at that point. Counties face a November 13 certification deadline. That earlier lead should not be treated as a final result—or as a vote margin verified at this article’s update time. Source: Reuters.
Alaska is still counting despite Trump’s claim
The Washington Post reported on November 8 that Mary Peltola led Senator Dan S. Sullivan by roughly 600 votes, with about three-quarters counted. Trump nevertheless claimed the contest was over, adding votes cast for other candidates to Sullivan’s tally.
That is not how ranked-choice transfers work: a ballot moves according to the voter’s recorded preferences. The reported lead remains provisional, and the newspaper said another batch of ballots was expected Tuesday. Source: The Washington Post.
The wins that reshaped the Senate
AP’s election-night chronology records Democratic victories for James Talarico in Texas, Annie Andrews in South Carolina, Adam Hamilton in Kansas, Sherrod Brown in Ohio, Josh Turek in Iowa, Roy Cooper in North Carolina and Troy Jackson in Maine.
The breadth of those victories helps explain why the Senate result was decisive even before Alaska and Mississippi were resolved. Source: Associated Press.
Why voters turned against Republicans
Reuters’ election analysis identified household finances as a central concern. Nearly nine in ten voters described the cost of living as a crucial or major factor in their choice, according to the exit polling it cited.
That finding points to a practical challenge for the incoming majority: winning an argument about affordability creates expectations that lawmakers will deliver improvements. Source: Reuters.
What happens next?
The new congressional majorities take office in January 2027. Control gives Democrats influence over spending, investigations and Senate confirmations. Republican leadership elections and Democratic leadership decisions will help establish who manages the next phase. Source: Political.org’s election explainer.
For now, the immediate watch list is straightforward: additional Alaska counts, Mississippi’s outstanding ballots, remaining House calls and the transition to the new Congress. The broad election outcome is clear; the final margins still need to be established.
