2026 Midterm Results: Senate Races Go Live

The Hill says tens of millions have already voted and counts seven days until final votes, which is about how long my neighbor takes to say he'll fix the fence. Polls close in stages Tuesday, Nov. 3, with the first at 7 p.m. ET and California and several Western states holding on until 11 p.m. ET. Alaska closes at 1 a.m. ET, right about when a closely watched Senate race gets good and I'm asleep. CBS News says results should start coming in Tuesday night, though some races will drag depending on margins and mail-in ballot rules. All 435 House seats and 35 Senate races are up, plus governor races in 39 states. Around here we don't count a calf crop until it's standing up, and Washington could use that patience.