US news organizations will use specific methods to call mid-term election races
Americans vote in midterm elections on Tuesday, November 3, 2026, to decide control of Congress for the final two years of Donald Trump's presidency. Republicans currently hold majorities in both chambers with a 53-47 Senate split. Democrats are favored to gain a majority in the House and win the Senate 52-48. All 435 House seats and 35 Senate seats are up for election.
- Democrats need a net gain of three seats to take the House.
- The Republican party currently holds a majority in both the House and the Senate.
- Poll shows Democrats are poised to take the House of Representatives.
- All 435 seats in the House of Representatives are up for election.
- Almost 50 million Americans had already cast ballots by November 1.
- The midterms will determine the remaining two years of Donald Trump's presidency.
- Midterm elections could decide if the Republican Party keeps control of Congress.
- Trump spent about twenty minutes describing renovation work on the pond.
- Decision Desk HQ's final forecast predicted 241 House seats for Democrats.
- Trump suggested the Democrat Party nominated the most extreme and dangerous slate of candidates in American history.
- The Supreme Court rejected the Trump administration's attempt to block mail-in ballots from more than 20,000 registered voters in California.
- Trump intended to stop $3.8 billion in promised annual funding to Israel after the end of this year.
- Democrats are betting discontent over rising costs will depress Republican turnout.
- Hakeem Jeffries predicted Democrats would take back control of the House of Representatives.
- The state of North Carolina has a race between Roy Cooper and Michael Whatley.
- Disinformation regarding the electoral process has been constant in recent weeks.
- The economy is the main concern for voters.
- Trump's Justice and Homeland Security departments hunted non-US citizens.
- Trump said Fox News ratings are down 27 percent.
- Donald Trump posted an image reiterating his warning to block Democratic legislation.
- Two-thirds of voters blamed Trump for high prices.
- Heavy rain and flooding forced some polling centers in Florida to relocate, affecting eight counties.
- The battle for the Senate is unfolding across nearly 10 closely contested statewide races.
Outlets: 20 Minutes, ABC Color, ABC News (US), ABC News Australia (Top), ANSA, Africanews, Aktuality.sk, Ara, Arab48, Axios, Berliner Morgenpost, Berlingske, Buenos Aires Times, Business Recorder, Business Standard, BusinessDay (Nigeria), CBS News, Capital FM Kenya, Channel 4 News, Channels TV, Chosun Ilbo, Christian Science Monitor, Clarín, Corriere della Sera, Courrier international, Cyprus Mail, Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka), Dawn, Der Standard (Inland), Deutsche Welle, Deutschlandfunk, Dhaka Tribune, Diario Libre, Die Welt, ECO, EL PAÍS: el periódico global, EUobserver, Efimerida ton Syntakton, El Comercio (Peru), El Financiero and others
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