Calling control of Congress in the 2026 midterm elections

The Associated Press declared that Democrats had won control of Congress in the 2026 midterms, calling the Senate on election night and the House early Wednesday morning.

AP called Democratic control of the U.S. Senate at 11:36 p.m. ET on Tuesday, Nov. 3, followed by the U.S. House of Representatives at 1:24 a.m. ET on Wednesday, Nov. 4.

The following is a chronology of AP’s Senate race calls during the 2026 midterm elections (all times Eastern).

Nov. 3, 2026

• 7:00 PM: WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrat Mark Warner wins reelection to U.S. Senate from Virginia.
• 7:55 PM: WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrat Jon Ossoff wins reelection to U.S. Senate from Georgia.
• 8:00 PM: WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrat Chris Coons wins reelection to U.S. Senate from Delaware.
• 8:00 PM: WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrat Juliana Stratton wins election to U.S. Senate from Illinois.
• 8:00 PM: WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrat Cory Booker wins reelection to U.S. Senate from New Jersey.
• 8:01 PM: WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrat John Reed wins reelection to U.S. Senate from Rhode Island.
• 8:01 PM: WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrat Edward Markey wins reelection to U.S. Senate from Massachusetts.
• 8:20 PM: WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrat Chris Pappas wins election to U.S. Senate from New Hampshire.
• 8:24 PM: WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrat Roy Cooper wins election to U.S. Senate from North Carolina.
• 8:34 PM: WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Ashley Moody wins reelection to U.S. Senate from Florida.
• 8:52 PM: WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Shelley Capito wins reelection to U.S. Senate from West Virginia.
• 9:00 PM: WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Harriet Hageman wins election to U.S. Senate from Wyoming.
• 9:00 PM: WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrat John Hickenlooper wins reelection to U.S. Senate from Colorado.
• 9:00 PM: WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrat Ben Lujan wins reelection to U.S. Senate from New Mexico.
• 9:16 PM: WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Andy Barr wins election to U.S. Senate from Kentucky.
• 9:36 PM: WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Kevin Hern wins election to U.S. Senate from Oklahoma.
• 10:39 PM: WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrat Annie Andrews wins election to U.S. Senate from South Carolina.
• 10:40 PM: WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Tom Cotton wins reelection to U.S. Senate from Arkansas.
• 11:00 PM: WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrat Jeff Merkley wins reelection to U.S. Senate from Oregon.
• 11:03 PM: WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrat James Talarico wins election to U.S. Senate from Texas.
• 11:10 PM: WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrat Sherrod Brown wins election to U.S. Senate from Ohio.
• 11:18 PM: WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Barry Moore wins election to U.S. Senate from Alabama.
• 11:24 PM: WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrat Adam Hamilton wins election to U.S. Senate from Kansas.
• 11:28 PM: WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Bill Hagerty wins reelection to U.S. Senate from Tennessee.
• 11:35 PM: WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrat Josh Turek wins election to U.S. Senate from Iowa.
• 11:36 PM: WASHINGTON (AP) — The Associated Press calls Democratic control of the U.S. Senate.

Nov. 4, 2026

• 12:02 AM: WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Mike Rounds wins reelection to U.S. Senate from South Dakota.
• 12:07 AM: WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrat Peggy Flanagan wins election to U.S. Senate from Minnesota.
• 12:31 AM: WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Julia Letlow wins election to U.S. Senate from Louisiana.
• 1:02 AM: WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrat Troy Jackson wins election to U.S. Senate from Maine.
• 1:31 AM: WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Jim Risch wins reelection to U.S. Senate from Idaho.
• 2:27 AM: WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrat Abdul El-Sayed wins election to U.S. Senate from Michigan.
• 2:54 AM: WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Kurt Alme wins election to U.S. Senate from Montana.
• 3:27 AM: WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Pete Ricketts wins reelection to U.S. Senate from Nebraska.

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