Americans are choosing all 435 U.S. House seats, 35 Senate seats and 36 governors on Tuesday, November 3, 2026. This page is where Zark News will report the results through the night.
Zark News reports a projected winner only when the Associated Press or a major television network’s decision desk has called the race, and we always name who made the call. Vote counts, when they appear here, are unofficial and change as more ballots are counted. A candidate leading in the count has not necessarily won. A race call is a projection, while the official result comes after certification.
Page last updated by Zark News: Tuesday, November 3, 2026, before the first poll closings. First polls close at 6 p.m. ET (Indiana and Kentucky), then 7 p.m. ET (including Virginia) and 8 p.m. ET (including Maryland and Washington, D.C.).
Latest election updates
Updates begin when the first polls close at 6 p.m. ET in Indiana and Kentucky. Each update will show the time (ET), the race, the source, and whether a candidate is leading, a projected winner or certified. Nothing appears here until our editors have verified it.
The race for Congress
Control of both chambers is genuinely in play. A party needs 218 seats to control the House; Democrats need a net gain of three seats on their 2024 result to get there. In the Senate, a party needs 51 seats for an outright majority, or 50 plus the vice president’s tie-breaking vote. Thirty-five Senate seats are being decided, and a small number of close states will settle the majority. As decision desks call the races that settle control, we will report them in the race calls section below, with the caller and the time.
How election night works
When voting ends and counting begins. Polls close at different times in each state — the first at 6 p.m. ET and the last after midnight ET. Counting of election-day ballots starts as each state’s polls close. Many states also process early and mail ballots during the day, but no results are reported before polls close.
What “leading” means. It means a candidate is ahead in the votes counted so far. A lead can shrink or disappear as more ballots are counted, because election-day, early and mail ballots are counted in a different order in each state.
What a “call” means. When the Associated Press or a network decision desk projects a winner, its analysts are saying the trailing candidate has no realistic path to catch up with the ballots that remain. A call is a careful projection. It is not an official result.
Why unofficial results change. Election-night numbers are partial. Mail ballots counted late, provisional ballots checked after election day, and corrections by counties can move the totals for days.
When results become official. States certify their results in the weeks after the election, after checks, audits and any recounts the law requires. Only certified results are final, and this page labels them separately when they are issued.
Race calls
Projected winners, as called by the Associated Press or a major network decision desk and verified by Zark News. Each call names the organization that made it and the time (ET).
- No races have been called yet. The first polls close at 6 p.m. ET.
Results
We may add an interactive results map and live vote counts after our editors verify their accuracy. Until then, this page carries only race calls verified by our editors. If live figures cannot be confirmed at any point, we will say so here rather than show numbers we cannot stand behind.
Michigan Senate — no results have been reported yet. Polls close at 8 p.m. ET (most of the state).
Georgia Senate — no results have been reported yet. Polls close at 7 p.m. ET.
North Carolina Senate — no results have been reported yet. Polls close at 7:30 p.m. ET.
Texas Senate — no results have been reported yet. Polls close at 8 p.m. ET (most of the state).
Maine Senate — no results have been reported yet. Polls close at 8 p.m. ET.
Official state results: Virginia · Georgia · North Carolina · Maine · Texas · Arizona · Michigan — each state’s official election-night results page. Zark News checks its figures against these sources.
Sources: official state election results pages. Last verification: Tuesday, November 3, 2026, before poll closings (no figures to verify yet).
Virginia, Maryland and Washington, D.C.
Our home region votes early in the night. Virginia polls close at 7 p.m. ET; Maryland and D.C. polls close at 8 p.m. ET.
Virginia is electing a U.S. senator (Sen. Mark Warner faces Bert Mizusawa) and all 11 of its U.S. House members. The state’s most competitive House districts are the 1st, rated a toss-up, and the 2nd, which leans Democratic in the Cook Political Report’s final ratings, with the 7th also closely watched — and with the majority this close, any one of them could matter. Virginia voters are also deciding three proposed state constitutional amendments.
Maryland is electing all eight of its U.S. House members. The 6th District, in the state’s west, was Maryland’s closest House race in 2024. Maryland has no U.S. Senate race this year. Maryland voters are also deciding a governor’s race: Gov. Wes Moore is on the ballot as he seeks a second term.
Washington, D.C. voters are choosing their delegate to the U.S. House and local offices.
Called races in Virginia, Maryland and D.C. will be added to the race calls list above as decision desks report them.
Governors
Thirty-six states are electing governors, including open seats and re-election fights that will be read as a measure of each party’s strength heading into 2028. Three we are watching closely: Georgia (Keisha Lance Bottoms against Rick Jackson, an open seat), Arizona (Gov. Katie Hobbs against Andy Biggs) and Michigan (Jocelyn Benson against John James, an open seat). Calls in governor races will appear in the race calls list with the caller and time.
How Zark News reports results
We do not call races ourselves. A race is listed as decided on this page only after the Associated Press or a major network decision desk projects a winner and our editors verify the call. Vote counts come from state and county election offices and are cross-checked against official state results pages for important races. “Reporting” means the estimated share of precincts or ballot batches that have reported so far; it is not the share of all votes counted. If two sources disagree, we hold the update until we can confirm the right figure. If we publish a wrong number, we fix it and note the correction here.
Corrections: none so far.
