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With control of the US Congress on the line, results from Tuesday's races will have marked implications for the country.
With control of the US Congress on the line, results from Tuesday's races will have marked implications for the country.
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<p>Results will determine makeup of Congress and other key offices and could define president’s final two years in office</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2026/nov/03/midterm-elections-live-updates-voting">US midterms 2026 live – latest updates</a></p></li><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/nov/03/midterm-elections-full-results-senate-house-governor-races">US midterm elections 2026: live results from Senate, House and governor races in all 50 states</a></p></li></ul><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/donaldtrump">Donald Trump</a> faced a political reckoning on Tuesday as millions of Americans voted <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/nov/01/us-midterms-trump-blue-wave">in midterm elections</a> that could shift the balance of power in Washington and define the final two years of his divisive presidency.</p><p>Based on consistently favourable opinion polls, Democrats were optimistic about regaining control of the House of Representatives and potentially also the Senate, although the party has suffered enough anguish during the Trump era to remain wary.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/nov/03/midterm-voters-republican-democrats-trump-second-term">Continue reading...</a>
<p>‘It’s the disregard for the rule of law. It just seems like they’re thumbing their nose at it’</p><p>In the battleground state of <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/maine">Maine</a>, Todd Cox, 63, has supported the state’s incumbent Republican senator Susan Collins not once, but twice, in previous elections. Not this time.</p><p>On Tuesday, Cox, a technology professional, cast his vote for Collins’ Democratic challenger Troy Jackson – driven not by pressing local issues, but broader concern “for the direction the country is going in”, he said.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/nov/03/republican-voters-maine-susan-collins-trump">Continue reading...</a>
<p>Key states like Florida, Georgia, Michigan and North Carolina see record turnout as Americans decide the direction of Congress for remainder of Trump’s term</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/nov/03/midterm-elections-full-results-senate-house-governor-races">Track live results from all 50 states</a></p></li></ul><p>As polls begin to close on election night, some early House and Senate races could indicate which way the election is trending – whether Democrats are set for the blowout they’re hoping for, or whether <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/republicans">Republicans</a> will defy the polls and hold onto control of Congress.</p><p>There’s a strong possibility we won’t have an idea which party will come out on top until tomorrow or later this week. But these states might provide some early signs (timings are in ET):</p><p><strong>Kentucky (polls begin closing at 6pm)</strong></p><p><strong>Florida (polls begin closing at 7pm)</strong></p><p><strong>Virginia (polls begin closing at 7pm)</strong></p><p><strong>Ohio (polls begin closing at 7:30pm)</strong></p><p><strong>North Carolina (polls begin closing at 7:30pm)</strong></p><p><strong>Pennsylvania (polls begin closing at 8pm)</strong></p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2026/nov/03/midterm-election-results-live-updates">Continue reading...</a>
<p>Top election lawyer and lawmakers received notes over alleged scheme to confuse voters with two Dan Sullivans</p><p>The justice department has sent letters to a top Democratic election lawyer and other <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/democrats">Democrats</a> informing them they could be targets in a federal investigation <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/28/mary-peltola-dan-sullivan-alaska-senate">into</a> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/30/alaska-democrat-senate-mary-peltola-dan-sullivan">efforts</a> to get an <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/alaska">Alaska</a> man with the same name as Republican senator Daniel Sullivan on to the ballot.</p><p>The decision to send the letters is very unusual. The justice department has long avoided taking actions that could affect an election close to election day. It is also not common to send out target letters so early in an investigation; receiving a target letter <a href="https://www.ucdavis.edu/curiosity/blog/conversation-what-target-letter">does not mean</a> that a person will be charged with a crime.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/nov/03/doj-democrats-alaska-dan-sullivan-investigation-letters">Continue reading...</a>