Politics · Election Day · Tuesday 3 November 2026

Election Watch 2026

Voting is under way in all 50 states. No race has been called. The first polls close at 4 PM Colorado time in parts of Indiana and Kentucky.

435 House seats35 Senate seats36 governorships56 million + voted before Election Day7 PM Colorado ballots due, Colorado time

The balance of power

United States Senate

51 to win

34 Democrats31 Republicans35 not yet called

Counts include the 65 seats not up this year: 34 held by Democrats and the independents who caucus with them, 31 by Republicans. Democrats need 17 of the 35 seats being decided to reach 51. Republicans need 19 of the 35 to reach 50, and 50 is enough for them because Vice President JD Vance breaks a tie.

United States House

218 to win

0 Democrats0 Republicans435 not yet called

Every House seat is being decided today. Republicans went in holding the House 218 to 214, with one independent and two vacancies on the Clerk's list, so Democrats need a net gain of three seats to take the chamber.

The Senate map today

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Democratic held seat being decided: 13
Republican held seat being decided: 22
No Senate race this year
One of the twelve races tracked on this page

This map shows the standing position at the start of Election Day, not a forecast. It does not predict any result. When the Associated Press calls a race, that state's tile fills in solid and the counts above move. The 65 seats not being decided today stand at 34 Democratic and 31 Republican.

Live updates

Election DayTuesday 3 November, morning in Colorado
Voting is under way in all 50 states. All 435 House seats, 35 Senate seats and 36 governorships are on the ballot. More than 56 million people had already voted early or by mail before Election Day, passing the total early vote of the 2022 midterms. Reports on the exact early vote total run from about 51 million to about 59 million depending on the hour and the counter; every count agrees it is well above 2022. No race has been called and no results have been reported. The Associated Press counts the vote in nearly 7,000 races today and calls a race only when its decision team decides the trailing candidate no longer has a path to victory.
Source: Associated Press election plans, 28 October, and AP results files, 3 November; University of Florida Election Lab via WMAL; Al Jazeera Election Day report
Control of CongressTuesday 3 November, before polls close
Republicans go in holding the Senate 53 to 47 counting the two independents who caucus with the Democrats, and the House 218 Republicans to 214 Democrats with one independent and two vacancies on the Clerk's list. Democrats need a net gain of four Senate seats to hold the Senate outright; a net gain of three makes a 50 to 50 Senate, which Republicans control through Vice President JD Vance's tie breaking vote. Democrats need a net gain of three House seats for a majority. Of the 35 Senate seats being decided, 22 are Republican held and 13 are Democratic held, counting the special elections in Florida and Ohio.
Source: Kalshi final odds report, 2 November; Congress Countdown balance of power tracker, 2 November
Polls and forecastsTuesday 3 November, before polls close
These numbers are polls and forecasts, not results. The final RealClearPolling generic congressional ballot average put Democrats ahead by 8.3 points, 50.2 to 41.9. The final PBS News, NPR and Marist poll put Democrats ahead 52 to 44. Decision Desk HQ gave Democrats a 79 to 82 percent chance of taking the House and projected 238 Democratic seats, and a 57 percent chance of taking the Senate with 51 seats. Prediction markets were stronger for the Democrats: on 2 November Kalshi priced a Democratic House at 94 percent and a Democratic Senate at 74 to 76 percent, and Polymarket priced a Democratic House at 94 percent and a Democratic Senate at 78 percent. In the seven Senate battlegrounds polled by NYT and Siena, Democrats led in five and were within the margin of error in the other two. Every one of those leads is small enough that a polling error of two or three points in one direction changes the Senate result.
Source: RealClearPolling; PBS News, NPR and Marist; Decision Desk HQ; Kalshi; Polymarket; NYT and Siena battleground polls, 1 and 2 November
CaliforniaTuesday 3 November, before polls close
California decides an open governor's race, Becerra against Hilton, all 52 House seats on the new Proposition 50 map, every other statewide office and 14 statewide propositions, among them a billionaire tax, a voter ID requirement, housing bonds and public education funding. Polls in California close at 9 PM Colorado time and California counts mail ballots for days, so close California House races may not be called tonight.
Source: CalMatters voter guide; California Secretary of State voter information guide; NBC Palm Springs, 2 November
ColoradoTuesday 3 November, before polls close
Colorado ballots must be in the county clerk's hands by 7 PM. It is too late to mail a ballot and a postmark does not count. Drop boxes and voting centres take ballots until 7 PM and anyone in line at 7 PM can still vote. Signature problems can be fixed until 11:59 PM on Thursday 12 November, so a close race can still move after tonight. The count begins after 7 PM.
Source: Monument Independent Election Day guide, 3 November; El Paso County Clerk and Recorder

Voting problems reported today

Every incident at a polling place or an election office that accredited reporting has carried today, with the details and the source for each one. An entry here means the incident was reported. It does not mean any vote was lost. Where officials gave a fix, a ruling or a result, it is in the entry.

Toledo, OhioTuesday 3 November, about 8:30 AM Colorado time
Two bomb threats were phoned in to Beverly Elementary School, which is a polling place today, the first at about 10:30 AM Eastern. Police evacuated voters and poll workers while the building was searched. The Lucas County Board of Elections said the location was closed for one hour and fifteen minutes. A police K-9 search found nothing, officers cleared the school at about 12:15 PM Eastern and voting resumed inside. About 40 people waited outside during the search. No injuries were reported and no arrest had been announced by early afternoon.
Source: WTOL 11 and 13abc (WTVG), Toledo; Akron Beacon Journal; Lucas County Board of Elections
Northwest Ohio schoolsTuesday 3 November, morning
Threatening calls also emptied other schools in the Toledo area on Tuesday morning. Monac Elementary School was evacuated after a call suggesting a bomb threat, and police swept the building and found nothing. In Bowling Green, Conneaut Elementary and Kenwood Elementary received threatening calls and were evacuated as a precaution. Lake Local Schools in Millbury received a bomb threat at about 10:30 AM Eastern. None of those buildings is a polling place. WTOL reported that authorities believe the calls were part of a swatting incident, a false report made to trigger an emergency response. No injuries were reported.
Source: WTOL 11 via the Fostoria Review Times and Columbus Dispatch live coverage
Westchester County, New YorkTuesday 3 November, morning
Ballot scanners at polling places across the county stopped accepting paper ballots on Tuesday morning. Voters still marked their ballots, and poll workers put them in orange emergency ballot bags that stay secure and monitored. The county Board of Elections said the bagged ballots will be counted by hand after the polls close, which may slow the county's results tonight, including in the 17th District race between Representative Mike Lawler and Cait Conley. The state Board of Elections said the cause was an update to the county's election programming, made after the equipment had been prepared and tested for a change in one municipality's contest, and that replacement programming was being delivered with a priority of at least one working scanner at every polling place. The county first blamed the thickness of the paper ballots and then withdrew that explanation. County Executive Ken Jenkins said the Board of Elections had not indicated it would need to extend voting hours.
Source: Westchester County Board of Elections; New York State Board of Elections; lohud / Journal News; USA Today
North CarolinaTuesday 3 November, midday
The State Board of Elections voted unanimously to keep five polling places open past the normal 7:30 PM Eastern closing time because voting at those sites was disrupted. The extensions cover sites in Columbus, Hertford, Lenoir and Wilson counties, the longest until 8:15 PM Eastern in Tabor City. Officials blamed laptop and computer problems, printer jams, a late opening and a disruptive voter. Anyone voting at an extended site after 7:30 PM casts a provisional ballot. Because one site stays open until 8:15 PM, the board will not post results from anywhere in North Carolina before 8:15 PM Eastern, which delays the first numbers in the Senate race between Roy Cooper and Michael Whatley.
Source: North Carolina State Board of Elections; Wilmington StarNews; Fayetteville Observer
Chester County, PennsylvaniaTuesday 3 November, morning
A judge ordered three polling places to stay open until 8:30 PM Eastern, half an hour past Pennsylvania's normal closing time, after problems setting up voting machines delayed voting on Tuesday morning. The order covers precincts 201, 210 and 244, which vote at Easttown Library, St. John's Presbyterian Church and Goshen Baptist Church. Anyone who votes at those three places after 8 PM casts a provisional ballot.
Source: USA Today Network Pennsylvania, citing county election officials and the Court of Common Pleas order
Fulton County, GeorgiaTuesday 3 November
Some voters received text messages on Tuesday saying their polling place had changed. The county says it did not send the texts, and voters can check their real polling place with the Secretary of State or by calling the county. Separately, Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said about 1,000 ballots cast during early voting in Fulton County will be rescanned because of an equipment problem: one scanner jammed and another lost power when a wheelchair rolled over its cable. He said the rescanning will not delay the county's count on election night.
Source: USA Today, citing Fulton County government and the Georgia Secretary of State
Oklahoma County, OklahomaTuesday 3 November
Ballot reading machines stopped working at some polling places in the county on Tuesday, including Newalla Baptist Church in the eastern part of the county. Precincts keep locked bins for paper ballots when a machine is down, and officials will run those ballots through working machines at the end of the day. Technicians are stationed across the county to fix machines during the day. The county election board secretary, Doug Sanderson, said voting never stops and no voter is turned away.
Source: USA Today, citing Oklahoma County Election Board Secretary Doug Sanderson
Broward County, FloridaTuesday 3 November, about 5:00 AM Colorado time
A safety feature on the county's new voting system malfunctioned after the polls opened and delayed voting across the county for about 20 minutes. The problem was fixed by 7:20 AM Eastern. Supervisor of Elections Joe Scott apologized to voters who waited, said some voters left before they could vote and urged them to return, and said nobody voted on the wrong ballot.
Source: Associated Press, Election Day report, 3 November
FloridaAnnounced Monday 2 November
Flash floods on Monday night forced 21 polling locations to move in eight counties: Brevard, Broward, Highlands, Indian River, Martin, Okeechobee, Palm Beach and St. Lucie. In Brevard County, eight precincts in Melbourne and Palm Bay moved, including the voters of Max K. Rodes Park Community Center and the Veterans Memorial Complex, who now vote at New Shiloh Christian Center in Melbourne. The moves were made under the state's fall flooding emergency order, Executive Order 26-227, and the Florida Department of State keeps the full list of moved locations on its emergency election page.
Source: Florida Department of State emergency election list; NBC News; Brevard County Supervisor of Elections
Pagosa Springs, ColoradoAnnounced Sunday 1 November, in effect today
The Ross Aragon Community Center voter center and the Pagosa Springs Town Hall ballot drop box are closed because of flood risk on the San Juan River. Archuleta County voters can use the Archuleta County Courthouse voter center at 109 Harmon Park Drive in Pagosa Springs, the joint La Plata and Archuleta voter center at Pine River Library in Bayfield, or the staffed mobile drop box in the parking lot at 10 Solomon Drive. Any Colorado voter affected by the floods who has not voted can get a replacement ballot at any voter center in the state: inside the home county the ballot carries every local contest, outside it the statewide races only. A mail ballot can be returned to any drop box or voter center in the state by 7 PM, and voters kept home by flooding can request an emergency ballot on the Secretary of State's website.
Source: Colorado Secretary of State news release, 1 November 2026
Maricopa County, ArizonaMonday 2 November
Two vote centers, at Paradise Valley Community College and Sunset Canyon School, lost power on Monday morning during early voting and later reopened. Poll workers stayed on site and voters could still drop off ballots during the outage, Elections Director Scott Jarrett said. CNN reported that the brief shutdown of voting sites near Phoenix after severe flooding sparked false claims online before officials explained what had happened. Governor Katie Hobbs declared a statewide emergency on Monday over the flooding.
Source: Maricopa County Elections; CNN Election Day report
Navajo Nation, ArizonaTuesday 3 November, morning
The Arizona Secretary of State posted an emergency notice warning that the N8014 bridge in Rock Point is closed and US 191 between Round Rock and Rock Point is also closed, which cuts the direct route to the Rock Point voting location for voters on the north, west and south sides of Rock Point. The only remaining route may be a long detour through Rough Rock. The notice tells voters they do not have to vote at Rock Point: any registered Apache County voter may vote at any Apache County vote center today, and free rides to the polls are listed for flood affected Navajo Nation areas.
Source: Arizona Secretary of State, Navajo Nation voting page, emergency notice, 3 November
Cimarron County, OklahomaDamage Sunday night 1 November
Storm damage on Sunday night, including a confirmed tornado, damaged a polling place and forced a polling place change in the county. State Election Board spokesperson Misha Mohr said voters will be able to vote on Election Day regardless, and the board is posting emergency polling place changes on its website, with signs directing voters at any changed site.
Source: Oklahoma State Election Board via News 9 and NBC News
San Diego County, CaliforniaMonday 2 November, afternoon
The Registrar of Voters office in Kearny Mesa was evacuated for about two and a half hours on Monday after a suspicious suitcase was found in its lobby at about 1:45 PM Pacific. San Diego police evacuated the building at about 3:10 PM, nearby streets were closed and the sheriff's bomb squad checked the item. The office reopened at about 4:45 PM, staff and voters were allowed back in and early voting resumed. A county spokesperson called the evacuation an abundance of caution. Officials have not said what was in the suitcase.
Source: NBC 7 San Diego; San Diego County Registrar of Voters
San Juan County, UtahMonday 2 November
Lieutenant Governor Deidre Henderson issued an emergency election order allowing voters in the flood hit county who cannot reasonably travel to a polling place or a drop box on Election Day to request a ballot and return it electronically, an option normally reserved for military and overseas voters.
Source: Utah Lieutenant Governor's Office, emergency election order, 2 November
Hamilton County, IndianaTuesday 3 November, midday
Voting was delayed by about 15 minutes at two polling sites on Tuesday morning. At one site, workers had not completed the step needed to enable the machines for voting. At another, a power outage lasting about 15 seconds forced workers to reboot the electronic poll pads and the voting machines. Election Administrator Beth Sheller told voters the county was not having voting machine problems and called both incidents typical Election Day issues.
Source: Hamilton County Election Administrator midday update, 3 November
Rhode IslandTuesday 3 November, morning
A handful of ballot scanning machines in Warwick and East Greenwich jammed or had power problems on Tuesday morning and were replaced. The executive director of the state Board of Elections, Miguel Nunez, told the board there had been no major problems at polling places since they opened.
Source: Providence Journal, reporting the Rhode Island Board of Elections
South CarolinaTuesday 3 November, morning
The Find My Polling Place and Sample Ballot features on the state election website, scVOTES.gov, went down intermittently on Tuesday morning and were later restored. In Mauldin, a mechanic fixed technical problems on several voting machines at Mauldin Methodist Church, and one of the site's nine machines was taken out of service for the day.
Source: South Carolina State Election Commission via the Greenville News
Austin, TexasTuesday 3 November
Someone pulled a fire alarm at a University of Texas at Austin campus polling place on Tuesday and voting paused for about 10 minutes, campus police said.
Source: University of Texas at Austin police, via USA Today
OklahomaCharges filed 1 November, reported Tuesday
An Oklahoma man, Robin Patrick Martin, faces federal charges after the FBI said he mailed hundreds of letters containing a white powder to public officials ahead of the 2024 and 2026 elections. He is charged with conveying false information and hoaxes and with mailing threatening communications. The FBI said the powder tested so far turned out to be yeast or flour, and no injuries had been reported.
Source: USA Today, reporting the federal criminal complaint filed 1 November

The Senate races that decide the chamber

Seven races decided control in the final polls: Texas, Michigan, Maine, Ohio, Iowa, Kansas and Alaska, with North Carolina, Georgia, Nebraska and New Hampshire behind them. Each card gives the final polling, the market price where one exists, and the hour the count starts. Polling is not a result.

Texas

U.S. Senate

Polls open

James Talarico (D)againstKen Paxton (R)

Republican held seat, open because John Cornyn lost the Republican primary. Texas has not elected a Democrat to the Senate since 1988. Final polling average: Talarico ahead by 2.5 points in the RealClearPolling average and by 4 points in the FiftyPlusOne average. NYT and Siena, 27 October to 1 November: Talarico 50, Paxton 43. Emerson, 31 October to 1 November: Talarico 50, Paxton 48. Quantus Insights put Paxton ahead by 1. Prediction markets on Election Day priced Talarico at about 73 to 75 percent. More than 7.6 million Texans voted early.

Polls close: 6 PM Colorado time for most of the state, 7 PM in the El Paso area

Source: RealClearPolling; FiftyPlusOne; NYT and Siena; Emerson College; Action Network market report, 3 November

Michigan

U.S. Senate

Polls open

Abdul El-Sayed (D)againstMike Rogers (R)

Open seat, Gary Peters retiring. Final polling average: El-Sayed ahead by about 5 points. NYT and Siena: El-Sayed 53, Rogers 42, taken before Representative Haley Stevens, who lost the Democratic primary to El-Sayed, endorsed Rogers on 1 November. YouGov: El-Sayed 51, Rogers 47. Prediction markets on Election Day priced El-Sayed at about 78 to 81 percent. More than 2 million Michigan ballots were cast early.

Polls close: 6 PM Colorado time for most of the state, 7 PM in the western Upper Peninsula

Source: FiftyPlusOne; NYT and Siena; YouGov; Kalshi and Polymarket reports, 2 and 3 November

Maine

U.S. Senate

Polls open

Troy Jackson (D)againstSusan Collins (incumbent) (R)

Collins is seeking a sixth term. Final polling average: Jackson ahead by about 2.5 to 3 points. NYT and Siena: Jackson 51, Collins 45. Prediction markets on Election Day priced Jackson at about 74 to 75 percent.

Polls close: 6 PM Colorado time

Source: NYT and Siena; Silver Bulletin averages; Polymarket report, 3 November

Ohio

U.S. Senate, special election

Polls open

Sherrod Brown (D)againstJon Husted (incumbent) (R)

Special election for the seat JD Vance left to become vice president. Brown held this seat until 2024. RealClearPolling average: Brown 47.4, Husted 44.3. NYT and Siena: Brown 49, Husted 44. Prediction markets priced Brown at about 72 to 73 percent.

Polls close: 5:30 PM Colorado time

Source: RealClearPolling; NYT and Siena; Polymarket report, 3 November

Iowa

U.S. Senate

Polls open

Josh Turek (D)againstAshley Hinson (R)

Open seat, Joni Ernst retiring. The closest Senate race in the country on Election Day. NYT and Siena: Turek 48, Hinson 47. The polling average is effectively tied. Prediction markets flipped on Election Day morning, Turek about 53 percent, Hinson about 52 percent the day before.

Polls close: 7 PM Colorado time

Source: NYT and Siena; Votendi market snapshot, 3 November

Kansas

U.S. Senate

Polls open

Adam Hamilton (D)againstRoger Marshall (incumbent) (R)

Kansas has not elected a Democrat to the Senate since 1932. NYT and Siena: Hamilton 49, Marshall 44. Emerson put Hamilton ahead by 5. Prediction markets priced Hamilton at about 62 to 63 percent.

Polls close: 6 PM Colorado time for most of the state

Source: NYT and Siena; Emerson College; Kalshi report, 2 November

Alaska

U.S. Senate

Polls open

Mary Peltola (D)againstDan Sullivan (incumbent) (R)

Peltola is a former congresswoman. NYT and Siena: Peltola 48, Sullivan 46. Polling average: Peltola ahead by about 2 to 4 points. Prediction markets priced Peltola at about 70 to 73 percent. Alaska counts slowly and this seat may not be called on election night.

Polls close: 10 PM Colorado time, 11 PM in the western Aleutians

Source: NYT and Siena; Silver Bulletin averages; Polymarket report, 3 November

North Carolina

U.S. Senate

Polls open

Roy Cooper (D)againstMichael Whatley (R)

Open seat, Thom Tillis retiring. Cooper is a former governor. Polling average: Cooper ahead by about 9 to 10 points, the widest lead in any battleground Senate race. Prediction markets priced Cooper at about 96 to 98 percent. North Carolina counted a record midterm early vote, more than 2.8 million ballots in the east of the state alone was reported by regional outlets.

Polls close: 5:30 PM Colorado time

Source: Votendi polling snapshot, 2 November; Decision Desk HQ forecast

Georgia

U.S. Senate

Polls open

Jon Ossoff (incumbent) (D)againstMike Collins (R)

The only Democratic held seat Republicans seriously targeted. Forecasts rated Ossoff the strong favourite. Georgia law requires an outright majority: if no candidate clears 50 percent, a runoff follows on 1 December.

Polls close: 5 PM Colorado time

Source: Midterm Mondays forecast, 3 November; Congress Countdown balance of power tracker

Nebraska

U.S. Senate

Polls open

Dan Osborn (independent, Democratic line left empty) (D)againstPete Ricketts (incumbent) (R)

Osborn runs as an independent and has said he will not caucus with either party. The Democratic nominee withdrew and the party left its line empty to help him. Polling average: Osborn ahead by 0.3 points. Forecast models counted him with the Democrats for control, which he has not agreed to.

Polls close: 7 PM Colorado time

Source: Midterm Mondays forecast, 3 November

New Hampshire

U.S. Senate

Polls open

Chris Pappas (D)againstJohn Sununu (R)

Open seat, Jeanne Shaheen retiring. Forecasts and markets rated Pappas the clear favourite, at about 92 to 94 percent in prediction markets.

Polls close: 5 PM to 6 PM Colorado time, by town

Source: Sikt Intelligence market comparison, 3 November

Colorado

U.S. Senate

Polls open

John Hickenlooper (incumbent) (D)againstBaisley (R)

Rated safe Democratic in every published forecast. Listed here because it is on every Colorado ballot. Colorado's competitive races today are in the House and in the governor's race.

Polls close: 7 PM Colorado time. Ballots must be in the county clerk's hands by 7 PM; postmarks do not count

Source: Focal News ballot report, 19 October; Coloradoan final polls report, 2 November

Governors to watch

California

Governor

Polls open

Xavier Becerra (D)againstSteve Hilton (R)

Open seat, Gavin Newsom is term limited. Becerra is a former United States health secretary. Prediction markets priced Becerra at about 96 percent, on the largest governor market of the cycle, more than 42 million dollars traded. There is no Senate race in California this year.

Polls close: 9 PM Colorado time

Source: PredictDesks market summary; NBC Palm Springs Election Day guide, 2 November

Texas

Governor

Polls open

Gina Hinojosa (D)againstGreg Abbott (incumbent) (R)

The final NYT and Siena poll put this race in a statistical tie, Abbott 47, Hinojosa 48, in the same survey that put Talarico ahead in the Senate race.

Polls close: 6 PM Colorado time for most of the state, 7 PM in the El Paso area

Source: NYT and Siena, reported by USA Today, 2 November

Michigan

Governor

Polls open

Jocelyn Benson (D)againstJohn James (R)

Open seat. Benson led every published final poll, by 3 to 12 points, and prediction markets priced her at about 94 percent.

Polls close: 6 PM Colorado time for most of the state

Source: Action Network Michigan report, 2 November

Colorado

Governor

Polls open

Phil Weiser (D)againstVictor Marx (R)

Open seat, Jared Polis is term limited. Weiser is the state attorney general. On the same Colorado ballot: the other statewide offices, all eight House seats and 14 statewide measures.

Polls close: 7 PM Colorado time. Ballots must be in the county clerk's hands by 7 PM; postmarks do not count

Source: Focal News ballot report, 19 October

House races to watch

Colorado 5th

U.S. House, Colorado Springs and El Paso County

Polls open

Jessica Killin (D)againstJeff Crank (incumbent) (R)

The seat has only ever been held by Republicans. A Public Policy Polling survey for House Majority PAC, 19 to 20 October, put the race tied at 47 to 47. A Killin internal poll put her ahead 46 to 44. Prediction markets made Crank the narrow favourite, about 54 percent to 46. AP lists four candidates on the ballot, including American Constitution and Libertarian candidates.

Polls close: 7 PM Colorado time

Source: Coloradoan final polls report, 2 November; Associated Press race file, 3 November

Colorado 8th

U.S. House, north Denver suburbs and Greeley

Polls open

Manny Rutinel (D)againstGabe Evans (incumbent) (R)

Described in state coverage as one of the most competitive House races in the nation. The district was drawn nearly even and has changed hands at every election since it was created.

Polls close: 7 PM Colorado time

Source: Focal News ballot report, 19 October

Colorado 3rd

U.S. House, Western Slope and Pueblo

Polls open

Dwayne Romero (D)againstJeff Hurd (incumbent) (R)

A Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee internal poll put Romero ahead 47 to 46. Water, wolves and public lands drive this district more than national issues.

Polls close: 7 PM Colorado time

Source: Coloradoan final polls report, 2 November; Colorado ballot guide

Colorado 4th

U.S. House, eastern plains and Douglas County

Polls open

Eileen Laubacher (D)againstLauren Boebert (incumbent) (R)

A September poll sponsored by an anti-Boebert PAC put Boebert ahead 45 to 40.

Polls close: 7 PM Colorado time

Source: Coloradoan final polls report, 2 November

California

U.S. House, all 52 seats under the Proposition 50 map

Polls open

Democratic candidates (D)againstRepublican candidates (R)

California voters approved Proposition 50 in November 2025, redrawing the congressional map for 2026 to 2030 in response to the Texas redraw. The map was drawn to add four to five Democratic leaning seats, and federal courts upheld it. The most watched districts are the 13th, the 22nd and the new 48th, where Marni von Wilpert (D) faces Jim Desmond (R), and the 6th, where Kevin Kiley, who changed his registration from Republican to independent after the redraw, faces Richard Pan (D). Market expectations put the likely Democratic total in California at about 48 of 52 seats.

Polls close: 9 PM Colorado time

Source: Desert Sun Prop 50 explainer; CalMatters voter guide via Viet Fact Check; Kalshi state seat markets

Colorado: the 14 statewide measures

Results for each measure are added here as the count is reported after 7 PM Colorado time. Constitutional amendments need 55 percent. Two measures pull against each other: Amendment 87 raises graduated tax rates and Proposition 136 caps the rate at the current flat rate. Seven of the fourteen are constitutional amendments and seven change ordinary law; thirteen of the fourteen were written by private groups and only Proposition NN came from the legislature.

Amendment 87

Graduated income tax. Lower rates under about $510,000 of taxable income, higher rates above, raising about $2 billion a year for schools, health and child care. Replaces the flat 4.4 percent rate if it passes.

Result: not yet reported

Amendment 82

A constitutional right to buy and sell natural gas, for consumers to purchase it for cooking and heating in homes and businesses and for distributors and utilities to sell it. Local bans on gas would likely be void. Needs 55 percent.

Result: not yet reported

Amendment 83

A constitutional right to hunt and fish, through traditional methods, with hunting and fishing named the preferred means of managing fish and wildlife. The legislature and state agencies keep power to regulate. Needs 55 percent.

Result: not yet reported

Amendment 86

Congressional redistricting. Mid-decade map changes must go through the independent redistricting commission and the Colorado Supreme Court, and maps drawn on purpose to favour one party are barred. Needs 55 percent.

Result: not yet reported

Proposition 136

Caps the state income tax rate at 4.4 percent in law. Written to block Proposition 87 if both pass.

Result: not yet reported

TABOR refund measure

Lets the state keep TABOR refund money for K-12 schools and children's programs, ending refunds for about two years, about $500 million a year.

Result: not yet reported

Proposition 137

Redirects $175 million a year of sporting goods sales tax to parks and wildfire work.

Result: not yet reported

Amendment 81

Police must tell Homeland Security within 72 hours when they charge a person with a violent crime, or any crime with a prior felony, whose immigration status cannot be confirmed. Constitutional amendment, needs 55 percent.

Result: not yet reported

Proposition 132

Any fentanyl possession becomes a felony. Dealing carries a mandatory 8 to 32 years.

Result: not yet reported

Proposition 133

Child sex trafficking carries life without parole, buyers included.

Result: not yet reported

Proposition 134

School sports teams, kindergarten through college, are labelled by biological sex, with schools verifying.

Result: not yet reported

Proposition 135

Prohibits gender related surgeries for minors and bars the use of public funds for them.

Result: not yet reported

Amendment 84

Voters write the last four digits of their Social Security or ID number on the mail ballot envelope, with eight days to fix errors. Constitutional amendment, needs 55 percent.

Result: not yet reported

Amendment 85

Ballot titles written at an eighth grade reading level, with no required extra wording in initiative titles. Constitutional amendment, needs 55 percent.

Result: not yet reported

When the polls close

All times are Colorado time. Anyone in line when the polls close can still vote. First results follow each closing wave, and close races in states that count mail ballots slowly, California and Alaska among them, may not be called tonight.

4 PMFirst closings: the eastern parts of Indiana and Kentucky
5 PMGeorgia, South Carolina, Virginia, Vermont, most of Florida, the rest of Indiana and Kentucky
5:30 PMNorth Carolina, Ohio, West Virginia
6 PMThe big wave: Maine, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland, Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee, Illinois, Missouri, most of Michigan, most of Texas and most of Kansas
6:30 PMArkansas
7 PMNew York, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska, Louisiana, Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico, Wyoming and the rest of Texas, Michigan and Kansas
8 PMNevada, Utah, Montana and most of Idaho
9 PMCalifornia, Washington and most of Oregon
10 PM to 11 PMHawaii and Alaska. The western Aleutian Islands close last in the nation

Go deeper: official and accredited sources

Everything on this page can be checked against the people who run the count. State election officials count the votes and certify the results. The Associated Press is the accredited count this page follows for race calls. Polls and forecasts stay labelled as polls and forecasts wherever they appear here.

Federal governmentUSA.gov: find your polling placeThe federal government's guide to your polling place, your local election office and what you need to vote.Open the source ↗Accredited countAssociated Press election coverageThe AP counts the vote in nearly 7,000 races today and makes the calls this page follows. Its explainers set out how it counts and when it calls a race.Open the source ↗State governmentColorado Secretary of StateColorado's election office publishes the daily ballot return counts during the count and posts statewide results on its site after the polls close at 7 PM Colorado time.Open the source ↗State governmentTexas Secretary of State: Election Night ReturnsThe official Texas returns portal for statewide and district races. The Secretary of State's office publishes the numbers the counties report and does not call races.Open the source ↗State governmentTexas Secretary of State: official results archiveThe official archive of Texas election results, including the certified canvass when it is complete between 21 November and 7 December.Open the source ↗State governmentMichigan Department of State: electionsMichigan's election office carries the 3 November 2026 general election results, the candidate listings and the ballot questions.Open the source ↗State governmentCalifornia Secretary of State: election resultsThe Secretary of State's voter guide page for results. California results begin posting after the polls close at 8 PM California time and certified results are posted by 11 December.Open the source ↗State governmentCalifornia Secretary of State: key dates and deadlinesCalifornia's official calendar for this election: the count, the mail ballot deadline of 10 November, county certification by 3 December and certified statewide results by 11 December.Open the source ↗

How a race gets called

The Associated Press counts the vote in nearly 7,000 races today, as it has counted American elections since 1848. The AP calls a race only when its decision team decides that the trailing candidate no longer has a path to victory, looking at the votes counted, the votes still out, and where those votes are. A candidate who leads in a partial count has not won. Other news organisations make their own calls and can differ from the AP for a time. On this page a race moves to Called only on an AP call, the call is named, and the count behind it is given in the update feed. Nothing here is an official result: state officials certify results days or weeks after Election Day.

Georgia and Mississippi require an outright majority to win a Senate race. If no candidate in either state clears 50 percent today, that race goes to a runoff on 1 December, and control of the Senate can stay undecided until then.