Democrats won control of the U.S. House and Senate, the Associated Press reported. At the state level, Democrats flipped the governor’s offices in Georgia, Iowa, Nevada, Ohio and Texas, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures. In Florida, Republican Byron Donalds won the governor’s race and Republican Ashley Moody held the Senate seat. AP national results · NCSL statehouse results · Florida returns
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North Carolina: Two tax votes have different consequences
Voters approved measures on state income taxes and local property tax levies, according to Axios. The income tax measure lowers the constitutional ceiling from 7% to 3.5% for taxable years starting January 1, 2027, subject to certification. A ceiling is the maximum lawmakers may set. To estimate what a business will owe, use the applicable enacted rate. The property tax measure directs the legislature to set limits on increases in local levies. Owners and tenants who pay property taxes through their leases should follow the implementing legislation and local budget decisions before adjusting cost projections. Unofficial state returns · North Carolina General Assembly summaries
Michigan, Minnesota, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin: Watch the first budgets
NCSL reported that Democrats gained control of both legislative chambers and the governor’s office in these states. For a business that sells to a state agency, the next thing to check is whether the incoming budget funds a program the business can serve. Then look for the agency’s actual solicitation, scope and bid date. An election result alone does not establish a new contract or change vendor eligibility. NCSL legislative results
Georgia, Iowa, Ohio and Texas: A new governor changes who proposes the budget
NCSL reported that these governor’s races ended Republican control of both legislative chambers and the executive office together. For owners following a proposed tax, lending or procurement change, the next checkpoints are the governor’s proposal, the legislature’s vote, and the implementing agency’s published rules. Those documents tell you when a change applies and which businesses qualify. NCSL statehouse analysis
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2026 midterm results by state
November 4, 2026 snapshot. Vote totals and percentages are preliminary. “Race called” identifies outcomes corroborated in reporting. “Reported lead” gives the top candidate in the available count without independently confirming a call. D = Democrat, R = Republican, I = independent, O = other. The state links include U.S. House district results. For certification, consult the U.S. Election Assistance Commission’s directory of state election offices.
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| State | Governor | U.S. Senate | State results source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | Thomas Tuberville (R) · Race called Thomas Tuberville 52.06% (872,445) · Doug Jones 47.94% (803,468) |
Barry Moore (R) · Reported lead Barry Moore 54.71% (917,347) · Everett Wess 45.29% (759,335) |
Alabama results and House districts |
| Alaska | Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins (D) · Reported lead Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins 49.15% (103,610) · Bernadette Wilson 29.21% (61,566) |
Mary Peltola (D) · Reported lead Mary Peltola 48.18% (102,701) · Dan Sullivan 47.88% (102,075) |
Alaska results and House districts |
| Arizona | Katie Hobbs (D) · Race called Katie Hobbs 55.61% (1,193,939) · Andy Biggs 42.68% (916,236) |
No race on the ballot | Arizona results and House districts |
| Arkansas | Sarah Huckabee Sanders (R) · Race called Sarah Huckabee Sanders 53.87% (477,042) · Fred Love 38.58% (341,621) |
Tom Cotton (R) · Reported lead Tom Cotton 54.26% (480,526) · Hallie Shoffner 42.41% (375,596) |
Arkansas results and House districts |
| California | Xavier Becerra (D) · Reported lead Xavier Becerra 63.98% (4,982,430) · Steve Hilton 36.02% (2,804,925) |
No race on the ballot | California results and House districts |
| Colorado | Phil Weiser (D) · Reported lead Phil Weiser 60.94% (1,319,781) · Victor Marx 33.65% (728,650) |
John Hickenlooper (D) · Reported lead John Hickenlooper 60.24% (1,310,937) · Mark Baisley 35.56% (773,936) |
Colorado results and House districts |
| Connecticut | Ned Lamont (D) · Reported lead Ned Lamont 58.81% (718,138) · Ryan Fazio 41.19% (503,046) |
No race on the ballot | Connecticut results and House districts |
| Delaware | No race on the ballot | Chris Coons (D) · Reported lead Chris Coons 63.57% (240,347) · Michael Katz 36.43% (137,764) |
Delaware results and House districts |
| Florida | Byron Donalds (R) · Race called Byron Donalds 50.02% (4,132,275) · David Jolly 48.71% (4,024,554) |
Ashley Moody (R) · Race called Ashley Moody 50.87% (4,207,947) · Angie Nixon 47.99% (3,969,186) |
Florida results and House districts |
| Georgia | Keisha Bottoms (D) · Race called Keisha Bottoms 54.31% (2,268,462) · Rick Jackson 45.69% (1,908,261) |
Jon Ossoff (D) · Race called Jon Ossoff 59.00% (2,463,132) · Mike Collins 41.00% (1,711,322) |
Georgia results and House districts |
| Hawaii | Josh Green (D) · Race called Josh Green 74.37% (237,747) · Gary Cordery 25.63% (81,947) |
No race on the ballot | Hawaii results and House districts |
| Idaho | Brad Little (R) · Reported lead Brad Little 57.22% (389,631) · Terri Pickens 32.17% (219,051) |
Jim Risch (R) · Reported lead Jim Risch 56.54% (394,735) · Todd Achilles 33.55% (234,261) |
Idaho results and House districts |
| Illinois | JB Pritzker (D) · Race called JB Pritzker 59.81% (2,335,631) · Darren Bailey 36.84% (1,438,609) |
Juliana Stratton (D) · Reported lead Juliana Stratton 60.95% (2,418,659) · Don Tracy 37.47% (1,487,039) |
Illinois results and House districts |
| Indiana | No race on the ballot | No race on the ballot | Indiana results and House districts |
| Iowa | Rob Sand (D) · Race called Rob Sand 55.49% (757,326) · Zach Lahn 44.51% (607,415) |
Josh Turek (D) · Race called Josh Turek 50.51% (686,487) · Ashley Hinson 46.40% (630,615) |
Iowa results and House districts |
| Kansas | Cindy Holscher (D) · Reported lead Cindy Holscher 50.26% (546,587) · Ty Masterson 49.74% (541,030) |
Adam Hamilton (D) · Race called Adam Hamilton 50.93% (556,414) · Roger Marshall 46.06% (503,230) |
Kansas results and House districts |
| Kentucky | No race on the ballot | Andy Barr (R) · Reported lead Andy Barr 55.00% (784,867) · Charles Booker 42.91% (612,349) |
Kentucky results and House districts |
| Louisiana | No race on the ballot | Julia Letlow (R) · Race called Julia Letlow 50.88% (745,963) · Jamie Davis 49.12% (720,106) |
Louisiana results and House districts |
| Maine | Hannah Pingree (D) · Race called Hannah Pingree 55.07% (357,176) · Robert Charles 36.91% (239,414) |
Troy Jackson (D) · Reported lead Troy Jackson 53.68% (346,413) · Susan Collins 46.25% (298,457) |
Maine results and House districts |
| Maryland | Wes Moore (D) · Race called Wes Moore 62.71% (1,163,909) · Dan Cox 33.25% (617,114) |
No race on the ballot | Maryland results and House districts |
| Massachusetts | Maura Healey (D) · Race called Maura Healey 62.11% (1,493,694) · Michael Minogue 34.52% (830,207) |
Edward Markey (D) · Race called Edward Markey 63.28% (1,518,746) · John Deaton 32.21% (773,107) |
Massachusetts results and House districts |
| Michigan | Jocelyn Benson (D) · Race called Jocelyn Benson 54.54% (2,591,316) · John James 43.74% (2,078,052) |
Abdul El-Sayed (D) · Race called Abdul El-Sayed 52.52% (2,497,852) · Mike Rogers 45.48% (2,162,890) |
Michigan results and House districts |
| Minnesota | Amy Klobuchar (D) · Race called Amy Klobuchar 55.47% (1,569,098) · Lisa Demuth 42.63% (1,205,798) |
Peggy Flanagan (D) · Race called Peggy Flanagan 53.71% (1,520,300) · Michele Tafoya 43.55% (1,232,683) |
Minnesota results and House districts |
| Mississippi | No race on the ballot | Scott Colom (D) · Reported lead Scott Colom 48.95% (462,821) · Cindy Hyde-Smith 48.94% (462,778) |
Mississippi results and House districts |
| Missouri | No race on the ballot | No race on the ballot | Missouri results and House districts |
| Montana | No race on the ballot | Kurt Alme (R) · Reported lead Kurt Alme 48.97% (222,058) · Seth Bodnar 37.26% (168,943) |
Montana results and House districts |
| Nebraska | Jim Pillen (R) · Reported lead Jim Pillen 50.69% (373,465) · Lynne Walz 42.26% (311,363) |
Pete Ricketts (R) · Reported lead Pete Ricketts 50.38% (370,411) · Dan Osborn 43.69% (321,218) |
Nebraska results and House districts |
| Nevada | Aaron Ford (D) · Race called Aaron Ford 51.70% (506,653) · Joseph Lombardo 44.15% (432,732) |
No race on the ballot | Nevada results and House districts |
| New Hampshire | Kelly Ayotte (R) · Reported lead Kelly Ayotte 51.15% (302,583) · Cinde Warmington 47.20% (279,219) |
Chris Pappas (D) · Reported lead Chris Pappas 56.16% (334,142) · John Sununu 41.99% (249,843) |
New Hampshire results and House districts |
| New Jersey | No race on the ballot | Cory Booker (D) · Race called Cory Booker 62.10% (1,781,640) · Justin Murphy 35.33% (1,013,579) |
New Jersey results and House districts |
| New Mexico | Deb Haaland (D) · Reported lead Deb Haaland 57.25% (412,834) · Greggory Hull 42.75% (308,315) |
Ben Lujan (D) · Reported lead Ben Lujan 63.15% (455,165) · Larry Marker 36.85% (265,557) |
New Mexico results and House districts |
| New York | Kathy Hochul (D) · Race called Kathy Hochul 60.07% (3,551,930) · Bruce Blakeman 39.72% (2,348,425) |
No race on the ballot | New York results and House districts |
| North Carolina | No race on the ballot | Roy Cooper (D) · Race called Roy Cooper 58.72% (2,467,963) · Michael Whatley 39.09% (1,643,088) |
North Carolina results and House districts |
| North Dakota | No race on the ballot | No race on the ballot | North Dakota results and House districts |
| Ohio | Amy Acton (D) · Race called Amy Acton 52.31% (2,404,178) · Vivek Ramaswamy 44.38% (2,039,730) |
Sherrod Brown (D) · Race called Sherrod Brown 50.01% (2,301,042) · Jon Husted 45.15% (2,077,748) |
Ohio results and House districts |
| Oklahoma | Mike Mazzei (R) · Reported lead Mike Mazzei 51.98% (579,614) · Cyndi Munson 45.86% (511,369) |
Kevin Hern (R) · Reported lead Kevin Hern 57.27% (637,262) · N’Kiyla Thomas 39.22% (436,393) |
Oklahoma results and House districts |
| Oregon | Tina Kotek (D) · Reported lead Tina Kotek 51.75% (795,725) · Christine Drazan 45.48% (699,400) |
Jeff Merkley (D) · Reported lead Jeff Merkley 56.57% (864,411) · David Smith 40.53% (619,239) |
Oregon results and House districts |
| Pennsylvania | Josh Shapiro (D) · Race called Josh Shapiro 60.37% (3,002,608) · Stacy Garrity 38.33% (1,906,260) |
No race on the ballot | Pennsylvania results and House districts |
| Rhode Island | Helena Foulkes (D) · Reported lead Helena Foulkes 57.50% (203,894) · Kenneth Block 27.89% (98,914) |
John Reed (D) · Reported lead John Reed 66.57% (236,408) · Raymond McKay 29.47% (104,649) |
Rhode Island results and House districts |
| South Carolina | Alan Wilson (R) · Reported lead Alan Wilson 51.59% (1,050,190) · Jermaine Johnson 47.11% (959,001) |
Annie Andrews (D) · Race called Annie Andrews 51.13% (1,042,362) · Darline Graham 46.65% (951,165) |
South Carolina results and House districts |
| South Dakota | Larry Rhoden (R) · Reported lead Larry Rhoden 63.50% (193,317) · Dan Ahlers 36.50% (111,131) |
Mike Rounds (R) · Reported lead Mike Rounds 60.50% (184,571) · Brian Bengs 39.50% (120,484) |
South Dakota results and House districts |
| Tennessee | Marsha Blackburn (R) · Race called Marsha Blackburn 45.49% (955,259) · Jerri Green 42.98% (902,546) |
Bill Hagerty (R) · Reported lead Bill Hagerty 55.08% (1,138,407) · Marquita Bradshaw 42.91% (886,911) |
Tennessee results and House districts |
| Texas | Gina Hinojosa (D) · Race called Gina Hinojosa 52.82% (5,230,908) · Greg Abbott 45.69% (4,524,948) |
James Talarico (D) · Race called James Talarico 55.08% (5,445,121) · Ken Paxton 42.99% (4,249,752) |
Texas results and House districts |
| Utah | No race on the ballot | No race on the ballot | Utah results and House districts |
| Vermont | Phil Scott (R) · Reported lead Phil Scott 52.62% (163,169) · Amanda Janoo 45.62% (141,468) |
No race on the ballot | Vermont results and House districts |
| Virginia | No race on the ballot | Mark Warner (D) · Race called Mark Warner 61.06% (2,169,536) · Bert Mizusawa 38.68% (1,374,150) |
Virginia results and House districts |
| Washington | No race on the ballot | No race on the ballot | Washington results and House districts |
| West Virginia | No race on the ballot | Shelley Capito (R) · Race called Shelley Capito 58.33% (266,068) · Rachel Anderson 37.91% (172,922) |
West Virginia results and House districts |
| Wisconsin | David Crowley (D) · Reported lead David Crowley 54.08% (1,438,721) · Tom Tiffany 45.92% (1,221,668) |
No race on the ballot | Wisconsin results and House districts |
| Wyoming | Eric Barlow (R) · Reported lead Eric Barlow 68.57% (128,480) · Rebecca Bextel 16.77% (31,430) |
Harriet Hageman (R) · Reported lead Harriet Hageman 65.24% (122,157) · James Byrd 34.76% (65,097) |
Wyoming results and House districts |
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