Election Results 2026 (Page 2)

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Democrat Xavier Becerra defeated Republican Steve Hilton in California’s governor race, NBC News reported.

Becerra would succeed term-limited Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom, keeping the governor’s office in Democratic hands.

Becerra previously served in the California Assembly and Congress before becoming California attorney general. He later led the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services under President Joe Biden, NBC News reported.

The outcome is a media race call, not election certification.

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Republican Gov. Kelly Ayotte is projected to defeat Democratic challenger Cinde Warmington in New Hampshire’s governor race, the Fox News Decision Desk reported Tuesday night.

The projected result would give Ayotte a second two-year term. She was first elected governor in 2024 after previously serving as state attorney general, Fox reported.

Affordable housing was a focus for Ayotte, while Warmington, a healthcare attorney and former state executive council member, emphasized the cost of living, according to Fox’s election-night report.

The outcome is an attributed media projection, not election certification.

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Republican Rep. Harriet Hageman defeated Democrat James Byrd in Wyoming’s U.S. Senate race, the Fox News Decision Desk reported Tuesday night.

The result keeps the seat in Republican hands following Sen. Cynthia Lummis’ decision not to seek another term, according to Fox.

Hageman, a two-term member of the House, won the Republican Senate nomination in August. Byrd is a former Wyoming state representative, Fox reported.

The outcome is a media race call, not election certification.

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Democrat Gina Hinojosa defeated Republican Gov. Greg Abbott in the Texas governor’s race, according to The Associated Press, NBC News and CBS News. The Texas Tribune, republished by Click2Houston, reported that Abbott conceded at 10 p.m. Tuesday.

The result moves the governor’s office from Republican to Democratic control. Abbott was seeking a fourth term. Hinojosa will become Texas’ first Latina governor.

Hinojosa, a lawyer and former Austin school board president, focused her campaign on public education funding, teacher pay, opposition to school vouchers and household costs.

Vote counting and official certification continue after a race is called or a candidate concedes.

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Democrat James Talarico defeated Republican Ken Paxton in the Texas U.S. Senate race, flipping the seat to Democrats, according to the Fox News Decision Desk. CBS News and NBC News also called Talarico’s victory Tuesday night.

Talarico, a state representative, former teacher and Presbyterian seminarian, campaigned on lowering costs and fighting corruption, CBS reported.

Paxton, the state’s attorney general, defeated incumbent Sen. John Cornyn in the Republican primary runoff, according to CBS.

Official vote counting and certification continue after media race calls and concessions.

UPI documented Ken Paxton conceding the Senate election to Talarico at his election-night watch party.

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Democrats Paige Cognetti and Janelle Stelson are projected to defeat Republican incumbents in two Pennsylvania congressional races Tuesday night, flipping the state’s 8th and 10th District seats, Fox News reported.

Cognetti, the mayor of Scranton, is projected to defeat Rep. Rob Bresnahan Jr. in the 8th District in northeastern Pennsylvania. Bresnahan won the seat in 2024, defeating Democratic Rep. Matt Cartwright, according to Fox’s election-night report.

Fox reported that Cognetti campaigned on affordability, health care and utility costs, protecting Medicaid and a ban on congressional stock trading. Bresnahan focused on cutting taxes, border security and support for the area’s working-class and union workforce.

In south-central Pennsylvania’s 10th District, Stelson, a former television news anchor, is projected to defeat Rep. Scott Perry, Fox reported. Perry has served in Congress since 2013 and is a former Army brigadier general.

Both results are attributed media projections, not election certifications.

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Democrat Amy Acton defeated Republican Vivek Ramaswamy in Ohio’s race for governor, with Ramaswamy conceding Tuesday night. The Fox News Decision Desk reported Tuesday night.

Acton, a former director of the Ohio Department of Health, campaigned on affordability and public education, according to Fox’s election-night report. She sought support across party lines by focusing on those issues.

The result is a media race call, not an election certification.

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Republican Sen. Tom Cotton has won reelection in Arkansas, defeating Democratic challenger Hallie Shoffner, the Fox News Decision Desk projects.

The projected result would give Cotton a third six-year term in the Senate, keeping the Arkansas seat in Republican hands.

Cotton won election to the U.S. House in 2012 before winning a Senate seat in 2014. Shoffner, a farmer, made agriculture a focus of her campaign, Fox reported.

The outcome remains an attributed media projection, not an election certification.

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Democrat Deb Haaland has won New Mexico’s race for governor, defeating Republican Gregg Hull, the Fox News Decision Desk projects.

Haaland would succeed term-limited Democratic Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, keeping the governor’s office in Democratic hands. Hull is the former mayor of Rio Rancho, Fox reported.

Haaland previously served in the U.S. House and led the Department of the Interior under President Joe Biden, according to Fox’s election-night report.

This report attributes the outcome to Fox’s projection rather than treating it as an election certification.

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Republican Eric Barlow has won Wyoming’s race for governor, defeating Democrat Kenneth Casner, the Fox News Decision Desk projects.

Barlow would succeed Republican Gov. Mark Gordon, who is term-limited, keeping the governor’s office in Republican hands.

A state senator and former Wyoming House speaker, Barlow won the Republican nomination before facing Casner in the general election, Fox reported. He has served in the state Senate since 2023.

The outcome remains an attributed media projection, not an election certification.

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Democrat Bob Brooks has won Pennsylvania’s 7th Congressional District, defeating Republican Rep. Ryan Mackenzie and flipping the seat to Democratic control, according to Fox News’ election-night reporting and the NBC News Decision Desk’s call.

Brooks, a former Bethlehem firefighter and president of the Pennsylvania Professional Fire Fighters Association, won the Democratic nomination in a four-way primary, Fox reported.

The Lehigh Valley district was a closely watched House battleground. Brooks campaigned on affordability, health care and labor issues, while Mackenzie emphasized taxes, public safety and President Donald Trump’s economic policies, according to Fox.

The result is a Democratic pickup in an individual House race, not a separate call about control of Congress. Media race calls are not election certifications.

WNEP reported that Ryan Mackenzie conceded after Brooks declared victory.

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Democratic Rep. Frank Mrvan is projected to win reelection in Indiana’s 1st Congressional District, while Democrat Zach Dembo is projected to flip Kentucky’s 6th District, according to Fox News’ election-night reporting.

Mrvan projected to hold Indiana’s 1st District

Fox reported that Mrvan is projected to defeat Republican Barb Regnitz, a Porter County commissioner and financial planner. The projected result would keep the Indiana seat in Democratic hands.

Dembo projected to flip Kentucky’s 6th District

Fox reported that Dembo defeated Republican Ralph Alvarado in the central Kentucky district, which includes Lexington. This report treats that result as a media projection, not a certified outcome.

The seat was open after Republican Rep. Andy Barr chose to run for the U.S. Senate rather than seek reelection to the House, according to Fox. Dembo’s projected victory would move the district from Republican to Democratic control.

These are individual race projections.

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Democrats are projected to flip Republican-held House seats in Colorado and New Jersey, while Stefany Shaheen is projected to keep New Hampshire’s 1st District in Democratic hands and Darializa Avila Chevalier is projected to win New York’s 13th District, according to CBS News’ election-night coverage.

Rutinel projected to flip Colorado’s 8th District

CBS projects Democrat Manny Rutinel will defeat Republican Rep. Gabe Evans in Colorado’s 8th Congressional District. Evans had flipped the seat to Republican control in 2024, making the projected result a Democratic pickup.

Bennett projected to defeat Kean in New Jersey

CBS projects Democrat Rebecca Bennett will defeat Republican Rep. Tom Kean Jr. in New Jersey’s 7th Congressional District. The projection would move the seat from Republican to Democratic control.

Shaheen projected to hold New Hampshire seat

CBS projects Democrat Stefany Shaheen will win New Hampshire’s 1st District. The former Portsmouth city councilor would succeed Democratic Rep. Chris Pappas, who ran for the Senate, keeping the seat in Democratic hands.

Avila Chevalier projected to win New York’s 13th

CBS also projects Darializa Avila Chevalier will win New York’s 13th Congressional District. She defeated Democratic Rep. Adriano Espaillat in the party’s primary earlier this year, CBS reported. The general-election projection is distinct from that earlier primary result.

These are individual race projections, not election certifications or a projection about control of the full House.

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Democrat Annie Andrews has won South Carolina’s U.S. Senate race, defeating Republican Sen. Graham and flipping the seat to Democratic control, NBC News projects. The Fox News Decision Desk also projects an Andrews victory.

Andrews, a pediatrician, challenged Graham as the Republican senator sought a full term. NBC published its projection Tuesday night.

The projected result is a Democratic pickup in the Senate. It is an individual state race call, not a projection about which party will control the chamber.

The result remains a media projection rather than an election certification.

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Republican Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders is projected to win a second term in Arkansas, Democratic Rep. Chris Deluzio is projected to retain Pennsylvania’s 17th Congressional District, Republican Rep. Kevin Hern is projected to win Oklahoma’s Senate race, and Republican Sen. Bill Hagerty is projected to win reelection in Tennessee, according to Fox News’ election-night coverage.

Sanders projected to win second term

The Fox News Decision Desk projects Sanders will defeat Democratic state Sen. Fred Love. Sanders was first elected governor in 2022 and previously served as President Donald Trump’s White House press secretary.

Deluzio projected to hold Pennsylvania seat

Fox projects Deluzio will defeat Republican Tony Guy, the Beaver County sheriff, to secure a third term in the House. The district includes Beaver County and parts of Allegheny County in the Pittsburgh area.

Hern projected to win Oklahoma Senate race

Fox projects Hern will win Oklahoma’s Senate election. The network’s Oklahoma results page lists Democrat N’Kiyla Thomas as his leading opponent. Hern would succeed Republican appointee Sen. Alan Armstrong in the seat previously held by Markwayne Mullin, Fox reported.

Hagerty projected to win Tennessee reelection

Fox projects Republican Sen. Bill Hagerty will win reelection in Tennessee, defeating Democrat Marquita Bradshaw.

These are attributed media projections, not election certifications.

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Phil Weiser, Colorado’s Jewish attorney general, has won the state’s race for governor, defeating Republican Victor Marx, Fox News reported.

Fox posted its Colorado call at 9 p.m. Eastern on Tuesday. The media race call is not an election certification.

Weiser has spoken publicly about his Jewish identity and his family’s experience surviving the Holocaust. In a June 2025 statement on his campaign website condemning an antisemitic attack in Boulder, he described the victims as “fellow Jews” and wrote that America’s promise drew his family to the country after surviving the Holocaust.

He called for rejecting politically motivated violence and for a Colorado where people are welcome and hate has no place. His election adds another Jewish governor to Colorado’s history; Jared Polis became the state’s first Jewish governor in 2019, as The Colorado Sun reported at his inauguration.

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Democrat Keisha Lance Bottoms has won Georgia’s race for governor, defeating Republican Rick Jackson and flipping the office from Republican control, the Fox News Decision Desk reported.

The open-seat contest followed Republican Gov. Brian Kemp’s two terms. Fox reported that the result ends Republican control of the governorship dating to Sonny Perdue’s election in 2002.

Lance Bottoms served as Atlanta’s mayor from 2018 to 2022 and later worked in President Joe Biden’s administration. She advanced through the Democratic primary before facing Jackson, according to Fox.

Jackson, a businessman, won the Republican primary runoff against Lt. Gov. Burt Jones. The general-election result would put a Democrat in the governor’s office while leaving other Georgia races to be decided separately.

Fox posted its call at 9:25 p.m. Eastern on Tuesday. The media race call is not an election certification.

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Democratic Gov. Ned Lamont has won a third term as Connecticut governor, defeating Republican state Sen. Ryan Fazio, Fox News reports.

The outcome will keep the governor’s office in Democratic hands. Lamont first won the office in 2018 and was reelected in 2022, Fox reported.

Lamont reached the general election after defeating Democratic state Rep. Josh Elliott in his party’s primary. Fazio, a state senator from Greenwich, challenged the governor’s record on affordability, taxes and public spending, according to Fox.

Fox posted the race call Tuesday night. The media call is not an election certification.

CT Examiner reported that Ryan Fazio conceded the race to Lamont.

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Florida and New York kept their governor’s offices with the parties that already hold them: Republicans in Florida and Democrats in New York. The outcomes preserve party control even though one state is choosing a new governor while the other is returning its incumbent.

In Florida, NBC News reports Republican Byron Donalds defeated Democrat David Jolly. Donalds would succeed Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis, whose term limit prevented another reelection bid, according to Fox News’ election-night reporting. Florida’s governor’s office lists DeSantis as the current governor.

New York’s result is a reelection rather than a succession. Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul defeated Republican Bruce Blakeman, who conceded, keeping the office in Democratic hands. Hochul’s official biography records that she became governor in 2021.

The distinction is between continuity of party and continuity of officeholder. Florida changes governors without changing the party in charge, while New York retains both its governor and the governing party.

These are separate state-level race calls, not election certifications.

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Democrat Jeremy Moss has won Michigan’s 11th Congressional District, the Associated Press projects, according to the AP race call listed on Fox News’ Michigan results page Tuesday night.

Moss defeated Republican Ethan Baker, the mayor of Troy, in the contest to succeed Democratic Rep. Haley Stevens. Stevens left the House race to seek her party’s U.S. Senate nomination and lost that primary, CBS Detroit reported.

The result keeps the seat in Democratic hands. The district covers communities in Oakland County, including Troy, Pontiac, Royal Oak and West Bloomfield, according to CBS.

Moss served on the Southfield City Council before winning election to the Michigan House in 2014 and the state Senate in 2018. Baker joined the Troy City Council before becoming mayor in 2019 and winning reelection in 2023, CBS reported.

Fox’s results page listed the AP race call at 9:23 p.m. Eastern. The media projection is not an election certification.

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Democratic Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Hakeem Jeffries have won reelection in their New York districts, Fox News reported Tuesday night.

Ocasio-Cortez defeated Republican Diamant Hysenaj in the 14th Congressional District, which includes parts of the Bronx and Queens. The result gives her a fifth term in the House, according to Fox.

She has represented the district since 2019, following her victory over longtime Democratic Rep. Joe Crowley in the 2018 primary. Hysenaj campaigned on costs, taxes, public safety and support for small businesses, Fox reported.

Jeffries wins another term in the 8th District

Jeffries defeated Republican Lewis Mizrahi in the 8th Congressional District. He has represented the district since 2013 and became House Democratic leader in 2023, according to Fox.

The outcomes keep both seats in Democratic hands. Neither race establishes which party will control the House.

These are media race calls, not certified election results.

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Republican Byron Donalds won Florida’s race for governor over Democrat David Jolly, according to the NBC News Decision Desk.

NBC’s statewide results page listed Donalds as the winner when reviewed shortly after 9:11 p.m. Eastern on Tuesday. The network’s page did not provide an exact race-call time.

The network identifies the NBC News Decision Desk as the source of its race calls. Its governor’s race call is separate from its coverage of Florida’s Senate and congressional contests.

This is a media race call, not a certified election result.

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Democrat Claire Valdez has won New York’s 7th Congressional District, NBC News projects, defeating Republican Melvin Rivera and independent Priscilla Ghaznavi.

Valdez will succeed retiring Democratic Rep. Nydia Velazquez, keeping the seat in Democratic hands. In a June 23 report on the Democratic primary, NBC projected that Valdez defeated Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso.

That June report described Valdez as a first-term state Assembly member and said New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani supported her primary campaign. Velazquez backed Reynoso in that earlier contest.

NBC’s district results page listed Valdez as its projected winner when checked Tuesday night. The network identifies its Decision Desk as the source of its race projections.

The 7th District results page includes returns from Brooklyn’s Kings County and Queens County. NBC’s projection covers the congressional contest, not other New York races or control of the House.

The page was updated at 9:14 p.m. Eastern when reviewed; it did not show an exact time for the race call. The media projection is not an election certification.

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Democratic Sen. John Hickenlooper won a second term in Colorado, while Democrat Jamie Ager is projected to flip North Carolina’s 11th Congressional District, Fox News reported Tuesday night.

Fox called Hickenlooper over Republican state Sen. Mark Baisley. The outcome keeps Colorado’s Senate seat in Democratic hands. Hickenlooper previously served as Colorado governor and Denver mayor, according to Fox.

Ager projected to flip western North Carolina seat

In North Carolina, Fox projected that Ager has defeated Republican state Rep. Jennifer Balkcom in the 11th District. The result would change the seat from Republican to Democratic control.

Balkcom became the Republican candidate after incumbent Rep. Chuck Edwards withdrew from the race. The district-level outcome does not determine which party controls the House.

Tlaib and Lander win Democratic-held seats

The Associated Press reports that Democratic Rep. Rashida Tlaib has won reelection in Michigan’s 12th District. Fox’s election-night report identified Republican James Hooper as her opponent.

Fox also reported that Democrat Brad Lander will defeat Republican Jennifer Moore in New York’s 10th District. Lander, a former New York City comptroller and council member, won the Democratic primary over incumbent Rep. Dan Goldman.

These are media race calls, not certified election results.

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Republican Rep. Andy Barr has won Kentucky’s U.S. Senate race against Democrat Charles Booker.

Barr succeeds retiring Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell, keeping the seat in Republican hands. McConnell announced in February 2025 that he would not seek another term, according to Fox.

Barr entered the Senate contest after serving in the House. He secured President Donald Trump’s endorsement in May and has pledged to support the president’s legislative agenda, Fox reported.

His Democratic opponent is Kentucky state lawmaker Charles Booker, not New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker.

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Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul won reelection in New York over Republican Bruce Blakeman, the Fox News Decision Desk reported Tuesday night.

The victory will keep the governor’s office in Democratic hands and extend Hochul’s tenure in Albany. She became governor in 2021 after Andrew Cuomo resigned, according to Fox’s election-night report.

Hochul campaigned on affordability, public safety, housing and economic growth. Blakeman sought to make concerns about crime, taxes, housing costs and congestion central to his challenge, Fox reported.

Fox published its call at 9 p.m. Eastern. This is a media race call, not a certified election result.

Spectrum News reported that Bruce Blakeman conceded Tuesday night after speaking to Hochul.

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Updated November 3, 2026, 9:09 p.m. EST: Added the Associated Press race call.

Democrat Helena Foulkes has won Rhode Island’s race for governor, the Associated Press reports. The result keeps the governor’s office in Democratic hands. Read the AP race call via WTOP.

The outcome keeps the governor’s office in Democratic hands. Foulkes defeated incumbent Gov. Dan McKee in the Democratic primary before advancing to Tuesday’s general election, according to Ocean State Media.

Foulkes campaigned on addressing housing costs and affordability and on challenging the Trump administration. The local public-media outlet reported that she would become Rhode Island’s second woman governor, following Gina Raimondo.

Block gained support during the general-election campaign after the September primary. Foulkes ran ads criticizing his past remarks about the Affordable Care Act; Block said the ads misrepresented his current support for broader health care access, the report said.

The AP race call is not a certified election result.

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Updated November 3, 2026, 9:10 p.m. EST: Added confirmation of the winners from AP and other reporting.

Democratic Rep. Wesley Bell has won a second term in Missouri’s 1st Congressional District, the Associated Press reports. AP also reports that Democrat Pia Dandiya won Florida’s 22nd District and Republican Rep. Carlos Gimenez won the state’s 28th District.

In Missouri’s St. Louis-based 1st District, the Fox News Decision Desk projected Bell over Republican Paul Berry III and Libertarian Tom Schmitz. Bell’s general-election opponents were distinct from the Democratic primary contest he won earlier this year.

AP reports two more Florida House winners

CBS News Miami’s election coverage reported that Dandiya has won Florida’s newly redrawn 22nd Congressional District. The network also projected that Gimenez would win the state’s 28th District.

The Florida calls reflect separate district-level outcomes under the state’s congressional map.

These AP race calls are not certified election results. They do not establish control of the House, which depends on individual races across the country.

Correction: An earlier version included a Virginia race projection from a source entry containing contradictory draft text. That race has been removed pending a clean report.

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Updated November 3, 2026, 9:10 p.m. EST: Added confirmation of the winners from AP and other reporting.

Democrat Chris Rabb has won Pennsylvania’s 3rd Congressional District, The Philadelphia Inquirer reports, confirming an earlier Fox News projection. Democratic Rep. Kathy Castor has won Florida’s 14th District, the Associated Press reports. Both seats remain in Democratic hands.

Rabb, a Pennsylvania state representative, has defeated independent Dennis Mahoney in the Philadelphia-based district and will succeed retiring Democratic Rep. Dwight Evans. Rabb won a competitive Democratic primary against state Sen. Sharif Street and physician Ala Stanford, Fox reported.

First elected to the state House in 2016, Rabb campaigned on Medicare for All, labor protections and climate policy. Mahoney has a background in nonprofit work and community development; Republicans did not field a general-election candidate in the district, according to Fox.

Castor wins under changed boundaries

In Florida, Castor has defeated Republican Mike Beltran. She has represented the Tampa area in Congress since 2007, but Tuesday’s contest took place under redrawn boundaries that made the district more favorable to Republicans, Fox reported.

The network said the new district removed much of Castor’s former constituency and included territory that Trump carried by almost 12 percentage points in 2024. Republicans had targeted the seat as a potential pickup.

These are media race calls, not certified election results.

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Updated November 3, 2026, 9:09 p.m. EST: Added the Associated Press race call.

Republican Sen. Ashley Moody has won Florida’s special U.S. Senate election over Democrat Angie Nixon, the Associated Press reports. The seat remains in Republican hands. Read the AP race call via WTOP.

The result keeps the seat in Republican hands. Moody was appointed by Gov. Ron DeSantis after Marco Rubio left the Senate to become secretary of state, Fox reported. This is a Republican hold, not a party flip.

Moody previously served as Florida’s attorney general. Nixon, a member of the Florida House of Representatives, secured the Democratic nomination after defeating Alex Vindman, according to Fox.

Fox posted the call at 8:35 p.m. Eastern. The projection is not a certified result. The outcome of this race does not by itself establish which party will control the Senate.

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Democrat Roy Cooper has won North Carolina’s U.S. Senate race over Republican Michael Whatley, the Associated Press reports, flipping the seat held by retiring Republican Sen. Thom Tillis. Read the AP race call via WTOP.

The call gives Democrats a pickup in a closely watched southeastern battleground. It does not decide control of the Senate; the chamber’s majority depends on results in other states.

Cooper previously won four statewide elections for attorney general and two for governor. Fox described Tuesday’s win as his seventh consecutive statewide victory. He campaigned on cost of living and health care and said he would work with President Donald Trump where possible while opposing him when needed.

Whatley, a first-time candidate and former chairman of the Republican National Committee, had Trump’s support. He previously led North Carolina’s Republican Party and campaigned on jobs, wages, lower costs and public safety, according to Fox.

The network posted its projection at 8:28 p.m. Eastern. A media projection is not a certified election result.

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Updated November 3, 2026, 9:10 p.m. EST: Added confirmation of the winners from AP and other reporting.

Democrats have won Senate races in Delaware, Rhode Island and Massachusetts, while Democratic governors in Massachusetts, Maryland and Illinois have won reelection, the Associated Press reports.

In Delaware, Sen. Chris Coons has defeated Republican Michael Katz, a former state lawmaker. Rhode Island Sen. Jack Reed has defeated Republican Ray McKay and independent Michael Bahry. In Massachusetts, Sen. Ed Markey has defeated Republican John Deaton.

Three Democratic governors win reelection

Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey has won a second term over Republican Mike Minogue, an Army veteran and medical technology executive. Healey previously served two terms as the state’s attorney general, Fox reported.

In Maryland, Gov. Wes Moore has defeated Republican Dan Cox in a rematch of their 2022 race. Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker has defeated Republican Darren Bailey, also in a rematch, winning a third term.

Moskowitz wins redrawn Florida seat

The Associated Press also reports that Democratic Rep. Jared Moskowitz won Florida’s newly drawn 25th Congressional District. Moskowitz previously represented the 23rd District but ran in the 25th after mid-decade redistricting, making this a win in a changed constituency rather than a simple repeat under the old boundaries.

These AP race calls are not certified election results.

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Updated November 3, 2026, 9:09 p.m. EST: Added the Associated Press race call.

Democratic Rep. Chris Pappas has won New Hampshire’s U.S. Senate race, defeating Republican John E. Sununu, the Associated Press reports. Read the AP race call via WTOP.

The result keeps the seat held by retiring Democratic Sen. Jeanne Shaheen in Democratic hands. The contest was a competitive and expensive race in a swing state, according to Fox.

Pappas is a four-term House member who previously served on New Hampshire’s Executive Council. Sununu spent six years in the House before winning a Senate term in 2002; he lost his 2008 reelection race to Shaheen, Fox reported.

The AP race call is not a certified election result.

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Democratic Sen. Cory Booker has won reelection in New Jersey, the Associated Press reports. He returns for a third full term. Read the AP race call via WTOP.

Booker faced Republican Justin Murphy and two third-party candidates. Murphy is a U.S. Navy veteran, attorney and former deputy mayor of Tabernacle, according to CBS.

A former mayor of Newark, Booker first entered the Senate through a 2013 special election following the death of Sen. Frank Lautenberg. CBS described his legislative priorities as tax relief for working families, health care access, criminal justice reform and changes to federal immigration policy.

The result keeps New Jersey’s seat in Democratic hands. It does not establish control of the Senate.

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Updated November 3, 2026, 9:09 p.m. EST: Added the Associated Press race call.

Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro has won a second term in Pennsylvania over Republican Stacy Garrity, the Associated Press reports. Read the AP race call via WTOP.

The call concerns the governor’s race in a key battleground state, not Pennsylvania’s congressional contests. Shapiro was heavily favored in his reelection bid and held a large polling and fundraising advantage, Fox reported.

Shapiro previously served as Pennsylvania attorney general, a state lawmaker and a Montgomery County commissioner. Garrity, the state treasurer, is a retired U.S. Army Reserve colonel who deployed overseas three times, according to Fox’s account.

The governor has also drawn national attention as a potential contender for the 2028 Democratic presidential nomination. Tuesday’s result is for another four-year term as governor, not a decision about any future presidential campaign.

The AP race call is not a certified election result.

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Updated November 3, 2026, 9:09 p.m. EST: Added the Associated Press race call.

Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff has won reelection in Georgia, defeating Republican Rep. Mike Collins, the Associated Press reports. The result keeps the seat in Democratic hands. Read the AP race call via WTOP.

The result keeps the seat in Democratic hands. Ossoff and fellow Georgia Sen. Raphael Warnock were both elected in runoff elections at the end of the 2020 cycle, ending the state’s all-Republican Senate delegation, Fox reported.

Republicans had targeted Ossoff as they sought to defend their Senate majority. Collins emerged from a Republican primary runoff with Derek Dooley, while Ossoff was unopposed for the Democratic nomination, according to Fox.

This AP race call is not a certified election result. It does not establish which party will control the Senate; other races remain to be decided.

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