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2026 midterm elections live updates: Latest news, results, and analysis

President Donald Trump alluded to the likelihood that the Iran war will resume in earnest after next week’s midterm elections.

2026 midterm elections live updates: Latest news, results, and analysis

Collins accused Ossoff of refusing to “lift a finger” in the congressman’s effort to introduce and pass the Laken Riley Act, a bill that was passed in January 2025 that required federal immigration authorities to detain illegal immigrants arrested for criminal offenses, such as shoplifting, larceny, and other serious crimes.

2026 midterm elections live updates: Latest news, results, and analysis

A federal judge on Sunday dismissed the Department of Justice’s lawsuit seeking to delay certification of Alaska’s Senate election if incumbent Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-AK) loses, halting its push for discovery into an alleged Democratic-backed spoiler campaign led by allies of Senate candidate Mary Peltola.

2026 midterm elections live updates: Latest news, results, and analysis

Election officials in multiple Georgia counties are working to resolve complaints that voters are not receiving their absentee ballots ahead of Election Day, after lawsuits filed by voting groups alleged thousands of ballots never arrived.

2026 midterm elections live updates: Latest news, results, and analysis

HOUSTON, Texas — Just a day after early voting began in Texas, Houstonians trickled into Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church ahead of the latest stop on Sen. Bernie Sanders’ (I-VT) Fighting Oligarchy Tour.

2026 midterm elections live updates: Latest news, results, and analysis

Democratic Bucks County commissioner Bob Harvie has unseated Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) in Pennsylvania’s 1st congressional district, flipping the seat blue.

2026 midterm elections live updates: Latest news, results, and analysis

President Donald Trump demanded last-minute changes to the ballot for Alaska’s U.S. Senate seat after a bombshell report that Democrats recruited candidates with the same name as the Republican incumbent.

2026 midterm elections live updates: Latest news, results, and analysis

Rep. Haley Stevens’s (D-MI) chief of staff has resigned after the Democratic congresswoman endorsed Republican candidate Mike Rogers for Senate in Michigan.

2026 midterm elections live updates: Latest news, results, and analysis

Former President Barack Obama threw his support behind Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul el Sayed in a new ad touting the progressive Democrat’s platform.

2026 midterm elections live updates: Latest news, results, and analysis

Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul el Sayed distanced himself from an ad by the “Rebellion PAC” that takes aim at U.S. aid being sent to Israel.

2026 midterm elections live updates: Latest news, results, and analysis

National and state Democratic leaders are ripping Rep. Haley Stevens (R-MI) for endorsing Mike Rogers, the Republican candidate for Senate in Michigan, and reversing her initial support for Democrat Abdul el Sayed on Sunday.

2026 Midterm Elections Live Updates: Latest News, Results, and Analysis

A federal judge on Wednesday denied the Department of Justice’s bid to force California to set aside mail ballots associated with more than 20,000 suspected noncitizens, rejecting an emergency intervention less than a week before the midterm elections.