Americans voted on Tuesday, 3 November 2026, for all 435 members of the House of Representatives and 35 of the 100 senators. At 00:50 CET on Wednesday, the first polls have closed in Indiana and Kentucky, votes are being counted, and neither chamber has been called yet. Democrats need a net gain of three seats for the House and four for the Senate, according to MS NOW. Prediction markets put a Democratic sweep at 85.5 percent on Polymarket (00:50 CET). For Bitcoin and crypto, the midterm election results decide who writes the next market structure law after the CLARITY Act failed in the Senate in September.
Midterm election results 2026: the key facts
- Status (00:50 CET): counting has begun, no chamber called; 65 Senate seats are not up for election (34 Democrats and allied independents, 31 Republicans).
- Majority: 218 of 435 seats in the House, 51 of 100 in the Senate; at 50 to 50 Vice President JD Vance casts the dec...
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