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2026 Election Results: Where to Follow Live Results Tonight

Facts checked Nov. 3, 2026 · Jamoke News does not project winners or call races; results link to the AP.

Polls are open on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2026. The first polls close at 6 p.m. ET (parts of Indiana and Kentucky) and the last at 1 a.m. ET Wednesday (Alaska’s Aleutian Islands). Jamoke News does not count votes or project winners. This page lists where to follow live results and race calls tonight, when each state’s results can start, and which races to watch first.

Where to follow live results

• AP: 2026 election results: The Associated Press race calls most outlets use.
• How AP calls races: AP calls a race only when the trailing candidate has no path left to win.
• Fox News election results
• CNN election results
• NPR elections coverage
• Decision Desk HQ results
• Find your state election office: Official results come from each state, and they are certified days or weeks later.
• Jamoke News midterm hub: election-night headlines from outlets across the spectrum, refreshed every 30 minutes (your browser reloads it every 10 minutes on election night).

Most news organizations use the Associated Press for race calls. A “call” is a projection, not an official result: states count and certify the official results days or weeks later.

When results start coming in (Eastern time)

Results for a state usually start after its polls close. Times below are the latest scheduled closing in each state or time zone; see poll closing times by state for Central, Mountain and Pacific equivalents.

• 6 p.m. ET: Indiana (Eastern time), Kentucky (Eastern time)
• 7 p.m. ET: Florida (Eastern time), Georgia, Indiana (Central time), Kentucky (Central time), South Carolina, Vermont, Virginia
• 7:30 p.m. ET: North Carolina, Ohio, West Virginia
• 8 p.m. ET: Alabama, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida (Central time), Illinois, Kansas (Central time), Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan (Eastern time), Mississippi, Missouri, New Hampshire (many polling places close at 7), New Jersey, North Dakota (Central time), Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Dakota (Central time), Tennessee, Texas (Central time)
• 8:30 p.m. ET: Arkansas
• 9 p.m. ET: Arizona, Colorado, Iowa, Kansas (Mountain time), Louisiana, Michigan (Central time), Minnesota, Nebraska, New Mexico, New York, North Dakota (Mountain time), South Dakota (Mountain time), Texas (Mountain time, El Paso area), Wisconsin, Wyoming
• 10 p.m. ET: Idaho (Mountain time), Montana, Nevada, Oregon (Mountain time), Utah
• 11 p.m. ET: California, Idaho (Pacific time), Oregon (Pacific time), Washington
• Midnight ET: Alaska (Alaska time), Hawaii
• 1 a.m. Wed. ET: Alaska (Aleutian Islands)

If you are in line when polls close, stay in line: you can still vote.

Races to watch first

Senate toss-ups (Cook Political Report): Ohio, Maine, Texas, Iowa, Kansas, Alaska. Democrats need a net gain of four seats for a majority. Governor toss-ups: Georgia, Kansas, Nevada. House: 218 seats for a majority; Cook rates 18 races as toss-ups. Ratings are forecasts, not results.

Election night hour by hour: which races close when → · All House toss-ups · Senate balance of power

Why some races won’t be called tonight

• Close margins and mail ballots: states that accept mail ballots after Election Day, such as California, can take days.
• Alaska and Maine: ranked-choice tabulation happens only if no candidate tops 50%. How it works
• Georgia: a race where no one wins a majority goes to a Dec. 1 runoff. Runoff rules

When will we know the 2026 results?