Election Night 2026 Live Blog: Results Map, Senate, House and Governor Races

Polls on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2026 begin closing at 6 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) in most of Indiana and Kentucky, and this live blog follows the U.S. Senate, governor and U.S. House results from the first returns to the last polls at 1 a.m. ET. It opens with a scoreboard and the newest updates, then gives a results map, an hour-by-hour closing guide and a table for every state. Each entry carries a time and its sources. A race is marked called here only when two named, independent news organizations have called it or the state election office has declared the winner, and the official counts come from state and county election offices, which we link for every state.

Election night scoreboard

Data as of 12:45 p.m. ET on Nov. 3. Polls have not closed in any state yet and no race has been called.

Chamber	On the ballot	Called: Democratic	Called: Republican	Called: independent or other	Not yet called	What control takes
U.S. Senate	35 seats	0	0	0	35	51 seats, or 50 with Vice President JD Vance (R) breaking a tie. Republicans hold 31 and Democrats and independents who caucus with them hold 34 of the 65 seats not on the ballot, so Democrats need 17 of tonight’s 35 and Republicans need 19.
Governors	36 seats	0	0	0	36	Each governorship is decided separately.
U.S. House	435 seats	0	0	0	435	218 seats for a majority of 435.

The Senate counts come from Senate.gov, which lists 53 Republicans, 45 Democrats and 2 independents who caucus with the Democrats. The House counts come from the Clerk of the House: its member list, a file published Oct. 1, 2026, shows 218 Republicans, 214 Democrats, one independent who caucuses with Republicans and 2 vacant seats, so the party counts can differ from the House today. The “what control takes” column is arithmetic from the seats held today, not a forecast. A candidate’s lead in the count is not a call, and a call is not a certified result.

Live updates, newest first

All times are Eastern Time. The first results entry appears after polls close at 6 p.m. ET. Until then, entries report what officials and news organizations have confirmed about how Election Day is running.

11:56 a.m. ET: Early voting passes 59 million ballots

The University of Florida Election Lab’s national tracker counted 59,343,704 early votes as of its 11:56 a.m. ET update: 32,021,431 cast in person and 27,322,273 mail ballots returned. Its data cover 48 states and the District of Columbia, not Alabama or New Hampshire, and the lab says not every state updates daily. Early votes are ballots cast, not results. See the state-by-state early vote totals. Source: University of Florida Election Lab.

9:45 a.m. ET: When Arizona and North Carolina plan to report

Arizona counties plan to release their first unofficial results at 8 p.m. Arizona time, Cronkite News and Votebeat report, and Cronkite News adds that state law lets counties post first results one hour after the 7 p.m. close. Arizona does not observe daylight saving time, so 8 p.m. there is 10 p.m. ET. North Carolina’s State Board of Elections lists approximate times after its 7:30 p.m. ET close: mail-in absentee results from 7:30 p.m. to about 9 p.m., early voting results from 7:30 p.m. to about 9:30 p.m. and Election Day precinct results from about 8:30 p.m. to midnight, varying by county. The board also scheduled press conferences for 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. ET. Sources: Cronkite News, Votebeat, North Carolina State Board of Elections timeline and press conference notice.

8:57 a.m. ET: Ballot scanners in Westchester County, New York, reject paper ballots

Scanners at most Westchester County polling sites stopped accepting ballots when polls opened at 6 a.m., according to CBS New York, NBC News, ABC7 New York and The Associated Press (AP), which said the tabulators were not accepting paper ballots. ABC7 New York reports the county Board of Elections cited ballot thickness; NBC News reports the board later said an issue with the paper ballots is keeping machines from accepting them. Voters were told to keep voting, and ballots go into emergency bags that the county says stay secured and monitored. The New York State Board of Elections said emergency ballot procedures are in place. In an 11:09 a.m. ET entry, NBC News reported that the county executive saw no need at that point to extend polling hours. Sources: CBS New York, ABC7 New York, NBC News and AP report as published by a local television station.

8:55 a.m. ET: Flooding moves polling places in eight Florida counties

NBC News reports at least 21 polling locations were moved across eight Florida counties: Brevard, Broward, Highlands, Indian River, Martin, Okeechobee, Palm Beach and St. Lucie. Brevard County Supervisor of Elections Tim Bobanic moved 11 precincts to four new locations in Melbourne and Palm Bay because of flooding; the county’s notice lists polls open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. and says more changes are possible. Voters should confirm their site with their county supervisor of elections; our Election Day weather and polling place changes story has the National Weather Service outlook. Sources: Brevard County Supervisor of Elections and NBC News.

8:06 a.m. ET: Utah lets flood-cut-off San Juan County voters return ballots electronically

Lt. Gov. Deidre Henderson signed an emergency order on Monday evening letting San Juan County voters who cannot reasonably reach a drop box or polling place receive and return ballots electronically, a Salt Lake City news outlet reports. Requests are due by 5 p.m. and electronic ballots by 8 p.m. Mountain Time on Nov. 3, and in-person polling places stay open until 8 p.m. AP reported that voters in the county were being allowed to vote electronically on Tuesday, and NBC News also reported the change. Sources: Salt Lake City news report on the order and AP report as published by a local television station.

Early Tuesday: A Maricopa County vote center closes briefly after a power outage

Cronkite News reports that the Laveen Elementary School District Office vote center in Maricopa County closed temporarily early Tuesday because of a power outage. Cronkite News counts it as the third power-related closure in the county, after Paradise Community College and Sunset Canyon School closed temporarily on Monday. NBC News reports that two of the county’s 254 polling locations closed temporarily for power problems and reopened. Maricopa County Elections says all 254 locations opened on time Tuesday morning, Cronkite News reports. Arizona polls are open from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. Arizona time. Sources: Cronkite News and NBC News.

Results map by state

Each tile is a state. The left half is its U.S. Senate race and the right half is its governor race; a dashed half means the state has no such race in 2026. Select a tile to jump to that state’s row in the state-by-state table. The map changes only when the sources named in the race tables say a race is called. House seats are tracked state by state in the table, because a state map cannot show 435 districts, and ten states use new congressional maps this year, so district boundaries should come from the state election office.

Mark on a tile	Meaning
Left half, letter S	U.S. Senate race, awaiting results
Right half, letter G	Governor race, awaiting results
Three dots	Votes being counted
D, R or I in a filled half	Called for a Democratic, Republican or independent candidate by the sources named in the table below
Question mark	Too close to call, per the sources named below
Dashed half with no letter	No race of that kind in the state in 2026
Dotted tile border	Polls are still open at the data time

Poll closing map and hour-by-hour table

The number on each tile is the hour, in p.m. Eastern Time, when most polls in that state close, and 12 is midnight. By 8 p.m. ET most polls will have closed in states with 23 of the 35 Senate races, 20 of the 36 governor races and 272 of the 435 House seats; by 9 p.m. ET, 31 Senate races, 30 governor races and 352 House seats. A state’s closing time is not the time its first results appear: no state releases results before its own polls close, and how fast counts arrive depends on each state’s rules for early and mail ballots, which our guide to when each state reports explains. Every state’s exact closing time is in what time polls close on Election Day, and the election night TV schedule lines up each network’s coverage with these hours.

Eastern Time (ET)	Most polls close in	Senate races	Governor races	U.S. House seats	House seats with polls closed so far
6 p.m.	Indiana*, Kentucky*	1	0	15	15 (yellow tiles)
7 p.m.	Florida*, Georgia, South Carolina, Vermont, Virginia	4	4	61	76 (lime tiles)
7:30 p.m.	North Carolina, Ohio, West Virginia	3	1	31	107 (green tiles)
8 p.m.	Alabama, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Illinois, Kansas*, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan*, Mississippi, Missouri, New Hampshire*, New Jersey, North Dakota*, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Dakota*, Tennessee*, Texas*	15	15	165	272 (teal-green tiles)
8:30 p.m.	Arkansas	1	1	4	276 (teal tiles)
9 p.m.	Arizona, Colorado, Iowa, Louisiana, Minnesota, Nebraska*, New Mexico, New York, Wisconsin, Wyoming	7	9	76	352 (blue-teal tiles)
10 p.m.	Idaho*, Montana, Nevada, Utah	2	2	12	364 (blue tiles)
11 p.m.	California, Oregon*, Washington*	1	2	68	432 (indigo tiles)
midnight	Alaska*, Hawaii	1	2	3	435 (purple tiles)

*Closing details for starred states: Indiana: Central-time counties 7 p.m. ET; Kentucky: western Kentucky (Central) 7 p.m. ET; Florida: Panhandle (Central) 8 p.m. ET; Kansas: counties may stay open until 8 p.m. local time; western Mountain-time counties close an hour later in ET; Michigan: four Upper Peninsula counties (Central) 9 p.m. ET; New Hampshire: towns set hours; North Dakota: polls close between 7 and 9 p.m. local time depending on the precinct, 8 to 10 p.m. ET; South Dakota: western South Dakota (Mountain) 9 p.m. ET; Tennessee: counties set hours; Texas: El Paso and Hudspeth counties (Mountain) 9 p.m. ET; Nebraska: Mountain-time Panhandle closes 7 p.m. MT, also 9 p.m. ET; Idaho: northern Idaho (Pacific) 11 p.m. ET; Oregon: all-mail; ballot drop sites close at 8 p.m. local time; Malheur County (Mountain) closes at 10 p.m. ET; Washington: all-mail; ballot drop boxes close; Alaska: Aleutian Islands 1 a.m. ET.

U.S. Senate: what control takes and every race

Thirty-five Senate seats are on the ballot: 33 regular seats and special elections in Ohio and Florida. Republicans hold 22 of those 35 seats and Democrats hold 13, according to the senators’ party and class listed on Senate.gov. The other 65 seats are not on the ballot: Republicans hold 31 and Democrats and the two independents who caucus with them hold 34. A Senate majority is 51 seats. At 50-50, Vice President JD Vance, a Republican, breaks the tie under Article I, Section 3 of the Constitution, so Republicans need 50 seats and Democrats need 51. That means Democrats need 17 of tonight’s 35 seats and Republicans need 19. These are the numbers the scoreboard uses, and they are arithmetic from the seats held today.

The table lists each race by closing time. “Now held by” names the senator who holds the seat today, who may not be a candidate; each state’s election office has the official candidate list. Maine’s U.S. Senate race uses ranked-choice voting, which our Maine explainer covers, and Georgia and Louisiana have runoff dates in December, which our runoff guide lists.

Polls close (ET)	State	Seat	Now held by	Status
6 p.m.	Kentucky	Regular election	McConnell (R)	Awaiting results
7 p.m.	Florida	Special election	Moody (R)	Awaiting results
7 p.m.	Georgia	Regular election	Ossoff (D)	Awaiting results
7 p.m.	South Carolina	Regular election	Graham (R)	Awaiting results
7 p.m.	Virginia	Regular election	Warner (D)	Awaiting results
7:30 p.m.	North Carolina	Regular election	Tillis (R)	Awaiting results
7:30 p.m.	Ohio	Special election	Husted (R)	Awaiting results
7:30 p.m.	West Virginia	Regular election	Capito (R)	Awaiting results
8 p.m.	Alabama	Regular election	Tuberville (R)	Awaiting results
8 p.m.	Delaware	Regular election	Coons (D)	Awaiting results
8 p.m.	Illinois	Regular election	Durbin (D)	Awaiting results
8 p.m.	Kansas	Regular election	Marshall (R)	Awaiting results
8 p.m.	Maine	Regular election	Collins (R)	Awaiting results
8 p.m.	Massachusetts	Regular election	Markey (D)	Awaiting results
8 p.m.	Michigan	Regular election	Peters (D)	Awaiting results
8 p.m.	Mississippi	Regular election	Hyde-Smith (R)	Awaiting results
7-8 p.m.	New Hampshire	Regular election	Shaheen (D)	Awaiting results
8 p.m.	New Jersey	Regular election	Booker (D)	Awaiting results
8 p.m.	Oklahoma	Regular election	Armstrong (R)	Awaiting results
8 p.m.	Rhode Island	Regular election	Reed (D)	Awaiting results
8 p.m.	South Dakota	Regular election	Rounds (R)	Awaiting results
8 p.m.	Tennessee	Regular election	Hagerty (R)	Awaiting results
8 p.m.	Texas	Regular election	Cornyn (R)	Awaiting results
8:30 p.m.	Arkansas	Regular election	Cotton (R)	Awaiting results
9 p.m.	Colorado	Regular election	Hickenlooper (D)	Awaiting results
9 p.m.	Iowa	Regular election	Ernst (R)	Awaiting results
9 p.m.	Louisiana	Regular election	Cassidy (R)	Awaiting results
9 p.m.	Minnesota	Regular election	Smith (D)	Awaiting results
9 p.m.	Nebraska	Regular election	Ricketts (R)	Awaiting results
9 p.m.	New Mexico	Regular election	Luján (D)	Awaiting results
9 p.m.	Wyoming	Regular election	Lummis (R)	Awaiting results
10 p.m.	Idaho	Regular election	Risch (R)	Awaiting results
10 p.m.	Montana	Regular election	Daines (R)	Awaiting results
11 p.m.	Oregon	Regular election	Merkley (D)	Awaiting results
midnight	Alaska	Regular election	Sullivan (R)	Awaiting results

Governors: all 36 races

Thirty-six states elect a governor on Nov. 3. Governor results are separate from congressional results, and most winners take office in January 2027 on dates each state sets; see when 2026 election winners take office. Candidate names are on each state’s official ballot and election office site, linked in the state table below.

Polls close (ET)	State	Status
7 p.m.	Florida	Awaiting results
7 p.m.	Georgia	Awaiting results
7 p.m.	South Carolina	Awaiting results
7 p.m.	Vermont	Awaiting results
7:30 p.m.	Ohio	Awaiting results
8 p.m.	Alabama	Awaiting results
8 p.m.	Connecticut	Awaiting results
8 p.m.	Illinois	Awaiting results
8 p.m.	Kansas	Awaiting results
8 p.m.	Maine	Awaiting results
8 p.m.	Maryland	Awaiting results
8 p.m.	Massachusetts	Awaiting results
8 p.m.	Michigan	Awaiting results
7-8 p.m.	New Hampshire	Awaiting results
8 p.m.	Oklahoma	Awaiting results
8 p.m.	Pennsylvania	Awaiting results
8 p.m.	Rhode Island	Awaiting results
8 p.m.	South Dakota	Awaiting results
8 p.m.	Tennessee	Awaiting results
8 p.m.	Texas	Awaiting results
8:30 p.m.	Arkansas	Awaiting results
9 p.m.	Arizona	Awaiting results
9 p.m.	Colorado	Awaiting results
9 p.m.	Iowa	Awaiting results
9 p.m.	Minnesota	Awaiting results
9 p.m.	Nebraska	Awaiting results
9 p.m.	New Mexico	Awaiting results
9 p.m.	New York	Awaiting results
9 p.m.	Wisconsin	Awaiting results
9 p.m.	Wyoming	Awaiting results
10 p.m.	Idaho	Awaiting results
10 p.m.	Nevada	Awaiting results
11 p.m.	California	Awaiting results
11 p.m.	Oregon	Awaiting results
midnight	Alaska	Awaiting results
midnight	Hawaii	Awaiting results

U.S. House: 435 seats and the 218-seat line

All 435 voting seats in the House are on the ballot, and a party needs 218 for a majority. The House also has nonvoting delegates from the District of Columbia and five territories, who are not counted in the 435. Ten states have changed their congressional maps since summer 2025, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL): Alabama, California, Florida, Louisiana, Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio, Tennessee, Texas and Utah. Use the current district map from your state election office, not the 2024 lines.

The House counts on the scoreboard add up seats called state by state in the table below; a seat is not added until it is called by the sources named in that entry. The wave table above shows the number of House seats in states whose polls have closed. For the two biggest delegations, see our guides to Texas election results and California election results, where counting can run for weeks.

State-by-state results and official sources

Every state and the District of Columbia, in alphabetical order. The last column links to the state election office listed in the USA.gov directory of state election offices; results are posted there or linked from there. The House column shows how many of the state’s seats have been called.

State	Polls close (ET)	Senate	Governor	U.S. House	Official source
Alabama	8 p.m.	Awaiting	Awaiting	7 seats: 0 called (D 0, R 0, other 0)	Alabama election office
Alaska	midnight*	Awaiting	Awaiting	1 seat: 0 called (D 0, R 0, other 0)	Alaska election office
Arizona	9 p.m.	No race	Awaiting	9 seats: 0 called (D 0, R 0, other 0)	Arizona election office
Arkansas	8:30 p.m.	Awaiting	Awaiting	4 seats: 0 called (D 0, R 0, other 0)	Arkansas election office
California	11 p.m.	No race	Awaiting	52 seats: 0 called (D 0, R 0, other 0)	California election office
Colorado	9 p.m.	Awaiting	Awaiting	8 seats: 0 called (D 0, R 0, other 0)	Colorado election office
Connecticut	8 p.m.	No race	Awaiting	5 seats: 0 called (D 0, R 0, other 0)	Connecticut election office
Delaware	8 p.m.	Awaiting	No race	1 seat: 0 called (D 0, R 0, other 0)	Delaware election office
District of Columbia	8 p.m.	No race	No race	Nonvoting delegate only	District of Columbia election office
Florida	7 p.m.*	Awaiting	Awaiting	28 seats: 0 called (D 0, R 0, other 0)	Florida election office
Georgia	7 p.m.	Awaiting	Awaiting	14 seats: 0 called (D 0, R 0, other 0)	Georgia election office
Hawaii	midnight	No race	Awaiting	2 seats: 0 called (D 0, R 0, other 0)	Hawaii election office
Idaho	10 p.m.*	Awaiting	Awaiting	2 seats: 0 called (D 0, R 0, other 0)	Idaho election office
Illinois	8 p.m.	Awaiting	Awaiting	17 seats: 0 called (D 0, R 0, other 0)	Illinois election office
Indiana	6 p.m.*	No race	No race	9 seats: 0 called (D 0, R 0, other 0)	Indiana election office
Iowa	9 p.m.	Awaiting	Awaiting	4 seats: 0 called (D 0, R 0, other 0)	Iowa election office
Kansas	8 p.m.*	Awaiting	Awaiting	4 seats: 0 called (D 0, R 0, other 0)	Kansas election office
Kentucky	6 p.m.*	Awaiting	No race	6 seats: 0 called (D 0, R 0, other 0)	Kentucky election office
Louisiana	9 p.m.	Awaiting	No race	6 seats: 0 called (D 0, R 0, other 0)	Louisiana election office
Maine	8 p.m.	Awaiting	Awaiting	2 seats: 0 called (D 0, R 0, other 0)	Maine election office
Maryland	8 p.m.	No race	Awaiting	8 seats: 0 called (D 0, R 0, other 0)	Maryland election office
Massachusetts	8 p.m.	Awaiting	Awaiting	9 seats: 0 called (D 0, R 0, other 0)	Massachusetts election office
Michigan	8 p.m.*	Awaiting	Awaiting	13 seats: 0 called (D 0, R 0, other 0)	Michigan election office
Minnesota	9 p.m.	Awaiting	Awaiting	8 seats: 0 called (D 0, R 0, other 0)	Minnesota election office
Mississippi	8 p.m.	Awaiting	No race	4 seats: 0 called (D 0, R 0, other 0)	Mississippi election office
Missouri	8 p.m.	No race	No race	8 seats: 0 called (D 0, R 0, other 0)	Missouri election office
Montana	10 p.m.	Awaiting	No race	2 seats: 0 called (D 0, R 0, other 0)	Montana election office
Nebraska	9 p.m.*	Awaiting	Awaiting	3 seats: 0 called (D 0, R 0, other 0)	Nebraska election office
Nevada	10 p.m.	No race	Awaiting	4 seats: 0 called (D 0, R 0, other 0)	Nevada election office
New Hampshire	7-8 p.m.*	Awaiting	Awaiting	2 seats: 0 called (D 0, R 0, other 0)	New Hampshire election office
New Jersey	8 p.m.	Awaiting	No race	12 seats: 0 called (D 0, R 0, other 0)	New Jersey election office
New Mexico	9 p.m.	Awaiting	Awaiting	3 seats: 0 called (D 0, R 0, other 0)	New Mexico election office
New York	9 p.m.	No race	Awaiting	26 seats: 0 called (D 0, R 0, other 0)	New York election office
North Carolina	7:30 p.m.	Awaiting	No race	14 seats: 0 called (D 0, R 0, other 0)	North Carolina election office
North Dakota	8-10 p.m.*	No race	No race	1 seat: 0 called (D 0, R 0, other 0)	North Dakota election office
Ohio	7:30 p.m.	Awaiting	Awaiting	15 seats: 0 called (D 0, R 0, other 0)	Ohio election office
Oklahoma	8 p.m.	Awaiting	Awaiting	5 seats: 0 called (D 0, R 0, other 0)	Oklahoma election office
Oregon	11 p.m.*	Awaiting	Awaiting	6 seats: 0 called (D 0, R 0, other 0)	Oregon election office
Pennsylvania	8 p.m.	No race	Awaiting	17 seats: 0 called (D 0, R 0, other 0)	Pennsylvania election office
Rhode Island	8 p.m.	Awaiting	Awaiting	2 seats: 0 called (D 0, R 0, other 0)	Rhode Island election office
South Carolina	7 p.m.	Awaiting	Awaiting	7 seats: 0 called (D 0, R 0, other 0)	South Carolina election office
South Dakota	8 p.m.*	Awaiting	Awaiting	1 seat: 0 called (D 0, R 0, other 0)	South Dakota election office
Tennessee	8 p.m.*	Awaiting	Awaiting	9 seats: 0 called (D 0, R 0, other 0)	Tennessee election office
Texas	8 p.m.*	Awaiting	Awaiting	38 seats: 0 called (D 0, R 0, other 0)	Texas election office
Utah	10 p.m.	No race	No race	4 seats: 0 called (D 0, R 0, other 0)	Utah election office
Vermont	7 p.m.	No race	Awaiting	1 seat: 0 called (D 0, R 0, other 0)	Vermont election office
Virginia	7 p.m.	Awaiting	No race	11 seats: 0 called (D 0, R 0, other 0)	Virginia election office
Washington	11 p.m.*	No race	No race	10 seats: 0 called (D 0, R 0, other 0)	Washington election office
West Virginia	7:30 p.m.	Awaiting	No race	2 seats: 0 called (D 0, R 0, other 0)	West Virginia election office
Wisconsin	9 p.m.	No race	Awaiting	8 seats: 0 called (D 0, R 0, other 0)	Wisconsin election office
Wyoming	9 p.m.	Awaiting	Awaiting	1 seat: 0 called (D 0, R 0, other 0)	Wyoming election office

Ballot measures and state legislatures on tonight’s ballots

Voters in 46 states also elect state legislators, about 6,100 seats in 88 of 99 chambers, according to NCSL. Ballotpedia counts 145 statewide ballot measures on Nov. 3 ballots out of 164 certified for 2026. A ballot measure is not a candidate race: its result is a yes or no vote, so the live entries will quote the official ballot title and the yes and no totals from the state. Our state guides explain what the measures do, including California’s propositions, Florida’s amendments, Georgia’s amendments, Michigan’s proposals, Arizona’s propositions, Colorado’s measures, Massachusetts’ ballot questions, Nevada’s questions and the voter ID measures.

Leading, called and certified: how to read tonight’s numbers

Election-night counts are unofficial. The U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC) says the results reported on election night are never the final, certified results, and that even when a count says 100% of precincts reporting, it is still unofficial. The Federal Election Commission (FEC) says it has no jurisdiction over election results and that elections are governed primarily by state law and run by state and local officials.

Term	What it means on this page
Awaiting results	Polls have not closed at the data time, or no returns have been published
Votes being counted	Polls have closed and the state or county is reporting votes; no one has called the race
Leading	A candidate has more reported votes at a given time. We report a lead only in an entry, with its source and time, and never mark it as a win
Too close to call	Two named news organizations say the available votes do not support a call
Called	Two named, independent news organizations have called the race, or the state election office has declared the winner. The entry names them and gives the time
Certified	The authorized election officials have completed the canvass and formally certified the result

A call by a news organization is not a government certification, and a state’s results page can keep changing after a race is called.

How this live blog is updated

1. Official counts first. Vote totals come from state and county election offices, linked in the state table.
2. Calls need two sources. A race is marked called only when two named, independent news organizations have called it, or the state election office has declared the winner. We do not run our own projections, and the page carries no polls, predictions or endorsements.
3. A time and a source on every entry. An entry’s time is when its source reported. The scoreboard’s “data as of” time says when the scoreboard and tables were last refreshed.
4. The map and the text change together. The scoreboard, both maps and the race tables are built from the same data, so they cannot disagree.
5. Expect a lag. Publishing takes about five to ten minutes after editors post an update, so the page can trail the state election offices.
6. Changes are new entries. If a call is withdrawn or a count changes, a new entry says so, and earlier entries stay on the page.

After election night: counting, recounts and certification

Counting does not stop when the night ends. California counties have up to 30 days to finish counting, and Pennsylvania cannot begin processing mail ballots until 7 a.m. on Election Day. Late-arriving ballots postmarked by Election Day count in about 15 states; see mail ballot deadlines by state. States then canvass and certify, with deadlines that run from Nov. 19 in Minnesota to Dec. 10 in Oregon among the 10 states in our certification deadlines guide. Georgia holds a runoff on Tuesday, Dec. 1 if no candidate wins a majority, and Louisiana’s second round is Saturday, Dec. 12. The 120th Congress begins at noon ET on Sunday, Jan. 3, 2027. Mark the dates on our December 2026 printable calendar, and keep the November 2026 printable calendar for the counting and certification days that fall this month.

Printable election night scorecards

Two one-page sheets below are built from the same data as the scoreboard above. The scorecard gives the House and Senate control math, a 100-seat Senate grid with the 65 seats not on the ballot already filled in, a 435-circle House grid with the 218th seat marked, and the poll closing waves with room for your own tally. The House tally lists all 50 states by closing hour with D, R and other boxes. For the races by name, our two-page Election Night Tracker lists every Senate and governor race with space to write in each winner, and the one-page poll closing times chart groups every state by closing hour. Plan the night on a printable weekly planner.

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• When will we know the results: how fast each state reports
• Election night TV schedule: how to watch the results
• Can I drop off my mail ballot on Election Day?
• Free and discounted rides to the polls
• Is Election Day a holiday, and what is open?