2026 Midterm Elections: What Is on the Ballot on November 3
Election Day is Tuesday, November 3, 2026.
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35 U.S. Senate seats, including 2 special elections, 36 governorships and all 435 U.S. House seats are on the ballot on Tuesday, November 3, 2026. Every race is listed by state as a matchup: the incumbent, if they are running, against the challengers, with how the seat was last decided. 1,239 candidates are on file across the 506 races; the holder is running in 382 and 124 seats are open. Nothing here is a forecast.
U.S. Senate: 35 races, 2 of them special elections
Race
Incumbent
Challengers
Also on the ballot: Jeff Wadlin (Libertarian)
Also on the ballot: Adam Withrow (Unity) · Blake Huber (Libertarian) · Bob Chew (Forward) · Christopher Baum (Approval Voting)
Also on the ballot: Todd Achilles (Independent)
Michigan U.S. SenateOpen seat
Also on the ballot: Douglas P. Marsh (Green) · Lydia Christensen (Libertarian) · Tim Long (U.S. Taxpayers) · Walter P. Kristy (Natural Law)
Minnesota U.S. SenateOpen seat
Montana U.S. SenateOpen seat
Also on the ballot: Kyle Austin (Libertarian) · Seth Bodnar (Independent)
Chuck Conboy
America First
Challenger
Also on the ballot: Mike Marvin (Legal Marijuana Now) · Robin Richards (Working People)
North Carolina U.S. SenateOpen seat
Oklahoma U.S. SenateOpen seat
Alan Armstrong
Not running · appointee ineligible to run · in office since 2026
Also on the ballot: Curtis Stinnett (Independent) · Ron Meinhardt (Independent) · Sevier White (Libertarian)
Also on the ballot: Michael Bahry (Independent)
Also on the ballot: Andrew Gerena (Independent) · Catherine Whitson (Independent) · David Sutman Jr. (Independent) · James Macon III (Independent) · Jeremy Hearn (Independent) · Robert Jones (Independent) · Tharon Chandler (Independent) · Yoshi Matthews (Independent)
Also on the ballot: S. Marshall Wilson (Constitution)
Governors: 36 races
Race
Incumbent
Challengers
Also on the ballot: Risa Lombardo (Green) · Teri Hourihan (No Labels)
Also on the ballot: Colt Shelby (Libertarian)
Colorado GovernorOpen seat
Also on the ballot: Eric Mulder (Libertarian) · Erik Underwood (Approval Voting) · Greg Lopez (Independent) · Jeff Peckman (Unity) · Stephen Hamilton (American Constitution)
Florida GovernorOpen seat
Also on the ballot: Charles Burkett (Independent) · Dean Abrams (Independent) · Frank Russo (Independent) · Jeffrey Datto (Independent) · Moe Dimanche (Independent) · Scott Jewett (Libertarian)
Also on the ballot: Collin Corbett (Independent)
Also on the ballot: Andy Ellis (Green) · Cathy White (Working Class)
Also on the ballot: Andrea James (Independent)
Michigan GovernorOpen seat
Also on the ballot: Anthony Hudson (Libertarian) · Donna Brandenburg (U.S. Taxpayers) · Douglas Campbell (Green)
Also on the ballot: Brett Lindstrom (America First) · Rick Beard (Legal Marijuana Now)
Also on the ballot: Danielle Ford (Independent)
Also on the ballot: Jon Kiper (Community First)
Oklahoma GovernorOpen seat
Also on the ballot: Jerry Griffin (Independent) · Orlando Bush (Independent) · Robert Brooks Sr. (Independent)
Rhode Island GovernorOpen seat
Also on the ballot: CD Reynolds (Independent) · Jasjit Gotra (Independent) · Ken Block (Independent)
South Carolina GovernorOpen seat
Also on the ballot: Michael Addison (United Citizens) · Walid Hakim (Green)
Tennessee GovernorOpen seat
Also on the ballot: Charles Van Morgan (Independent) · David Hatley (Independent) · Dean Brewer (Independent) · Eddie Lee Murphy (Independent) · Karl Smithson (Independent) · L. Webb Taylor (Independent) · Lauren Pinkston (Independent) · Misam Abidi (Independent) · Ray Brown (Independent) · Robert Vick (Independent) · Santiago Asconape (Independent) · Taylor Hafley (Independent) · Wendell Jackson (Independent)
Also on the ballot: Pat Dixon (Libertarian)
Also on the ballot: Brian Judd (Independent) · Dean Roy (Freedom and Unity) · June Goodband (Green Mountain)
U.S. House: 435 races, by state
Every seat in the House is on the ballot. Pick a state for its districts, with who holds each seat and the 2024 result; the number is the state’s seats.
Alabama7Alaska1Arizona9Arkansas4California52Colorado8Connecticut5Delaware1Florida28Georgia14Hawaii2Idaho2Illinois17Indiana9Iowa4Kansas4Kentucky6Louisiana6Maine2Maryland8Massachusetts9Michigan13Minnesota8Mississippi4Missouri8Montana2Nebraska3Nevada4New Hampshire2New Jersey12New Mexico3New York26North Carolina14North Dakota1Ohio15Oklahoma5Oregon6Pennsylvania17Rhode Island2South Carolina7South Dakota1Tennessee9Texas38Utah4Vermont1Virginia11Washington10West Virginia2Wisconsin8Wyoming1
How this page is built
Races are listed by state. Holders come from the audited snapshot of who is in office; the date each took the seat and the end of each term come from the term records; every last result is the race as recorded here, linked. Nothing on this page names a candidate, and no seat is rated. Once certified results are published they replace this page at the same address.