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The available sources report that Donald Trump won the 2024 presidential election and carried the Electoral College with 312 electoral votes to Kamala Harris’s 226 (National Archives; BBC) . Multiple ...
Polls and forecasters currently show Democrats favored to make gains in 2026 but not an inevitable “takeover”: several models and polling snapshots project Democrats can win the House (some forecastin...
Republicans hold a 53‑seat majority in the 119th Senate while Democrats (including two independents who caucus with them) make up the remaining 47 seats (45 Democrats + 2 Independents) — Senate.gov li...
The prospect that the United States will simply have "no midterm elections" in 2026 is effectively vanishingly small: federal law provides no mechanism for a president to cancel or postpone congressio...
The 2026 U.S. Senate map will include the regularly scheduled Class 2 cycle — 33 seats — plus at least two special elections that some outlets count, producing either 33 or 35 contests depending on th...
The U.S. Senate has 100 seats in total; current party division for the 119th Congress is Republicans 53, Democrats 45, and Independents 2 (total 100) . Senate terms are staggered in three “classes,” s...
Thirty‑five Senate seats are widely reported as up in 2026 when counting two special elections (Florida and Ohio); most trackers count 33 Class II regular seats plus those specials, with 22–23 held by...
At least three sitting House Democrats died in 2025 (Sylvester Turner, Raúl Grijalva and Gerry Connolly), and multiple House members across parties resigned during the year — notable Republican resign...
Current reporting and polling-focused trackers identify a short list of Senate races likely to be competitive in 2026: vulnerable Democratic incumbents include Jon Ossoff (Georgia) and seats in Michig...
The question of which party will control the U.S. House and Senate after the 2026 elections is unresolved and depends on a shifting set of structural factors, individual race dynamics, and national po...
The key claim—predicting the exact composition of the U.S. House and Senate after the 2026 elections—is not supported by definitive forecasts in the provided materials; current tools and ratings show ...
As of the latest compiled reporting, at least seven U.S. senators have publicly announced they will not seek re-election in 2026: Democrats Tina Smith (MN), Gary Peters (MI), Jeanne Shaheen (NH) and D...
The current publicly cited polling landscape for the 2026 U.S. House elections shows a modest on the generic congressional ballot, with poll aggregates reporting Democrats ahead by roughly 2–3 points ...
Joe Biden won the 2020 presidential election, receiving 306 Electoral College votes to Donald J. Trump’s 232 and a majority of the national popular vote; those results were certified by the states and...
The regular 2026 Senate cycle will primarily be the Class 2 contests: 33 Class 2 seats are up for regular election, a map that currently includes 20 Republican-held seats and 13 Democratic-held seats ...
Official records and mainstream references report that Donald J. Trump received 304 electoral votes in the 2016 presidential election after accounting for faithless electors; the initial state-by-stat...
Most major forecasters in spring–summer 2025 present a competitive, district‑by‑district 2026 U.S. House landscape in which Democrats have pathways to a narrow majority but forecasts diverge: some dat...
Major forecasters currently list a small group of 2026 Senate contests as true “Toss‑ups.” Cook Political Report says two races — Georgia (Ossoff) and Michigan (open after Sen. Gary Peters’ retirement...
Several special elections already held in 2025 and a wave of retirements before the 2026 midterms can change the House’s math before November 2026: at least six special House elections occurred in 202...
The available analyses conclude that the , holding a 53–47 edge in seats; two Independents were counted separately but have been reported to caucus with Democrats, producing a practical 53 Republican ...