2026 results · power
Democrats gained power at every level
The seats, governments, counties and maps that changed hands on November 3, as the official counts stand. Calls are ours. Legislative seats are the leaders in the count.
Balance of power
| Office | Before | After | Changeseats: net of the flips called |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate seats7 flips to the Democrats, none to the Republicans: net +7 D called. Counting the races still led as well: net +8 D on the leads. 2 not called yet. | 47–53 | 54–44 | +7 D |
| House seats42 flips to the Democrats, 1 to the Republicans: net +41 D called. Counting the races still led as well: net +46 D on the leads. 39 not called yet. | 214–221 | 246–150 | +41 D |
| Governorships5 flips to the Democrats, none to the Republicans: net +5 D called. 3 not called yet. | 24–26 | 28–19 | +5 D |
| TrifectasCounted as before: 12 with no count yet and 2 too close to call. | 15–22 | 21–17 | +6 D−5 R |
| Legislative chambers9 changing to Democratic control and none to Republican, on the leads. Counted as before: 7 still waiting on seats with no count yet, 15 with no count we can read yet and 3 too close to call. | 38–56 | 47–49 | +9 D−7 R |
| State legislative seats425 now led by Democrats, 12 by Republicans; leaders, not calls, and seats with no count yet stay with the party that held them | 2,611–3,336 | 3,024–2,920 | +413 D |
| Who can redraw the map (states)6 states where neither party draws the map alone, 6 before. 1 of them is counted that way because the party that drew it alone can no longer keep that power, whatever the rest of the count shows. 9 not settled yet, counted as before. | 15–23 | 21–17 | +6 D−6 R |
Democrats first, then Republicans. Before: the seats and offices as they stood on Election Day. After: races we have called, governments from called governors and chambers on their leads. A state or chamber with no count yet, or too close to call, is counted as it was before until it settles.
The counties that changed sides
Each county is shown by the top race on its ballot (the Senate, else the governor, else the House vote), against the 2024 presidential vote there. That covers the 3,111 counties with a quarter or more of their 2024 vote counted. Vermont’s top race is its governor’s, and its Republican governor ran far ahead of his party’s 2024 presidential vote, so 9 of the counties flipped to the Republicans are Vermont’s.
Who can redraw the congressional map
A party that holds a state’s whole government can redraw its map, leaving aside commissions and courts, as California did with Proposition 50. Before the election Democrats held that pen in 15 states and Republicans in 23. After it, Democrats hold it in 21 and Republicans in 17, the figures in the table above, with the 10 states not settled yet counted as they were (or with neither party, where the holder can no longer keep it). Settled so far: Democrats 18, Republicans 12. Not settled yet: Florida, Hawaii, Kansas, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Michigan, Montana, North Carolina, Oklahoma and Oregon. Governors are called races. Chambers are counted on their leads.
The power to redraw changed hands in 11 states
- ArizonaNeither party → DemocratsDemocratic trifecta after the election
- GeorgiaRepublicans → Neither partyDivided government after the election
- IowaRepublicans → Neither partyDivided government after the election. Limit: the nonpartisan legislative staff who draw today's plans
- MinnesotaNeither party → DemocratsDemocratic trifecta after the election
- North CarolinaRepublicans → not Republicans; the rest not settled yetThe legislature draws the map; the governor has no veto over it. The lower chamber is settled for the Democrats, so the Republicans can no longer hold it alone
- New HampshireRepublicans → Neither partyDivided government after the election
- NevadaNeither party → DemocratsDemocratic trifecta after the election
- OhioRepublicans → DemocratsThe commission's three statewide seats are governor D, auditor R, secretary of state D. With two appointees from each party's legislative leaders, Democrats hold 4 of 7. Limit: the constitution's limits, which have not stopped the 2026 map
- PennsylvaniaNeither party → DemocratsDemocratic trifecta after the election
- TexasRepublicans → Neither partyDivided government after the election
- WisconsinNeither party → DemocratsDemocratic trifecta after the election
DemocratsRepublicansChanged handsNeither partyNot settled yetHolder can no longer keep it, the rest not settled
States with one House seat have no map to draw and are left gray. Ohio’s commission: the governor, the auditor of state and the secretary of state, and four appointees of the legislative leaders, two from each party; a simple majority acts (Ohio Legislative Service Commission). Ohio’s constitution sets further rules for adopting a map.
The maps drawn for 2026, against the 2026 vote
Seven states redrew their maps to add 15 Republican seats. They are on course to send 11 fewer Republicans than in 2024. What each map was drawn to gain, against 2024 and this year’s count →
Nine states redrew their congressional maps in 2025 and 2026. Each square is a district, ordered from the reddest 2024 presidential vote on the new lines to the bluest and filled by who won it this year. The tick underneath is the 2024 presidential winner there.
The redraws as recorded in our tracker of the 2025–26 redistricting wave (from Wikipedia’s “2025–2026 United States redistricting” and Ballotpedia, NBC News, Voting Rights Lab and NCSL, checked July and September 2026).
Legislative chambers changing hands
Arizona Senate, Arizona House, Maine House, Minnesota House, North Carolina House, New Hampshire Senate, Pennsylvania Senate, Wisconsin Senate and Wisconsin Assembly to the Democrats.