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Election 2026 live results: Hakeem Jeffries officially launches bid to be 1st Black speaker of the House
House Democrats will hold leadership elections on Nov. 18.
Democrats won several key races in the high-stakes midterm elections -- with ABC News projecting that Democrats will take control of the Senate and the House.
Key Headlines
- Mississippi Senate race: Democrat Colom leads Republican Hyde-Smith by about 1,000 votes
- Close-race audits for 6 Kansas races, including governor race
- Tom Emmer faces challenge for minority whip
- Hakeem Jeffries officially launches bid for speaker of the House
- NRCC chair concedes North Carolina House race
- Trump says Vance post blaming GOP losses on Iran war is ‘largely true,’ takes no personal responsibility for midterm losses
Polls now closed in Alaska
As of 1 a.m. ET, polls have closed across Alaska. Polls are now closed in all states.
Maine Democrat Troy Jackson projected to win Senate race over incumbent Sen. Collins
ABC News projects that Democrat and logger Troy Jackson will win the Senate race in Maine, defeating incumbent Republican Sen. Susan Collins.
Collins was the only Republican running in a state this election cycle that former Vice President Kamala Harris won during the 2024 presidential election.
The Maine Senate race was upended earlier this summer after the initial Democratic nominee, Graham Plater, withdrew from the Senate race following allegations of sexual assault, which he has denied.
Jackson defeat of Collins flips a state that Democrats have long sought. Collins faced a reelection in an environment not so friendly to Republicans, and despite past elections where she’s been able to run independent of Trump, she couldn't do so tonight.
-ABC News' Hannah Demissie
Republican Julia Letlow projected to win in Louisiana Senate race
Republican Rep. Julia Letlow is projected to win against Democrat Jamie Davis in the race for the open Louisiana Senate seat.
Anger over state of the country, Trump helped Dems take Kansas Senate seat: ABC News Voter Poll
Adam Hamilton made history Tuesday and became the first Democrat to be elected to the U.S. Senate from Kansas since 1932.
ABC News Voter Polls found that 4 in 10 Kansas Senate voters said they are angry about the way things are going in the country today. Those voters supported Hamilton over Republican Sen. Roger Marshall by roughly an 80-point margin.
Nearly 6 in 10 Kansas Senate voters disapprove of Trump including about half who strongly disapprove and they widely supported Hamilton over Marshall, according to ABC News Voter Polls.
-ABC News' Emily Guskin