Live updates: Election Day 2026

Eric Orvieto and Tracey Harrington McCoy Tue, November 3, 2026 at 1:43 PM UTC

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Election Day is here. With all 435 House seats and 35 Senate seats up for grabs, not to mention governorships and state and local races across the country, the news will be fast and frequent. We are bringing you the biggest headlines, top stories and everything else you .

8:42 a.m. ET

Heavy rains and flash flooding throughout Florida have led to some polling places having to be moved. This was allowed after Gov. Ron DeSantis declared a state of emergency in multiple counties.

8:26 a.m. ET

As voters head to the Election Day polls, final forecasts are in, and they paint a very strong picture for Democrats, though that could also lead to disappointment for them if things break a certain way.

The final New York Times/Siena poll showed leads of more than 5 points for the Democratic Senate candidates in Ohio, Kansas, Maine and Texas, and an 11-point lead for Abdul El-Sayed over Mike Rogers in Michigan, and leads outside the margin of error for Democrats Jon Ossoff and Roy Cooper in Georgia and North Carolina, respectively.

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Decision Desk HQ gives Democrats a 63% chance to control both the House and Senate, while prediction markets Polymarket and Kalshi both have it above 74%.

7:36 a.m. ET

The polls are opening across the country. The earliest polls opened in Vermont at 5 a.m. ET, and will be opening throughout the day across the rest of the country.

The first polls close at 6 p.m. ET, and the last will close in Alaska's Aleutian Islands at 1 a.m. ET Wednesday.

6:48 a.m. ET

Forecasters are predicting a "blue wave" in the midterms. There are a handful of key races that will give early signs that Democrats are — or aren't — in for a strong night. Included in those are the Maine and Michigan Senate races and a number of House races in Kentucky, Iowa, New York and Texas.

However, some experts warn about being too certain about who controls each chamber shortly after the polls close because a number of states take longer to count than others. If they are called early, one expert told CBS News "then there's a very big wave going on," because the margins of victory are so large.

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