Voters Head to Polls for 2026 Midterm Elections
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What happened
On November 3, 2026, voters across the United States cast ballots in midterm elections that will determine which party controls Congress. NBC News reported voting underway as candidates made final pitches, highlighting contests in Michigan, Alaska, Texas and South Carolina, among others. The BBC, citing partner CBS News, later reported that Democrats had taken control of the Senate and were projected to take the House. CBS News was described as projecting a Democratic House majority after 10 p.m. Eastern on election night. Democratic Senate wins were reported in North Carolina, South Carolina, Kansas, Texas, Iowa, Ohio and Maine, with Alaska still a toss-up.
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ONE-SIDED THIS WEEK.
Only left-leaning outlets have covered this story in the last two days;
Daily Wire reported it on 2026-10-23.
Omitted — what each side leaves out
Unpacked
Left-leaning coverage is the only account of these midterms, and it reports that Democrats have taken the Senate and are projected to take the House. Congressional control is already treated as decided in the BBC account, which cites CBS News. That report flags Kansas as having had no Democratic senator since 1932. Right-leaning outlets had not covered this as of publication, so a reader there would not know the Senate had changed hands.
Those results never appear in NBC News, which instead shows voters heading to the polls in a contest that will decide which party controls Congress. Related NBC News items keep affordability and the Iran War top of mind, along with a Michigan Democrat endorsing the Republican. Finished-race maps lead the BBC file, along with a poll finding that more than two-thirds think Trump's policies made the economy worse.
What House seat total sits behind the Democratic majority BBC says is already projected?
Bottom line
BBC has Democrats flipping Senate seats in Texas, Iowa, Ohio and Maine, and right-leaning outlets have not covered the 2026 midterms at all.
The receipts — 2 facts one side's coverage lacks
- South Carolina last returned a Democratic senator in 1998
- Florida 14 and Florida 25 were redrawn from Harris-voter majorities to Trump-voter majorities and still won by Democrats
The Left View
NBC News framed Election Day as a critical fight for Congress, covering affordability and the Iran war as voter concerns, Elon Musk’s reported spending of nearly half a billion dollars on Republican campaigns, a dismissed Trump lawsuit in the Alaska Senate race, and Rep. Haley Stevens’s endorsement of Republican Mike Rogers in Michigan. Chuck Schumer called Democrats “nauseously optimistic.” The BBC, using CBS News projections and a voter poll, described an extraordinary Democratic night: Senate control beyond expectations, including a shock in South Carolina and Kansas’s first Democratic senator since 1932; a projected House majority, including Democratic wins in redrawn Florida 14, 22 and 25; women turning out and backing Democrats while men split; Hispanic voters in Florida backing Democrat Angie Nixon 55%–44%; and the economy as the top issue, with more than two-thirds of those polled saying Donald Trump’s policies had made economic conditions worse.
Our Take (balanced)
NBC’s Election Day material is standard named-race campaign coverage. The BBC/CBS results account is specific and checkable—chambers, states, districts, historical comparisons, and poll figures—but in the provided material it rests on one partnership’s projections and a poll, not certified canvasses. No right-leaning outlet has reported this. Established here is that midterm voting occurred on November 3, 2026; Democratic control of both chambers and the listed flips remain projection-based claims until official returns. Watch for state certifications, other networks’ decision desks, and party responses.
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