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BREAKING: James Talarico is projected to defeat Ken Paxton in the race for Texas’s open Senate seat, securing a crucial red-state pickup for Democrats as they pursue a Senate majority.
Texas Governor Race (Estimated 78% Reporting):
🔵Gina Hinojosa (D) leads with 4,232,242 votes (54.1%)
🔴Greg Abbott (R) has 3,487,598 votes (44.6%).
BREAKING: Democrat Abdul El-Sayed wins Michigan’s U.S. Senate race, becoming the first Muslim senator in American history.
🗳️ Arkansas Voters Approve Issue 1, Adding Explicit U.S. Citizenship Requirement to State Constitution
🇺🇸 Citizenship Requirement: Arkansas voters have approved Issue 1, a constitutional amendment explicitly restricting voting in state and local elections to United States citizens who meet existing voter eligibility requirements.
📜 What Changes: According to the University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture's voter guide, the amendment changes constitutional language from allowing “any” qualified citizen to vote to specifying that “only” qualified U.S. citizens may vote. It also expressly prohibits individuals who do not meet voter qualifications from participating in state or local elections.
⚖️ Existing Voting Laws: Arkansas already required U.S. citizenship to vote before this amendment. The state has maintained that requirement since 1920. The new measure strengthens the explicit constitutional wording rather than creating an entirely new citizenship qualification.
🏛️ Supporters and Opponents: Supporters argue that the amendment protects election eligibility rules against future changes that could permit noncitizen voting in local elections. Opponents contend that existing restrictions already address the issue and question the necessity of changing the Constitution.
📅 Implementation: The constitutional amendment is scheduled to take effect January 1, 2027. Existing requirements concerning residency, minimum voting age and lawful voter registration remain unchanged.
NBC News projects that Democrat Elaine Luria has won the U.S. House race in Virginia’s 2nd Congressional District.
BREAKING: Democrat James Talarico wins Texas’s U.S. Senate race, ending more than 3 decades of Republican dominance.
Maine’s U.S. Senate race: With 22% of the vote counted, Republican Susan Collins leads with 86,056 votes (52.0%), while Democrat Troy Jackson has 77,899 votes (47.1%).
BREAKING: Trump allies blame Republican midterm losses on the Iran war, rising energy costs and no decisive victory.
Some White House officials now call the eight-month conflict misguided as personnel changes are discussed.
Democrat Dr. Annie Andrews defeated appointed Republican Sen. Darline Graham in a stunning South Carolina upset.
🚨 2026 Iowa Senate Race Update
🔵 Josh Turek leads with 60.9%
🔴 Ashley Hinson trails with 36.8%
📊 With an estimated 20% of votes reported
Democrat Deb Haaland is projected to win New Mexico’s gubernatorial race, becoming the first Native American woman elected governor in U.S. history.
DDHQ Update | Wisconsin’s 3rd Congressional District (Estimated 25% Reporting)
🔹Rebecca Cooke (D): 45,580 votes (54.7%)
🔹 Derrick Van Orden (R): 36,889 votes (44.2%)
With roughly a quarter of the vote counted, Rebecca Cooke holds a 10.5-point lead over incumbent Derrick Van Orden in Wisconsin’s 3rd Congressional District.
With an estimated 6% of the vote counted in South Dakota’s U.S. Senate race, Republican Mike Rounds leads independent Brian Bengs, 63.4% to 36.6%. Rounds has received 14,574 votes, compared with 8,418 for Bengs.