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US Midterms 2026: Live Results & Latest News | AFR

The Australian Financial Review (AFR) •
November 03, 2026 • 09:32:12 PM
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Get live US midterms 2026 results, race calls, and news. Follow analysis on Senate and House control, policy shifts, and global market impact from the AFR.

US Midterms 2026: Live Results & Latest News | AFR

The US midterm elections could have far-reaching consequences for Donald Trump and drastically reshape power in the nation. Follow live updates.

The real issue for voters in Michigan is what moral price is worth paying for an additional seat in the Senate.

Tens of millions of Americans will vote in the 2026 midterm elections and if the polls are right, will form part of a blue wave that will flip both houses of Congress.

The midterms will probably unlock some mayhem for investors. But Trump can keep the bull market running into 2027. After that, it becomes complicated.

On the eve of the poll, the US president has urged Americans not to switch allegiances to “dangerous” Democratic candidates, amid voter anger.

Anyone looking to global markets for a clue as to how the midterms will pan out will have to wait for the result. But expect a reaction, no matter what happens.

Spending at this midterm election is set to reach record amounts, driven by technology titans, hedge fund investors and a few party stalwarts. It may not work.

Kalshi and Polymarket are developing a reputation as a place where Americans go to lose money. But they have also created an opening for a few sharps.

A feud between progressive candidate Abdul El-Sayed and his moderate rival in the key battleground state has spiralled out of control.

Read everything that’s happened in the news so far today.

The party has landed on a one-two punch that links angst about the cost of living to the growing feeling that Trump and his inner circle are getting richer.

Former chief of staff Mick Mulvaney says perceptions of corruption in the president’s inner circle have become a “winning argument” against voting for Republicans.

Donald Trump’s chief strategist in his first term says the Republican Party is being torn apart by Israel, Iran, immigration and the so-called “deep state”.

Voters who backed the president to run the US like a business feel betrayed by rising grocery bills, high petrol prices and his pursuit of “self glory”.

Animal Farm is here again, but this time there are several leaders who could lay some claim to the starring role of the chief villain, modelled on Stalin.

The US president viciously mocked the reporter, calling him “disgusting”, amid a series of rallies to try to win over voters at next week’s midterm elections.

In a city where almost everyone is privy to some kind of inside information, betting on politics has surged ahead of midterm elections.

Donald Trump’s rallies in Republican states are a do-or-die strategy for the party, days before the midterm elections that are a referendum on his presidency.

US correspondent Jessica Gardner explains what you need to know ahead of the midterm election on November 3.

Washington DC residents will next week vote on a potential ban of the delicacy. Butterworth’s chef Bart Hutchins says the idea is “historically illiterate”.

America’s affordability crisis and corruption are now treated as two sides of the same coin as voters head to the ballot box next week.

The US president offered the payout days before crucial midterm elections that are expected to weaken the Republican Party’s grip on Congress.

Xi sees Trump as weak and confused, having made a grave strategic error in framing a $14 billion US arms sale to Taiwan as a “very good negotiating chip”.

The November 3 vote could unsettle equities as investors weigh the risks of a divided or fragile government and subsequent policy shifts.

For proponents of the tax, Meta’s decision to change its capital structure to help its CEO pay the potential bill shows the tech sector’s deep roots in the state.

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