# 2026 US Election Results: Live Senate, House and Governor Races By [Eoin Villarin](https://amvprosox.com/about). Published 2026-11-04. Canonical: https://amvprosox.com/blog/2026-us-election-results > Live 2026 US midterm election results for every Senate, House and governor race, updated automatically every 5 minutes, plus the Georgia Senate race between Jon Ossoff and Mike Collins. ## Who won the Georgia Senate race in 2026? Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff won re-election in Georgia on November 3, 2026, defeating Republican Rep. Mike Collins, according to projections from NBC News and The Associated Press. The live results on this page show the latest Georgia count along with every Senate, House and governor race, and they refresh automatically every 5 minutes. **Key takeaways** - Jon Ossoff (D) is projected to win a second term in Georgia over Mike Collins (R). - Control of the Senate takes 51 seats. In a 50-50 split, Vice President JD Vance, a Republican, breaks ties. - Control of the House takes 218 of 435 seats. - 35 Senate seats and 36 governorships are on the ballot, including an open governor race in Georgia between Keisha Lance Bottoms (D) and Rick Jackson (R). - Race calls are media projections. Results are official only after each state certifies them. Votes are being counted in the 2026 US midterm elections, held on Tuesday, November 3, 2026. This page tracks live results for every Senate, House and governor race, with a closer look at Georgia, where Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff faced Republican Rep. Mike Collins. The live results above refresh on their own every 5 minutes, so you can keep this page open. ## Georgia Senate race: Ossoff vs Collins Georgia was one of the most watched Senate races of 2026. Jon Ossoff, a Democrat, first won the seat in a January 2021 runoff against David Perdue and was running for a second term. His opponent, Mike Collins, is a two-term Republican congressman from Georgia's 10th District who was backed by President Donald Trump. NBC News projected Ossoff the winner shortly after polls closed in Georgia at 7 p.m. Eastern, and The Associated Press also called the race for him. Georgia requires a candidate to win more than 50% of the vote in a general election. If nobody clears that bar, the top two candidates go to a runoff, which this year would be held on December 1, 2026. ## Georgia governor race Georgia is also electing a new governor, because Brian Kemp cannot run again due to term limits. The race is between Democrat Keisha Lance Bottoms, a former mayor of Atlanta, and Republican Rick Jackson. The Georgia Governor card in the live results shows the latest count. ## Who will control the Senate? 35 of the 100 Senate seats are on the ballot: the 33 regular seats in this cycle plus special elections in Ohio and Florida. Before the election, Republicans held 53 seats and Democrats held 47, including two independents who caucus with them. A party needs 51 seats for an outright majority. In a 50-50 Senate, Vice President JD Vance, a Republican, casts the tie-breaking vote. The Senate bar in the live results also counts the 65 seats that were not up this year, so it shows the full chamber as races are called. ## Who will control the House? All 435 House seats are up for election, and the party that wins 218 seats controls the chamber. The House bar only counts seats where a winner has been projected, so it fills in through the night and over the following days as close districts finish counting. ## 2026 governor races 36 states are electing governors in 2026. The governors bar includes the 14 states that are not voting this year, so it shows how many governorships each party will hold once every race is called. ## When will the 2026 midterm results be final? Most races are projected on election night or the next day, but close races can take longer. States such as California, Arizona and Nevada count large numbers of mail ballots after Election Day, and every state has to finish counting provisional ballots before it certifies. Media race calls are projections based on the votes counted so far. The official result is the one each state certifies, usually within a few weeks. ## Where these live results come from The vote counts on this page come from [civicAPI](https://civicapi.org), a free public election results API. The page checks for new numbers every 5 minutes and shows the time of the latest update. For official Georgia numbers, you can also check the [Georgia Secretary of State results site](https://results.sos.ga.gov/results/public/Georgia/elections/11032026GeneralAndSpecialElection). Large newsrooms run their own results pages too. The Associated Press declares winners that many outlets rely on, and The New York Times runs its well-known "needle," a live forecast that estimates the final result from the votes counted so far. Calls can differ slightly between sources, especially in close races. ## How this live results tracker works I built this tracker into my own site with Cloudflare Pages Functions. A small API pulls the latest Senate, House and governor numbers, keeps a cached copy so the page stays fast even when the data source is busy, and refreshes it every 5 minutes. Search engines and AI assistants get the same numbers in plain HTML. If you need a live data dashboard or an API integration like this, take a look at my [web development services](https://amvprosox.com/services). ## Frequently asked questions ### Did Jon Ossoff win in Georgia? Yes. Jon Ossoff was projected to win re-election in Georgia on November 3, 2026, beating Republican Mike Collins, according to NBC News and The Associated Press. The Georgia Senate card on this page shows the latest vote count. ### Is Jon Ossoff a Democrat? Yes. Jon Ossoff is a Democrat. He has represented Georgia in the US Senate since January 2021. ### Who is Mike Collins? Mike Collins is a Republican congressman who has represented Georgia's 10th Congressional District since 2023. He was the Republican nominee for the US Senate in Georgia in 2026. ### Is Georgia a swing state? Yes. Joe Biden won Georgia by 11,779 votes in 2020, and Donald Trump won it by about 2 percentage points in 2024. Both parties treat it as a battleground in Senate and presidential races. ### Who won the 2026 midterm elections? Control of Congress depends on races that are still being counted. A party needs 51 Senate seats and 218 House seats to take control. The balance of power bars on this page update every 5 minutes as races are called. ### When will the 2026 midterm election results be final? Most races are projected within a day, but close contests can take days or weeks, especially in states that count many mail ballots. Results become official only after each state certifies them. ### Where can I see AP election results? The Associated Press publishes its race calls on its own website, and many news outlets show them. This page uses civicAPI data, so a race may be marked as called here a little earlier or later than on AP. ### How often do the results on this page update? Every 5 minutes, automatically. You can also press Refresh in the live results box to check for new numbers right away.