Polls are closing and results are coming in across the US in the midterm elections.

All 435 members of the House of Representatives are up for election along with 35 of 100 seats in the Senate and some state-level politicians, including governors.

As at 5am (Nigerian Time) this Wednesday, November 4, 2026, BBC reports indicated that the Democrats had won a majority in the US House of Representatives and sealed historic wins in their battle to retake the Senate.

In the senatorial race, Democrats had won 48 seats, with Independents (who sit with Democrats) clinching two and the ruling Republican Party winning 38 seats, while results for 12 seats were being awaited.

Here's what else you need to know about the current state of races, according to CBS News projections:

1. Democrats are projected to win at least 229 seats and the Republicans at least 161 seats in the House
2. Democrat Adam Hamilton is projected as the winner of Kansas' Senate seat
3. Bill Hegarty, Republican in Tennessee, will keep his Senate seat - as will Tom Cotton in Arkansas
4. Deb Haaland is the newly elected governor of New Mexico
5. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, a Republican, was re-elected governor in Arkansas
6. Democrats won two new house seats in Pennsylvania with Paige Cognetti winning the 8th district and Janelle Stelson winning the 10th district
7. Vincente Gonzales, a Democrat in Texas's 34th district, held his seat
8. Greg Landsman, a Democrat in Ohio's 1st district, held his seat