# USA Election Watch 2026 **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [November 3, 2026, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usa-election-watch-2026/1034377 "2026-11-03T18:32:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 24
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2026, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usa-election-watch-2026/1034377/461 "2026-11-04T04:14:23Z")
> [@Exapno\_Mapcase](#): > > Imagine a Democratic Texas legislature with a Democratic governor. They could rewrite every law. > > They are also ahead in every other state race. I honestly have never been happier to be a Texan. ETA, and the lieutenant governor (honestly more powerful than the governor) race looks to be a flip, too! ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2026, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usa-election-watch-2026/1034377/462 "2026-11-04T04:14:37Z")
Rob Sand (D) elected governor in IA, a flip. ---
**Author:** ![Sylvanz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Sylvanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylvanz)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2026, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usa-election-watch-2026/1034377/463 "2026-11-04T04:14:44Z")
Sherrod Brown has won! ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2026, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usa-election-watch-2026/1034377/464 "2026-11-04T04:14:57Z")
Ap and msnow calling Ohio for sherrod brown. 49d- 37r Iowa has a democratic governor! ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2026, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usa-election-watch-2026/1034377/465 "2026-11-04T04:15:08Z")
I saw, that’s awesome! ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2026, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usa-election-watch-2026/1034377/466 "2026-11-04T04:15:28Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > The Michigan Senate race is giving me heartburn. Relax a bit. According to the new york Times, a Dem is more likely to win Mississippi (24% chance) than Sayid is to lose Michigan (11%) ---
**Author:** ![Hermione1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/d07c76/32.png) [@Hermione1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hermione1)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2026, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usa-election-watch-2026/1034377/467 "2026-11-04T04:16:53Z")
Don’t fret too much. The Needle has moved up to 90% for Jackson. ---
**Author:** ![sunacres](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@sunacres](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sunacres)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2026, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usa-election-watch-2026/1034377/468 "2026-11-04T04:17:02Z")
> [@wguy123](#): > > I’m pretty sure other states have done this like WA with Murray and Cantwell. And California with Feinstein and Boxer. ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2026, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usa-election-watch-2026/1034377/469 "2026-11-04T04:17:20Z")
Wow. Texas. I’m going to bed. ---
**Author:** ![Sylvanz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Sylvanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylvanz)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2026, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usa-election-watch-2026/1034377/470 "2026-11-04T04:17:51Z")
Please no Mike rogers. bleh ---
**Author:** ![steatopygia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steatopygia/32/3132_2.png) [@steatopygia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steatopygia)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2026, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usa-election-watch-2026/1034377/471 "2026-11-04T04:19:21Z")
Idaho’s polls just closed 15 minutes ago …but the first results show Achilles (Ind) over Risch (Rep) 48% to 42% with 17% of results in. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2026, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usa-election-watch-2026/1034377/472 "2026-11-04T04:19:44Z")
> [@Thing.Fish](#): > > I have opened the really good stuff to celebrate and am not fact checking as scrupulously as usual. Understandable. I’m waiting for two more D Senate calls to give them the majority before breaking out the bubbly. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2026, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usa-election-watch-2026/1034377/473 "2026-11-04T04:20:24Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > I’m waiting for two more D Senate calls to give them the majority before breaking out the bubbly. We’ve got 4 flips at this point. That’s a majority if everything else holds and Fetterman doesn’t flip. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2026, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usa-election-watch-2026/1034377/474 "2026-11-04T04:21:03Z")
Hamilton wins KS! That’s five flips. We now have a safe Democratic majority. ---
**Author:** ![steatopygia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steatopygia/32/3132_2.png) [@steatopygia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steatopygia)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2026, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usa-election-watch-2026/1034377/475 "2026-11-04T04:21:06Z")
I’m saving the really good stuff for , well we know, but I have had a celebratory drink. ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2026, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usa-election-watch-2026/1034377/476 "2026-11-04T04:21:26Z")
Iowa and Kansas are leaning democratic in the senate race. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2026, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usa-election-watch-2026/1034377/477 "2026-11-04T04:21:45Z")
NBC called Kansas for the Dem. ---
**Author:** ![I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/i_love_me_vol.i/32/521_2.png) [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2026, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usa-election-watch-2026/1034377/478 "2026-11-04T04:22:03Z")
> [@Babale](#): > > Blue Texas!!! 💙 Not really blue, but getting closer! ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2026, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usa-election-watch-2026/1034377/479 "2026-11-04T04:22:06Z")
We need 52 for the tiebreaker and to counter Fettermsn ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2026, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usa-election-watch-2026/1034377/480 "2026-11-04T04:22:32Z")
We’ve got it now with Hamilton. We’re at 52 seats and counting. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usa-election-watch-2026/1034377.md?page=23) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usa-election-watch-2026/1034377.md?page=25)