Election Night 2026: How to Watch the Midterm Results Live

It’s almost election night in America once again — this time, with every House of Representatives member and certain Senate seats up for grabs when voters hit the polls on (or before) Tuesday, November 3.

The 2026 midterm elections will decide the balance of power in the legislature, and many of the races are bound to be closely watched as Democrats hope to wrest control of both chambers, while Republicans, including Donald Trump, vie to retain their majority in Congress.

For those who hope to tune in and catch all of the 2026 election results live, we’re here to help. Here’s a look at how the major networks will be covering this year’s midterms on air.

ABC News

ABC News has announced that it will begin its coverage, ABC News Election Night: Vote 2026, at 7/6, with David Muir as anchor. Additional details are expected.

CBS News

CBS News’ coverage will begin Tuesday at 7/6 with America Decides: Election 2026, anchored by Tony Dokoupil and Norah O’Donnell. The two will be joined during the coverage by Gayle King, Margaret Brennan, Robert Costa, Major Garrett, Nancy Cordes and Ed O’Keefe.

Additional correspondents will report from location: Weijia Jiang from the White House and Nikole Killion, Adriana Diaz, Matt Gutman, Skyler Henry, Lana Zak, Kris Van Cleave, Taurean Small, Jan Crawford, and Nicole Sganga from Washington and other key states. Additional commentary is expected from politicians such as Elise Stefanik, Jasmine Crockett, and David Manchine. Its digital platforms will also present a data-focused show starting at 5/4c called Election 2026: The Nerd Show.

CNN

CNN’s Election Night in America special begins at 4/3c on Tuesday, with Jake Tapper and Anderson Cooper as coanchors in Washington, D.C., along with reporting from Dana Bash on the Senate races, Kaitlan Collins on Donald Trump’s reactions, Erin Burnett with a panel in Texas, John King at the Magic Wall, Boris Sanchez on the gubernatorial races, David Chalian on voter polling, Kasie Hunt on context and analysis, Pamela Brown on turnout, Laura Coates on legal analysis, Tom Foreman on fact-checking, and David Axelrod, Scott Jennings, and Van Jones providing commentary.

Ground correspondents will include: Kylie Atwood from Kansas; Victor Blackwell from Georgia; Josh Campbell from Los Angeles; Jason Carroll from Maine; Steve Contoro from Iowa; Jessica Dean from Virginia; Lauren Fox from Ohio; Danny Freeman from Pennsylvania; Dianne Gallagher from North Carolina; Annie Grayer from Louisiana; Kristen Holmes, Alayna Treene, and Julia Benbrook from the White House; Randi Kaye from Florida; Brianna Keilar from Texas; Betsy Klein from Iowa; Kyung Lah from Alaska; Ed Lavendera from Texas; Elex Michaelson from California; Gloria Pazmino from New York; Shimon Prokupecz from New York City; Manu Raju from New York; Arlette Saenz from Maine; Sunlen Serfaty from Michigan, Sara Sidner from Michigan; Brian Todd from Michigan; Ryan Young from Georgia; and Jeff Zeleny from Texas.

At 2a/1c, John Berman and Kate Bolduan will take over coverage from New York City with contributions from Harry Enten at the Magic Wall, Mark Preston with analysis, and Alyssa Farah Griffin with commentary.

C-SPAN

The network has revealed it will feature three separate streams of coverage of the election night results, starting at 4/3c:

• C-SPAN: Nonpartisan results and full candidate speeches, commercial-free.
• C-SPAN2: The Young Turks’ live election show.
• C-SPAN3: The PBD Podcast’s live election show.

Fox News

Fox News will air multiplatform coverage of the midterms, with primetime coverage beginning with Fox News Democracy ’26 on Tuesday night at 6/5c, with Bret Baier and Martha MacCallum as coanchors. Also appearing in the evening’s coverage will be Dana Perino, Brit Hume, Harold Ford Jr., Bill Hemmer, Sandra Smith, Laura Ingraham, Jesse Watters, Sean Hannity, Trace Gallagher, Harris Faulkner, Kayleigh McEnany, and Jessica Tarlov. Fox Business will simulcast the network’s coverage through Wednesday.

Also contributing to the coverage will be correspondents on location: Bryan Llenas and Alexis McAdams in Maine; Molly Line in New Hampshire; Eric Shawn in New York; Mark Meredith in North Carolina; Steve Harrigan in South Carolina; Madison Scarpino in Georgia; Madison Alworth and Alexandria Hoff in Ohio; Connor Hansen, Rich Edson and Garrett Tenney in Michigan; Bill Melugin in Minnesota; Grady Trimble in Iowa; Mike Tobin, Brooke Taylor and Alicia Acuna in Texas; Max Gorden in California; Matt Finn in Alaska; Nate Foy in Kansas;  Danamarie McNicholl in Florida; and Chad Pergram in Washington, D.C.

MS Now

MS Now’s primetime election night coverage, titled We the People, will be led by Rachel Maddow and begin at 6/5c. Also contributing to the coverage will be Nicolle Wallace, Chris Hayes, Jen Psaki, Lawrence O’Donnell, Michael Steele, Symone Sanders Townsend, Ari Melber, Peter Alexander, and Stephanie Ruhle. Ali Velshi will be at the Big Board throughout the night.

Late evening coverage will begin at 2a/1c with Jonathan Capehart, Eugene Daniels, and Jackie Alemany cohosting, and the network will feature a special edition of Morning Joe on Wednesday morning with Joe Scarborough, Mika Brzezinski, Willie Geist, and Jonathan Lamiere.

NBC News

NBC News’ Decision ’26 will feature a 13-hour live broadcast, beginning Tuesday at 5/4c and running until 6a/5c on Wednesday. The coverage will feature network stars Savannah Guthrie, Tom Llamas, Kristen Welker, Hallie Jackson, and Steve Kornacki at the big board.

Also reporting for the primetime coverage will be Ryan Nobles, Garrett Haake, Brian Cheung, Craig Melvin, and Kate Snow. And additional journalists contributing to the coverage include Richard Engel, Monica Alba, Nikke Battiste, Shaquille Brewster, Stephanie Gosk, Gadi Schwartz, Ryan Chandler, Aaron Gilchrist, Priscilla Thompson, Maggie Vespa, Steve Patterson, Savannah Sellers, Liz Kreutz, Matt Dixon, and Elise Preston.

Portions of the network’s coverage, including the “Kornacki Cam” and the big board, will also be available on Peacock starting at 5/4c, while NBC’s digital livestreams will also feature coverage.

NewsNation

NewsNation’s live primetime coverage of the midterms will begin on Tuesday at 7/6c with Decision Desk 2026: Election Night in America, coanchored by Chris Cuomo, Elizabeth Vargas, Katie Pavlich, and Chris Stirewalt. The network will partner with Decision Desk HQ for live result calls.

NewsNation will also feature correspondents reporting from across the country: Xavier Walton and Libbey Dean from Texas; Laura Ingle and Rich McHugh from Maine; Jessica Kartalija and Bennett Haeberle from Ohio; Marcus Espinoza and Courtney Friel from California; Nancy Loo from Alaska; Mills Hayes from Kansas; Brooke Shafer from Iowa; Hannah Brandt and Joe Khalil from Michigan; and Kellie Meyer from the White House.