Select what genuinely interests you. Your picks feed directly into our editorial planning. Americans voted on Tuesday, 3 November 2026, for all 435 members of the House of Representatives and 35 of the 100 senators. At 01:44 CET on Wednesday, the count is running. Neither chamber has been called yet. NBC News has called 11 House seats for Democrats and 7 for Republicans, and the Senate stands at 36 to 31, including seats not up for election. Democrats need a net gain of three seats for the House and four for the Senate, according to MS NOW. Prediction markets put a Democratic sweep at 89.5 percent on Polymarket (01:44 CET). For Bitcoin and crypto, the midterm election results decide who writes the next market structure law after the CLARITY Act failed in the Senate in September.