Early voter turnout ahead of the 2026 midterms exceeded early voting totals from the previous midterm election cycle across every major Senate battleground state

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In the final New York Times polls prior to the 2026 midterm elections, Democratic candidates led across all seven key Senate battleground states: Michigan, Maine, Texas, Ohio, Kansas, Iowa, and Alaska

The New York Times reported allegations that Democratic Senate nominee Mary Peltola mistreated staff members during her campaign in Alaska

Haley Stevens, the defeated Democratic primary candidate for the 2026 Michigan Senate race, crossed party lines to endorse Republican nominee Mike Rogers over Democratic nominee Abdul El-Sayed

Republicans spent hundreds of millions of dollars defending the Texas Senate seat during the 2026 election cycle

During his campaign speech at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, Donald Trump spoke for 20 minutes regarding a pool renovation project before discussing the 2026 midterm elections

Donald Trump asserted during his Reflecting Pool speech that sitting United States presidents historically do not win midterm elections

Early voting data in the midterm elections of Donald Trump's second term indicated an increase in voter turnout among young voters

The 2018 United States midterm election set a record high-water mark for midterm voter turnout

Approximately 50 million Americans cast ballots during early voting ahead of the 2026 midterm Election Day

Both major United States political parties spent tens of millions of dollars on get-out-the-vote efforts in congressional House districts across Michigan, Florida, and North Carolina

As of November 2026, Kansas has not elected a Democratic United States Senator since 1932

Approximately two-thirds of the total expected vote in Texas was cast prior to Election Day in the 2026 midterm elections

Ahead of the midterm elections of Donald Trump's second term, United States voters identified war involving Iran, rising gas prices, corruption, the Jeffrey Epstein files, and immigration as top concerns

Under scenario 4 of Nate Cohn's 2026 election forecast, Democrats would flip more Republican Senate seats than in the 2006 and 2008 election cycles combined

A final pre-election New York Times poll showed Abdul El-Sayed leading Republican Mike Rogers by 11 points in the 2026 Michigan Senate race

More than $11 billion was spent on advertising across the two years of campaigning leading up to the 2026 United States midterm elections

Donald Trump held midterm campaign rallies in states including Kansas, Iowa, and Texas

A New York Times investigation reported that Mary Peltola's Senate campaign was involved in recruiting a second Dan Sullivan to run as a spoiler candidate in the 2026 Alaska Senate election

Five of the seven key Senate battleground states polled by The New York Times ahead of the 2026 midterms—Texas, Ohio, Kansas, Iowa, and Alaska—voted for Donald Trump by double digits in the prior presidential election

Donald Trump delivered his final midterm election campaign speech next to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in Washington, D.C.