2026 United States Senate elections

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2026 United States Senate elections

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9 seats needed for a majority or 8 with Vice President   Leader Luna Alvarez Lee Cross Party Republican Democratic Leader since January 3, 2025 January 3, 2026 Leader's seat Magnolia Concord Last election 7 8 Seats before 6 6 Seats after 6 5 Seat change 0 -1 Seats up 3 2 Races won 3 1   Leader Thomas Duberry Party Unity Independent Leader since January 3, 2026 Leader's seat Cascade Last election 0 1 Seats before 3 1 Seats after 3 2 Seat change 0 +1 Seats up 1 0 Races won 1 1

Majority Leader before election Lee Cross Democratic Elected Majority Leader Luna Alvarez Republican

The 2026 United States Senate elections were held on November 3, 2026, with the 5 seats in Senate Class 3 being contested in regular elections and 1 seat in Senate Class 2 being contested in a special election. Of those, 3 were held by Republicans, 2 by Democrats and 1 by an Unity. The winners were elected to six-year terms from January 3, 2025 to January 3, 2031. The elections took place concurrently with the elections to the House of Representatives and elections for state governors.

After the elections, the Republican Party gained control of the chamber, while they held the same number of seats, there was one more independent in congress caucusing with the GOP, making them 2 GOP caucusing members and giving the majority to the GOP along with the VP, the Democrats lost 1 seat and the Unity Party maintained the same number of seats.

Retirements

5 out of the 6 incumbents did not seek re-election and choose to retire from politics.

Republican

All 3 republicans did not seek re-election.

1. Amarillo: NPC Republican retired.
2. Appalachia: NPC Republican retired.
3. Magnolia: NPC Republican retired.

Democratic

All 2 democrats did not seek re-election.

1. Cascade (regular): NPC Democratic retired.
2. Erie: NPC Democratic retired.

Race summary

Regular elections

In these general elections, the winners were elected for a six-year term beginning in January 3, 2027. Aditionally, Cascade is having a special election on the Class 2 seat, the winner will be elected for a four-year term beginning in January 3, 2027.

Special elections

State	Partisan Lean	Senator	Incumbent	Status	Candidates
Amarillo	R+8	NPC Republican	Republican	Incumbent retired Independent gain	▌✔️John Shake (Independent) 48.0% ▌John Payton (Republican) 42.4% ▌Connor McKinley (Democratic) 8.2% ▌Kevin Hansen (Libertarian) 1.4%
Appalachia	R+3	NPC Republican	Republican	Incumbent retired Republican hold	▌✔️Adrian Jones (Republican/Unity) 63.1% ▌Theodore Thurgood (Democratic) 34.6%
Cascade (regular)	D+25	NPC Democrat	Democratic	Incumbent retired Republican gain	▌✔️Buck Nakkid (Republican) 49.8% ▌Everett McKeown (Unity) 47.5%
Cascade (special)	D+25	Thomas Duberry	Unity	Incumbent re-elected Unity hold	▌✔️Thomas Duberry (Unity/Democratic) 60.7% ▌Elizabeth Coin (Independent Democratic) 38.3%
Erie	EVEN	NPC Democrat	Democratic	Incumbent retired Democratic hold	▌✔️Claire Swift (Democratic) 49.8% ▌Dr. Begula (Republican) 48.9%
Magnolia	R+13	NPC Republican	Republican	Incumbent retired Republican hold	▌✔️Ashley Dixon (Republican) 54.9% ▌Eleanor Annika Templeton (Democratic) 45.1%

References

• 2026 General Election | EPO Simulation

See also

• 2025 United States Senate elections

Elections in the United States
2022	Senate	Concord | Chesapeake | Appalachia | Amarillo | Yellowstone
	House of Representatives	Concord | Chesapeake | Appalachia | Magnolia | Erie | Amarillo | Yellowstone | Cascade
	Governors	Chesapeake | Magnolia | Erie | Cascade
2024	President	Concord | Chesapeake | Appalachia | Magnolia | Erie | Amarillo | Yellowstone | Cascade
	Senate	Concord | Chesapeake | Magnolia | Erie | Yellowstone | Cascade
	House of Representatives	Concord | Chesapeake | Appalachia | Magnolia | Erie | Amarillo | Yellowstone | Cascade
	Governors	Concord | Appalachia | Amarillo | Yellowstone
2026	Senate	Appalachia | Magnolia | Erie | Amarillo | Cascade (reg.) | Cascade (reg.)
	House of Representatives	Concord | Chesapeake | Appalachia | Magnolia | Erie | Amarillo | Yellowstone | Cascade
	Governors	Chesapeake | Magnolia | Erie | Yellowstone (spe.) | Cascade
2028	President	Concord | Chesapeake | Appalachia | Magnolia | Erie | Amarillo | Yellowstone | Cascade
	Senate	Concord | Chesapeake | Appalachia | Amarillo | Yellowstone | Cascade (spe.)
	House of Representatives	Concord | Chesapeake | Appalachia | Magnolia | Erie | Amarillo | Yellowstone | Cascade
	Governors	Concord | Appalachia | Amarillo | Yellowstone