Every Seat That Flipped Blue in the 2026 Midterm Elections Explained

58 seats changed hands in the 2026 midterms. Republicans flipped 2. Democrats flipped 56. Here is every single one, and the reason it flipped. Which states flipped blue? In the Senate: North Carolina, Ohio, Maine, Iowa, South Carolina, Texas and Kansas, where Democrats won a Senate race for the first time since 1932. Governors flipped in Texas, Georgia, Nevada, Ohio and Iowa. And 46 House seats changed parties, from swing seats in Pennsylvania to a North Carolina district where Democrats didn't even have a candidate in 2024. All results are projections or unofficial counts as of Saturday, November 7, 2026 (House list: CBS News tracker, Friday night). Alaska and Mississippi are still counting, and about 25 House races are uncalled. CHAPTERS 0:00 Kansas: 94 years, and the strangest flip of the night 1:08 The Senate: 7 flips (NC, OH, ME, IA, SC, TX, KS) 5:45 Governors: 5 flips (TX, GA, NV, OH, IA) 7:20 The House: 46 flips in 5 buckets 11:35 The pattern behind the flips 12:45 Seats that could still flip (AK, MS, ME-2, governors) 13:46 The lesson EVERY FLIP Senate (R→D): North Carolina (Cooper), Ohio (Brown), Maine (Jackson), Iowa (Turek), South Carolina (Andrews), Texas (Talarico), Kansas (Hamilton) Governors (R→D): Texas (Hinojosa), Georgia (Bottoms), Nevada (Ford), Ohio (Acton), Iowa (Sand) House (R→D): CA-1, CA-6, CA-22, CA-41, CA-48, UT-1, TX-15, PA-1, PA-7, PA-8, PA-10, NY-17, NJ-7, VA-2, WI-3, IA-1, IA-3, CO-8, AZ-6, MI-7, NE-2, MT-1, NV-2, AZ-1, MI-10, IA-2, SC-1, KY-6, TX-23, NC-11, OH-7, IN-5, OH-10, NJ-2, CO-5, MI-4, VA-1, MO-2, WI-1, OH-15, NC-6, NC-9, NC-13, NC-14 House (D→R): TX-32, TN-9 Still counting: Alaska Senate, Mississippi Senate, Maine's 2nd District, Alaska and Kansas governor, ~25 House races SOURCES CBS News (House flip tracker, uncalled races, exit poll); NBC News Decision Desk; AP; NPR; The Washington Post; WIBW; TIME; The Post and Courier; Axios; Maine Morning Star; Iowa Capital Dispatch; OPB; WUNC; KUT; WTOC; NHPR; KCUR; MultiState; Quartz; CNBC; Mississippi Free Press; Alaska's News Source; The Hill; AFP; Pew Research Center; Disability Scoop. District pins on maps are approximate locations. House "buckets" are our own grouping, based on each race's circumstances as reported. Photos and footage: Wikimedia Commons (public domain unless credited on screen; CC licenses credited on screen). Footage: U.S. Senate and U.S. House floor video (public domain), Pryor Farms soybean harvest (CC BY 3.0), ballot counting by Legoktm (CC BY-SA 4.0). #midterms2026 #electionresults #flippedseats #senate #house #governors