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Which seats changed party in 2026?

34 seats went to a party other than the one holding that seat number on Nov 3, 2026; 9 of them are on lines redrawn for 2026, so they are not a like-for-like change (135 of 475 races called, 1 going to a runoff, as of Nov 5, 2026).

Source: results recorded race by race, each with the source that called it · How we record results · Updated Nov 5, 2026

Seats that changed party
SeatWinnerHeld by
California’s 41st DistrictLinda Sánchez DemocraticRepublicans · redrawn lines
Arizona’s 1st DistrictAmish Shah DemocraticRepublicans
Ohio’s 10th DistrictKristina Knickerbocker DemocraticRepublicans · redrawn lines
Nevada’s 2nd DistrictTeresa Benitez-Thompson DemocraticRepublicans
Kentucky’s 6th DistrictZach Dembo DemocraticRepublicans
Pennsylvania’s 10th DistrictJanelle Stelson DemocraticRepublicans
Nebraska’s 2nd DistrictDenise Powell DemocraticRepublicans
California’s 48th DistrictMarni von Wilpert DemocraticRepublicans · redrawn lines
California’s 22nd DistrictRandy Villegas DemocraticRepublicans · redrawn lines
Iowa’s 2nd DistrictLindsay James DemocraticRepublicans
Iowa’s 1st DistrictChristina Bohannan DemocraticRepublicans
South Carolina’s 1st DistrictNancy Lacore DemocraticRepublicans
Utah’s 1st DistrictBen McAdams DemocraticRepublicans · redrawn lines
Montana’s 1st DistrictSam Forstag DemocraticRepublicans
Arizona’s 6th DistrictJoAnna Mendoza DemocraticRepublicans
California’s 3rd DistrictAmi Bera Democratican independent · redrawn lines
Iowa’s 3rd DistrictSarah Trone Garriott DemocraticRepublicans
Michigan’s 10th DistrictChristina Hines DemocraticRepublicans
North Carolina’s 11th DistrictJamie Ager DemocraticRepublicans · redrawn lines
New Jersey’s 7th DistrictRebecca Bennett DemocraticRepublicans
New York’s 17th DistrictCait Conley DemocraticRepublicans
Virginia’s 2nd DistrictElaine Luria DemocraticRepublicans
Wisconsin’s 3rd DistrictRebecca Cooke DemocraticRepublicans
Colorado’s 8th DistrictManny Rutinel DemocraticRepublicans
Michigan’s 7th DistrictWilliam Lawrence DemocraticRepublicans
Pennsylvania’s 7th DistrictBob Brooks DemocraticRepublicans
Pennsylvania’s 8th DistrictPaige Cognetti DemocraticRepublicans
Texas’s 32nd DistrictJace Yarbrough RepublicanDemocrats · redrawn lines
U.S. Senate, MaineTroy Jackson DemocraticRepublicans
U.S. Senate, TexasJames Talarico DemocraticRepublicans
U.S. Senate, IowaJosh Turek DemocraticRepublicans
U.S. Senate, North CarolinaRoy Cooper DemocraticRepublicans
U.S. Senate, OhioSherrod Brown DemocraticRepublicans
Texas’s 23rd DistrictKaty Padilla Stout DemocraticVacant; last held by Republicans · redrawn lines