Updated 11:54 p.m.
WASHINGTON — Democrats are on track to win control of the U.S. Senate, the Clermont Guardian projects, after flipping six Republican-held seats in Tuesday’s elections.
Republicans have held the Senate this year on a 50-50 split, with the vice president casting tie-breaking votes.
The Guardian’s 11:10 p.m. projection is based on races already called plus Senate seats not up for election this year, combined with Democratic leads in several still-uncounted contests, according to unofficial results.
Of the 35 Senate races on Tuesday’s ballot, 25 have been called. Combined with senators not on the ballot this year, Democrats have 51 seats and Republicans have 39, according to unofficial results.
Ten races remained too close to call. Democrats were leading in two of them and Republicans in six, and Alaska had not yet reported results.
Democrats flipped six Senate seats from Republican control. Democrat Josh Turek defeated Republican Ashley Hinson in Iowa, 50.8% to 46.1%, and Democrat Adam Hamilton defeated Republican Sen. Roger Marshall in Kansas, 51.6% to 45.4%.
In North Carolina, Democrat Roy Cooper defeated Republican Michael Whatley, 58.6% to 39.2%. Democrat James Talarico defeated Republican Ken Paxton in Texas, 58.9% to 39.5%, and Democrat Annie Andrews unseated Republican Sen. Darline Graham in South Carolina, 51.0% to 46.8%.
Republicans held seats in Alabama, Arkansas, Kentucky, Oklahoma, Tennessee, West Virginia, Wyoming and a special election in Florida. Democrats held seats in Colorado, Delaware, Georgia, Illinois, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, Oregon, Rhode Island and Virginia, according to unofficial results.
In Georgia, Democrat Jon Ossoff won reelection over Republican Mike Collins, 59.0% to 41.0%, and in Virginia, Democrat Mark Warner won a new term over Republican Bert Mizusawa, 59.8% to 39.9%, according to unofficial results.
Among the closest uncalled races, Democrat Troy Jackson led Republican Sen. Susan Collins in Maine, 50.7% to 49.2%, with 52% of the expected vote counted. Democrat Abdul El-Sayed led Republican Mike Rogers in Michigan, 50.5% to 47.6%, with 41% counted.
Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith led Democrat Scott Colom in Mississippi, 49.9% to 48.0%. Republican Michele Tafoya led Democrat Peggy Flanagan in Minnesota, 51.5% to 45.5%, and Republican Julia Letlow led Democrat Jamie Davis in Louisiana, 53.2% to 46.8%.
In Nebraska, independent Dan Osborn led Republican Sen. Pete Ricketts, 48.6% to 45.7%. In Idaho, Republican Sen. Jim Risch led independent Todd Achilles, 48.7% to 42.0%, with 35% of the vote counted. In Montana, Republican Kurt Alme led independent Seth Bodnar, 49.8% to 36.6%, and in South Dakota, Republican Sen. Mike Rounds led independent Brian Bengs, 61.5% to 38.5%.
In Ohio, the Clermont Guardian projects that Democrat Sherrod Brown won the state’s U.S. Senate special election, defeating Republican Sen. Jon Husted and flipping the seat from Republican control. According to unofficial results from the Ohio Secretary of State, with 89% of the expected vote counted, Brown had 48.7% (2,051,231 votes) to Husted’s 46.4% (1,954,862 votes), while Libertarian William Redpath had 2.8% (119,593 votes).
Brown’s win is one of the six Democratic flips underpinning the Guardian’s projection that the party will hold the Senate majority once the remaining races are decided.
For full, county-by-county results, visit the Clermont Guardian’s live results map at https://clermontguardian.com/national-election-results-2026/.
Results are unofficial until certified by the Ohio Secretary of State. Source: Ohio Secretary of State election night reporting. See the live map: https://clermontguardian.com/election-results-2026/