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Decided by 99 votes: the closest races of 2026

Published 2026-11-07 · By Pushbuild · Data: Election Night Results API – Live State Returns

99Decided by · as of 2026-11-07

The closest race in our results is North Carolina's 5th district: Chuck Hubbard leads Virginia Foxx by 99 votes out of 285,498 (0.03 points), with every precinct reporting. Minnesota's 1st (322 votes) and North Carolina's 3rd (233 votes) were within a tenth of a point.

Alaska: 637AKMEVTNHWAIDMTNDMinnesota: 322MNILWIMINYRIMAORNVWYSDIAINOHPANJCTCAUTCONEMOKYWVVAMDDEArizona: 3,916AZNMKSARTNNorth Carolina: 5,179NCSouth Carolina: 3,352SCDCOklahoma: 3,336OKLouisiana: 25,850LAMSALGAHITXFlorida: 106,240FLVotes apart: lowhigh · outline: no data
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The 20 closest House, Senate and governor races

StateRaceLeaderSecondVotes apartMargin (pts)Count
NCHouse 5Chuck Hubbard (DEM)Virginia Foxx (REP)990.03all units in
MNHouse 1Jake Johnson (DFL)Brad Finstad (R)3220.10all units in
NCHouse 3Greg Murphy (REP)Raymond Smith (DEM)2330.10all units in
LAHouse 6Chauna Banks (DEM)Blake Miguez (REP)6650.25all units in
AKSenatePeltola, Mary (DEM)Sullivan, Dan S. (REP)6370.30still counting
FLHouse 27Maria Elvira Salazar (REP)Eliott Rodriguez (DEM)1,0900.44all units in
FLHouse 7Ryan Elijah (REP)Bale Dalton (DEM)1,6310.50all units in
FLHouse 9Darren Soto (DEM)Dan Green (REP)1,5060.53all units in
LAHouse 5Patricia "Pat" Moore (DEM)"Gabe" Firment (REP)1,6530.73all units in
FLHouse 26Mario Diaz-Balart (REP)Nicole Locklin (DEM)1,7040.74all units in
NCHouse 7David Rouzer (REP)Kimberly Hardy (DEM)2,4250.76all units in
FLHouse 13Anna Paulina Luna (REP)Leela Gray (DEM)2,4910.79all units in
SCHouse 2Joe Wilson (REP)Zyon Khalifa (DEM)2,9260.99still counting
NCHouse 10Pat Harrigan (REP)Ashley Bell (DEM)3,0291.03all units in
SCHouse 1Nancy Lacore (DEM)Jenny Costa Honeycutt (REP)3,3521.03still counting
AZHouse 2Eli Crane (REP)Jonathan Nez (DEM)3,9161.19all units in
OKHouse 5STEPHANIE BICE (REP)JENA NELSON (DEM)3,3361.26all units in
FLGovernorDonalds / Avila (REP)Jolly / Graham (DEM)106,2401.28still counting
LASenateJulia Letlow (REP)"Jamie" Davis (DEM)25,8501.76all units in
NCHouse 8Mark Harris (REP)Colby Watson (DEM)5,1791.77all units in

Still counting

Alaska's Senate race (Peltola ahead by 637 votes) and South Carolina's 1st and 2nd districts are not final. California and Washington count mail ballots for weeks, so their close House races may join this list.

Source

Unofficial results from state election offices via our election-night-results API, read Nov 6. Certified results can differ.

Sources

  • Election Night Results API – Live State Returns: the primary sources are listed on the API page, read on 2026-11-07

Data as of 2026-11-07. Every figure in this post is in the table above and the CSV below.

Download the data behind this post: midterms-closest-races-2026.csv

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