Uncalled Senate and governor races remain after 2026 midterms

Race calls wait until no scenario lets a trailing candidate close the gap

Just a handful of Senate and governor races from the 2026 midterm elections remained uncalled as of noon Eastern time on Wednesday, with the unresolved contests in Mississippi, Alaska and Kansas. The Associated Press does not make projections and “will only declare a winner when it’s determined there is no scenario that would allow the trailing candidates to close the gap.”

The uncalled counts come in an election where Democrats flipped seats in places Republicans comfortably won two years ago, securing control of both chambers of Congress.

In the House, 68 races where party control of the seat was at stake had yet to be called.

In Mississippi’s Senate race, Democrat Scott Colom led Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith by a few dozen votes. Mississippi does not have an automatic recount process, but a challenger can seek a court order for one.

In Alaska, Democrat Mary Peltola led incumbent Republican Dan Sullivan by 626 votes with an estimated 74% of votes counted. Under Alaska law, if neither candidate gets more than 50% of the vote, the contest goes to ranked-choice voting.

Alaska’s governor’s race was also uncalled. Democrat Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins held a 20 percentage point lead over Republican Bernadette Wilson, with 49.2% of the vote and an estimated 74% of ballots counted. Like the Senate contest, the governor’s election advances to another round if no candidate gets more than 50% of the votes.

In Kansas, Democrat Cindy Holscher led Republican Ty Masterson by 5,557 votes — less than a percentage point — with an estimated 98% of votes counted. That lead came after Democrat Adam Hamilton became the first member of his party to win a Senate seat in nearly a century. Holscher and Masterson both serve in the state Senate, where Masterson serves as its president.

Two of the unresolved states have procedures that could extend the counting process. In Alaska, both the Senate and governor’s contests advance to another round if no candidate gets more than 50% of the vote. In Mississippi, where recounts are not automatic, a challenger can seek a court order for one.

The Associated Press’s standard leaves each race open until the trailing candidate has no remaining path to victory. The count in Mississippi, the ranked-choice rounds in Alaska and the Kansas governor’s margin were all unresolved as of noon Eastern time on Wednesday.