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House: 435 seats, 218 for a majority
All 435 seats are up on Nov. 3. As of Oct. 22, Republicans hold 218 seats and Democrats 214; 1 seat is held by an independent; 2 are vacant.
- 214Democrat
- 1Independent
- 2Vacant
- 218Republican
Source: House Clerk; House Press Galleryas of current split
- Consensus toss-up districts
- On the watch list only
- No districts on the list
Source: Cook, Sabato and Inside Electionsas of map: 2026 lines
- AK Alaska, 1 seats
- AL Alabama, 7 seatsnew map
- AR Arkansas, 4 seats
- AZ Arizona, 9 seats
- CA California, 52 seatsnew map
- CO Colorado, 8 seats
- CT Connecticut, 5 seats
- DE Delaware, 1 seats
- FL Florida, 28 seatsnew map
- GA Georgia, 14 seats
- HI Hawaii, 2 seats
- IA Iowa, 4 seats
- ID Idaho, 2 seats
- IL Illinois, 17 seats
- IN Indiana, 9 seats
- KS Kansas, 4 seats
- KY Kentucky, 6 seats
- LA Louisiana, 6 seatsnew map
- MA Massachusetts, 9 seats
- MD Maryland, 8 seats
- ME Maine, 2 seats
- MI Michigan, 13 seats
- MN Minnesota, 8 seats
- MO Missouri, 8 seats
- MS Mississippi, 4 seats
- MT Montana, 2 seats
- NC North Carolina, 14 seatsnew map
- ND North Dakota, 1 seats
- NE Nebraska, 3 seats
- NH New Hampshire, 2 seats
- NJ New Jersey, 12 seats
- NM New Mexico, 3 seats
- NV Nevada, 4 seats
- NY New York, 26 seats
- OH Ohio, 15 seatsnew map
- OK Oklahoma, 5 seats
- OR Oregon, 6 seats
- PA Pennsylvania, 17 seats
- RI Rhode Island, 2 seats
- SC South Carolina, 7 seats
- SD South Dakota, 1 seats
- TN Tennessee, 9 seatsnew map
- TX Texas, 38 seatsnew map
- UT Utah, 4 seatsnew map
- VA Virginia, 11 seats
- VT Vermont, 1 seats
- WA Washington, 10 seats
- WI Wisconsin, 8 seats
- WV West Virginia, 2 seats
- WY Wyoming, 1 seats
- Democrat
- Republican
- Independent
- Not called
Source: AP and DDHQ calls
A square takes the party’s color when AP or DDHQ calls the seat; uncalled seats are hatched.
Generic ballot
Which party’s candidate would you vote for?Generic ballot average
| Poll | Dates | Sample | D | R | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morning Consult | Oct. 12–18 | 17,706 LV | 50.4% | 43.1% | D +7.3 |
| RMG Research | Oct. 13 | LV | 54.0% | 43.0% | D +11.0 |
| Ipsos | Oct. 9–13 | 2,032 LV | 52.0% | 44.0% | D +8.0 |
| SurveyMonkey | Sept. 28–Oct. 12 | 18,061 RV | 55.0% | 45.0% | D +10.0 |
| AP-NORC | Oct. 8–12 | 925 RV | 47.0% | 38.0% | D +9.0 |
| YouGov | Oct. 10–12 | 1,176 LV | 49.0% | 41.0% | D +8.0 |
| Beacon Research/Shaw & Company Research | Oct. 9–12 | 1,202 RV | 54.0% | 45.0% | D +9.0 |
| Morning Consult*Not in the average | Oct. 5–11 | 17,654 RV | 49.7% | 43.1% | D +6.6 |
| Cygnal*Not in the average | Oct. 7–10 | 1,500 LV | 51.0% | 42.0% | D +9.0 |
| NewsNation*Not in the average | Oct. 5–9 | 974 LV | 49.0% | 42.0% | D +7.0 |
| Rasmussen Reportspartisan R*Not in the average | Oct. 1–7 | 1,781 LV | 49.0% | 44.0% | D +5.0 |
| Noble Predictive Insights*Not in the average | Oct. 5–7 | 2,527 RV | 47.0% | 42.0% | D +5.0 |
| YouGov*Not in the average | Oct. 2–5 | 1,173 LV | 51.0% | 40.0% | D +11.0 |
| Ipsos*Not in the average | Sept. 30–Oct. 5 | 3,526 RV | 44.0% | 37.0% | D +7.0 |
| Morning Consult*Not in the average | Sept. 28–Oct. 4 | 17,659 LV | 50.0% | 43.0% | D +7.0 |
LV: likely voters · RV: registered voters · A: adults. Margin in points. * Not in the average: partisan or internal poll, outside the window, or the pollster has a newer poll.
12 consensus toss-ups
All three raters say Toss-up · last change Oct. 16- AZ-6Arizona
- CO-8Colorado
- FL-14Floridanew lines
- IA-2Iowa
- MI-7Michigan
- NC-1North Carolinanew lines
- NC-11North Carolinanew lines
- NY-17New York
- OH-7Ohionew lines
- OH-9Ohionew lines
- TX-15Texasnew lines
- WI-3Wisconsin
Watch list two raters say Toss-up · last change Oct. 16
- CA-22Californianew lines
- FL-22Floridanew lines
- MI-4Michigan
- MI-10Michigan
- PA-8Pennsylvania
- PA-10Pennsylvania
- TX-34Texasnew lines
- VA-1Virginia
- VA-2Virginia
New district lines
For 2026, 10 states drew new lines: Alabama, California, Florida, Louisiana, Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio, Tennessee, Texas and Utah. The other states use their 2024 lines.