THE US MIDTERM 2026
THE US MIDTERM 2026 - By Bernard Bujold - On Tuesday, November 3rd, 2026, the US Midterm elections take place. The story of United States midterm elections is a political drama written into the U.S. Constitution. Held precisely halfway through a president’s four-year term, midterms function as a national check-and-balance mechanism—and a high-stakes referendum on executive power. In the 2026 midterm elections, the seats up for election are the U.S. House of Representatives (Congress), where all 435 seats are up for election (as members serve strict 2-year terms). In the U.S. Senate: 35 seats of the total 100 are up for election (33 regular class elections plus 2 special elections). Because senators serve staggered 6-year terms, the remaining 65 seats are not contested in this cycle. Whoever wins the midterms controls the congressional committee chairs, the legislative calendar, and holds the power to block—or greenlight—a president’s agenda. Heading into the 2026 mi...