The 2026 House elections
All 435 House districts are on the ballot on November 3, 2026. Every district has its own page.
Each seat is the model’s reading of live reporting on that race, summed. Not a poll. The full board, with every race and its sourcing, is on the Midterms 2026 tab of the homepage; the methodology says what the total is and is not.
How House control is decided
The entire House stands for election every two years, but only a few dozen genuinely competitive districts decide the majority. The rest are shaped by district lines, incumbency and the partisan lean of their communities. Midterm cycles historically pressure the party holding the presidency, which puts the competitive seats under an even brighter light in 2026.
Browse districts by state below, or start from a state political profile to see a state's House delegation alongside its Senate and governor races.
Why a handful of districts decide the chamber
All 435 seats are contested, but most are not genuinely in play. District lines, incumbency and the partisan lean of communities mean the majority turns on a few dozen competitive seats, typically suburban districts where neither coalition dominates. Redistricting between censuses can move that set of seats without a single voter changing their mind.
Because districts are drawn by population rather than land, they vary enormously in shape: a single dense county can contain several districts, while one rural district can span dozens of counties. Every district page here lists the counties it actually covers, computed from current Census boundaries, which is usually the fastest way to work out which district you live in.