MACDONALD: 2026 Midterms – What We Know So Far…Blue Wave!

As of this writing, results are still coming in for the 2026 midterms, but here is a quick look at the current status of races and chamber majorities or projections. Looks like the blue wave survived and has arrived.

I guess we may be leaning a little socialist for the next two years,

Here’s what I’ve got so far.

New Hampshire:

Governor: Too close to call. Ayotte is currently ahead.

Executive Council Majority: Democrats leading in all five races

NH State House Majority: unknown, but given the rest of the results, it’s not likely good.

NH State Senate Majority: Dems leading in at least 15 of 24 races (gives them the majority)

Nationally.

NH US Senate Race: Called for Chris Pappas

NH US House Race CD-1: Called for Stefany Shaheen

NH US House Race CD-2: Goodlander leading – win likely

US Senate Majority (or prediction): Democrats likely control of the US House

US House Majortiy 9or ppredictions): Democrats likely control the US Senate

Closing Remarks

At this point, it looks like Ayotte may be the only “republican” to survive the blue wave in New Hampshire, but as noted above, that race is too close to call, and the lead keeps changing as more numbers come in. Let’s hope she wins. Given what we know right now, she would have to stop whatever the NH Democrats think they have planned, assuming things continue to trend blue, and without knowing what the NH House looks like (too many races), but the current numbers suggest Democrats are on the cusp of taking back most of the NH state government, and the prediction markets show a 99-100% likelihood the Dems will have majorities in both chambers of Congress

More in the morning!!!

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  • Steve is a long-time New Hampshire resident, an award-winning blogger, and a member of the Board of Directors of The 603 Alliance and the National Heritage Center for Constitutional Studies. He is the owner of Grok Media LLC and the Managing Editor, Executive Editor, assistant editor, Editor, content curator, and more (yes, there's more) at GraniteGrok.com. Steve is also a former board member of the Republican Liberty Caucus of New Hampshire, the Republican Volunteer Coalition, and has worked for or with many state and local campaigns and grassroots groups, and is a past contributor to the Franklin Center for Public Policy.

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