2026 United States House of Representatives elections

Let's get you caught up with today's seven stories.

Number one, the battlefield of competitive House races is expanding ahead of the midterm elections next month.

As the November 3rd midterms draw near, the environment appears increasingly favorable for Democrats and grim for Republicans.

Democrats need to net only three new House seats to win the majority.

Republicans currently have 219 seats, including one held by an independent who caucuses with them, to Democrats' 214.

President Donald Trump's low favorability with voters, plus high prices and the unpopular war with Iran, are adding to the advantage Democrats already hold as the party out of power.

They're winning.

In case you hadn't noticed, it's a Republican House, Senate and presidency.

They're winning.

Programs have been cut.

Obviously, that's not working.

And so here's the facts.

The Democrats are going to win the House and the Senate.

It's not going to change much of your life.

It's the Rob Kendall show.

So what happens if the polling is accurate and the Republicans lose? What happens if the polling is accurate and the Republicans lose as predicted? And now it looks like based on the surveys, et cetera, the sort of these compilations of all these surveys that the Republicans are predicted to lose not only the House, but once on what was unthinkable, the Senate.

The crazy thing about this map, when the Republicans won the Senate in 2024, the initial response was, wow, that's bad for the Democrats, and this map in 2026 is bad for the Democrats, too.

A major problem the Republicans have is not just what happens this year, but future elections appear to show Like 2028, the map, the Senate map, the states that are in play favor the Democrats.

And the wild thing is, we'll get into this in the audio here in just a little bit.

Had they not done the Iran thing, while they haven't substantially lowered prices and in many cases haven't lowered them at all, the inflation would be reasonable enough.

that they probably would have certainly kept the Senate, and they might have even kept the House.

The Iran and the tariffs.

Obviously, there's some level of interest, and it's important that we talk about it and try to understand the races.

But it seems to me that the only focus of most people in this state is on the midterms and do the Democrats take back the House and possibly even the Senate.

Do you agree with that or no? I agree.

Yeah, well, I think that Trump has sucked up all the oxygen in the room.

And it's – I think Trump has just sucked all the air out of the room is what my – Yeah, I don't even

care that – I mean I'm – you and I talk off the air and we've talked on the air about some of these court cases.

My fixation is on all the midterm races, the key Senate races, the House analysis.

And I actually feel bad about this.

I agree.

Because if we lose the House and the Senate, this isn't doom or black pilling.

This is me telling you the truth.

If we lose both, get ready.

Wednesday, Cincinnati, Ohio.

And Thursday, North Platte, Nebraska.

So the White House is in full sprint right now.

And I got to be honest.

But we have the Republicans now.

They're facing a predicted wipeout, especially in the House.

We see the opinion polls coming out right now that are...

Not looking good for President Trump, by the way, folks.

We get all these...

Seats that are leaning to the left go to the left, and Republicans lose seats.

It's looking more like the House could go to the left than the Senate, even though both are not looking good right now, folks.

But I wonder, are people going to look at what's going on around them and say, and again, I've told you this before, I've said time and time again, when you're thinking about voting for a candidate, you need to look at what their policies are.

[upbeat music] Welcome to a special edition of On Deadline, focused on the midterms.

The election on November 3rd will decide if the GOP keeps hold of the House and Senate, or if the Democrats sweep in.

And if that happens, many expect to wake up to a different America on November 4th, one where President Donald Trump's agenda and the final two years of his term is largely thwarted.

Who wins will depend on whose economic message resonates best with American voters.

you know, milk, eggs, and gas.

Our new ABC News Washington Post Ipsos poll shows Democrats in the lead in a nationwide race for the House.

ABC News also rates six Republican-held Senate seats as toss-ups, with a seventh seat now likely to flip for Democrats.

KSL's top national stories this hour.