Fox News Plans Multiplatform Coverage of 2026 Midterm Results
Fox News Channel and Fox News Digital will carry live results, race calls and analysis as polls close in the battlegrounds that could decide control of Congress.
Fox News Channel and Fox News Digital will deliver live results, race calls and analysis as polls close across the country's biggest battleground states on Tuesday, with the contests expected to determine which party controls Congress. Viewers can follow the coverage through Fox News Go with a participating television provider or by streaming Fox News Channel through FOX One.
The network's special election programming, titled "FOX News Democracy 26," begins at 6 p.m. ET and will be co-anchored by Bret Baier and Martha MacCallum. Dana Perino, Brit Hume, Harold Ford Jr., Bill Hemmer, Sandra Smith, Laura Ingraham, Jesse Watters, Sean Hannity and other Fox News personalities will contribute throughout the evening. The Fox News Decision Desk will make race calls for House, Senate and gubernatorial contests and project which party will control each chamber of Congress.
Fox Business will simulcast the Fox News Channel Election Night coverage from 6 p.m. Tuesday until 6 a.m. Wednesday. Trace Gallagher will lead overnight coverage, and a special early edition of "FOX & Friends First" begins at 4 a.m. Fox News Digital will run a live Election Night blog with breaking developments, along with Fox News Power Rankings and Fox News Voter Analysis as polls close nationwide. The Fox News Elections Center will serve as a central destination for tracking results in Texas, Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin, Georgia, Iowa, Nevada, Maine and Florida, as well as other key congressional and statewide races.
Digital tools are a major part of the plan. The Fox News app will feature a new "Midterms 2026" tab with interactive county-level election maps and an AI-powered "Election HQ" chatbot that answers questions about races and results using Fox News reporting. Signed-in users can join "The Room," an interactive Election Night discussion featuring real-time commentary. Fox ONE is also offering an interactive election experience with several tools debuting for the 2026 midterms, including a command center, an election hub that brings together FOX's election coverage and an in-house data platform.
Behind the on-air lineup, new control rooms are debuting Tuesday evening that allow producers to move content more easily across the network's many platforms, according to Variety. For additional analysis, "Ruthless Live! Midterm Election Show" will stream from 8 to 11 p.m. ET on Fox News Digital and FOX Nation. Radio coverage begins at 7 p.m. ET on Fox News Radio and the Fox News app's "Listen" feature, when Jared Halpern and Jessica Rosenthal kick off live programming.
More than 20 Fox News Channel and FOX Business correspondents will report from battleground states nationwide, while chief congressional correspondent Chad Pergram will provide updates from Capitol Hill. With control of both the House and Senate at stake, the network says its coverage will continue as results emerge from the nine battleground states and beyond, including races that may remain undecided into Wednesday.
The stakes are also drawing attention in other corners of the election landscape. Variety reported that Americans had wagered nearly $1.9 billion on the midterms as of 8 p.m. ET on Monday, Nov. 2, on the two biggest prediction markets, with Democrats favored to win the House and Senate in those markets. In Florida, Republican Sen. Ashley Moody is defending her seat against Democratic state Rep. Angie Nixon and an independent candidate. In Texas, where voters have elected only Republican governors since 1994, recent polls show a tight governor's race.
Source: foxnews.com
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