Everything you need for election night: From the Politics Desk

On the ground in Texas, Michigan and Maine: Voters speak out at polls on key Senate races07:20Get more newsonShareAdd NBC News to GoogleNov. 3, 2026, 4:30 PM ESTBy The Politics DeskWelcome to a special Election Day edition of the From the Politics Desk newsletter, where we’re putting all the links and information you’ll need when the vote tallies start rolling in tonight in one place.

And keep an eye on your inbox tomorrow morning for a post-election edition of our Morning Rundown newsletter wrapping up the results from all the key races.

Election Day is finally here! Voting is underway across the country, with control of the House and the Senate — and the direction of the final two years of Donald Trump’s presidency — at stake.

As a reminder, Democrats would need to gain a net of three seats to win the House and four to win the Senate.

With the first polls closing soon, here are the NBC News guides and tools to have on hand to follow along with the results.

7 p.m. ET: Georgia, Indiana (parts close earlier), Kentucky (parts close earlier), South Carolina, Vermont and Virginia

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8 p.m. ET: Alabama, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Florida (parts close earlier), Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and Tennessee

9 p.m. ET: Arizona, Colorado, Iowa, Kansas (parts close earlier), Louisiana, Michigan (parts close earlier), Minnesota, Nebraska, New Mexico, New York, North Dakota (parts close earlier), South Dakota (parts close earlier), Texas (parts close earlier), Wisconsin and Wyoming

FOR SUBSCRIBERSDOJ is deploying a record number of monitors on Election Day FOR SUBSCRIBERSHow to watch election night: Key races, poll closing times, bellwether campaigns and moreFOR SUBSCRIBERSThe Data Dive: Steve Kornacki’s guide to early election night bellwethersFOR SUBSCRIBERS‘Terrible betrayal’: House Democrats consider whether to banish Michigan Rep. Haley Stevens FOR SUBSCRIBERSChatGPT and other AI tools rely on a small Brooklyn nonprofit for voting informationFOR SUBSCRIBERSTrump wants states to set aside ballots. So far, federal judges aren’t having it.FOR SUBSCRIBERSHow NBC News has prepared to cover election nightFOR SUBSCRIBERSWelcome to the gas price electionFOR SUBSCRIBERSJosh Shapiro takes on Pennsylvania Democrats’ biggest challenge: Beating Brian FitzpatrickFOR SUBSCRIBERSIs Brazil the exception to Latin America’s right-wing wave? Why the region is shiftingFOR SUBSCRIBERSNetwork of independent AI evaluators aims to boost public insight into AI giantsFOR SUBSCRIBERSThe fight for young men comes to MichiganFOR SUBSCRIBERSEnergy drinks linked to higher risk of cardiac arrest in 18-to-34-year-olds, study findsFOR SUBSCRIBERS‘A genuine toss-up’: Senate battle comes down to red states and Republican votersFOR SUBSCRIBERSTrump holds final rally of a 28-stop midterm blitz Slide 1 of 110 p.m. ET: Montana, Nevada and Utah

11 p.m. ET: California, Idaho (parts close earlier), Oregon (parts close earlier) and Washington

1 a.m. ET: Alaska (parts close earlier)