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Elections · Sunday, November 8, 2026

Senate counts move, and the leaders do not

The File desk · Nov. 8, 2026, 6:41 a.m. ET

Partially confirmed3 primary sourcesAdded 6:41 a.m. ET, Nov. 8

Status

Partially confirmed. Iowa version 385624, the Georgia file as of 3:05 p.m. ET on November 7, and the North Carolina results file show the vote totals in this brief. Leaders match the earlier unofficial counts. None of the three files marks a winner, and this desk did not open a certificate.
  • Confirmed
    The vote totals and the precinct or county fields are the ones in the state files opened this morning.
  • Partially confirmed
    The counts are not certifications. Iowa's winner field is 0 for each candidate. Georgia leaves the winner blank.
Unofficial Senate files opened this morning still have the same leaders, and none marks a winner. Iowa version 385624 lists Josh Turek at 686,486, Ashley Hinson at 630,615, Thomas Laehn at 42,052, and write-in at 1,686. Georgia, as of 3:05 p.m. ET on November 7, 2026, with 159 of 159 counties, lists Jon Ossoff at 2,466,695 and Mike Collins at 1,712,587. North Carolina lists Roy Cooper at 2,467,972 and Michael Whatley at 1,643,114, with 2,626 of 2,626 precincts.123
How we know

Notes

  1. 1.Iowa Secretary of State election-night summary, version 385624, contest "United States Senator." Ashley Hinson REP 630,615; Josh Turek DEM 686,486; Thomas Laehn LIB 42,052; Write-in 1,686; total 1,360,839. Winner field 0 for each. TP 99 and PR 95 are not defined in the file. Retrieved 6:16 a.m. ET. https://electionresults.iowa.gov/IA/127077/385624/json/en/summary.json
  2. 2.Georgia Secretary of State results API, US Senate, reportingUnits 159, totalUnits 159, asOf 2026-11-07T20:05:49.2819869Z (3:05 p.m. ET). Jon Ossoff (I) (Dem) 2,466,695. Mike Collins (Rep) 1,712,587. voteTotal 4,179,282. isWinner is null. Not marked as a certificate on the file this desk read. Retrieved 6:16 a.m. ET. https://results.sos.ga.gov/results/public/api/elections/Georgia/11032026GeneralAndSpecialElection/ballot-items
  3. 3.North Carolina State Board of Elections ENR file, contest "US SENATE (VOTE FOR 1)." Roy Cooper DEM 2,467,972; Michael Whatley REP 1,643,114; Shannon W. Bray LIB 55,727; Michael Dublin GRE 36,405. Each of those four rows lists prt 2,626 and ptl 2,626. The rows do not label a winner. Retrieved 6:16 a.m. ET. https://er.ncsbe.gov/enr/20261103/data/results_0.txt
  4. 4.Earlier Iowa totals are in the November 4 story unofficial-counts-iowa-south-carolina-nov3. Earlier Georgia totals are noted in the November 5 story texas-senate-count-all-counties-nov4. This brief does not reopen Texas.

What is still unknown or disputed

  • A certificate of election in Iowa, Georgia, or North Carolina. This desk did not open one.
  • What Iowa's TP field of 99 and PR field of 95 mean. The file does not define them, so they are not printed as a reporting count.
  • Texas. The state file version was unchanged from November 5, so it is not refiled here.

Primary sources

Every claim in this story is drawn from the documents below. If a fetch failed, that is recorded on the card.

  1. Source 1

    2026 General Election summary, version 385624

    Iowa Secretary of State · November 8, 2026

    United States Senator: Josh Turek 686,486; Ashley Hinson 630,615; Thomas Laehn 42,052; write-in 1,686. Winner field 0.

    https://electionresults.iowa.gov/IA/127077/385624/json/en/summary.json

  2. Source 2

    November 3, 2026 General and Special Election ballot items

    Georgia Secretary of State · November 7, 2026

    US Senate, 159 of 159 counties, as of 2026-11-07T20:05:49Z: Jon Ossoff 2,466,695; Mike Collins 1,712,587.

    https://results.sos.ga.gov/results/public/api/elections/Georgia/11032026GeneralAndSpecialElection/ballot-items

  3. Source 3

    November 3, 2026 election results file

    North Carolina State Board of Elections · November 8, 2026

    US Senate: Roy Cooper 2,467,972; Michael Whatley 1,643,114; 2,626 of 2,626 precincts.

    https://er.ncsbe.gov/enr/20261103/data/results_0.txt