The United States holds congressional elections on Tuesday, November 3, 2026, with 250 million voters eligible to cast ballots. The vote will decide all 435 seats in the House of Representatives and one-third of the 100-member Senate, which has two senators from each state.
The outcome will determine more than the make-up of Congress. With Republicans currently controlling both chambers, the elections are also a major test of Donald Trump’s popularity halfway through his term. Trump, the Republican Party’s natural leader, endorsed the vast majority of its candidates.
It is considered highly likely that Republicans will lose control of one chamber, or possibly both. That prospect raises the question of whether a change in congressional control would make Trump a president unable to govern effectively. The available report introduces this issue but does not provide further analysis of the powers at stake.
Sources: Le Figaro.