Even though Election Day was just about three weeks ago — when Republicans not only won the presidency but control of Congress — it’s not too early to look ahead to the 2026 midterm elections, when several key Senate races will be at stake.

Republicans will have a 53-47 majority in the next Congress and will seek to expand that margin in two years. Meanwhile, Democrats are hoping to chip into the GOP’s lead or even wrest control to help them stymie Donald Trump’s agenda for his final two years in office.

In contrast to this year’s election, when 23 Democrat Senate seats were up for election compared with 11 for Republicans, in 2026, there will be 20 Republican seats up for grabs compared with 13 for Democrats. But unlike this year, where Democrats had to defend seven seats in states that Trump won either in 2016 or 2020, only one Republican seat will be vulnerable in a state won by any of Trump’s opponents in 2016, 2020 or this year: Maine.

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