The Morning Line

Will the Republican Party hold exactly 54 Senate seats after the 2026 midterm elections?

Politics · tracked since August 1, 2026 · last updated 5:00 AM ET

2%

Today’s odds

As of October 12, 2026, market-consensus odds put the chance at 2%.

Unchanged since the previous update. Probabilities are market-consensus forecasts, not predictions.

How the odds have moved

0%25%50%75%100%Aug 1Oct 5Oct 7Oct 10Oct 12Yes — Aug 1: 2%Yes — Oct 2: 2%Yes — Oct 5: 2%Yes — Oct 6: 2%Yes — Oct 7: 2%Yes — Oct 8: 3%Yes — Oct 9: 2%Yes — Oct 10: 2%Yes — Oct 11: 2%Yes — Oct 12: 2%2%

Every outcome we track

OutcomeOct 11TodayMove
Yes2%2%—
Full history table
DateYes
2026-10-122%
2026-10-112%
2026-10-102%
2026-10-092%
2026-10-083%
2026-10-072%
2026-10-062%
2026-10-052%
2026-10-022%
2026-08-012%

Use this data. The full daily history behind this page is free to download and reuse with a link back to this page: Download the full daily odds history (CSV) · the same history as JSON · about the open data. Updated every morning; past values never change.

Common questions

Will the Republican Party hold exactly 54 Senate seats after the 2026 midterm elections — what are the odds?
As of October 12, 2026, the market-consensus chance is 2%. That is the aggregated judgment of traders with money at stake, reported by The Morning Line — not our own prediction.
Will the Republican Party hold exactly 54 Senate seats after the 2026 midterm elections — how much have the odds move?
Barely. Across 10 tracked days the odds held near 2%, ending at 2% on October 12, 2026 — a question the market has not changed its mind about.

About this question

The Morning Line has reported the market-consensus odds on “Will the Republican Party hold exactly 54 Senate seats after the 2026 midterm elections” for 10 days, since August 1, 2026. As of October 12, 2026, market-consensus odds sit at 2%. The chance for a yes has held near 2% across that stretch. These are reported probabilities, not our own predictions. This page updates every morning with the full daily history, free to download as JSON or CSV.

Related questions