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U.S. Senate controlElection day Nov 3, 2026

Every midterm race the exchanges list, read every hour, with a Sparket.AI estimate that filters the noise out of the venues’ prices. This file follows the race for Senate control. It is a live forecast: the race is graded, and every source on it scored, once results are in after Nov 3. As of .

684Races tracked for Nov 3
145KExchange price snapshots since Sep 24
471Times we re-estimated this race
61.4%Our estimate: Democrats win the Senate

Our estimate against the marketsChance Democrats control the Senate after the election: the Sparket.AI estimate at each hourly update, beside Kalshi and Polymarket. The estimate smooths short-lived swings in either venue rather than chasing them.

Sparket.AI estimateKalshiPolymarket
50%55%60%65%70%75%Sep 28Oct 5Oct 12date (UTC)Democrats win the Senate %

Seat-count ladderThe chance of each final Democratic seat count, from Kalshi’s seat markets (prices normalized to 100%). With the Vice President breaking ties for Republicans, Democrats need 51.

Democratic majority (51+)No Democratic majority
0%10%20%30%40%≤444546474849505152≥53Democratic seats after the electionchance2%2%3%4%6%9%12%12%16%34%

Cross-check: the seat ladder puts a Democratic majority at 61.5%; Kalshi’s own Senate-control market says 61.5%. Two separate sets of contracts, one consistent answer.

Margin-of-victory ladderThe national House popular vote: Kalshi’s price that Democrats win it by at least each margin, with a normal curve fitted through them. The curve lands within 4 points of every line, so one center and one spread describe the whole ladder.

Kalshi bid–ask on each lineNormal curve fit: D+9, spread ±3
0%25%50%75%100%D+0D+2D+4D+6D+8D+10D+12D+14D+16D+18Democratic margin in the national House vote (points)chance margin ≥ line

Cross-check: Kalshi’s House seat ladder puts Democrats at 218+ seats at 92.5%; its House-control market says 90.1%. A gap of 2.4 points between two markets that should agree — the kind of disagreement we flag rather than pass through.

CoverageEvery 2026 race listed on the exchanges, by office. Prices are read hourly; the Sparket.AI estimate runs on two-party races today and widens as more races are matched.

Office
Races and venues
Pricing
U.S. House
443 races · Kalshi on 434 · Polymarket on 25
Sparket.AI estimate on 26
Mayors & municipal
64 races · Kalshi on 61 · Polymarket on 0
Exchange prices
Statewide offices
58 races · Kalshi on 54 · Polymarket on 0
Sparket.AI estimate on 3
Governor
45 races · Kalshi on 45 · Polymarket on 7
Sparket.AI estimate on 1
U.S. Senate
41 races · Kalshi on 39 · Polymarket on 1
Sparket.AI estimate on 3
State legislatures
29 races · Kalshi on 29 · Polymarket on 0
Sparket.AI estimate on 24
Lieutenant governor
4 races · Kalshi on 4 · Polymarket on 1
Exchange prices

Graded after Nov 3: every source’s final prices on every race, scored the same way as the sports sources in the source report.