Cover image: A dog lies on the ground as people vote at Miami Beach Fire Department Station 4 during the US midterm elections, in Miami Beach, Florida, US, November 3, 2026. © Eva Marie Uzcategui, Reuters

Trickle or tsunami? Democrats eye gains in US midterm elections

· France 24

In the run-up to FRANCE 24's election night coverage, we go live to Jessica Le Masurier in Michigan, where there’s been plenty of drama in the Senate race between a progressive Arab-American Democrat and a Trump-backed Republican Congressman; Andres Espinal in Austin, Texas, where a Senate candidate facing a scandal-ridden attorney general hopes to become the first Democrat to win statewide office since 1988; Fraser Jackson in Rosslyn, Virginia, with an eye to close races in the House of Representatives there and across the country; Kethevane Gorjestani in Washington, who covered the White House under the first Trump administration; and Brussels correspondent Dave Keating, author of "The Owned Continent".

Produced by François Picard, Rebecca Gnignati, Juliette Laffont, Ilayda Habip, Delphine Liou.