Kansas, Alabama Senate Races Report Early Results
Live tabulated estimates for midterm Senate contests in Alabama and Kansas are being reported as polls close on election night.
Updated on Nov. 4, 2026 in Elections
Results for the 2026 Alabama U.S. Senate race between Wess and Moore are being reported live, alongside Kansas polls that closed at 8 p.m. Eastern in the Senate contest between Republican incumbent Roger Marshall and Democratic challenger Adam Hamilton. The figures shown are tabulated estimates that will be superseded as counties report more votes.
Why it matters
Early county returns in Kansas are being watched closely because Johnson County, a Kansas City suburb, will account for over a quarter of the state's vote and Democrats carried it by more than eight points in the 2020 and 2024 presidential elections. Alabama readers are following the Senate contest between Wess and Moore as results come in.
Johnson County, which will supply over a quarter of the Kansas vote, has leaned Democratic by more than eight points in recent presidential elections. Sedgwick County, home to Wichita, went for Trump by more than 13 points in 2024, offering a benchmark for comparison.
The players
Roger Marshall
Roger Marshall is the Republican U.S. senator from Kansas who is seeking reelection in the 2026 race.
Adam Hamilton
Adam Hamilton is the Democratic challenger in the 2026 Kansas Senate race, based in the Kansas City suburb of Johnson County.
Laura Kelly
Laura Kelly is the Democratic governor of Kansas who won the 2022 governor's race by 20 points.
The details
Polls in Kansas closed at 8 p.m. Eastern, and early tabulated results are being reported in the Senate race between Marshall and Hamilton. Results for the Alabama Senate race between Wess and Moore are also being posted live as counties report.
Timeline
Kansas polls closed at 8 p.m. Eastern on November 3, 2026.
Seasonal Patterns
Election-night county returns in Kansas are being read against the 2024 presidential margins, when Johnson County went Democratic by over eight points and Sedgwick County went for Trump by more than 13. Comparing live returns to those established benchmarks shows whether the 2026 Senate vote is tracking earlier county patterns.
Results shown are tabulated estimates and will shift as counties report, so the displayed margins should not be treated as final. Readers in Alabama should expect the Wess and Moore Senate totals to update through the night as more votes are counted.
The takeaway
Early election-night returns are provisional, and county-level patterns from 2020, 2022 and 2024 help explain where the Kansas and Alabama Senate races may head as the count continues.
Further reading
Follow more coverage in Alabama Elections as the Senate results are updated.
