C-SPAN’s Midterm Election Night Coverage
On C-SPAN
Beginning at 4 p.m. ET on Election Night this Tuesday, C-SPAN will deliver at least 20 continuous hours of live, commercial-free coverage, following the races that will determine control of Congress and governorships across the country. While other networks turn to partisan panels, predictions, and political debate, C-SPAN's original programming will focus on the election itself: comprehensive election results, victory and concession speeches, LIVE coverage from more than 30 locations across the country, and firsthand accounts from the battleground states where the balance of power will be decided. No commercials. No partisan pundits during the flagship C-SPAN production. Just democracy, unfiltered.
On C-SPAN2 and C-SPAN3
And in an exciting new collaboration, C-SPAN will bring the energy, insights, and perspectives of two prominent YouTube Creators to its television audiences on Election Night. We will simulcast the election-night YouTube livestreams of:
- TYT featuring The Young Turks Cenk Uygur, Ana Kasparian, and John Iadarola LIVE on C-SPAN2;
- and of Patrick Bet-David, host of the PBD Podcast and founder of the Valuetainment Streaming Network LIVE on C-SPAN3.
Representing different ends of the political spectrum, these programs will offer their own takes on the results, reactions, and developments throughout the night, bringing fresh perspectives to C-SPAN's election coverage.
Featured Lesson Plan for Election Night
The lesson provides several activities for students to help them understand coverage of election night as they watch this Tuesday, November 3rd. You can choose to have students view election night coverage while taking notes, mapping votes as they come in, playing a vocabulary BINGO game, evaluating election night speeches or comparing news networks’ coverage of election night. Students can view coverage of the 2026 elections on C-SPAN or other news networks. These activities provide students a foundation to discuss the election the next day in class.
Other Instructional Resources
Our Campaign 2026 Featured Resources site provides C-SPAN Classroom resources explaining the various aspects of the midterm election process. Check out some of the most popular sections of the website below, and make sure to bookmark this site as it will continue to be updated with new resources as we move toward Election Day on November 3rd, 2026!
- 2026 Elections: Resources focusing on which federal and gubernatorial offices are up for election and the newest video clips, bell ringers, and lesson plans from the campaign trail.
- Census & Redistricting: Explores the impact of the census and explains the redistricting process.
- Political Parties: Outlines what political parties are and what they do.
- Campaign Finance: Explains the rules and regulations that candidates have to follow regarding fundraising.
- Campaign Ads: Includes analyses of campaign ads, along with some of the most popular candidate ads from the 20th and 21st centuries.
- Media Coverage & Polling: Details the role of the media during presidential elections and how to read and interpret polling data
- Voting: Details the voting process, related state laws, and trends in voter values and turnout.
- Issues: Provides resources covering an array of issues that are routinely discussed by the candidates.
