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Will the Republican Party hold exactly 48 Senate seats after the 2026 midterm elections?
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YES order book
Observed midpoint
Book identity & receipt
- Best YES bid / ask
- 16% / 17%
- Provider timestamp (raw)
- 1792154586124
- YES token
72612350161635310858699746744664698071678470215569392949055290671799482750173- Book digest
3d11da7698aeee2998ea1057bb52f45bb7c24292435a2840c3f77879d716d604
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What defines this contract
Description & declared source
This market will resolve according to the Republican Party’s seat count in the United States Senate as a result of the 2026 United States midterm election scheduled for November 3, 2026. The seat count includes all regular and special Senate elections that determine representation in the upcoming 120th Congress and are scheduled to take place in November 2026 as of October 31, 2026. Runoffs for qualifying elections will determine attribution of the relevant seat, even if they take place after November 2026. Vacant seats for which no election or special election to fill the seat is scheduled to take place in November 2026 as of October 31, 2026 will be treated as held by the party affiliation of the most recent member to hold that seat. For seats contested in the specified election, seats are attributed to the party under which the member was elected. If a member-elect changes party affiliation, or vacates their seat, between election day and the formal organization of Congress, the seat is attributed to the party under which the member was elected. For seats not contested in the specified election, seats are attributed to the party that holds the seat as of the date of the election. If a current sitting member of the U.S. Senate who is not up for election changes party affiliation or vacates their seat after the date of the election, the seat is attributed to the party under which the member was affiliated at the time of the election. Senate members elected as independents who formally caucus with, or, for newly elected members, who announce their intent to caucus with, the Republican party are included in the count. If the caucus decisions of members of the Senate elected as independents cannot be determined on the date of the election, this market may remain open until the earlier of (i) an announcement from the relevant members of their intents to caucus, or (ii) January 4th, 11:59 PM ET of the following calendar year. If no such announcement is made by January 4th, 11:59 PM ET of the following calendar year, the member will not count towards the seat count of any party. The resolution sources for this market will be official information from relevant state electoral authorities, the United States Congress, and a consensus of credible reporting.
- Separate resolution rules
- No usable separate rules supplied
- Declared resolution source
- Not supplied
- Scheduled end
- Not supplied
- Outcomes
- Yes / No
- Venue metadata updated
- 2026-10-16 12:41:06.635502 UTC
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Conditions history
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Exact contract & metadata receipt
- Canonical market ID
polymarket:condition-sha256:7941ac258b14296245efdc415d50293cd84ce4fc434d98dd4d5a3e5538234541- Condition ID
0xb2ce24bdd043abf35f09428cad5e67ffc5d6cae16b7a3556dec55fb539dd1253- Metadata read at
- 2026-10-16 12:43:15.599 UTC
- Metadata digest
e641d9a6fcd7ec58fb4892fe4cb411f9f342525f4a27822bd31b75fd587f725b
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