When is the Vermont, United States, midterm elections 2026?

Polling day is 2026-11-03 (officially set).

When will the final result of the U.S. House race be official?

Expected between 2026-11-10T15:00:00Z and 2026-11-19T04:59:59Z (UTC), confidence announced. State canvass: for state and national offices the Secretary of State and the chair of each major party's state committee form the canvassing committee (17 V.S.A. § 2592(a)), which "shall meet at 10:00 a.m. one week after the day of the election" — Tuesday 10 Nov 2026, 15:00 UTC (SoS 2026 Elections Calendar) — "and proceed to canvass the votes"; it "may recess from time to time until it has completed its work" (§ 2592(g)), then declares the person with the most votes elected and issues the certificate of election (§ 2592(h)). The statute sets no completion deadline, so the window is held open to the end of 18 Nov 2026, Eastern time (the contest-filing deadline) to err late. The official 2022 canvass report (17 V.S.A. § 2592) is posted by the SoS, but the date the 2022 committee met was not confirmed from a primary source. A losing candidate may have the votes recounted when the margin is 2% or less of the total votes cast for the office (17 V.S.A. § 2601(a)(1)); the petition must be filed with the Washington County Superior Court within seven calendar days after the election, by 10 Nov 2026 (§ 2602(b)), and the court sets a general-election recount for 10 business days after receiving it (§ 2602(c)). An election contest must be filed within 15 days after the election, by 18 Nov 2026, or within 10 days after judgment on a recount (§ 2603(c)).

When will the final result of the Governor race be official?

Expected between 2027-01-06T15:00:00Z and 2027-01-09T04:59:59Z (UTC), confidence precedent. Declaration by the Legislature. At the opening of the General Assembly — the first Wednesday after the first Monday of January (Vt. Const. ch. II § 7), 6 Jan 2027 — a committee of the Senate and House counts the votes for Governor and declares "the person who has the major part of the votes" elected; if no candidate has a majority, the Senate and House "shall by a joint ballot" elect one of the top three vote-getters (ch. II § 47). Precedent: the Joint Assembly received the Joint Canvassing Committee's report and declared the 2022 result on Thursday 5 Jan 2023, the day after the session opened (Journal of the Joint Assembly, 5 Jan 2023); in 2025 it met on Thursday 9 Jan 2025 and, no candidate for Lieutenant Governor having a majority, elected one by joint ballot the same day (Journal of the Joint Assembly, 9 Jan 2025). The date is set each session by joint resolution, not by statute; on that precedent it would be Thursday 7 Jan 2027, and the window is held open to the end of Friday 8 Jan 2027, Eastern time, to err late. The popular-vote winner is known after the 10 Nov 2026 state canvass, but the office is not filled until this declaration, or the Legislature's election if no candidate has a majority.

Where are the official U.S. House results?

No single-election results page is recorded yet. The counting authority is Vermont Secretary of State (https://sos.vermont.gov/elections/).

Where are the official Governor results?

No single-election results page is recorded yet. The counting authority is Vermont Secretary of State (https://sos.vermont.gov/elections/).

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Vermont, United States, midterm elections 2026

Name: Vermont, United States, midterm elections 2026
Start: 2026-11-03
Location: United States

Polling day Tue, 3 Nov 2026. 2 races. Counted by Vermont Secretary of State. Times are New York time; hover for UTC.

U.S. House Scheduled

10–18 Nov 2026

Final result window, set by the law or the authority. Treat as final after Wed 18 Nov, 23:59 New York time.

Polls close: Tue 3 Nov, 19:00
First count by: Wed 4 Nov, 06:00
Counted by: Vermont Secretary of State
Results page: No single-election results page yet.
Authority site: sos.vermont.gov/elections/

Governor Scheduled

6–8 Jan 2027

Final result window, derived from the last election. Treat as final after Fri 8 Jan, 23:59 New York time.

Polls close: Tue 3 Nov, 19:00
First count by: Wed 4 Nov, 06:00
Counted by: Vermont Secretary of State
Results page: No single-election results page yet.
Authority site: sos.vermont.gov/elections/

U.S. House 1 seats

4 Nov11 Nov18 Nov

Election-night count

3–4 NovElection-night count: Tue 3 Nov, 19:00 → Wed 4 Nov, 06:00, estimate.

Intermediate count

4–5 NovIntermediate count: Wed 4 Nov, 07:00 → Thu 5 Nov, 19:00, announced.

Final result

10–18 NovFinal result: Tue 10 Nov, 10:00 → Wed 18 Nov, 23:59, announced.

announced set by law or the authorityprecedent from the last electionestimate our estimateNew York time. Polls close in 40 days.

Stage windows and their sources 3 stages, each cited

Election-night count
Tue 3 Nov, 19:00 → Wed 4 Nov, 06:00
estimate

"The polls in all polling places shall close at 7:00 p.m." (17 V.S.A. § 2561(a)); Vermont is entirely on Eastern time, so polls close at 7:00 PM EST = 00:00 UTC on 4 Nov. Town clerks must report unofficial vote counts to the Secretary of State "as soon as practicable on the day of the election" through the online elections reporting system, which posts them immediately on the Secretary's website (§ 2588(3)-(5); SoS 2026 Elections Calendar: clerks "must enter unofficial election night results into VEMS on the night of the election"). The window closes at 6:00 AM EST on 4 Nov: an estimate of when the overnight count stops moving, not a published time; no 2022 timing data point was confirmed.
Intermediate count
Wed 4 Nov, 07:00 → Thu 5 Nov, 19:00
announced

Official town returns. Vermont has no county canvass for these offices: the town clerk must deliver a certified copy of the return to the Secretary of State "within 48 hours of the close of the polls" (17 V.S.A. § 2588(6)(C)); the SoS 2026 Elections Calendar gives Thursday 5 Nov 2026 as the deadline for the Official Return of Votes to be entered in VEMS. The window closes 48 hours after polls close, 7:00 PM EST on 5 Nov.
Final result
Tue 10 Nov, 10:00 → Wed 18 Nov, 23:59
announced

State canvass: for state and national offices the Secretary of State and the chair of each major party's state committee form the canvassing committee (17 V.S.A. § 2592(a)), which "shall meet at 10:00 a.m. one week after the day of the election" — Tuesday 10 Nov 2026, 15:00 UTC (SoS 2026 Elections Calendar) — "and proceed to canvass the votes"; it "may recess from time to time until it has completed its work" (§ 2592(g)), then declares the person with the most votes elected and issues the certificate of election (§ 2592(h)). The statute sets no completion deadline, so the window is held open to the end of 18 Nov 2026, Eastern time (the contest-filing deadline) to err late. The official 2022 canvass report (17 V.S.A. § 2592) is posted by the SoS, but the date the 2022 committee met was not confirmed from a primary source. A losing candidate may have the votes recounted when the margin is 2% or less of the total votes cast for the office (17 V.S.A. § 2601(a)(1)); the petition must be filed with the Washington County Superior Court within seven calendar days after the election, by 10 Nov 2026 (§ 2602(b)), and the court sets a general-election recount for 10 business days after receiving it (§ 2602(c)). An election contest must be filed within 15 days after the election, by 18 Nov 2026, or within 10 days after judgment on a recount (§ 2603(c)).

Results sources 5 pages, 0 can answer a results question

URL	Role	Kind	Can answer a results question	Last check
electionresults.vermont.gov	results-live	results index	no (results host, but its root lists many elections)	not checked yet
sos.vermont.gov/elections/election-info-resources/elections-results-data	results-final	results index	no (results section without an election code)	not checked yet
outside.vermont.gov/dept/sos/Elections_Division/town_clerks_local_elections/election_procedure/elections_calendar.pdf	timetable	other	no (no election or results marker)	not checked yet
legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/section/17/051/02592	timetable	other	no (election page without a results marker)	not checked yet
sos.vermont.gov/elections/	authority-home	other	no (no election or results marker)	not checked yet

Governor 1 seats

1 Nov15 Nov29 Nov13 Dec27 Dec10 Jan

Election-night count

3–4 NovElection-night count: Tue 3 Nov, 19:00 → Wed 4 Nov, 06:00, estimate.

Intermediate count

10–18 NovIntermediate count: Tue 10 Nov, 10:00 → Wed 18 Nov, 23:59, announced.

Final result

6–8 JanFinal result: Wed 6 Jan, 10:00 → Fri 8 Jan, 23:59, precedent.

announced set by law or the authorityprecedent from the last electionestimate our estimateNew York time. Polls close in 40 days.

Stage windows and their sources 3 stages, each cited

Election-night count
Tue 3 Nov, 19:00 → Wed 4 Nov, 06:00
estimate

"The polls in all polling places shall close at 7:00 p.m." (17 V.S.A. § 2561(a)); Vermont is entirely on Eastern time, so polls close at 7:00 PM EST = 00:00 UTC on 4 Nov. Town clerks must report unofficial vote counts to the Secretary of State "as soon as practicable on the day of the election" through the online elections reporting system, which posts them immediately on the Secretary's website (§ 2588(3)-(5); SoS 2026 Elections Calendar: clerks "must enter unofficial election night results into VEMS on the night of the election"). The window closes at 6:00 AM EST on 4 Nov: an estimate of when the overnight count stops moving, not a published time; no 2022 timing data point was confirmed.
Intermediate count
Tue 10 Nov, 10:00 → Wed 18 Nov, 23:59
announced

Official town returns are due to the Secretary of State within 48 hours of the close of the polls (17 V.S.A. § 2588(6)(C); 5 Nov 2026 per the SoS 2026 Elections Calendar). The statewide canvassing committee then meets at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday 10 Nov 2026 and may recess until its work is done (§ 2592(g)); for state offices it "shall prepare a certificate of election but shall not sign it", and the certificate goes to the canvassing committee appointed by the General Assembly under Chapter II, § 47 of the Vermont Constitution (§ 2592(k)). This canvass gives the official vote totals but is not the declaration for Governor. The window closes at the end of 18 Nov 2026, Eastern time (the contest-filing deadline), to err late. A losing candidate may have the votes recounted when the margin is 2% or less of the total votes cast for the office (17 V.S.A. § 2601(a)(1)); the petition must be filed with the Washington County Superior Court within seven calendar days after the election, by 10 Nov 2026 (§ 2602(b)), and the court sets a general-election recount for 10 business days after receiving it (§ 2602(c)). An election contest must be filed within 15 days after the election, by 18 Nov 2026, or within 10 days after judgment on a recount (§ 2603(c)).
Final result
Wed 6 Jan, 10:00 → Fri 8 Jan, 23:59
precedent

Declaration by the Legislature. At the opening of the General Assembly — the first Wednesday after the first Monday of January (Vt. Const. ch. II § 7), 6 Jan 2027 — a committee of the Senate and House counts the votes for Governor and declares "the person who has the major part of the votes" elected; if no candidate has a majority, the Senate and House "shall by a joint ballot" elect one of the top three vote-getters (ch. II § 47). Precedent: the Joint Assembly received the Joint Canvassing Committee's report and declared the 2022 result on Thursday 5 Jan 2023, the day after the session opened (Journal of the Joint Assembly, 5 Jan 2023); in 2025 it met on Thursday 9 Jan 2025 and, no candidate for Lieutenant Governor having a majority, elected one by joint ballot the same day (Journal of the Joint Assembly, 9 Jan 2025). The date is set each session by joint resolution, not by statute; on that precedent it would be Thursday 7 Jan 2027, and the window is held open to the end of Friday 8 Jan 2027, Eastern time, to err late. The popular-vote winner is known after the 10 Nov 2026 state canvass, but the office is not filled until this declaration, or the Legislature's election if no candidate has a majority.

Results sources 6 pages, 0 can answer a results question

URL	Role	Kind	Can answer a results question	Last check
electionresults.vermont.gov	results-live	results index	no (results host, but its root lists many elections)	not checked yet
sos.vermont.gov/elections/election-info-resources/elections-results-data	results-final	results index	no (results section without an election code)	not checked yet
outside.vermont.gov/dept/sos/Elections_Division/town_clerks_local_elections/election_procedure/elections_calendar.pdf	timetable	other	no (no election or results marker)	not checked yet
legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/constitution-of-the-state-of-vermont/	timetable	other	no (no election or results marker)	not checked yet
legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2024/Docs/JOURNAL/ja230105.pdf	see-also	other	no (election page without a results marker)	not checked yet
sos.vermont.gov/elections/	authority-home	other	no (no election or results marker)	not checked yet

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Provenance: researcher agent 2026-09-25: Vermont SoS 2026 Elections Calendar (v1.2, 1 Jul 2026), SoS 2026 candidates and election-results pages; 17 V.S.A. §§ 2561, 2588, 2592, 2601-2603; Vermont Constitution ch. II §§ 7, 47; Journals of the Joint Assembly, 5 Jan 2023 and 9 Jan 2025 (CC BY 4.0 (Election Index)). Last verified 2026-09-25.

Questions and answers

When is the Vermont, United States, midterm elections 2026?: Polling day is 2026-11-03 (officially set).
When will the final result of the U.S. House race be official?: Expected between 2026-11-10T15:00:00Z and 2026-11-19T04:59:59Z (UTC), confidence announced. State canvass: for state and national offices the Secretary of State and the chair of each major party's state committee form the canvassing committee (17 V.S.A. § 2592(a)), which "shall meet at 10:00 a.m. one week after the day of the election" — Tuesday 10 Nov 2026, 15:00 UTC (SoS 2026 Elections Calendar) — "and proceed to canvass the votes"; it "may recess from time to time until it has completed its work" (§ 2592(g)), then declares the person with the most votes elected and issues the certificate of election (§ 2592(h)). The statute sets no completion deadline, so the window is held open to the end of 18 Nov 2026, Eastern time (the contest-filing deadline) to err late. The official 2022 canvass report (17 V.S.A. § 2592) is posted by the SoS, but the date the 2022 committee met was not confirmed from a primary source. A losing candidate may have the votes recounted when the margin is 2% or less of the total votes cast for the office (17 V.S.A. § 2601(a)(1)); the petition must be filed with the Washington County Superior Court within seven calendar days after the election, by 10 Nov 2026 (§ 2602(b)), and the court sets a general-election recount for 10 business days after receiving it (§ 2602(c)). An election contest must be filed within 15 days after the election, by 18 Nov 2026, or within 10 days after judgment on a recount (§ 2603(c)).
When will the final result of the Governor race be official?: Expected between 2027-01-06T15:00:00Z and 2027-01-09T04:59:59Z (UTC), confidence precedent. Declaration by the Legislature. At the opening of the General Assembly — the first Wednesday after the first Monday of January (Vt. Const. ch. II § 7), 6 Jan 2027 — a committee of the Senate and House counts the votes for Governor and declares "the person who has the major part of the votes" elected; if no candidate has a majority, the Senate and House "shall by a joint ballot" elect one of the top three vote-getters (ch. II § 47). Precedent: the Joint Assembly received the Joint Canvassing Committee's report and declared the 2022 result on Thursday 5 Jan 2023, the day after the session opened (Journal of the Joint Assembly, 5 Jan 2023); in 2025 it met on Thursday 9 Jan 2025 and, no candidate for Lieutenant Governor having a majority, elected one by joint ballot the same day (Journal of the Joint Assembly, 9 Jan 2025). The date is set each session by joint resolution, not by statute; on that precedent it would be Thursday 7 Jan 2027, and the window is held open to the end of Friday 8 Jan 2027, Eastern time, to err late. The popular-vote winner is known after the 10 Nov 2026 state canvass, but the office is not filled until this declaration, or the Legislature's election if no candidate has a majority.
Where are the official U.S. House results?: No single-election results page is recorded yet. The counting authority is Vermont Secretary of State (https://sos.vermont.gov/elections/).
Where are the official Governor results?: No single-election results page is recorded yet. The counting authority is Vermont Secretary of State (https://sos.vermont.gov/elections/).