Democratic senator Mark Warner won election to the US Senate representing Virginia, defeating Republican Bert Mizusawa.

The president criticised Fox News as polls started closing, saying the conservative outlet's ratings were "collapsing" as it had spent "too much time covering the Trump Deranged Dumocrats."

"My numbers are better than they have ever been," he wrote in a post on his Truth Social account.

Voters across the US are heading to the polls to decide the balance of power in Congress for US President Donald Trump's final two years in office.

Around a third of the Senate's 100 seats are up for grabs, with 51 needed for a party to hold a majority. The Republicans currently hold 53 to the Democrats 45, while two are with independents.

Eyes will be on six key Senate races in Alaska, Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Ohio and Texas. In the House of Representatives, 218 seats are needed to gain control of the chamber, the exact number held by the Republicans.

Follow the 2026 US midterm elections live as millions of Americans head to the polls to vote for members of Congress.

Track key races in the House of Representatives and Senate, see which candidates are leading and follow the battle for control of Congress.

435 seats in the House of Representatives and 35 of the Senate’s 100 seats are up for election. The results will determine which party controls Congress.