Fox News Media rolled out a full multiplatform slate for the 2026 midterms, anchoring election night with Bret Baier and Martha MacCallum as Democrats push to retake Congress.
Fox News Digital reported that the company will expand its 2026 midterm election coverage across television, digital, audio, and podcasts, with election-night programming set to begin at 6 p.m. ET on Tuesday, Nov. 3.
Bret Baier, chief political anchor and executive editor of "Special Report," and Martha MacCallum, anchor and executive editor of "The Story," will co-anchor the night under the "Democracy 26" banner from New York, while the Fox News Decision Desk issues projections on the balance of power in the Senate and House.
The stakes are plain. Democrats are trying to take back majorities in both chambers from Republicans, who have controlled the House and Senate since the 2024 election.
Fox Business Network will simulcast the coverage from 6 p.m. ET Tuesday until 6 a.m. ET the next day. A special early edition of "Fox & Friends First" is scheduled for 4 a.m. ET on Wednesday, Nov. 4.
Dana Perino, Brit Hume, Harold Ford Jr., Bill Hemmer, Sandra Smith, Laura Ingraham, Jesse Watters, Sean Hannity, Trace Gallagher, Harris Faulkner, Kayleigh McEnany, and Jessica Tarlov are set to appear alongside the co-anchors through the night.
More than 20 Fox News Channel and Fox Business Network correspondents will add reporting from across the country. Senior White House correspondents Jacqui Heinrich and Peter Doocy, along with White House correspondent Aishah Hasnie, will contribute from Washington, D.C.
The network plans expanded augmented-reality and data-driven graphics to track results as calls come in. Viewers will get the latest race calls, analysis, and the running score on which party holds the levers of power on Capitol Hill.
Fox has kept stacking talent ahead of the cycle. Former White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt is among the recent additions positioning the network for heavy political programming.
Fox News Digital will run a live blog and Fox News Power Rankings, with comprehensive election coverage across the site and app. Fox News Digital topped news brands and broadcast networks in multiplatform views and minutes in the third quarter of 2026, per Comscore.
The "Ruthless Podcast" hosts, Josh Holmes, Michael Duncan, John Ashbrook, and Shashank Tripathi, known as "Comfortably Smug", will air the "Ruthless Live! Midterm Election Show" from Washington from 8 to 11 p.m. ET. The show will stream on Fox News Digital and Fox Nation.
Fox News Audio will carry pre-election and Election Day coverage for affiliates, with a "Listen" button in the app. Jared Halpern and Jessica Rosenthal will co-anchor live programming starting at 7 p.m. ET on Election Day. A one-hour special is set for 8 a.m. ET the morning after.
"Fox News Headlines 24/7" on SiriusXM will offer midterm and gubernatorial race updates every 15 minutes before Election Day. "The Fox News Rundown" will run a five-part series from Oct. 26 to 30 profiling high-stakes states, and special podcast episodes will sit on a "Democracy '26" landing page.
That multiplatform push fits a broader pattern of new shows and contributors, including when Fox News launched an all-female podcast aimed at daytime talk competition.
Steve Doocy will take "Breakfast with Friends" on the road in the final days before the vote. The "Fox & Friends" co-host is scheduled at JC’s Restaurant in Burton, Ohio, on Oct. 26; Four Corners Diner in Romeo, Michigan, on Oct. 27; Keys Café & Bakery in Roseville, Minnesota, on Oct. 28; Bubba’s Cooks Country in Dallas on Oct. 29; and Big Doug’s Place in Hiram, Georgia, on Oct. 30.
Todd Piro of "Fox & Friends First" continues the tour on Oct. 31 from Stacks Pancake House in Scarborough, Maine. Charles Hurt and Griff Jenkins of "Fox & Friends Weekend" close out the diner series on Election Day morning.
The stops put network talent in the same rooms as voters in states that often decide control of Congress, Ohio, Michigan, Minnesota, Texas, Georgia, and Maine, rather than confining the story to studio panels alone.
Programming moves like these sit alongside other talent shifts, such as when Fox added Billy Bush as a contributor and lined up a primetime debut for Jesse Watters.
As the midterm machine spins up, Fox has also locked in new political voices with recent administration experience. Breitbart reported that former White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt will join Fox News as a contributor beginning Nov. 1, days before Election Day.
Fox News CEO Suzanne Scott pointed to that background as the draw for viewers hungry for firsthand political analysis.
"Karoline’s firsthand experience in the White House and on the presidential campaign trail gives her a distinct understanding of today’s political landscape."
Leavitt framed the move in the same direct terms she used in the briefing room.
"I look forward to bringing my unique perspective from my experience as White House Press Secretary, along with the same energy and candor that defined my tenure, to Fox’s millions of viewers across their many platforms."
President Trump had announced her White House departure earlier, noting she would remain a top outside advisor while spending time with family. Her Nov. 1 start puts another administration veteran on air as results roll in and the fight for Congress is decided.
Related coverage has tracked that same hire, including when Leavitt landed the Fox News contributor role after leaving the West Wing.
House, Senate, and gubernatorial races will be called from the New York headquarters, with correspondents feeding in from around the country and from Washington. The Decision Desk’s projections on which party holds each chamber will sit at the center of the night.
Republicans have held both the House and Senate since voters spoke in 2024. Democrats are organizing to reverse that. Every major platform Fox listed, broadcast, business channel simulcast, digital live blog, audio specials, and streaming podcast shows, exists to deliver those results without the filter of outlets that spent years downplaying the last election’s verdict.
Critics of conservative media often treat wall-to-wall election coverage as a threat in itself. Some Trump-world voices have even argued from the other direction, as when Navarro called Fox a quieter threat than CNN or MSNBC. The product Fox just described is simpler: live calls, named anchors, diner interviews, and a Decision Desk tracking who actually won.
When control of Congress is on the ballot, voters deserve results first and spin second, and a network willing to staff the night that way.
