- Savannah Guthrie, Tom Llamas, Kristen Welker, Hallie Jackson and Steve Kornacki Lead Continuous Coverage on NBC
- Steve Kornacki Live at the Big Board for NBC’s Election Night Special and ‘Kornacki Cam’ Livestream, Which Generated 41 Million+ Starts During the Primaries
- NBC News Decision Desk to Power Race Calls and Real-Time Results Across Broadcast, Streaming, NBCNews.com and the NBC News App
NBC News will present “Decision ’26,” NBC’s most extensive midterm election coverage ever, with 13 hours of rolling live coverage on the NBC broadcast network beginning Tuesday, Nov. 3 at 5 p.m. ET until Wednesday, Nov. 4 at 6 a.m. ET, with most stations joining at 6:30 p.m. ET. NBCNews.com and the NBC News app will be live with 24/7 election data, insights, analysis and updates, along with additional coverage across NBC News NOW, Peacock, YouTube and NBC News’ social media platforms.
Savannah Guthrie, co-anchor of TODAY and chief legal correspondent; Tom Llamas, anchor and managing editor of NBC Nightly News; Kristen Welker, moderator of Meet the Press; and Hallie Jackson, senior Washington correspondent and anchor of Hallie Jackson NOW, will lead primetime coverage from NBC News’ state-of-the-art election headquarters at 30 Rockefeller Plaza. Steve Kornacki, chief data analyst, will deliver his signature data-driven analysis from an enhanced, dual-screen Big Board. Ryan Nobles, chief Capitol Hill correspondent, will provide reporting and analysis, while Garrett Haake, chief White House correspondent, will follow President Trump throughout election night, and Brian Cheung, business and data correspondent, will provide analysis of the economy and the markets. Craig Melvin, co-host of TODAY; Kate Snow, senior national correspondent and anchor of NBC News Daily; and others will lead overnight coverage as results continue to come in.
NBC News will give audiences more access to Kornacki than ever before across multiple platforms, including the return of the popular “Kornacki Cam,” which has generated more than 41 million livestream starts across 22 nights of primary coverage this election cycle. Beginning at 5:30 p.m. ET, the unfiltered livestream gives viewers a front-row seat to Election Day, following Kornacki in real time as he tracks incoming results and the races shaping control of Congress.
NBC News subscribers will get an exclusive insider’s guide to the 2026 midterms, with early-vote analysis and deeper election data and insights from NBC News’ Decision Desk. The offering also includes “Data Dive with Steve Kornacki,” a weekly newsletter featuring Kornacki’s analysis on the numbers and trends shaping the election. Subscribe at NBCNews.com.
Gadi Schwartz, correspondent and anchor of Stay Tuned Now, will host a special mobile-first, vertical video livestream from Texas beginning at 7:30 p.m. ET. Schwartz will take viewers behind the scenes with NBC News correspondents in key battlegrounds across the country and hear from voters on the issues closest to home and what may have tipped the scales with their vote. He will also engage with the audience watching on social media. The livestream will be available on NBCNews.com, the NBC News app and Schwartz’s TikTok and Instagram accounts.
Innovative production technology will enhance NBC News’ election coverage, including real-time augmented and virtual reality to bring election data to life, alongside extended reality elements incorporated into the in-studio anchor backdrop. Peacock will also offer a multiview election night experience, bringing together live coverage from NBC News NOW, behind-the-scenes analysis from “Kornacki Cam” and a real-time election results board, all in one view. Election coverage begins on Peacock at 5 p.m. ET, with the multiview launching at 5:30 p.m. ET.
NBC News and Noticias Telemundo will collaborate throughout Election Day, sharing reporting resources, election data and expertise to deliver comprehensive coverage to English- and Spanish-speaking audiences across the country.
➤NBC TO DELIVER 13 HOURS OF CONTINUOUS MIDTERM ELECTION COVERAGE
- 5 – 6:30 p.m. ET: NBC will begin its continuous midterm election coverage on the broadcast network at 5 p.m. ET. Jackson anchors Hallie Jackson NOW with reporting from battleground states, voter sentiment and early exit poll findings.
- 6:30 p.m. – 2 a.m. ET: Guthrie, Llamas, Welker and Jackson lead primetime coverage alongside Nobles, Haake, Jarrett and NBC News’ political team, delivering the latest race calls, live reports from key states and analysis of the races determining control of Congress. Kornacki breaks down incoming results and paths to victory at the Big Board.
- 2 – 6 a.m. ET: Melvin and Snow are joined by Kelly O’Donnell, chief justice and national affairs correspondent; Julie Tsirkin, White House and Capitol Hill correspondent; and Sahil Kapur, senior national political reporter, to anchor continued coverage as votes are counted and races are called.
- Wednesday, Nov. 4: NBC News will continue coverage across special editions of TODAY and NBC News NOW programming, featuring the latest race calls, outstanding contests and analysis from Kornacki and the NBC News political team.