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A Kalshi chart is displayed on a Fox News election broadcast during an election night event with Ken Paxton, Texas attorney general and Republican US Senate candidate, not pictured, in Dallas, Texas, US, on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2026. Millions of Americans are casting ballots for the US midterm elections in races that will determine local issues as well as control of Congress, with all 435 seats of the House of Representatives and roughly a third in the Senate being contested.

The key to Kalshi’s election night success — and how a trader won more than $350,000

Rob Crilly · November 5, 2026 11:45 am

Political pundit Chris Cillizza and journalist Laura Trevelyan were providing an update to viewers at the Decision Desk HQ party when Kalshi called the South Carolina race for Annie Andrews, drawing gasps from the audience at Pubkey in Washington, DC.

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Winston Churchill and John F. Kennedy.

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President Donald Trump listens as Sen. Roger Marshall (R-KS) speaks at a campaign rally at the Salina Regional Airport, Sunday, Nov. 1, 2026, in Salina, Kansas.

Roger Marshall: Union workers with a bass boat will never hand Kansas to Chuck Schumer

President Donald Trump greets Republican gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy at a campaign rally at the Shoemaker Center at Ohio University Chillicothe in Chillicothe, Ohio, Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2026.

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ACU’s Dan Schneider to Media Research Center

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