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2026 Republican National Convention
The 2026 Republican National Convention, the party's first-ever midterm-year national convention, was held September 9–10, 2026, at American Airlines Center in Dallas, with no delegates, nomination, or platform votes, Trump keynoting and promising a $5,000 dividend, and dozens of Republicans skipping.
2026 Republika Srpska general election
Entity-level races of Bosnia's 4 October 2026 general elections in Republika Srpska: SNSD wins for Cvijanović (Presidency) and Minić (president) despite Dodik's ballot ban; first electronic voting.
2026 Rhode Island Attorney General election
2026 Rhode Island attorney general election: open-seat race held November 3, 2026, after term-limited Peter Neronha's departure; Democrat Kimberly Ahern won the September 9 primary over Hoffmann, Knight, and Solomon and faces Republican Alan Gordon.
2026 Rhode Island elections
2026 Rhode Island elections: state primary September 9, general November 3. Helena Foulkes unseated Governor Dan McKee in the Democratic primary; statewide offices and two U.S. House seats on the ballot.
2026 Rhode Island lieutenant gubernatorial election
2026 Rhode Island lieutenant gubernatorial election: incumbent Democrat Sabina Matos, appointed in 2021, won the September 9 five-way primary and faced Republican John Loughlin in the November 3, 2026 general election.
2026 Rio de Janeiro general election
2026 Rio de Janeiro general election: state-level races of Brazil's October 4, 2026 general election. After Cláudio Castro's ineligibility and an indirect stopgap mandate, Bolsonarista police officer Douglas Ruas was declared governor-elect following Garotinho's annulled candidacy.
2026 Russian elections
The 2026 Russian elections, held 18–20 September, elected the 450-seat State Duma; United Russia won 349 seats on about 58% of the vote amid no OSCE observers, a barred anti-war party, and disputed turnout.
2026 São Paulo general election
The 2026 São Paulo general election took place in Brazil on October 4, 2026. Tarcísio de Freitas was reelected governor, and the presidential race went to a runoff.
2026 São Toméan parliamentary election
2026 São Toméan parliamentary election (Eleições legislativas de São Tomé e Príncipe 2026), held 27 September 2026 for all 55 National Assembly seats; opposition MLSTP won 24 seats to ADI's 23 amid record 62.92% abstention, first under the 2022 Parity Law.
2026 São Toméan presidential election
2026 São Toméan presidential election, held 19 July 2026: incumbent Carlos Vila Nova re-elected in one round with 55.88% (31,613 votes) over ADI's Nito d'Abreu; record-low ~41.4% turnout; confirmed by Constitutional Court 28 July 2026.
2026 Scarborough Southwest federal by-election
The 2026 Scarborough Southwest federal by-election (April 13, 2026) filled a vacant Toronto, Ontario House of Commons seat; former NDP MPP Doly Begum, running for the Liberals, won with nearly 70% of the vote, giving Mark Carney's Liberals a majority government.
2026 Scarborough Southwest provincial by-election
Ontario provincial by-election held September 3, 2026 in Scarborough Southwest after NDP MPP Doly Begum resigned to run federally as a Liberal. NDP candidate Fatima Shaban held the seat with about 40% of the vote, beating Liberal Ahsanul Hafiz and PC Noor Tarun among seven candidates.
2026 Scottish Labour leadership election
2026 Scottish Labour leadership election, held August–September 2026 after Anas Sarwar resigned to join Andy Burnham's government; Michael Marra beat Joe Fagan, result announced 19 September 2026.
2026 Secret Harbour state by-election
The 2026 Secret Harbour state by-election was a Western Australian by-election held on 29 August 2026, won by One Nation's Luke Herdegen over Labor's Georgia Tree.
2026 Shreveport mayoral election
2026 Shreveport mayoral election: seven-candidate Louisiana race on Nov. 3, 2026, where incumbent Republican mayor Tom Arceneaux seeks a second term against six challengers, with a Dec. 12 runoff if no majority.
2026 South African municipal elections
2026 South African municipal elections (Local Government Elections, LGE2026): all South African municipal councils elected 4 November 2026, the seventh since 1994, run by the IEC under a mixed proportional representation and ward system amid coalition-era fragmentation.
2026 South Carolina elections
2026 South Carolina elections: November 3 general election covering governor (Alan Wilson vs Jermaine Johnson), the Senate seat opened by Lindsey Graham's death (Darline Graham vs Annie Andrews), House races, primaries June 9, runoffs June 23.
2026 South Korean local elections
2026 South Korean local elections (9th Nationwide Simultaneous Local Elections, 제9회 전국동시지방선거), held June 3, 2026: ruling Democratic Party won 12 of 16 top posts and 61% turnout, but lost Seoul to Oh Se-hoon, and ballot shortages at 91 stations sparked protests and NEC reform debate.
2026 South Ossetian presidential election
2026 South Ossetian presidential election, early vote of 18 September 2026 in Russian-occupied South Ossetia; acting president Marat Kambolov won after Alan Gagloev resigned; unrecognized by Georgia and the EU, marked by technical candidates and a treaty letting Kambolov bypass the residency rule.
2026 St. Petersburg, Florida, mayoral election
2026 St. Petersburg, Florida, mayoral election: nonpartisan race pitting incumbent Ken Welch against former governor Charlie Crist; Crist led the August 18 primary 35.19% to 20.73%, forcing a November 3 runoff.
2026 Surrey municipal election
The 2026 Surrey municipal election was a local election in Surrey, British Columbia, held on October 17, 2026. Doug McCallum won mayor, and 134,437 ballots were cast.
2026 Swedish local elections
Local and regional elections in Sweden held 13 September 2026, the same day as the Riksdag election; Örebropartiet's 17.2 percent in Örebro was the notable result.
2026 Taiwanese local elections
2026 Taiwanese local elections (九合一選舉, 2026年地方公職人員選舉): nine types of local offices elected across Taiwan's 22 cities and counties on November 28, 2026, with 11,051 posts, 81 county/city head candidates, a nuclear-policy referendum, and six special-municipal mayoral races key to 2028.
2026 Telangana local elections
The 2026 Telangana local elections (urban local body elections) were held 11 February 2026 for 116 municipalities and 7 municipal corporations, about 2,996 wards. Congress led with 39.26% of votes and 1,526 wards, ahead of BRS, BJP and AIMIM.
2026 Tennessee county mayoral elections
2026 Tennessee county mayoral elections: county primaries May 5 and county general August 6, 2026, electing county mayors and executives to four-year terms starting September 1; notable winners include Joe Lawson in Meigs and Ron Travis in Rhea.
2026 Tennessee elections
2026 Tennessee elections: midterm cycle with November 3, 2026 general and August 6 primary. Open governor's race (Blackburn vs Green), Senate, House, legislature, three constitutional amendments, and mid-decade congressional redistricting.
2026 Terrebonne federal by-election
April 13, 2026 federal by-election in Terrebonne, Quebec, triggered after the Supreme Court annulled the Liberals' one-vote 2025 win; Liberal Tatiana Auguste held the seat over Bloc Québécois's Sinclair-Desgagné by 668 votes.
2026 Texas Attorney General election
The 2026 Texas Attorney General election is an open seat race for the state's chief legal officer. Democratic Nathan Johnson and Republican Mayes Middleton are the major party nominees.
2026 Texas Commissioner of Agriculture election
2026 Texas Commissioner of Agriculture election, November 3, 2026: Republican Nate Sheets, Democrat Clayton Tucker, Libertarian Austin Kelly, Green Alfred Molison. Open seat after Sid Miller lost the GOP primary to Abbott-endorsed Sheets, 52.7% to 47.3%.
2026 Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts election
November 3, 2026 Texas election for Comptroller of Public Accounts, also called Contralor de Cuentas Públicas: appointed incumbent Don Huffines (R) versus Sarah Eckhardt (D), plus Libertarian and Green candidates; final polls show a 1-point race.