Changelog
A running record of what has changed on this site since it launched, in plain language. Each entry is one day of published changes, newest first.
v1.7 · November 14, 2026
Every flip now says which party held the seat before
- On state, county and city maps, every seat that changed party now shows where it came from and where it went, for example from Republicans to Democrats, on the map marks, the bars and the buttons.
- The site now reads the earlier party from more ways of writing it, such as a Republican-held seat, so four races that said the earlier party was not on file now show it.
- Colorado's 4th U.S. House district now shows the state's results of November 13: a Democratic lead of 3,525 votes that is still not final.
- Minnesota's 1st U.S. House district now shows a lead of 322 votes from the state's results file of November 13, still not final.
- North Carolina's 3rd and 5th U.S. House districts now follow the State Board of Elections file dated November 13, both Democratic leads that are still not final.
- California's Proposition 42, Insurance Commissioner and Superintendent of Public Instruction counts now match the state's count of November 13. None of them has been called yet.
- Arizona's Corporation Commission counts now match the state results page of November 13, and the race is still not called.
- Maine's 2nd U.S. House district now cites the state's own ranked-choice report, which shows LePage winning the final round.
v1.6 · November 13, 2026
Plain-word counts, bigger buttons, and a clearer phone layout
- Every count of changed offices is now written in plain words, the same way on the buttons, the hover text, the state pages and the text copies of the site.
- State pages now list what every count counts, so a number never sends you hunting for the offices behind it.
- State house and state senate results now count seats, not districts, and a county or city office is counted once rather than once per county.
- On a phone, the national map says each changed state in words, and the list of changed states sits right under the level picker.
- State maps say in words which party each changed district moved to, and the courts map lists changed court seats that name no county.
- Maps carry a key in words under the numbered circles, dots and count marks, and tile text now reads clearly in light and dark mode.
- Every button, fold-out heading, drop-down and footer link is now at least 44 pixels tall, so it is easy to tap.
- Dates and web addresses never break across two lines, no word is split in the middle, and the “How this is made” page now lives at one address, with a helpful not-found page.
v1.5 · November 12, 2026
Every U.S. House flip now cites its state's results page
- Every U.S. House flip now cites its state's own results page, and six seats with no sourced earlier holder are no longer called flips.
- U.S. House seats on the redrawn 2026 lines are compared by district number, the same way the major tallies count them.
- North Carolina's U.S. House totals now follow the State Board of Elections file of November 12.
- Court results were added for Maryland and Utah (retained judges) and for Washington, seat by seat, where Position 4 is not final.
- On the maps, changed districts and places too small to see now carry a labelled marker or a bigger dot, and small districts of one city also appear in an enlarged box.
- News station call letters on the U.S. House notes are now spelled out, and Alaska's U.S. House note no longer calls a candidate nonpartisan without an official source.
v1.4 · November 9, 2026
From-to labels on every map and button, and a sweep that made notes match the official files
- Map labels, level buttons and list rows now show which party a seat moved from and to, replacing the older count of seats a party gained, and the box fits on a phone and stays off ballot views.
- Arkansas now has its state house and senate rows, its governor and U.S. Senate results from the state's own count, and its own results page.
- North Carolina's county and city races were rebuilt from the State Board of Elections' newest results file of Sunday, November 8.
- A review of every note found 45 claims in 16 notes, and 29 place letters, that did not match the official files. They now say what the files say.
- Twenty-seven hand-listed county and city places were fixed against their official files: 10 were removed and 17 were corrected.
- Minnesota was rebuilt, so Houston County, Buhl, Burnsville and Columbia Heights now appear, and 17 Indiana races where the state's winner mark contradicted its vote counts are now marked not called.
- No two labels overlap on the national map, every state can be tapped, and the office and level buttons stop below the Back button when they scroll into view.
v1.3 · November 8, 2026
Moves from one party to another, courts by kind, and stricter party-change rules
- Every changed position on the nationwide and state scoreboards now shows the party it moved from as well as the party it moved to.
- The page layout was reordered: the nationwide total sits on top, the scoreboard for what you are viewing sits right above the map, and the buttons sit right below it.
- A seat with no earlier winner is never counted as having changed party, a race the ballot marks nonpartisan is never compared by party, and a change is called only when every earlier result of the same seats agrees.
- Courts can now be viewed by kind of court, with counts for 123 seats in 29 states, and a seat is called nonpartisan only where an official page says so.
- Official state results now back 42 held governor and U.S. Senate rows, and any row with no posted state results says “not called”.
- Illinois counties (Cook, Kane, Lake, McHenry, Winnebago, Will, Madison and Champaign), Texas counties (Collin, Tarrant and Harris) and Wisconsin counties (Dane, Milwaukee and Brown) were added.
- Held seats are now counted by the party that kept them, major cities and state capitals appear on the maps, and phones get one “Choose what to see” drop-down.
- Texas statewide offices and all 38 U.S. House districts now rest on the Secretary of State's election night results, and the Railroad Commissioner flips to Democrats on that count.
v1.2 · November 7, 2026
Earlier holders, vote totals and how close each held seat was
- Earlier holders for 238 U.S. House seats now come from the House Clerk's files, and a check now fails if a flip is missed. Montana's 1st District was added as a flip to Democrats.
- U.S. House vote totals were added for nearly every state, each from the state's own results site and marked unofficial where the state says so.
- Held seats now show how close the race was: 320 held U.S. House seats in 42 states and more than 2,500 held state house and state senate seats, with a “Closest holds” list on the page.
- Each level button now shows its own flip counts, and the “Net change” tile was removed so no tile shows a net figure.
- New Jersey grew to 13 counties and 315 places, Florida to 33 counties at first and then 61 county sources, and Alabama's 67 counties were added.
- The New Hampshire and North Dakota legislatures, the District of Columbia delegate result and Nevada's statewide offices were added.
- Maps gained zoom and hover labels, local-office views show a mark for every place, and the last update time is printed near the top of every page.
v1.1 · November 6, 2026
A real U.S. map with district lines, and more states' legislature rows
- A real map of the United States that shows district lines replaced the tile grid, and each state's U.S. House view draws a district map coloured by result.
- The 2026 U.S. House districts for Texas, Florida, California, Utah, Alabama, Louisiana and North Carolina are drawn from each state's official plan file, with a boxed note for the ten states that redrew their lines.
- State house and senate district results were added for Michigan, Nevada, New York, Indiana, Kansas, Montana, West Virginia, Texas, Ohio, Oregon, Vermont, Wyoming, Arizona, Pennsylvania, Missouri, South Dakota, Delaware, Hawaii, California and Iowa.
- Totals now count every state legislature district seat, and the scoreboard says “of the seats counted”.
- County and city results were added for many more states, including Delaware, Florida, South Carolina, South Dakota, Nebraska, New Mexico, Colorado, Iowa, Indiana, Ohio, Arkansas, Louisiana, Vermont, Minnesota, Oregon, Washington, Hawaii, Idaho, Utah, Georgia, Connecticut, Alabama and New Jersey.
- Statewide offices now show earlier winners read from state sources, and the page says plainly that results are still being gathered.
- In a state view the level menu sits right under the map, the phone map sits higher, and pressing an office button keeps your place on the page.
v1.0 · November 5, 2026
Election Flips launches with a clickable map of the 2026 results
- The site launches as a map of U.S. 2026 election results, opening on the U.S. House, with big grouped level tabs and score cards that filter the map.
- Real state maps drawn from Census boundary lines appear in every state view, and each state and the District of Columbia has its own results page.
- Map labels say how many seats each party gained, such as two to Democrats and one to Republicans, and score cards say what they count, out of how many, and add up.
- New levels were added: the 25 ballot measures with the most people affected and attention, and statewide offices (95 offices in 21 states).
- State house and senate district results were added for North Carolina, Colorado, Ohio, Oregon, Minnesota, Georgia, Florida, Washington, Maryland, South Carolina, Connecticut, Alabama, Utah, Idaho, Iowa, Arkansas, New Mexico and Rhode Island.
- County and city results began, read from official files for states including North Carolina, Minnesota, Maryland, Virginia, Louisiana, Arkansas, Oregon, Washington, Indiana and Ohio.
- Terms, privacy, citation, corrections, accessibility and security pages were published, and credit is required for any reuse.
- A “Request a result” button lets readers ask for a missing result, and the site says plainly that visits are measured without cookies.