The results are in! Voters across the United States casted their ballots for what turned out to be a historic midterm election. From key Senate races in Michigan and South Carolina to major statewide amendments in Arizona, North Carolina, and Virginia, voters made their voices heard on the people and policies that will shape their lives for years to come.

On the transportation side, the 2026 midterm election was a big one, with notable transit measures in California, Arizona, and Colorado and many local tax measures that will impact the day-to-day routine for millions of people.

The Eno Center is tracking 114 measures and below is the breakdown of results from Tuesday’s election.  The updated spreadsheet includes the results of each election including whether measures were passed or rejected, the percent for and against measures, and a new column labeled “Lean.” In this column, measures that have not been called are coded as leaning to pass or leaning to fail. Measures that have been called are coded as “clear” if the result passes/fails by a wide margin and “narrow” if the result passes/fails by a narrow margin.

The biggest takeaways from Tuesday’s election were twofold. First, voters were in favor of paying for transportation improvements through taxes and bonds, across regions and modes of transportation. At a time when affordability is a major topic at the dinner table, the support for transportation funding highlights the importance that people place on safe, effective, and improved mobility.

Let’s Do the Numbers

Breakdowns by Measure Identifier: Tax, Policy, or Bond

Table 1. Breakdown of Passed and Rejected Tax Measures

Table 2. Breakdown of Passed and Rejected Policy Measures

Table 3. Breakdown of Passed and Rejected Bond Measures

The majority of tracked measures are renewals or increases of tax —mostly sales and property taxes. Bonds and policy measures made up the rest of the tracked measures, with a much smaller share of total tracked measures. From the initial results, voters mostly favored tax renewals/increases and bond measures that fund transportation projects from local road maintenance in Michigan townships to major transit funding initiatives in California. This suggests that voters are willing to pay more or keep paying for transportation improvements.

Voter willingness to pay for transportation is also not limited to geography. Voters in the Midwest and Western states were mostly in favor of tax and bond measures. Out of the 34 tracked tax measures in Midwestern states, 20 passed compared to 14 rejected (there were no tracked bond measures in Midwestern states). Out of the 43 tracked tax and bond measures in Western states, 26 passed compared to 6 rejected. In Southern states, 18 tax and bond measures passed compared to 9 rejected.

Among the policy measures that passed, the two Arizona statewide measures are significant. Voters remain split on Proposition 141, which prohibits the government from charging fees based on vehicle miles traveled, sending mixed signals to policymakers about how voters feel about a potential strategy to fund transportation in the face of an insolvent Highway Trust Fund. Voters were more decisive on Proposition 319, which prohibits governments from implementing photo enforcement of traffic violations, highlighting the growing debate over data privacy.

Breakdowns by Primary Mode of Transportation

Table 4. Breakdown of Passed and Rejected Road Measures

Table 5. Breakdown of Passed and Rejected Public Transit Measures

Table 6. Breakdown of Passed and Rejected Pedestrian Measures

Table 7. Breakdown of Passed and Rejected Maritime Measures

Table 8. Breakdown of Passed and Rejected General Transportation Measures

Measures with roads as the primary mode of transportation dominated the tracked measure list, with public transit, pedestrian, maritime, and general transportation measures holding 35 percent of measures. Voters supported measures to fund improvements for all modes of transportation, but Tuesday was a big win for transit and pedestrian policy. Almost 90 percent of public transit measures passed or are leaning to pass, with one rejected and one leaning to be rejected. The vote to remove the city of Converse, Texas, from the VIA Metropolitan Transit organization was the one rejected transit measure, which means voters decided to keep VIA transit services in the city of Converse. On the pedestrian side, 90 percent of tracked pedestrian measures passed, with measures including funding for parks, sidewalks, and open green space.

The Eno Center for Transportation does not endorse or oppose any measures.