Steve Kornacki has election night all mapped out.
The NBC News chief data analyst returned to cover the 2026 midterm elections on Nov. 3, appearing on the network’s 13-hour marathon in what he described as “livestream history.”
“We’ll go nonstop through the night,” Kornacki wrote on X. “Truly hope you’ll come along for the ride.”
While the 47-year-old opted not to wear his signature khakis for this year’s shift—opting for a pair of dark trousers instead—he likely will need plenty of caffeine to sustain him during his all-nighter with the “Big Board.”
His drink of choice?
“Lots of Diet Coke,” he told GQ in 2020. “I’ll drink a ton of Diet Coke. I think that’s the main thing. Once we start getting election results, I feed off the energy. There’s constant stimulus.”
Despite being a self-proclaimed numbers guy, Kornacki often loses count of how many Diet Cokes he drinks throughout his newscasts. As he put it, “It’s just sort of a constant supply.”
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