It appears that the new Democrat Senate will be filling these positions.

From Grok:

Roughly 360 unfilled positions among the ~800–823 key Senate-confirmed roles tracked by the Partnership for Public Service and The Washington Post (as of late October 2026), with higher totals possible across the full set of ~1,300+ PAS positions.⁠X

Key details from the most recent detailed reporting (Washington Post, Oct. 26, 2026, citing Partnership for Public Service analysis of their joint tracker):

• Of 823 tracked positions, 249 had no nominee at all.
• Another ~110 nominees were awaiting Senate confirmation.
• Combined, this leaves hundreds of leadership posts without a confirmed permanent appointee—the highest level of such vacancies since the Reagan administration.⁠Dnyuz

The tracker focuses on roughly 800 of the more than 1,300 positions that require presidential nomination and Senate confirmation (Cabinet secretaries, deputies/assistants, ambassadors, CFOs, general counsels, etc.). Many “vacant” roles are temporarily filled by acting officials under the Federal Vacancies Reform Act, but prolonged vacancies create legal and operational limits on those officials’ authority.⁠Ourpublicservice

Context on the broader picture:

• Total PAS (Presidential Appointment with Senate confirmation) positions are estimated in the 1,200–1,400 range historically.
• Separate trackers show civilian nominations in the current Congress: hundreds confirmed, with ~150 still pending at various stages (committee, calendar, etc.), plus large volumes of military promotions.
• Nomination pace slowed in 2026 after a faster first year of the administration, contributing to the backlog amid high turnover.

Numbers fluctuate daily with new nominations, confirmations, withdrawals, and resignations. The Partnership for Public Service / Washington Post Political Appointee Tracker is the standard public source for ongoing monitoring of the key positions. Exact real-time totals for every one of the 1,300+ slots are not published as a single official figure.