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US voters will decide whether Republicans will retain control of Congress or whether Democrats will rise up to stymie Trump’s agenda
Georgians turned out early in 2026, with 2,827,060 votes already cast for the midterms, according to an unofficial total released by the Secretary of State's office. All 14 Georgia House of Representative seats are on the line this midterm, as well as Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State and Attorney General.
We dug deep into our archive to dust off some photos from election nights over the past 30 years. How many of these races do you remember?
If a red-state firewall is going to save the Republican Senate majority, the polls aren’t showing it yet, just four days out from Tuesday’s midterm elections. The RealClearPolitics polling averages showed Democrats leading in six of eight toss-up Senate races as of Thursday night.
In 2026, the media have lectured us for months that the impending blue wave is the inevitable electoral payback for Trump’s crippling inflation, soaring gas prices, and war abroad—despite the fact that similar conditions did relatively little electoral damage to Democrats in 2022.
Candidates are making their last, best pitches in the final hours before Election Day, chasing votes in a midterm election that will determine control of Congress. The outcome is likely to hinge on a handful of issues, including how Americans feel about President Trump two years after his return to the White House.
Donald Trump faces a day of reckoning as Americans head to the polls for midterm elections that will deliver a verdict on the president’s tumultuous second term and set the stage for his final years in the White House.
Trump’s Department of Justice is sending about 1,000 department staff to observe voting and ensure federal laws are being followed. Election observers are more concerned that Trump may dispatch federal immigration agents or the National Guard to intimidate voters in large Democratic precincts.
The election forecaster Nate Silver breaks down the likelihood of a G.O.P. wipeout.
