Today’s installment of campaign-related news items from across the country.

President Donald Trump lashed out on Election Day at the backlash to his Monday speech at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. The White House had preemptively billed the event as a chance for the president to deliver his closing 2026 midterm election argument to voters,

Democratic state Rep. Josh Turek is beating Trump-endorsed Ashley Hinson for the seat of outgoing GOP Sen. Joni Ernst in Iowa in a close Senate race, with a MS NOW poll stating Turek is on 47.1 percent to Hinson on 46.5 percent.

The best is yet to come,” a White House spokesperson said while dismissing the “baseless speculation” about a lame-duck Trump.

Marc Elias, a longtime Democratic attorney and vocal opponent of the Trump administration, received one of about 20 target letters sent by the DOJ in its Alaska ballot investigation.

MAGA podcaster Benny Johnson released a similar message earlier in the day, invoking Kirk's killing in urging Republicans to vote

Trump wraps final weekend before midterms with rallies in Iowa and Kansas, El-Sayed’s primary opponent, Haley Stevens, endorses Mike Rogers.