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What's at stake on Election Day in the battle for Congress and more top headlines
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In Short: Election Day is Nov. 3, with early voting already showing significant increases in voter turnout.
Election Day is set for Nov. 3, with in-person early voting beginning on Oct. 22, a week earlier than the actual election date.
According to CNS Maryland, over 100,000 more Democrats across Maryland chose to vote early in-person compared to the same time in the 2022 general election, marking a notable uptick.
Fox News reported that nearly 9 million more ballots were cast in early voting than in the 2022 midterm elections, highlighting a surge in voter engagement.
The largest block of voters accounting for the increase in mail-in votes is classified as 'Other' in the State Board of Elections voter data, meaning not registered as Democrat or Republican.
Fox News contributor Remy Numa highlighted Kentucky’s 6th District, which covers Lexington and a large central area of the state, as a key battleground. Trump won here by 15 points in the last presidential election, but due to a combination of left-leaning college voters and farmers grappling with higher costs, it looks close this cycle.
Fox News also noted that the Fox News Power Rankings, along with many nonpartisan political handicappers, point to Democrats retaking control of the House, with the Senate majority a toss-up heading into Election Day.
The midterm elections are shaping up to be a massive battle for control of the Senate and the House, with key races in Kansas, Nebraska, and Texas potentially deciding the balance of power.
In Kansas, Democratic pastor Adam Hamilton is aiming to become the first Democrat in nearly a century to win a Senate election, challenging GOP Sen. Roger Marshall.
Texas could also elect its first Democrat to a Senate seat since 1988, as James Talarico is engaged in a hotly contested battle with former Attorney General Ken Paxton.
State legislatures are also in the spotlight, with elections happening in 46 states for 88 of the 99 state legislative chambers, and all but four states holding legislative elections.
Exit polls will offer an early look at voter motivations and demographics before votes are tallied on election night.
The online campaign has been especially violent, utilizing AI, algorithms, and data management to cement 'affective polarisation,' according to Roi Zur, a lecturer at Essex University and specialist in voting behavior and election strategies.
What this adds
In-person early voting began on Oct. 22, a week before the Nov. 3 election day, and the numbers are already showing a notable uptick.
The midterm elections are taking place on GOP turf.
He advanced to the general election with a small share of the primary vote (around 2-2.5 percent in reports).
The Futurum Group VP and AI platforms practice lead Nick Patience discusses massive bottlenecks in the market, the latest on Anthropic and how markets are preparing for the midterm elections on 'Making Money.' And then they say white liberals were about 30 percent likelier to take the poll than registered white Republicans.
Background
In-person early voting began on Oct. 22, a week before the Nov. 3 election day, and the numbers are already showing a notable uptick.
What's confirmed
- The 2026 midterm elections are shaping up to be a massive battle for control of the Senate and the House, and there are a load of key races that will help decide that balance of power.
What's still developing
- With early voting traditionally favoring Democrats, Republican National Committee Chair Joe Gruters, pointing to Election Day turnout, recently told Fox News Digital, "If our voters turn out, we win."
- 'Fox & Friends Weekend' co-host Griff Jenkins breaks down the latest Power Rankings ahead of the midterms, highlighting shifts in Kansas and Nebraska, seven toss-up Senate races and the battle for control of Congress.
- Brazilian media are reporting that Senator Flávio Bolsonaro has left the country and is flying to the United States, just days after losing the presidential election to Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
- The report — issued just eight days before the election — makes multiple, uncorroborated allegations against the president while also detailing discrepancies in his statements about Epstein.
- He noted that the investigation was opened a day after a primetime speech by President Donald Trump in which he rehashed grievances over his 2020 election loss and that it was mandated and closely tracked by FBI Director Kash Patel.
- Candidate Joe Biden, a Democrat, ultimately defeated Trump, the Republican incumbent, in the 2020 election.
- The hearing also featured testimony from an FBI agent who worked the case, who said that the investigation had been opened right after Trump gave an election security speech last July and that it had been mandated by FBI Director Kash Patel, who kept close watch on it.
- Thirteen of the state supreme courts up for election have a majority of Republican-appointed/elected justices, 11 have a majority of Democratic-appointed/elected justices, and one court is split.
- At a Norfolk, Virginia, news conference Thursday, Blanche defended the Oct. 12 search of Rep. Ilhan Omar’s Washington, D.C., home and swatted away complaints that it came too close to Election Day.
- But Republicans are fighting political history, as the party in power in Washington has traditionally lost seats during midterm election years.
- One reason I can’t wait for this midterm election to be over is that virtually every press organization that I know of is telling me that polls vote.
- The Futurum Group VP and AI platforms practice lead Nick Patience discusses massive bottlenecks in the market, the latest on Anthropic and how markets are preparing for the midterm elections on 'Making Money.' And then they say white liberals were about 30 percent likelier to take the poll than registered white Republicans.