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2026 midterm elections live updates: Latest news, results, and analysis

Alaska’s polling locations closed at 8 p.m. Tuesday local time, or 1 a.m. Eastern on Wednesday, closing out Election Day voting.

2026 midterm elections live updates: Latest news, results, and analysis

The Supreme Court on Monday rejected the Trump administration’s emergency bid to force California election officials to set aside roughly 20,000 ballots linked to suspected noncitizens, delivering a major setback to the Justice Department one day before the midterm elections.

2026 midterm elections live updates: Latest news, results, and analysis

Maine Democratic Senate nominee Troy Jackson accused Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) and her husband of profiting from the Iran war Thursday evening during the candidates’ second televised debate, a charge that the five-term incumbent rejected as “absolutely outrageous.”

2026 midterm elections live updates: Latest news, results, and analysis

Iowa Republican gubernatorial candidate Zach Lahn encouraged attendees of the GOP rally on Thursday in Sioux City, Iowa, to vote for Republicans down the ticket for Charlie Kirk, the founder of Turning Point USA who was assassinated last year.

2026 midterm elections live updates: Latest news, results, and analysis

Trump praised a rally attendee for targeting a protester who disrupted the rally, calling it an “incredible” act.

2026 midterm elections live updates: Latest news, results, and analysis

EDINBURG, Texas — Nearly 100 people gathered at Citrus Live on Thursday night to hear Republican Senate nominee Ken Paxton take the stage.

2026 midterm elections live updates: Latest news, results, and analysis

CLEVELAND — Former President Barack Obama told an energized crowd in Cleveland that the 2026 midterm elections feel different, and the country is “ready for change.”

2026 midterm elections live updates: Latest news, results, and analysis

The Justice Department is sending poll monitors to six Georgia counties, all of which are left-leaning districts, in the upcoming 2026 midterm elections.

2026 midterm elections live updates: Latest news, results, and analysis

SAN ANTONIO, Texas — Senate Democratic nominee James Talarico filled up the 1902 Nightclub Saturday afternoon with Election Day just over a week away.

2026 midterm elections live updates: Latest news, results, and analysis

House Democratic candidate Darializa Avila Chevalier is calling for New York Police Department Commissioner Jessica Tisch to step down after a suspected illegal immigrant from the Dominican Republic was shot by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers in the city on Thursday.

2026 midterm elections live updates: Latest news, results, and analysis

Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) gave War Secretary Pete Hegseth an ultimatum Wednesday night, saying the Cabinet official can resign or face impeachment in the 119th Congress’s final stretch.

2026 midterm elections live updates: Latest news, results, and analysis

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) said on Sunday he believes Democrats’ alleged conduct in the recent controversy in the Alaska Senate race was “pretty dumb” but “not illegal.”