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In a broad swath of suburbs just north of New York City, voters in Westchester County turned up at their polling sites on Election Day to confront an unsettling sight.Across the county, the voting machines that processed the marked ballots were not working.It would be hard to imagine a worse location for a countywide voting problem in New York than Westchester, where one of the country’s most contested House races was taking place between the Republican incumbent, Mike Lawler, and the Democratic challenger, Cait Conley.By late afternoon on Tuesday, the situation still had not been resolved, with poll workers depositing…

There are 35 U.S. Senate races in the midterm elections on Tuesday, but less than a third are expected to be competitive.Those 11 closely watched races — from Maine to the Midwest to Alaska — will determine whether Democrats will wrest back control of the chamber, or Republicans will maintain the majority they have held since President Trump thundered back to power in the 2024 election.One of the most high-wattage races is in Michigan. The Democratic nominee, Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, is a progressive who would be the nation’s first Muslim senator. His race is a test of the progressive movement’s…

For the last two months, President Trump has offered a consistent plea: Pretend he’s on the ballot.The midterm elections on Tuesday will give voters an opportunity to do just that. They are set to render the first national referendum on a second-term Trump agenda characterized by far-reaching tariffs, an unpopular war with Iran and an aggressive immigration crackdown.Republican officials are bracing for a harsh judgment and potentially significant defeats. They widely expect to lose control of the House. They have grown increasingly worried about losing the Senate, too.Democrats have sought to define their campaigns through anger over high prices driven…

Local law enforcement and election officials are bracing for a tense Election Day as President Trump has kept up a sustained attack on the integrity of U.S. elections, including by offering a $1 million reward for information that leads to an election fraud conviction.In response to Mr. Trump’s unsubstantiated claims about voting problems and his campaign to assert more federal control over state-run elections, officials have prepared for potential worst-case scenarios in which the federal government tries to intervene in voting.Now some local authorities have said they also fear that the president’s offer of a large financial incentive could foster…

Scores of Ken Paxton supporters filled the main dining area of Betty Rose’s Little Brisket restaurant in Abilene, Texas, on a recent weeknight, some clutching trays of free barbecue or bottles of free beer.Many stops along Mr. Paxton’s statewide bus tour to campaign for U.S. Senate offered some enticement to draw a crowd. Liquor flowed at an open bar in Fort Worth. In New Braunfels, near San Antonio, attendees enjoyed free brisket and sausages. In Houston, there was enough food and wine for some to take seconds.Facing the possibility of a rare statewide Republican defeat in Texas, Mr. Paxton has…

The last straw for Representative Haley Stevens came Saturday afternoon.She was on the cusp of appearing at a unity event with Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, who defeated her in a summer primary and became Michigan’s Democratic Senate nominee. Several powerful intermediaries had been trying to broker peace between the former rivals, who were sparring over Dr. El-Sayed’s strong criticisms of Israel.But after Ms. Stevens issued a hostile statement Friday morning calling upon Dr. El-Sayed to condemn an ad made by a supportive PAC and make other concessions, he stepped before reporters and said what his campaign had been signaling privately: He…

Representative Haley Stevens, Democrat of Michigan, on Sunday withdrew her support for Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, the Democratic nominee for Senate in the state and her former primary rival, and endorsed his Republican opponent, a stunning last-minute turn in a race that is critical to the battle for Senate control.“Our Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate, Abdul, said that I was no longer welcome in his campaign and that I should stay away,” Ms. Stevens said in a video on social media. “And he’s right. And that’s why I am voting for Mike Rogers for United States Senate.”The extraordinary development reflected both…

Nov. 1, 2026, 12:34 p.m. ETHere’s what to expect as votes are counted on election night.As polls close in the 2026 midterm elections and vote counting gets underway, it’s important to stick to trusted sources and to understand the process and the facts. In the early hours of election night, the results posted to The New York Times’s website and elsewhere represent an unofficial running tally and are therefore incomplete. The Times also includes an estimate of outstanding votes to give readers a sense of how many remain to be counted.The most definitive moment on election night is when a…

Debra Smith arrived at a recent candidates forum hating John E. Sununu, the Republican nominee for Senate in New Hampshire.Here, she thought, was another career politician — a former congressman and one-term senator seeking to reclaim his seat nearly 20 years after he lost it, riding the coattails of his father and his brother, both former governors of the state.A funny thing happened, though, as Mr. Sununu took questions about health care, housing and transportation policy from Chamber of Commerce types as they picked at caprese sandwiches. Ms. Smith found herself impressed as Mr. Sununu wove facts and experience into…

In Kansas, Senator Roger Marshall, a vulnerable Republican, baselessly said his Democratic opponent “probably is grooming” children.In Texas, Republicans have cast James Talarico, the Democratic Senate nominee, as a “freak” and insinuated he is gay, secretly a vegan, and obsessed with transgender children because he made statements supporting them in the past.And in Michigan, Republicans have targeted the Democratic Senate nominee, Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, with Islamophobic attacks. Mr. Trump has described Dr. El-Sayed as a “vicious, violent jihadist.”Facing a backlash over rising prices and working to overcome the president’s deep unpopularity, Republicans across the country have tarred their opponents with…