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Democrats are spinning New York Gov. Kathy Hochul’s narrowing lead over Republican challenger Lee Zeldin as a good sign that may galvanize more Democrats to show up on Election Day. Hochul was beating Zeldin by 17 points in August polls, but her lead has now shrunk to single digits, with …

Georgia’s voters set the record for most ballots cast before Election Day in a midterm election, according to state election officials, debunking claims from top Democrats that the state’s election law would lead to voter suppression. The Peach State’s Early Voting period ended Friday night with more than 2,288,889 ballots …

Republicans could be on the cusp of capturing Florida’s Miami-Dade County in Tuesday’s midterm elections, flipping a county that hasn’t voted for a Republican governor in 20 years. “The way the numbers are going, they could win it, absolutely,” Democratic State Senator Annette Taddeo told the New York Times Saturday. …

Early voting data out of Texas could spell trouble for Democrats, with demographics the party typically depends on not turning out during the early voting period. Turnout in Harris County, Texas, which encompasses most of the greater Houston area, was down in 2022 compared to the 2018 midterm elections, according …

Michigan voters are being presented with a ballot measure in the upcoming midterm election that critics told Fox News Digital is being packaged by supporters as an election safeguard but in actuality is a measure that will effectively ban true voter ID laws and open the state up to voter …

After more than a year and a half of early moves in the 2024 presidential election cycle, the starting gun in the next White House race fires immediately after Tuesday’s midterm elections. “There have been a half dozen or more Republicans who have been circling around the midterms as a …

President Biden referred to a group of protesters as “idiots” while stumping for Democratic candidates in Illinois on Saturday.  The president delivered remarks at rally in Joliet, where he touted Democratic legislation to cap prescription drug prices and issued a scathing attack on Republicans, whom he has repeatedly accused of …

Former President Donald Trump took a swipe at Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis at a rally on Saturday night referring to him as “Ron DeSanctimonious” in what could be a sign of growing tension between the two potential presidential candidates. “We’re winning big in the Republican Party for the nomination …

A new poll in the Iowa U.S. Senate race shows Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley expanding his lead against Democrat candidate and former Navy Adm. Mike Franken. The Des Moines Register/Mediacom Iowa poll, conducted by Selzer & Co. between Oct. 31 and Nov. 3, shows Grassley leading Franken 53% to 41% …

A Republican running for the South Dakota Legislature was charged with felony child abuse following accusations he groomed, molested and raped a child family member for several years. Joel Koskan, who is running for state Senate for the third time, was charged Thursday in Mellette County with exposing the child …