U.S. voters are casting early ballots in the midterm elections that will determine control of the House and Senate, as candidates try to muster last-minute support.
Democrats are trying to cling to their majorities in Congress for the final 2 years of President Joe Biden’s first term. Republicans are favored to win control of the House, while the race for Senate control appears tight.
Today’s election represents the first nationwide test of democracy since Donald Trump’s followers staged a deadly insurrection at the US Capitol on January 6, 2021.
At stake are all 435 seats in the House, 35 seats in the 100-member Senate, 36 state governorships, three US territory governorships and numerous city mayorships and local offices. Some 129 ballot measures in 36 states include laws on abortion in California, Kentucky, Michigan, Montana and Vermont.