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News · MA
KIRO hosts questioned a Massachusetts home-visit initiative involving newborns, focusing attention on consent, privacy and oversight.
News · MA
The Massachusetts pilot would provide free MBTA service to seniors who meet its eligibility requirements.
News · FL
The proposal would require a warrant for access to data from Flock cameras, adding judicial review before covered searches could occur.
News · DE
The Delaware Supreme Court heard an appeal over whether legal entities may vote in Fenwick Island municipal elections.
News · VA
Virginia’s Nov. 3 ballot includes a U.S. Senate race and elections in all 11 U.S. House districts.
News · AZ
Phoenix New Times reported that a person it called an Epstein enabler contributed to an Arizona congressman before related files were released.
News · NY
The New York Times title points to 2026 Senate polling but does not identify a specific contest, candidate matchup or result.
News · FL
A Florida member of Congress is proposing a warrant requirement for officials seeking access to Flock camera data.
News · TN
Tennessee voters will choose a governor, a U.S. senator and representatives for all nine congressional districts on Nov. 3.
News · DE
Delaware voters will elect a U.S. senator, a U.S. House member and an attorney general on Nov. 3, 2026.
News · WI
Wisconsin voters will decide statewide offices and all eight U.S. House seats on Nov. 3, 2026.
News · WV
The measure would add three West Virginia counties and one Virginia county to a national historic district covering Civil War sites.
News · CA
The California Supreme Court ruled that the Riverside sheriff lacked legal authority to seize 650,000 ballots.
News · MO
A unanimous order requires Missouri to use its 2022 congressional districts in the 2026 general election.
News · WY
Wyoming voters will decide statewide races for U.S. Senate, governor and secretary of state on Nov. 3, 2026.
News · VT
Voters will choose a governor, lieutenant governor and secretary of state, along with a representative to Vermont’s U.S. House seat.
News · WV
West Virginians will vote for a U.S. senator and representatives in both congressional districts on Nov. 3, 2026.
News · TX
Texas voters will decide a U.S. Senate seat, all 38 U.S. House seats and three statewide offices on Nov. 3.
News · CA
The California Supreme Court ruled that a sheriff may not continue holding ballots that had been seized.
News · MO
The Supreme Court has rejected a Trump-backed Missouri congressional map for the third time.
News · CA
The California Supreme Court directed Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco to return 650,000 ballots that had been seized.
News · TN
The new congressional map divides Tennessee’s only majority-Black district, changing how the state’s U.S. House boundaries are drawn.
News · MO
The justices kept Missouri’s post-2020 census districts in place after ballots were mailed and absentee voting began.
News · WV
The Democratic nominee’s plan would pause new data centers nationwide and require local consent before future projects receive approval.
Candidate profile · ID
Republican incumbent Ben Adams is seeking election in Idaho Senate District 12 in the 2026 general election.
Race preview · GA
Five candidates are listed in the contested race for Georgia’s 8th Congressional District ahead of the Nov. 3, 2026, general election.
News · ME
Maine voters will need to check which 2026 contests use ranked-choice voting and follow the instructions printed on each ballot.
Race preview · DE
Democratic incumbent Sophie Phillips is running without a listed opponent in Delaware’s 2026 general election.
Explainer · DC
District voters should confirm official dates, ballot contests, registration rules and voting options before taking part in the 2026 general election.
Race preview · CA
Democrats Paul Danbom and Michael James Mr. Barkley are running in California’s contested 5th Congressional District election.