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News · OR
The U.S. Supreme Court sided with the Trump administration in a federal voter database matter that does not affect Oregon elections.
News · US
The NBC News midterm election heading references congressional and state contests but identifies no specific race, candidate or poll.
News · ID
Idaho election officials are raising concerns about proposed changes involving mail-in ballots.
News · MO
The Supreme Court has rejected a Missouri congressional map backed by Donald Trump for the third time.
News · UT
Utah voters will decide four U.S. House contests on Nov. 3 against a backdrop of Republican presidential wins in 2016, 2020 and 2024.
News · OK
The Nov. 3 ballot includes contests for U.S. Senate, five U.S. House seats, governor, lieutenant governor and attorney general.
News · RI
The Nov. 3 ballot includes statewide offices, a U.S. Senate seat and both of Rhode Island’s U.S. House seats.
News · WY
Wyoming voters will decide races for U.S. Senate, governor, secretary of state and the state’s sole U.S. House seat on Nov. 3.
News · AL
Alabama’s Nov. 3 ballot includes a U.S. Senate seat, seven U.S. House seats and several statewide executive offices.
News · WV
Voters will decide a U.S. Senate race and contests for both of West Virginia’s U.S. House districts on Nov. 3, 2026.
News · AK
Alaska voters will decide races for U.S. Senate, U.S. House and governor on Nov. 3, 2026.
News · US
The development concerns US midterm elections generally and is not tied to a named race, election or candidate.
News · US
The group is urging Republican lawmakers to link high living costs to federal expansion and promote spending restraint and greater competition.
News · AL
The election entry pairs Alabama’s 2026 contests with past presidential results but does not name a race or candidate.
News · PA
City Council approved a resolution demanding that Philadelphia ban Flock cameras, putting the issue before city officials for further action.
News · TN
The SEC availability report lists Tennessee safety Dylan Lewis as out and two other Volunteers as questionable against Texas.
News · MD
A Maryland man faces a formal criminal accusation connected to a stabbing that killed a person in Fairfax County.
News · IN
The lawsuit challenges an IHSAA board requirement tied to race, placing the association’s governance policy before a court.
News · IL
A proposed Chicago ordinance would pause certain data center activity, but it has not yet become city law.
News · NC
The legal challenge concerns changes to how North Carolina election officials process ballots submitted by mail.
News · ME
The California Supreme Court directed the Riverside sheriff to return 650,000 ballots that had been seized.
News · CA
The California Supreme Court directed the Riverside County sheriff to give back 650,000 ballots the office had seized.
News · NJ
County election boards involved in an RNC lawsuit over voting records will not receive lawyers from the state.
News · IL
A proposed Chicago ordinance would establish a moratorium involving data centers, placing the issue before city policymakers.
News · GA
Atlanta’s mayor is seeking new city rules for surveillance, opening a policy discussion over how the technology should be governed.
News · NC
Election Day is Nov. 3, with North Carolina entering the cycle under divided party control across major state and federal offices.
News · MS
The Senate approved legislation that would expand Vicksburg National Military Park, advancing the proposal in the federal lawmaking process.
News · CA
The California Supreme Court ruled that a Republican sheriff unlawfully took possession of more than 650,000 ballots.
News · NJ
A Ruiz and Cruz-Perez bill creating a New Jersey license plate honoring the Borinqueneers has been signed into law.
News · GA
Fuel costs, trade impacts and Trump are emerging as central themes in the competition for Georgia’s rural farm voters.