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544 items of 1682 · updated Oct 29, 2026, 6:00 AM ET
This year's state votes include billionaire taxes, trans rights, abortion and voting rights, and at least $400 million has been spent on TV ads for ballot initiatives this cycle.
Source: Politico (politico.com)
According to a New York Times/Siena University poll, Democrat Peggy Flanagan is leading the Minnesota Senate race against GOP competitor Michele Tafoya, 54 percent to 40 percent.
Source: The Hill (thehill.com)
A New York Times/Siena University poll shows Sen. Darline Graham (R-S.C.) and Annie Andrews deadlocked at 48 percent among likely voters in South Carolina less than a week before Election Day.
Source: The Hill (thehill.com)
TIME reports on how the Trump Administration could interfere in the midterms and how states are preparing to fight back.
Source: TIME (time.com)
IL SB 3025, the IL Clean Elections Act, was re-referred to Assignments on 2026-05-22 under Rule 3-9(a).
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Status, sponsor and your legislators
IL SB 2158 on open primary elections was re-referred to Assignments on 2026-05-22 (Rule 3-9(a)).
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Status, sponsor and your legislators
WA HB 1116, recognizing election day, was reintroduced and retained in present status on 2026-01-12.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Status, sponsor and your legislators
Vox reports Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear, weighing a run for president, wants Washington to act fast on childcare, a major question for Democratic hopefuls as the next primaries begin to take shape.
Source: Vox (vox.com)
An analysis by The Hill says FBI agents raided a California home Tuesday as part of an investigation into former Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.), one week before the midterm elections.
Source: The Hill (thehill.com)
Members of the Caribbean Equality Project conducted door-to-door voter education and mobilization in Queens and the Bronx ahead of the November 3 midterm elections.
Source: Documented (documentedny.com)
Daviess County Judge-Executive Charlie Castlen brought up the fairness ordinance, aimed at protecting LGBTQ+ individuals and rejected in 2020, and the library at the Rooster Booster forum.
Source: States Newsroom (News From The States) (newsfromthestates.com)
A hearing is set for Nov. 13 to challenge a ballot referendum to protect reproductive rights in the state's constitution, alleging the process was not properly filed and misleading ballot language.
Source: States Newsroom (News From The States) (newsfromthestates.com)
The New York Times reports that its three new Senate polls show South Carolina seems like a serious race, Minnesota may not be, and Florida still appears out of reach for Democrats.
Source: The New York Times Politics (nytimes.com)
In Ohio, many people are displeased with the state's rapid buildout of data centers, a hot issue in the midterms as candidates from both parties try to ease voter concerns.
Source: NPR (npr.org)
NPR reports student voters studying outside their hometown have a right to choose where to register, and advocates say a Montana legal fight is a reminder of a misunderstanding of those rights.
Source: NPR (npr.org)
IL HB 3489 on pharmacists and contraceptives shows its latest action on 2025-08-15 as Public Act 104-0312.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org)
Latest action on IL HB 2431, ranked-choice voting: co-sponsor Rep. Sharon Chung added 2025-04-03.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org)
IL HB 1553 (Election Day Waiver) latest action on 2026-03-27: House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rule 19(c), re-referred to Rules Committee.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Status, sponsor and your legislators
Two years after Hurricane Helene, North Carolina voters are frustrated with a slow recovery that could carry a political price, Grist reports.
Source: Grist (grist.org)
Republicans have spent an estimated $183 million on television ads focused on transgender-related attacks against Democrats in the final phase of this year's midterm elections
Source: ABC News (abcnews.com)