Trans Election Night Guide: The Biggest Elections To Watch For Trans People In 2026
EITM reports the biggest races it is watching for transgender people in the 2026 elections.
Source: Erin in the Morning (erininthemorning.com)
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EITM reports the biggest races it is watching for transgender people in the 2026 elections.
Source: Erin in the Morning (erininthemorning.com)
Alaska's GOP-led government is urging a federal court to dismiss the Department of Justice's lawsuit seeking to bar the state from certifying its midterm election results.
Source: The Hill (thehill.com)
Former RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel signaled Democrats will probably take House control a week before the midterm elections.
Source: The Hill (thehill.com)
Stateline reports courtroom fights over President Donald Trump's push for power over elections could quickly lead to a U.S. Supreme Court showdown over federal authority as Election Day nears.
Source: Stateline (stateline.org)
Votebeat's live event a week after Election Day will examine midterm lawsuits already filed and how election administration held up across the country, with two leading election attorneys.
Source: Votebeat (votebeat.org)
Axios reports that private equity has become a rhetorical punching bag for many Democratic House and Senate candidates as many polls suggest Democrats could gain full control of Congress next week.
Source: Axios (axios.com)
The Advocate reports that nonbinary Georgia Democrat Bentley Hudgins may make history; the outlet says online bigotry sometimes trips over accidental affirmation.
Source: The Advocate (advocate.com)
The Guardian reports Republicans have deployed tactics to try to skew the vote, from redrawing electoral maps to uncertainty around the electoral process, ahead of the midterms on 3 November.
Source: The Guardian US (theguardian.com)
Mother Jones reports that with the midterms less than a week away, Trump allies suffered surprising defeats in Serbia and Brazil, driven in part by energized voter turnout.
Source: Mother Jones (motherjones.com)
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 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)