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This is it. Today is the voters' day, and America gets some answers.
Will Beto O'Rourke pull off the top of the year and beat Senator Ted Cruz of Texas in the 2018 midterm elections?
Will Republicans hold onto their majorities in the House and Senate?
Will President Trump's supporters come out in force at the polls once again? Will a "blue wave" happen?
Will Georgia elect Brian Kemp or Stacey Abrams its next governor – or will the end of a runoff, if a libertarian candidate or any of the breaking of 50 percent?
Will Florida make Andrew Gillum the third elected African-American governor in history, or choose to Trump ally who warned voters not to "monkey this up" by backing Mr. Gillum?
Polls start closing at 6 pm Eastern time: here is a full list of closing times.
Check back here for the day for elections and check-ins with voters and candidates across the country.
Here's what we know:
• In a Texas Senate race that, yes, may come down to turnout, Mr. Cruz's campaign projected that just over six million people would cast ballots. But that was up nearly 4.9 million Texans voted early in the state 's 30 largest counties. Now, Mr. Cruz's aides believe turnout will be around 7.5 million.
But other Texas political strategists think total turnout may crack eight million – an extraordinary display in a midterm campaign and one that would indicate Mr. O'Rourke, a Democratic congressman, has found a new reservoir of voters. Keep in mind: Just under nine million Texans voted in the 2016 presidential election.
The energy around Mr. O'Rourke's candidacy aside, his prospects are immensely to the Senate of Nevada and Arizona, they would have an outside chance to claim control of the chamber. To do so, Democrats would be able to lose just one seat – most likely in North Dakota – and they would have a handful of states where they would appear to be more endangered in the polls than Mr. Cruz.
So it's a stretch. But it's not possible, especially if the Democratic trends have been on display in the House in the final week also materialize in the Senate.
• Republican Party officials began the election day with a guardedly hopeful about keeping control of the Senate – keeping them one to one vote or vice versa Mike Pence able to cast tiebreaking votes.
They have been girding for losses in the House: Strategists in both parts see Democrats on track to win upward of 35 seats. The G.O.P. now holds a 23-seat majority. But neither party was predicting outright victory. As in the Texas Senate race, early voting and likely high turnout, which Democrats see in their favor – but the same is true in 2016, and Mr. Trump crushed Hillary Clinton in the Electoral College.
Mr. Trump focused on Monday on boosting Republican candidates for Senate and governor in the Midwest; his advisers have started preparing for the possibility of losing the House.
• While strategists and pollsters in their parties agree on a point of difference, the Georgia governor's race. Mr. Kemp and Ms. Abrams are fighting down to the wire, and there have been consistent polling results. The governors' races in Ohio and Wisconsin have also been hard to call.
• In Florida, Mr. Gillum has held a small edge in most polls in the governor 's race, and he is quoted by Ron DeSantis. But Republican officials warn never to count out at G.O.P. nominee for governor in the state, which has not elected a Democratic governor since 1994.
And in the Midwest, Michigan Gretchen Whitmer, the Democratic nominee for governor, expanding her lead in the race.
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