2022 midterm elections live updates: GOP 'will accept' results - USA TODAY

Candidates are making last-ditch efforts to sway undecided voters successful the past fewer days earlier the Nov. 8 election, with the existent and erstwhile presidents lending their voices to run rallies.

On Sunday, President Joe Biden heads to Westchester County, N.Y., wherever he'll run with Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul. She is successful a tightening race against Republican challenger Lee Zeldin.

It comes a time aft helium joined erstwhile President Barack Obama for rallies successful Pennsylvania, wherever erstwhile Republican President Donald Trump campaigned, arsenic well. 

A fistful of races will find which enactment controls some legislature chambers. While Republicans are expected to instrumentality implicit the House of Representatives, the Senate is simply a toss-up.

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While the issues of the economy, ostentation and termination rights person been driving voters to the polls crossed some parties, inflation could outgo the Democrats the midterms – including losing some the House and Senate to the GOP.

How agelong volition it instrumentality for Pennsylvania results?

Though it is improbable the closest races volition beryllium called successful Pennsylvania connected Election Day, the state astir apt won’t beryllium waiting arsenic agelong for the commonwealth’s results arsenic it did successful 2020.

The areas that didn’t decorativeness counting until Saturday 2 years agone are predicting they’ll beryllium finished connected Wednesday this year.

That’s the takeaway aft reports from Acting Secretary of State Leigh Chapman and predetermination directors successful Pennsylvania’s biggest counties.

In 2020, it took 4 days of counting mail-in ballots earlier Joe Biden won the statesmanlike contention successful Pennsylvania, with the state’s 20 electoral votes sending him to the White House.

Election officials are not anticipating the question of mail-in votes this year, and midterms thin not to output arsenic precocious of a turnout arsenic statesmanlike years. But the mailed ballots that travel successful cannot beryllium opened until Election Day, according to Pennsylvania law.

“This hold does not mean thing nefarious is happening. It simply means that the process is moving arsenic it is designed to enactment successful Pennsylvania and that predetermination officials are doing their occupation to number each vote,” Chapman said.

– Candy Woodall

Unrelated weaponry scare puts voting connected clasp successful East Harlem

In New York, an aboriginal voting tract successful the predominantly Black and Hispanic vicinity of East Harlem was temporarily closed precocious Sunday greeting due to the fact that of a weaponry scare. The menace was unrelated to voting, said NYPD spokesperson Detective Arthur Tsui.

The New York Police Department alerted the New York City Board of Elections, which initiated exigency protocols.

“Staff on with a fistful of voters were escorted retired safely,” the Board of Elections tweeted. The Board of Elections said an all-clear was received and voting has resumed astir 1 p.m.

– Ken Tran

NH Gov. Chris Sununu: 'Heat is excessively precocious each crossed America'

Commenting connected the caller onslaught connected Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband, Paul Pelosi and rising governmental unit successful the United States, New Hampshire Republican Gov. Chris Sununu said “the vigor is excessively precocious each crossed America.”

Sununu, who had to cancel his ain inauguration ceremonial successful 2021 owed to equipped protestors, told CBS News’ Margaret Brennan that “good enactment brings that down.”

“We’ve got to, arsenic leaders, bring the somesthesia down. It’s good to disagree but astatine the extremity of the time you’ve gotta beryllium capable to determination forward,” said Sununu.

– Ken Tran

Disinformation threatens millions of voters of color

Disinformation is spreading rapidly through America, disseminating intentional lies disguised arsenic truth. Sometimes the lies are designed to forestall radical from voting by confusing them connected how, erstwhile and wherever to vote. Sometimes the lies play connected fears to effort to marque them ballot a definite way. 

"It’s becoming endemic," said Sam Woolley, programme manager of the Propaganda Research Team astatine the University of Texas. "It’s becoming thing that we’re conscionable accepting successful our society. It’s becoming portion of day-to-day life. That we’re inured to it almost." 

Efforts to disseminate disinformation is hard to trace, but often people communities of color. 

– Candy Woodall, Ken Tran

Liz Cheney endorses different Democrat. What's adjacent for her? 

As Election Day approaches, observers proceed to wonderment astir the aboriginal of a person who isn't connected the ballot: Liz Cheney.

Cheney, the Republican congresswoman from Wyoming who mislaid her superior to a Donald Trump-backed challenger, has formally endorsed Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-Va., for reelection – the 3rd legislature Democrat she has backed successful assorted races this fall.

While Cheney said she doesn't hold with Spanberger connected galore governmental issues, her Republican opponent Yesli Vega is simply a pro-Trump predetermination denier and conspiracy theorist.

"I person worked intimately with her successful Congress, and I cognize that she is dedicated to moving crossed the aisle to find solutions. We don’t hold connected each policy, but I americium perfectly definite that Abigail is dedicated to serving this state and her constituents and defending our Constitution," Cheney said.

The enactment is fueling speculation that Cheney whitethorn question the presidency, oregon immoderate different office, arsenic either an anti-Trump Republican, an independent, oregon perchance a Democrat.

– David Jackson

Sen. Rick Scott volition 'absolutely' accept results

Sen. Rick Scott, president of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, the Senate GOP run arm, told said connected NBC News' "Meet the Press" that helium volition “absolutely” judge the midterm results.

Scott added, “But what we’re besides going to bash is bash everything we tin to marque definite that they’re escaped and fair.”

Control of the Senate is wholly up successful the air, babelike connected a fewer choky races wherever it could instrumentality days to find a winner.

– Ken Tran

Who should power Congress? It's a dormant vigor in NBC News poll

With conscionable 2 days near earlier voters caput to the polls, Democrats person caught up to Republicans erstwhile it comes to elector enthusiasm, an NBC News canvass found. The canvass was taken Nov. 3-5.

The parties are evenly matched – 73% of some Democrats and Republicans expressed “high interest” successful the predetermination according to the poll. In October, Republicans had a 9 percent constituent pb astatine 78%-69%. One 1000 apt voters were surveyed; the borderline of mistake is +/- 3.1%.

And erstwhile it comes to who should power Congress, voters are evenly split: 48% of respondents said they preferred a Democratic-controlled Congress portion 47% said they preferred a GOP-led Congress. The canvass was among 786 apt voters and has a borderline of mistake of +/- 3.5%.

– Ken Tran

RNC chair: All Republican candidates volition judge results

Republican National Committee chairwoman Ronna McDaniel said that each Republican candidates, nary substance what happens connected predetermination night, volition judge the results.

“We privation to marque definite it’s tally just and transparently and past we’ll fto the process play retired and past we’ll judge the results,” McDaniel told CNN’s Dana Bash connected Sunday. When pressed further by Bash, McDaniel reiterated that each Republicans volition judge their results adjacent successful defeat.

“They volition (accept the results),” said McDaniel.

– Ken Tran

Trump stumps for Republicans in Pennsylvania – but finds clip to mock Ron DeSantis

The emerging Republican conflict betwixt erstwhile President Donald Trump and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis deed a turning constituent this weekend – a denigrating Trump nickname.

During a Saturday nighttime rally successful Latrobe, Pa., Trump touted leads successful aboriginal information polls implicit imaginable opponents, including 1 helium labeled "Ron DeSanctimonious." (Never caput that Trump was expected to beryllium promoting Republican midterm candidates successful Pennsylvania.)

Trump is expected to formally announce his candidacy aboriginal this month; DeSantis has not commented publically connected Trump and 2024, focusing connected his reelection contention against Democrat Charlie Crist.

In a nationalist Morning Consult/Politico canvass successful mid-September, Trump led DeSantis 52%-19% erstwhile those surveyed were asked for whom they would ballot if the 2024 GOP superior "were held today." That was bully capable for 2nd spot among 15 imaginable candidates. By a precocious October poll, that contention tightened: 49% for Trump, 24% for DeSantis.

In an October poll by YouGov for Claremont McKenna College Rose Institute, Trump held a 10-point lead, 55% to 45%, implicit DeSantis.

In a USA TODAY/Suffolk University Poll successful September, DeSantis led Trump 48%-40% successful a hypothetical 2024 Florida statesmanlike primary.

Meanwhile, Trump and DeSantis clasp competing run rallies Sunday successful their location authorities of Florida.Trump headlines a rally successful Miami for reelection-seeking Sen. Marco Rubio; DeSantis holds events successful 3 counties connected Florida's westbound coast.

– David Jackson 

Top Senate races to watch

Tuesday's predetermination will find power of the Senate and 8 races are peculiarly contentious, arsenic each enactment controls 50 seats successful the Senate.Ties are breached by Vice President Kamala Harris.

While 34 Senate seats are up for predetermination successful 2022, a fistful are captious for some parties. Which races are key? Look to Pennsylvania, Nevada, Arizona. Also key: Ohio, Georgia, New Hampshire. 

-- Sarah Elbeshbishi, Ken Tran

Iowa Poll: Voters similar GOP candidates successful House races

Iowa’s apt voters and those who already person formed ballots similar Republican candidates successful each 4 of the state’s legislature districts, a caller Des Moines Register/Mediacom Iowa Poll found. 

Republicans clasp a important vantage among voters successful the recently drawn 1st and 4th districts. They clasp a flimsy borderline successful the 2nd and 3rd districts. 

The Iowa Poll, conducted by Selzer & Co. from Oct. 31 to Nov. 3, asked 801 apt voters oregon those who person already formed ballots whether they favour the Democratic oregon Republican campaigner for the U.S. House.

– Katie Akin, Des Moines Register

Biden, Trump, Obama effort to boost Fetterman, Oz

Three men who person been successful the White House fanned retired crossed Pennsylvania connected Saturday to springiness a propulsion to Senate candidates successful 1 of the nation's hottest races.

President Joe Biden and erstwhile President Barack Obama appeared successful Pittsburgh and Philadelphia to run for chap Democrat John Fetterman, portion erstwhile President Donald Trump held a rally to boost Republican Mehmet Oz successful Latrobe. 

Trump told the assemblage they request to elite Oz arsenic portion of a "giant reddish wave" connected Election Day.

The Oz-Fetterman contention could determine whether Republicans oregon Democrats power the U.S. Senate; Pennsylvania will besides spell a agelong mode toward determining the presidential winner successful 2024, conscionable arsenic it fueled the victories of Obama, Trump, and Biden.

– David Jackson, Francesca Chambers, Kim Strong

How to ballot and what’s connected the ballot

What are the midterms, anyway? The midterms are halfway done a president's four-year term. Although the presidency is not connected the ballot, power of the House and Senate volition find if President Joe Biden will be effectual successful progressing his docket during the remaining 2 years.

Looking for answers on how to vote or the top issues in the midterm elections for 2022? Here are immoderate resources: 

• When is the 2022 midterm election? Election Day is Nov. 8, this Tuesday, for the midterm elections.
• Am I registered to vote? Same-day elector registration options and early voting deadlines vary by state.
• Know your rights: Search for your authorities successful this voting rights guide, which includes details specified arsenic which states necessitate an ID card. 
• Need to ballot during enactment hours? Here is simply a database of which states person rules around giving employees clip disconnected to vote.
• Vote successful time: See what clip polls close in my state.

Questions connected voting?: Last-minute voting usher for Nov. 8: How to ballot and what's connected the ballot

– Sarah Day Owen Wiskirchen

Claims of a hacked oregon stolen predetermination interest information officials

Despite an unprecedented U.S. absorption connected preventing hackers from targeting the midterm elections Tuesday, determination are inactive concerns that malicious cyber operatives could disrupt oregon power the vote by penetrating polling stations, elector registration rolls, ballot-counting efforts and adjacent the quality reports that archer Americans who’s winning state, section and national elections.

But here’s what truly concerns nationalist and backstage assemblage information analysts: malicious cyber actors who assertion that the predetermination was hacked oregon stolen, adjacent erstwhile thing of the benignant occurred. Such mendacious claims, gathering connected years of bogus predetermination fraud narratives that began good earlier the 2020 statesmanlike election, they say, could plunge the state into an unprecedented situation of governmental chaos and unit adjacent worse than that which spawned the Jan. 6, 2021 attack at the U.S. Capitol.

Read much astir it: Here's wherefore information officials are acrophobic astir claims of a hacked (or stolen) election

– Josh Meyer

Last week's debates: Here's what you whitethorn person missed

In the week before the Nov. 8 midterm election, candidates successful battleground states faced disconnected successful their last debates and, possibly, their last opportunities to sway undecided voters.

Key issues including termination and inflation took halfway stage. And contempt efforts by moderators and national questioners to get candidates to explicate their positions successful item or elaborate on under-the-radar issues, Republicans and Democrats largely stuck to their well-rehearsed talking points.

Georgia gubernatorial candidates Gov. Brian Kemp and Stacey Abrams and New Hampshire Senate candidates Sen. Maggie Hassan and Don Bolduc were among the campaigner that faced disconnected a last clip earlier Election Day.

Final statement moments recap: Top moments from the past debates starring up to predetermination night

– Savannah Kuchar