It’s Election Day, the culmination of months of fierce campaigning and record spending in a high-stakes battle for control of Congress. The latest polls show that Democrats have a chance to make substantial gains, but Republicans are hoping to rally their base and defend their majorities.
Results will begin to trickle in at 6 p.m. EST, with control of Congress on the line. Although the final tabulation of votes could take days or even weeks, race projections Tuesday night will begin to paint a picture of which party will clinch power on Capitol Hill.
House: Democrats’ chances of flipping the House are improving, according to the latest ratings.
Senate: Six tossup races will decide control.
Trump: The president will spend the day out of the public eye, and plans to attend an election-night viewing reception at the White House.
6 p.m.
Kentucky and Indiana will be the first states to have some of their polls close at 6 p.m., with their remaining polls closing at 7 p.m.
7 p.m.
Polls close at 7 p.m. in Georgia, South Carolina, Vermont, Virginia and most of Florida and New Hampshire, though remaining polls in those last two states close at 8 p.m. West Virginia, Ohio and North Carolina’s polls close at 7:30 p.m.
The state with the quickest reporting in the country is Florida, with early data points expected to be available after closing. The Panhandle closes at 8 p.m.
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