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Election Night

Election Day is finally here, and The Downballot is covering everything you need to know!

Join us and our friends at Strength In Numbers for our election night livestream starting at 6:45 PM ET and going until the wee hours. You can watch on Substack Live or on YouTube.

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You can also follow us on BlueSky for blow-by-blow coverage of the returns.

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We also have a number of resources that you’ll find helpful for making sense of the midterms:

• Our beloved map of poll closing times, sponsored by EDF Action Votes, as shown at the top of this post. We have versions for every U.S. time zone and several more. Share it, save it to your desktop, and print it out and hang it up!

• Our guides to the top elections for secretary of state, state supreme courts, ballot measures affecting voting rights, races that will impact redistricting, and state governments that could implement a national popular vote for president.

• Our hour-by-hour guide to election night that we shared on our last podcast.

• And our tracker for every important contest on Tuesday, which we’ll update whenever races are called—and until the very last race is called, whenever that may be.

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We look forward to seeing you tonight, wherever that may be!

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Poll Pile

All polls must comply with The Downballot’s requirements.

• FL-Sen: Targoz Market Research:

  • Ashley Moody (R-inc): 52, Angie Nixon (D): 43.

  • Targoz, which has done work for conservative groups, tells The Downballot that this poll was not done for a client.

• KS-Sen: Survey 160:

  • Adam Hamilton (D): 50, Roger Marshall (R-inc): 44.

  • Survey 160, a progressive firm, says it financed these polls.

• ME-Sen: Survey 160:

  • Troy Jackson (D): 50, Susan Collins (R-inc): 47.

• MN-Sen: Survey 160:

  • Peggy Flanagan (D): 52, Michele Tafoya (R): 43.

• NE-Sen: GrayHouse:

  • Pete Ricketts (R-inc): 50, Dan Osborn (I): 46, all others 1% or less.

  • GrayHouse, a Republican firm, says this poll was not done for a client.

• NH-Sen: National Public Affairs for God, Family, & Country PAC (pro-GOP):

  • Chris Pappas (D): 51, John Sununu (R): 45, Edmond Laplante (Constitution Party): 2.

• OH-Sen: Survey 160:

  • Sherrod Brown (D): 50, Jon Husted (R-inc): 46.

• SC-Sen: Resonance Media:

  • Annie Andrews (D): 46, Darline Graham (R-inc): 45.

  • Resonance, a Republican firm, did not say whether it conducted this poll for a client.

• FL-Gov: Targoz:

  • Byron Donalds (R): 50, David Jolly (D): 43.

• KS-Gov: Survey 160:

  • Cindy Holscher (D): 49, Ty Masterson (R): 48.

• ME-Gov: Survey 160:

  • Hannah Pingree (D): 53, Bobby Charles (R): 41.

  • The poll did not include independent Rick Bennett.

• MN-Gov: Survey 160:

  • Amy Klobuchar (D): 53, Lisa Demuth (R): 43.

• NH-Gov: NPA:

  • Kelly Ayotte (R-inc): 52, Cinde Warmington (D): 43, Stephen Villee (L): 3.

• OH-Gov: Survey 160:

  • Amy Acton (D): 51, Vivek Ramaswamy (R): 44.

• SC-Gov: Resonance:

  • Alan Wilson (R): 51, Jermaine Johnson (D): 42.

• CA-07: University of Southern California:

  • Doris Matsui (D-inc): 41, Mai Vang (D): 36.

• FL-AG: Targoz:

  • James Uthmeier (R-inc): 49, Jose Javier Rodriguez (D): 46.

• FL Chief Financial Officer: Targoz:

  • Blaise Ingoglia (R-inc): 50, Annette Taddeo (D): 41.

• FL Agriculture Commissioner: Targoz:

  • Wilton Simpson (R-inc): 51, Joey Mendoza Atkins (D): 43.