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Democrats remain ahead in national polls as Trump and candidates make their final push in the days before polling day.

The state's $500m Senate race may be the most closely watched in the US midterms, and is about far more than control of Congress.

Record number of early votes cast, with Democrats outnumbering Republicans in states which collect that information There has been a surge of early voting for the US midterm elections, with millions more Americans going to the polls compared with the last such election amid a series of tight contests that will determine control of Congress. More than 50.5m early votes have been cast across the US as of Saturday morning, according to an analysis by the University of Florida . This is already nearly 5m more votes than the total number of early votes made in the last midterm elections, in 2022. Continue reading...

From Texas to Maine, rising prices and the Iran war put key Senate races in play as Democrats fight for control.

Voters reassess 2024 swing towards Trump as Republicans and Democrats grapple for Rio Grande Valley votes.

More than 43 million Americans have voted early as Democrats lead opinion polls and Trump prepares for final rallies.

Mary Peltola denies knowledge as party accused of recruiting spoiler candidate with same name as sitting Republican Alaska Senate race: what to know about Democrats’ alleged ballot-stacking effort The top federal prosecutor in Alaska confirmed on Friday the existence of a criminal and a civil investigation into an alleged scheme by Democrats to confuse voters by recruiting a spoiler candidate on the ballot for US Senate who shares a name with the Republican incumbent, senator Dan Sullivan. Speaking at a news conference in Anchorage on Friday, US attorney Michael Heyman cited reporting by the New York Times which suggested that the Senate campaign of Democrat Mary Peltola and national Democrats had, in his words, “orchestrated a sprawling conspiracy to recruit and prop up Daniel J Sullivan as a sham candidate”. Continue reading...

Dan S Sullivan, the incumbent Republican senator running for re-election, and allies have accused the Democrats of trying to confuse voters by recruiting Dan J Sullivan to also stand in the race.

Whatever the result of the midterm elections, the party is facing tough questions over what they stand for and who should represent them.

Democrats recruited candidates to influence Alaska Senate race, NYT reports; record-breaking tides batter East and West coasts.