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5 of 29 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
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Control of Congress is on the line, and what else you need to know
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Vote counting starts tonight.
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counting → need → App
Follow along as polls close — and tune in to our live special starting at 8 p.m. ET.
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polls → follow → ET
• Hour-by-hour guide: How to watch election night
• 6 things to watch for to see which party might control Congress
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party → watch → Congress
It's going to take a while to know who won in some races
It's finally here.
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It → go → races
Today, voting officially ends.
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voting → end → ?
More than 54 million people have already cast ballots.
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people → cast → ballots
That's nearly half of the total ballots cast in the last midterm election.
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That → cast → election
Democrats hold a double-digit advantage going into today, based on available data from early voting.
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Democrats → hold → voting
But a major key today will be how many Republicans show up to the polls.
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Republicans → show → polls
There are so many red states and districts in play, and the GOP votes overwhelmingly in person on Election Day.
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GOP → be → Day
Democrats are favored to win the House.
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Democrats → favor → House
They only have to flip three seats for control, and the landscape has shifted considerably, even in the past month, in favor of Democrats.
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landscape → have → Democrats
Republicans tried to insulate themselves with rare, mid-decade redistricting.
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Republicans → try → redistricting
But it likely won't be enough to help the party keep the chamber.
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party → help → chamber
Democrats need to flip four seats to gain control of the Senate, something that was unthinkable at the beginning of this cycle.
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that → need → cycle
But strong Democratic recruits and a difficult national political environment for Republicans have made it a possibility.
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it → make → Republicans
Democrats are favored to flip one seat — North Carolina.
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Democrats → favor → seat
And the elections are taking place on GOP turf.
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elections → take → turf
Apart from Maine, the five toss-ups held by Republicans are in states Trump won by double digits in 2024.
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Trump → hold → 2024
That's why Trump has been in so many red states ahead of Election Day to try and turn out his base.
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Trump → try → base
If they win that, Democrats' calculus changes.
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calculus → win → that
High Republican turnout could limit Democrats to one pick up.
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turnout → limit → pick
Low turnout among Republican voters could see a wipeout of up to six or seven seats — and result in Democratic control of the Senate.
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turnout → see → Senate
There are a lot of variables for how things will go today.
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things → be → variables
Results will start to come in at 6 p.m. ET in Kentucky and Indiana, and then it will be off to the races.
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it → start → races
And while everyone wants to know the results on election night, in many places the results will not be known.
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results → want → places
So patience is key as states count votes in what are expected to be many close races.
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what → count → votes
It could take days.
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It → take → days
It could take weeks, but ballots are being counted and results are coming soon.
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results → take → weeks
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