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2026 Midterm Election Ballot Measures: What Races We’re Watching

29 October 2026 at 19:20
More than 140 statewide ballot measures will go before voters during the midterms. Here are the races we’re watching.

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Voters casting their ballots in Franconia, N.H., in the state’s primary earlier this year.

How Netanyahu Used Fear, Again, to Win More Votes Than Anyone Else

29 October 2026 at 13:29
Despite years of political baggage, the Israeli prime minister outperformed expectations, and his rivals, by playing on Jewish voters’ fears of Arab political power and potential security threats.

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reacts to exit polls during a speech at his party headquarters in Jerusalem on Wednesday.

The Red States That Could Decide the Senate

Democrats need to flip four Republican-held Senate seats to regain the majority, but some of their targets are in states President Trump won by double digits in 2024. Our election data reporter Evan Reynolds explains just how difficult that might be.
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