Politics

Anna Rose Layden/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Voters headed to the polls Tuesday for the midterm elections that will determine which party holds the Senate and House of Representatives and could significantly impact President Joe Biden’s agenda for the final two years of his first term in the White House. According to a recent ABC/Post […]

adamkaz/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The results of the 2022 midterm elections will almost certainly not be called on election night, but instead in the days and weeks after polls close on Tuesday, according to election experts and officials. This is normal, they said, because the results of a number of decidedly tight, consequential federal and […]

Tetra Images – Henryk Sadura/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — With FiveThirtyEight forecasting a slight edge for a GOP takeover in the Senate — and with momentum solidly behind Republicans — just what would that mean? In short, big changes and a Biden presidency instantly having to play defense. No ‘contract’ Senate Republicans, unlike their House counterparts, […]

Bloomberg Creative/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The 2022 midterm elections are shaping up to be some of the most consequential in the nation’s history, with control of Congress at stake. All 435 seats in the House and 35 of 100 seats in the Senate are on the ballot, as well as several influential gubernatorial elections in […]

Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — As Election Day neared, voters in key battleground states spoke about what’s driving them to the polls after a long campaign. Abortion, the economy and fears for American democracy were among the main concerns for voters ABC News spoke with over two weeks — from Oct. 17-31. Abortion: GOP positions […]

Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden may not be on the ballot this election cycle but his agenda hangs in the balance as Democrats defend their majorities in Congress. Biden, making his final pitches to voters ahead of Tuesday’s races, is casting the midterms as a critical moment for […]

Bloomberg Creative/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The 2022 midterm elections are shaping up to be some of the most consequential in the nation’s history, with control of Congress at stake. All 435 seats in the House and 35 of 100 seats in the Senate are on the ballot, as well as several influential gubernatorial elections in […]

Justin Sullivan/Getty Images (PHOENIX) — A campaign staffer for Kari Lake, the Republican candidate for governor in Arizona, allegedly opened an envelope holding a suspicious white substance delivered to Lake’s campaign headquarters in Phoenix, her campaign told ABC News. “Yesterday, a member of the Kari Lake staff opened an envelope delivered to our campaign office […]

Bill Pugliano/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Former Cranston, Rhode Island Mayor Allen Fung, a Republican, is running a strong campaign in a House district President Joe Biden won by 13 points in 2020, threatening an upset with a message of moderation. “I’m not into divisiveness. I’m not into spreading any type of election denials. I’m my […]

ABC News (WASHINGTON) — With just two days until the midterm elections, Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin believes that voters will send a “wake-up call” to President Joe Biden, electing Republicans to regain full control of both the House of Representatives and the Senate. Youngkin was responding to ABC News chief Washington correspondent Jonathan Karl, who […]