Midterm hopefuls vote and greet supporters
Updated Nov. 3, 2026, 5:22 p.m. ET

Candidates turned out to vote and meet supporters on Election Day, marking the close of the Midterm campaign. Photos capture the historic moment.
Louisville mayoral candidate Shameka Parrish-Wright records her ballot in the midterm election at Butler High School on Nov 3, 2026.
Michael Clevenger/Courier JournalLouisville mayoral candidate Shameka Parrish-Wright records her ballot in the midterm election at Butler High School on Nov 3, 2026.
Congressman (MI-10) and Republican gubernatorial candidate John James looks over his ballot, while his sons, John (11), Hudson (9) look on, at the 14th precinct in Shelby Twp for the midterm elections, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2026.
Kimberly P. Mitchell, USA TODAY NetworkUS Senator Susan Collins (R-ME), Republican candidate for re-election visits Fitzpatrick and Peabody Potato Farm Stand during the US midterm elections, in Houlton, Maine, US, November 3, 2026.
Taylor Coester, REUTERSUS Senator Dan Sullivan (R-AK), Republican candidate for re-election, accompanied by his wife Julie Fate Sullivan, arrives to vote during the US midterm elections, in Anchorage, Alaska, on Nov. 3, 2026.
Emily Mesner, ReutersMichigan Democratic gubernatorial candidate and current Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson votes as her son Aiden Friedrichs looks on in the gym of Louis Pasteur Elementary School in Detroit on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2026.
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David Crowley, Democratic candidate for Wisconsin governor, right, is greeted by a voter at Milwaukee Germany Immersion School on Nov. 3, 2026 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Crowley had earlier voted at the same location.
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Louisville mayoral candidate Shameka Parrish-Wright gets a hug from a poll worker as she arrives to vote in the midterm election at Butler High School. Nov 3, 2026
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Democratic Senate nominee James Talarico campaigns on Nov. 3, 2026, in Austin, Texas.
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Congressman Mike Lawler, holding daughter Elizabeth, 2, casts his vote at St. Aedan's School in Pearl River on Tuesday, November 3, 2026.
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Democratic US Senate candidate for Maine, Troy Jackson speaks at a canvass launch on Election Day during the midterm elections in Portland, Maine on November 3, 2026.
ANGELA WEISS, AFP Via Getty ImagesMichigan 7th Congressional District candidate William Lawrence, left, greets potential voters on the Michigan State University campus on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2026, in East Lansing.
Nick King/Lansing State JournalSouth Carolina Democratic Senate candidate Dr. Annie Andrews greets customers at the Big Bad Breakfast restaurant on November 03, 2026 in Charleston, South Carolina. Andrews is facing off against incumbent Sen. Darline Graham in a closely-contested race for the U.S. Senate.
Win McNamee, Getty ImagesSouth Carolina Democratic Senate candidate Dr. Annie Andrews leaves a polling station after greeting poll workers at the Royal Missionary Baptist Church on November 03, 2026 in North Charleston, South Carolina. South Carolina voters will decide today between Andrews and Sen. Darline Graham (R-SC) as residents cast their votes in the midterm elections.
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West Melbourne City Council candidate Diana Adams, Stoya Vogt, and Margaret Goudelock waving at arriving voters. Scenes at New Shiloh Christian Center in Melbourne on midterm Election Day in Brevard, the day after massive flooding throughout the county. Six polling locations, including two West Melbourne locations that were switched to this location on Sarno Road.
Tim Shortt, FLORIDA TODAYCait Conley, the Democratic candidate for New York’s 17th congressional district, signs in to vote at the Westorchard Elementary School in Chappaqua Nov. 3, 2026. Conley is running against Republican incumbent Mike Lawler.
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