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The outlook for wealth tax supporters has dimmed in the runup to Election Day. But Prop 40 is also far from the only tax question before voters across the country Tuesday, as the U.S. faces both a broad potential revolt against property taxes and continues to test its willingness to tax the rich.
As polls close across the country on Tuesday, Fox News Channel, Fox News Digital and Fox's streaming service will deliver live results, race calls and analysis.
Roseanne Barr, Conan O'Brien and Cardi B are among the celebrities making final appeals to midterm voters.
Scott Colom, a Democratic prosecutor, has mounted an unexpectedly competitive challenge to Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith, a first-term Republican who has been reliably aligned with President Trump. While Ms. Hyde-Smith is still favored in conservative Mississippi, Mr. Colom would be the first Black senator elected from the state since Reconstruction.
For the first time, the Justice Department is sending 1,000 election monitors throughout all 50 states. The Justice Department announced the move early Tuesday as voters head to the polls for the midterm elections.
Michigan voters are at the polls Tuesday for a consequential midterm election that will determine the state's next governor, fill an open U.S. Senate seat and help decide control of Congress and the state Legislature.
First results from the state are expected after most polls close at 6 p.m. Eastern time. In 2022 and 2024, most ballots were counted by noon Eastern time on Wednesday. Sort by demographics Devlin Barrett Justice Department reporter The Justice Department said that it is sending election monitors and observers to all 50 states,
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Unprecedented levels of concern come amid a cascade of legal actions by the Trump administration to interfere in California’s elections. House races in certain districts — including in Kentucky, Iowa, New York, Texas, Michigan and Maine — could provide early clues about how the night will go.
