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<rss version="2.0"><channel><title>ABRAnews — Elections 2026</title><link>https://abranews.com/en/</link><description>US and world news in one minute: the facts, and how liberal, centrist and conservative outlets present them.</description><language>en</language><item><title>Ohio votes for governor as Republican Ramaswamy faces Democrat Acton</title><link>https://abranews.com/en/story/1032/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">abranews-1032-v1-en</guid><pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2026 19:24:29 +0000</pubDate><description>Spending topped $100 million, and Ramaswamy's ad featuring Acton's estranged mother drew criticism from politicians across the country, AP reports.</description></item><item><title>Ballot scanners across Westchester County, New York, stop accepting paper ballots on Election Day</title><link>https://abranews.com/en/story/1073/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">abranews-1073-v1-en</guid><pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2026 18:24:39 +0000</pubDate><description>Officials say every vote will be counted, with ballots held in emergency bags, while the cause is unclear in a closely watched House race.</description></item><item><title>California votes Tuesday on one-time 5% tax on billionaires' wealth</title><link>https://abranews.com/en/story/366/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">abranews-366-v1-en</guid><pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2026 17:52:27 +0000</pubDate><description>Backers say Proposition 40 would pay for health care, while Gov. Gavin Newsom and more than 100 economists oppose it.</description></item><item><title>Justice Department sends about 1,000 election monitors to all 50 states for first time</title><link>https://abranews.com/en/story/894/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">abranews-894-v1-en</guid><pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2026 17:22:01 +0000</pubDate><description>The DOJ calls it its largest monitoring effort ever, while some local election officials and the NAACP voice concern that monitors could intimidate voters.</description></item><item><title>Storms and flooding force polling place changes in several states on Election Day</title><link>https://abranews.com/en/story/855/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">abranews-855-v1-en</guid><pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2026 17:04:19 +0000</pubDate><description>Florida's governor declared an emergency in seven counties, while forecasters warn of heavy rain, damaging winds and a few tornadoes across central states.</description></item><item><title>Michigan Democrat Haley Stevens stands by endorsing Republican Mike Rogers for Senate</title><link>https://abranews.com/en/story/965/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">abranews-965-v1-en</guid><pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2026 16:53:04 +0000</pubDate><description>House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries calls her choice a "terrible decision" and says next steps will be discussed when Congress returns Nov. 9.</description></item><item><title>Appeals court restores block on DOJ ballot demands over suspected noncitizen voters</title><link>https://abranews.com/en/story/971/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">abranews-971-v1-en</guid><pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2026 15:21:17 +0000</pubDate><description>A three-judge panel had briefly lifted the order hours earlier, and the full 9th Circuit will rehear the case with all 11 active judges.</description></item><item><title>Americans vote in midterm elections that will decide control of Congress</title><link>https://abranews.com/en/story/643/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">abranews-643-v2-en</guid><pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2026 12:44:35 +0000</pubDate><description>Republicans hold the Senate 53-47, and final Times/Siena polls show Democrats ahead in most tossup races, but some results may take days.</description></item><item><title>Kansas Sen. Marshall releases ad on suing former patients over bills, reportedly defying aides</title><link>https://abranews.com/en/story/742/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">abranews-742-v1-en</guid><pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2026 01:39:19 +0000</pubDate><description>Democratic opponent Adam Hamilton calls the video "desperate," while it disputes claims that Marshall sued more than 700 former patients over unpaid bills.</description></item><item><title>Vance rallies for Republican House candidate in New York on eve of midterms</title><link>https://abranews.com/en/story/760/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">abranews-760-v1-en</guid><pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2026 01:20:56 +0000</pubDate><description>Constantino's Democratic opponent, Gendebien, says the rally shows Republicans are worried, while Vance urges supporters to vote.</description></item><item><title>Vance holds two midterm rallies in New York and Ohio</title><link>https://abranews.com/en/story/713/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">abranews-713-v1-en</guid><pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2026 01:15:08 +0000</pubDate><description>Fox News reports he has held 19 rallies since early September, and GOP insiders say his campaigning could offer insight into a possible 2028 run.</description></item><item><title>NBC poll ranks economy as top midterm issue as inflation outpaces wages</title><link>https://abranews.com/en/story/706/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">abranews-706-v1-en</guid><pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2026 23:39:09 +0000</pubDate><description>NBC's final poll puts Trump's approval at 40%, and a majority are dissatisfied with their personal finances for the first time in the poll's 30-plus years.</description></item><item><title>Trump says he would veto everything if Democrats win Congress</title><link>https://abranews.com/en/story/625/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">abranews-625-v1-en</guid><pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2026 17:59:38 +0000</pubDate><description>Reuters reports the White House has spent months planning ways to act without Congress if Democrats win, and is reviewing possible executive steps.</description></item><item><title>Los Angeles Mayor Bass faces a close race from Democratic socialist challenger Nithya Raman</title><link>https://abranews.com/en/story/580/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">abranews-580-v1-en</guid><pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2026 11:07:47 +0000</pubDate><description>The Guardian reports a poll shows Bass moving from an 11-point deficit to a dead heat, as housing costs weigh on voters.</description></item><item><title>Guardian: Cost of living is a top worry for voters as midterms near</title><link>https://abranews.com/en/story/579/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">abranews-579-v1-en</guid><pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2026 06:54:11 +0000</pubDate><description>The Guardian cites a long Ohio county strike and union leaders, while The New York Times says many voters blame President Trump's policies for inflation.</description></item><item><title>Musk says Democratic 2028 sweep would mean 'end of democracy'</title><link>https://abranews.com/en/story/448/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">abranews-448-v1-en</guid><pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2026 19:05:21 +0000</pubDate><description>Days before the Nov. 3 midterms, Musk's X post lists three moves he fears Democrats would make and urges voters to back Republican senators.</description></item><item><title>Alaska governor orders probe of Democratic campaign over alleged recruiting of senator's namesake</title><link>https://abranews.com/en/story/214/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">abranews-214-v2-en</guid><pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2026 07:07:12 +0000</pubDate><description>Mary Peltola, the Democratic Senate candidate, denies knowing of any such effort, and an AP source says the Justice Department issued grand jury subpoenas.</description></item><item><title>Obama rallies for Georgia Democrats and repeats his Cheesecake Factory line about Trump</title><link>https://abranews.com/en/story/193/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">abranews-193-v1-en</guid><pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2026 06:49:32 +0000</pubDate><description>He backed Sen. Jon Ossoff and Keisha Lance Bottoms, who is running to be the first Black woman elected governor in any state.</description></item><item><title>Trump holds two Texas rallies for Senate nominee Paxton a week before midterms</title><link>https://abranews.com/en/story/19/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">abranews-19-v1-en</guid><pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2026 06:27:47 +0000</pubDate><description>Democrat James Talarico held his own rally in Lubbock the same night, as polls show the Texas Senate race tied or narrowly leaning his way.</description></item><item><title>Courts reject DOJ bid to set aside about 20,000 California mail ballots</title><link>https://abranews.com/en/story/4/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">abranews-4-v2-en</guid><pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2026 06:07:45 +0000</pubDate><description>A judge ruled Wednesday and an appeals panel agreed 2-1 Friday, though DOJ calls the voters likely noncitizens and California disputes that.</description></item><item><title>Vatican says Pope Leo has voted by mail in the US midterm elections</title><link>https://abranews.com/en/story/374/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">abranews-374-v1-en</guid><pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2026 02:15:40 +0000</pubDate><description>Outlets call him the first pope to vote in a US election, and the Vatican says he votes as a citizen whenever eligible.</description></item><item><title>Trump will hold Kansas and Iowa rallies after canceling them, sources say</title><link>https://abranews.com/en/story/342/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">abranews-342-v1-en</guid><pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2026 21:18:53 +0000</pubDate><description>The Republican National Committee had swapped the events for remote rallies on Thursday, and a source now says they were only rearranged for scheduling reasons.</description></item><item><title>Trump heads to Ohio for a rally less than a week before the midterms</title><link>https://abranews.com/en/story/222/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">abranews-222-v1-en</guid><pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2026 02:36:07 +0000</pubDate><description>ABC and the Washington Examiner call it his third Ohio stop this month, as Vance campaigns in North Carolina and Obama rallies Democrats in Georgia.</description></item><item><title>Tens of millions of Americans have voted early ahead of Nov. 3 midterms</title><link>https://abranews.com/en/story/9/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">abranews-9-v1-en</guid><pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2026 01:59:15 +0000</pubDate><description>Time reports registered Democrats cast about 45% of early ballots and Republicans 31% in states with party registration, but an expert cautions it cannot predict results alone.</description></item><item><title>Trump offers $1 million reward for voter fraud reports that lead to convictions</title><link>https://abranews.com/en/story/5/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">abranews-5-v1-en</guid><pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2026 17:10:03 +0000</pubDate><description>He did not say where the money would come from. NBC News says there is no evidence of widespread voter fraud, and the midterms are Nov. 3.</description></item><item><title>Trump calls Michigan Democratic Senate candidate El-Sayed a jihadist at a rally</title><link>https://abranews.com/en/story/17/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">abranews-17-v1-en</guid><pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2026 17:09:48 +0000</pubDate><description>Trump also called Abdul El-Sayed a Muslim Brotherhood member, which El-Sayed has repeatedly denied. NBC reports Trump offered no evidence for his claims.</description></item><item><title>Trump campaigns in Mississippi for Republican Sen. Hyde-Smith as her Senate race tightens</title><link>https://abranews.com/en/story/14/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">abranews-14-v1-en</guid><pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2026 17:09:47 +0000</pubDate><description>Her Democratic challenger, local prosecutor Scott Colom, was seen at the rally site, and The Hill says the midterms are eight days away.</description></item><item><title>Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski endorses a Democrat for Alaska governor over Trump's pick</title><link>https://abranews.com/en/story/125/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">abranews-125-v1-en</guid><pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2026 17:06:47 +0000</pubDate><description>Murkowski backs former state lawmaker Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins about a week before Election Day. Trump-endorsed Republican Bernadette Wilson says Murkowski abandoned Alaska values long ago.</description></item></channel></rss>
