During Tuesday’s midterm elections, voters in six states across the country make key decisions about who runs their states, represent them in their state legislatures, decide essential legal issues and even potentially change their constitutions.
For more information on what Townhall is watching, read our Election Day preview here as results come in as polls close in these key states.
Virginia Legislature
Polls close at 7:00 PM ET
On Tuesday, Old Dominion voters went to the polls to elect their representatives to the state House of Delegates and Senate. Control of the upper house hangs in the balance, and Republicans in Virginia hope to win at least two Senate seats and maintain a majority in the House of Delegates, creating a GOP triumvirate consisting of the governor’s mansion and both chambers of the state legislature.
Governor of Kentucky
The first polls will close at 6:00 PM ET
Incumbent Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear faces a challenge from Republican Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron in Tuesday’s election. GOP gains in voter registration and Biden’s unpopularity in the Bluegrass State — combined with Beshear’s previous, extremely slim victory margin — give the GOP hope despite Beshear’s roughly 2-to-1 spending advantage over Cameron.
Ohio Ballot Measures
Polls close at 7:30 PM ET
In the Buckeye State, voters on Tuesday will decide two ballot issues: one will involve legalizing marijuana for recreational exploit and the other will be a sweeping pro-abortion, anti-parenthood amendment to Ohio’s constitution.
Governor of Mississippi
Polls close at 8:00 PM EST
Incumbent Republican Gov. Tate Reeves faces a challenge from Democrat (and Elvis’ second cousin) Brandon Presley. Given that recent polls show that both candidates sometimes fall miniature of 50 percent support, there is a risk that a first-ever runoff rule could be implemented if neither candidate wins a majority of votes cast on Tuesday. governor elections.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Polls close at 9:00 PM EST
Following the death of former Chief Justice Max Baer, ​​Keystone State voters will elect a novel member of the state Supreme Court on Tuesday. Republican Carolyn Carluccio wants to defeat Democrat Daniel McCaffery to expand the conservative wing of the state Supreme Court in hopes of more easily regaining control in future judicial elections. The composition of the court is expected to be key to any legal challenges arising from the 2024 presidential election, in which Pennsylvania could again prove pivotal.
Rhode Island Convention Special
Polls close at 8:00 PM EST
In a special election in Rhode Island’s 1st Congressional District, voters will choose who will serve the rest of the current term, which was won for the first time by former Republican David Cicilline, who resigned from his seat in May. The race to survive the final months of Cicilline’s term and possibly advance in his 2024 re-election bid is between Republican Gerry Leonard, a retired Marine colonel who has served multiple combat tours, and Democrat Gabe Amo, a graduate of the Obama-Biden White Houses.
As always, stay with Townhall for more information on these races, why they’re ending this way and what it means when most of the nation’s electoral attention is focused on the presidential primaries starting in January through to next November’s election , deciding who will control the elections, the White House and both houses of Congress.
