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All North Carolina polls close
All polls have closed in North Carolina as of 8:15 p.m. ET, after some polling places had their hours extended.
-ABC News' Oren Oppenheim
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Election 2026 live results: Democrat Keisha Lance Bottoms projected to be 1st Black woman governor
Republican Byron Donalds is projected to become Florida's first Black governor.
Projections for winners are coming in for some of the key races in the high-stakes midterm elections.
There are several key House and Senate races that could determine the balance of power in Congress as well as significant races for governor around the country. The elections could ultimately determine how effective President Donald Trump's agenda is in the back half of his second term.
Watch ABC beginning at 7 p.m. EST for live Election Night 2026 coverage and results. Also streaming on Disney+ and Hulu.
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Here's how the news is developing.
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Homeland Security will be 'gathering voting logs,' Markwayne Mullin says
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin said in an interview on Tuesday afternoon that the agency will be "gathering voting logs" to ensure nobody voted illegally.
"After this election, we'll be gathering all the data," Mullin said on the "Will Cain Show."
Mullin was spotted heading into the West Wing earlier on Tuesday. He said it's Homeland Security's job to ensure the election is fair.
DHS has been spearheading voter fraud investigations through Homeland Security Investigations, the department's investigative arm.
-ABC News' Luke Barr
1 hour and 45 minutes ago
How ranked choice voting works as Maine polls close
As Maine polls close, the state will be tabulating the results through a ranked choice voting (RCV) system.
Alaska will also using this system for its state and congressional races.
Click here to see how RCV works.
1 hour and 10 minutes ago
Nearly 6 in 10 Kansas Senate voters disapprove of Trump: Preliminary Voter Poll
Nearly 6 in 10 Kansas Senate voters disapprove of President Donald Trump, including about half who strongly disapprove, according to preliminary ABC News Voter Polls.
About 4 in 10 Kansas Senate voters say they are angry about the way things are going in the country today, according to preliminary ABC News Voter Polls. Another roughly one-third are dissatisfied.
About 6 in 10 Kansas Senate voters say Trump's tariff policies have hurt their area and the economy nationally, according to preliminary ABC News Voter Polls.
Similar findings were seen among Kansas gubernatorial voters in the preliminary ABC News Voter Poll.
-ABC News' Emily Guskin
