Midterms

FILE - Cars drive past data centers, July 16, 2023, in Ashburn, Va. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey, File)

An election worker places a vote-by-mail ballot into a secure bin at the Miami-Dade County Supervisor of Elections Office during the Florida primary election in Doral, Fla., Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

Wake County Board of Elections employees prepare absentee ballots to be mailed on Thursday, Sept. 3, 2026, in Raleigh, N.C. (AP Photo/Matt Ramey)

FILE - Federal immigration officers confront protesters outside Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building, Jan. 15, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)

Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate Abdul El-Sayed listens during a news conference at the Spirit of Detroit monument Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2026, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

FILE - Cars drive past data centers, July 16, 2023, in Ashburn, Va. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey, File)

Christina Bohannan, Democratic candidate for U.S. House, speaks during the Scott County Democrats Annual Family Picnic, in Bettendorf, Iowa, Sunday, Aug. 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Joseph Cress)

Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg waits to be introduced at the South Carolina Democratic Party's Spratt Issues Conference, Saturday, Aug. 22, 2026, in Florence, S.C. (AP Photo/Meg Kinnard)

Denise Powell, the Democratic candidate for the House of Representatives in Nebraska's second congressional district, walks with the Nebraska Democratic Party in a Juneteenth Parade in Omaha, Neb., Saturday, Aug. 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Rebecca S. Gratz)

Vice President JD Vance walks on stage at the Cleveland Cliffs Middletown Works, Friday, Aug. 21, 2026, in Middletown, Ohio. (AP Photo/Jon Cherry)

Floyd Jones, the founder of BackBlack, an initiative that supports underfunded Black-led nonprofits, poses for a portrait in Washington Heights, Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro speaks during a news conference at the state Capitol, Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2026, in Harrisburg, Pa. (AP Photo/Marc Levy)