Voters file into and out of a voting center at Emmanuel Presbyterian Church in Phoenix, Arizona. Republicans are counting on heavy Election Day turnout to retain control of the Legislature, which the GOP has controlled since 1966. (Photo by Jim Small/Arizona Mirror)

New Mexico Democratic gubernatorial nominee Deb Haaland began her Election Day at Santo Domingo Pueblo in Sandoval County. If elected, Haaland, an enrolled Laguna Pueblo member, would become the country's first Indigenous woman governor. She told Source NM reporter Patrick Lohmann she hadn't dwelled on the historic element of her campaign much. “If you're immersed in the campaign, I don't think about those sort of, you know, heart things,” she said, while placing her hand on her chest.

Nick Evans of Ohio Capital Journal reports Democrat Dr. Amy Acton, who's running for governor, cast her ballot this morning in Bexley. Afterward, she emphasized her track record working across the aisle. (Photo by Nick Evans/Ohio Capital Journal)

Lisa Ward, interim city clerk of Biddeford, showed off pastries that students at the local culinary school dropped off for poll workers. She highlighted steps the city has taken to reduce lines and streamline the process, including more tables and expediters stationed by the doors.

Ward said that by noon, more than 1,100 had voted in-person. The more than 4,130 absentee ballots the city tallied, as of Friday, already exceeded the total turnout of the June primary. (Photo by Lauren McCauley/ Maine Morning Star)

"His energy will be good for Congress," Betty Belle Nicks said of Democratic congressional candidate Chaz Molder, who is running in Tennessee's newly redrawn District 5. (Photo by J. Holly McCall/Tennessee Lookout)

Democratic Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly offered advice to whoever takes the office when she leaves in January: Hire qualified staff, and be kind.

“I would just ask them as they’re working on the budget, as they’re negotiating with the Legislature on a bill, to be kind,” she said. “Whatever you’re doing is going to impact people in their real lives. Just be kind.”

DJ Trinity with the national group DJs at the Polls is playing tunes outside the polls at the Loussac Library in Anchorage. She's one of several Alaska DJs who will be out today at polls in Fairbanks, Mat-Su, Eagle River and Anchorage.

Sioux Falls residents vote Tuesday in South Dakota, where ballots include questions that could end expanded Medicaid eligibility if federal support for it declines, raise the bar for passing future state constitutional amendments from a simple majority of voters to 60%, and place language in the state constitution specifying that noncitizens are disqualified from voting. Voters are also deciding races for governor, U.S. Senate, U.S. House, other statewide offices and all 105 seats in the Legislature. (Photo by Makenzie Huber/South Dakota Searchlight)

A brisk start to Election Day in Rhode Island puts the state on track to top turnout in the 2022 midterms and potentially 2018, said Miguel Nunez, executive director for the state Board of Elections. More than 39,000 voters had cast ballots in the first three hours after polls opened, which, combined with early and mail ballots, brought the total to 168,711 — 21% turnout, Nunez said.

Voters check in and cast ballots at the Midway Lanes bowling alley in Mandan, North Dakota, on Nov. 3, 2026. North Dakotans are considering two statewide ballot measures, one to provide free school meals to K-12 students and another to make it harder to change the state constitution. (Photo by Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor)

Westchester County, New York, a  mostly Democratic suburban area with more 636,000 voters, announced Tuesday that ballots can't be tallied immediately because ballot readers throughout the county can't read them. The county urged voters to stay in line and continue to vote. "Ballots will be placed in designated orange emergency ballot bags, which will remain secure and monitored. ... No voter should be discouraged from participating in this election because of this issue," the announcement said.