US midterm elections 2026 live updates: polls begin to close with control of Congress for remainder of Trump’s term at stake

First polls close in Indiana and Kentucky; several key states see record turnout as Americans decide the direction of Congress for remainder of Trump’s term Track live results from all 50 states in Austin, Texas Greetings from the Austin Recreation Center in Austin, Texas, where Gina Hinojosa , the Democratic candidate for governor, greeted supporters clutching “Save our schools” signs to highlight cuts to public education. No Democrat has won a Texas gubernatorial election since Ann Richards in 1990 , but Hinojosa, running against the incumbent Republican governor Greg Abbott, insisted that “everything is different” this time.

She told reporters: “For one, Greg Abbott had never seen a poll that he was losing ever before when he ran for governor. I don’t know, there’s been like 15? I mean, so many. This election is within the margin of error and it is because Greg Abbot has done so much damage to public schools. “It is because what he has done to public schools is one example of a governor doing the bidding of the moneyed interests and not the people of Texas. Datacentres are another example. There are people all across the state very angry at this governor who no longer fears the voters and voters are fighting back in this election. ” Asked how critical the Latino vote will be in this campaign, Hinojosa, 52, a civil rights and labour lawyer, replied: “It’s huge. Look, we know that when Beto…