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Election Day: A closer look at races in Alaska, Kansas and Texas

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Published November 3, 2026 at 12:03 PM EST
A volunteer holds campaign signs for local candidates outside the Brownsville Public Library on Election Day in Brownsville, Texas, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2026. (Michael Gonzalez/AP)
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A volunteer holds campaign signs for local candidates outside the Brownsville Public Library on Election Day in Brownsville, Texas, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2026. (Michael Gonzalez/AP)

Voters are heading to the polls to decide which party will control Congress for the second half of President Trump’s term.

Here & Now‘s Scott Tong and Indira Lakshmanan speak with Claire Stremple, editor-in-chief of the Alaska Beacon; Jim McLean, special correspondent for Kansas Public Radio and founder of the Kansas News Service; and Kayla Guo, a politics reporter for The Texas Tribune, about key races in their states.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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