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Democratic challenger Ben Salango, the Kanawha County Commissioner, prepares for a debate with West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice, in Morgantown, W.Va., Tuesday Oct. 13. 2020. (AP Photo/Kathy Batten)

Tuesday’s election is packed with choices for WVa voters

By JOHN RABY - Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct. 14, 2020, file photo, Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. Ernst will participate in a debate against her Democratic opponent Theresa Greenfield Thursday, Oct. 15, 2020, in Des Moines, Iowa. (Michael Reynolds/Pool via AP, File)

Iowa Sen. Ernst in tough reelection race against Greenfield

By SCOTT McFETRIDGE - Associated Press

Former U.S. Ambassador to Japan Bill Hagerty greets supporters at a polling place Thursday, Aug. 6, 2020, in Brentwood, Tenn. Hagerty and Dr. Manny Sethi are competing to become the GOP nominee in the race to replace retiring Republican Sen. Lamar Alexander. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)

AP News Guide: A look at Tennessee’s election

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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., speaks to reporters after casting his vote in the 2020 general election at the Kentucky Exhibition Center in Louisville, Ky., Thursday, Oct. 15, 2020. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)

Races for president, Senate top Kentucky ballot

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U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., speaks at a campaign rally on Saturday, Oct. 31, 2020, in Conway, S.C. (AP Photo/Meg Kinnard)

Lindsey Graham, Republicans face uphill fight for Senate control

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Moe Jackson holds the hand of his girlfriend, Gabrielle McCoy, left, while waiting in line to fill out a ballot on the last day of early absentee voting before tomorrow's general election at the Northwest Activities Center in Detroit, Monday, Nov. 2, 2020. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Too early to call Trump-Biden, Senate races in Michigan

By DAVID EGGERT - Associated Press

FILE - In this combination of 2018 and 2019 file photos are, from left, Democratic U.S. Sen. Gary Peters, D-Mich., and Republican U.S. Senate candidate John James. Money is abundant in Michigan's competitive U.S. Senate race between Peters and James. A campaign-finance expert projects spending will top a staggering $100 million by Election Day. (AP Photos, File)

Gauging the Michigan Senate race between John James and Sen. Gary Peters

By Jenny Beth Martin

FILE - In this June 9, 2020, file photo Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., left, speaks to reporters following the weekly Republican policy luncheon on Capitol Hill in Washington. Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., center, and Sen. Cory Gardner, R-Colo., right, listen. Republican senators are fighting to save their majority against an onslaught of challengers in states once off limits to Democrats that are now hotbeds of the backlash to President Donald Trump and his allies on Capitol Hill. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

GOP tries to save its Senate majority, with or without Trump

By LISA MASCARO - Associated Press

In this file photo from 2009, then-Vice President-elect, Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del., left, stands with his son Hunter during a re-enactment of the Senate oath ceremony, Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2009, in the Old Senate Chamber on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) ** FILE **

Tony Bobulinski: FBI queried Hunter Biden whistleblower on ‘Big Guy’ email

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., speaks to reporters after casting his vote in the 2020 general election at the Kentucky Exhibition Center in Louisville, Ky., Thursday, Oct. 15, 2020. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)

Races for president, Senate top Kentucky ballot

Associated Press

Handful of races to set N. Carolina legislature rule, agenda

By GARY D. ROBERTSON and BRYAN ANDERSON - Associated Press

West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice prepares for a debate with Democratic challenger, Kanawha County Commissioner Ben Salango, Tuesday Oct. 13. 2020, in Morgantown, W.Va. (AP Photo/Kathy Batten)

West Virginia voters have heavy slate of choices Tuesday

By JOHN RABY - Associated Press

Former U.S. Ambassador to Japan Bill Hagerty greets supporters at a polling place Thursday, Aug. 6, 2020, in Brentwood, Tenn. Hagerty and Dr. Manny Sethi are competing to become the GOP nominee in the race to replace retiring Republican Sen. Lamar Alexander. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)

AP News Guide: A look at Tennessee’s election

Associated Press

FILE - In this Nov. 25, 2019 file photo Kentucky Senate President Robert Stivers, R-Manchester, addresses community members at the dedication of a Recovery Community Center in in Manchester, Ky. Kentucky lawmakers passed a slimmed-down, one-year state budget Wednesday, April 1, 2020 without pay raises for school teachers or increased education funding — priorities that fell victim to the dramatic economic downturn caused by the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)

Kentucky lawmakers plan for another COVID-impacted session

By BRUCE SCHREINER - Associated Press

FILE - This file photo combo shows Republican Miriam Berry, left, and incumbent Democrat U.S. Rep. Peter Welch, D-VT, candidates in Vermont's lone Congressional District in Nov. 3, 2020, general election. (AP Photos, File)

Vermont’s lone US House member optimistic of reelection

By WILSON RING - Associated Press

Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Jaime Harrison speaks at a campaign rally on Saturday, Oct. 17, 2020, in North Charleston, S.C. (AP Photo/Meg Kinnard)

SC’s Graham, Harrison clash on criminal justice, health care

By MEG KINNARD - Associated Press

Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Jaime Harrison speaks at a campaign rally on Saturday, Oct. 17, 2020, in North Charleston, S.C. (AP Photo/Meg Kinnard)

In South, most Black Senate candidates since Reconstruction

By MEG KINNARD - Associated Press

Judge rejects Arizona redistricting panel list injunction

By BOB CHRISTIE - Associated Press

Democratic challenger John Hickenlooper, front, talks during a debate with Republican U.S. Senator Cory Gardner during a debate between the candidates Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2020, in Fort Collins, Colo. (Pool Photo By Bethany Baker/Fort Collins Coloradoan via AP) ** FILE **

Gardner tells Hickenlooper to ‘stop being a coward’ as Democrat stays mum on court-packing

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Barrett confirmation rises as issue in Kentucky Senate race

By BRUCE SCHREINER - Associated Press