WTF-Beta

Mississippi is a dead heat.

Longtime Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) congratulated Democratic nominee James Talarico on his projected victory over Attorney General Ken Paxton.

“The voters have spoken, and I want to extend my congratulations to James Talarico on his election to the U.S. Senate,” Cornyn wrote. “I look forward to meeting him and offering my assistance with his transition as he prepares to serve Texans in the U.S. Senate.”

So does Kansas.

IA goes Dem for Senate

Hinojosa beats Abbott.

Christie: “The Trump era is over. It’s over tonight.”

Sherrod Brown wins in OH

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Christie said Greg Abbott’s team is freaking out.

I can see why.

https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2026/10/31/texas-abbott-gop-turnout-paxton-01136886

Annie Andrews beats Graham in SC

Kevin McCarthy is on ABC. He thinks the Dems could get to the 230s in the House.

And GOP redistricting seems to have backfired. They’ve already lost three seats in states which had their maps redrawn by the GOP

Family

@Bernard Kalshi is at 99.2%. So is Polymarket.

Keisha Lance Bottoms wins election for governor in GA. Her opponent spent $250 million of his own money on his campaign.

@steve-miller is right. The system is working.

Christie said Greg Abbott’s team is freaking out.

Kinda interesting.

https://interestingengineering.com/energy/new-ev-battery-delivers-faster-charging

Species

N.S. woman refused to comply with phone scammer, so would-be fraudster swatted her house

'There's so many things that could have gone badly wrong,' says Lynn Clark Colpitts

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/swatting-incident-truro-area-fraud-scammer-9.7396654

She gave it one more try to explain why she did what she did.

https://upnorthlive.com/news/local/haley-stevens-explains-decision-to-endorse-mike-rogers-in-election-day-statement-el-sayed-michigan-senate-race-upnorthlive-election-x-twitter

First law of holes...

Polling stations in Chicago are running out of paper ballots. Large turnout, and there have also been some electronic voting machines that weren't working, which means that they use more paper ballots than usual.

Glad to see people are getting out and voting!

Clues