An hour-by-hour guide to watching the races on election night

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

71% : 3rd Congressional District (Sacramento suburbs): GOP Rep. Kevin Kiley is facing Democrat Jessica Morse, a top official at the California Natural Resources Agency, in a district Trump won by 2 points in 2020. 9th Congressional District (Stockton): Republican Stockton Mayor Kevin Lincoln is taking on Democratic Rep. Josh Harder in this district, which Biden won by 13 points. 13th
70% : 10th Congressional District (north of Detroit): GOP Rep. John James eked out a victory by half a percentage point in 2022, after Trump won the district, which is north of Detroit, by 1 point in 2020.
69% : Trump carried Ohio by 8 points in 2020, two years after Brown won re-election in 2018 by 7 points.
66% : Trump won the district by 3 points.
66% : Trump won the district by 4 points in 2020.
65% : Trump won this district by 2 points in 2020.
65% : Trump won this state by 16 points in 2016.
65% : Trump won this district by 7 points.
64% : Trump won this district by 17 points in 2020.
63% : Senate: GOP Sen. Ted Cruz is facing Democratic Rep. Colin Allred in a state Trump won by 6 points in 2020.
57% : Trump would have won this district by 2 points if the new lines had been in place in 2020.
56% : Senate: GOP Sen. Rick Scott is facing former Democratic Rep. Debbie Mucarsel Powell in a state Trump won by 4 points in 2020.
55% : This is the only secretary of state race this cycle where a Democrat is running for re-election in a state Trump won in 2020.
55% : 8th Congressional District (Scranton): Democratic Rep. Matt Cartwright faces businessman Rob Bresnahan Jr. in a district Trump won by 3 points.
54% : South Dakota Ballot measure: legalize recreational marijuana. Ballot Measure: create top-two open primaries for top electoral offices.
51% : 1st Congressional District (Cincinnati): Democratic Rep. Greg Landsman is facing Republican attorney Orlando Sonza in a district Biden won by 9 points in 2020. 9th Congressional District (Toledo): Trump won this district by 3 points in 2020, but Democratic Rep. Marcy Kaptur won her re-election bid in 2022 by 13 points, a larger than expected margin against a scandal-plagued opponent.
51% : 8th Congressional District (east of Seattle): Democratic Rep. Kim Schrier is facing Republican banker Carmen Goers in a district Biden won by 7. 12:00 A.M. EST Hawaii Senate: Democratic Sen. Mazie Hirono is facing former GOP state Rep. Bob McDermott. 1:00 A.M. EST Alaska At-large Congressional District: Trump won this district by 10 points in 2020, but Democratic Rep. Mary Peltola flipped this seat by the same margin in 2022, the first year for the state's ranked-choice voting system, This year, Nick Begich will be the only Republican on the general election ballot, alongside Peltola, Democrat Eric Hafner and John Howe, a member of the Alaskan Independence Party.
50% : Ballot measure: whether to legalize recreational marijuana. Ballot measure: whether to add a right to abortion before fetal viability to the state constitution.
49% : 3rd Congressional District (Western, La Crosse): GOP Rep. Derrick Van Orden is facing Democratic nonprofit owner Rebecca Cooke in a seat Trump carried the seat by 4 points in 2020.
48% : Ballot measure: establish a state constitutional right to abortion and repeal a restriction on public funding for abortion.
47% : Trump carried the district by 1 point in 2020. 45th Congressional District (Southern California): GOP Rep. Michelle Steel is facing Democratic attorney and Army veteran Derek Tran in a district Biden won by 6 points. 47th Congressional District (Irvine): Republican Scott Baugh, a former state legislator, is running again after losing to Democratic Rep. Katie Porter by 3 points in 2022.
44% : Democratic Rep. Jared Golden is facing Republican state Rep. Austin Theriault, a former NASCAR driver, in a district Trump won by 7 points in 2020.
44% : 1st Congressional District (Southwest, Racine): GOP Rep. Brian Steil is facing former Democratic Rep. Peter Barca in a district Trump won by 2 points.
37% : 3rd Congressional District (Des Moines): Trump carried this district by less than half a percentage point in 2020, and GOP Rep. Zach Nunn flipped this seat in 2022 by 1 point.
35% : 13th Congressional District (Clearwater): GOP Rep. Anna Paulina Luna is facing Democrat Whitney Fox, a communications director for a local transit authority, in a district Trump won by 7 points in 2020.
31% : Ballot Measure: legalize recreational marijuana. New Mexico Senate: Democratic Sen. Martin Heinrich is running for re-election against Republican Nella Domenici, whose late father served as the state's longtime senator.
29% : 10th Congressional District (Harrisburg): Trump carried this Harrisburg-based district by 4 points in 2020 and GOP Rep. Scott Perry, a former House Freedom Caucus chairman, won re-election in 2022 by 8 points.
13% : Valadao is one of two Republicans still in the House who voted to impeach Trump after the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot.
13% : Newhouse is one of two Republicans left in the House who voted to impeach Trump after the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot.

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