Politics
Voters Back Abortion Rights in Nevada and Virginia; Missouri Ban Fails
Nevada and Virginia enshrined abortion rights; Missouri rejected a repeal; Idaho kept its ban after defeating an expansion measure.
Ballot measures
Midterms 2026
Maryland Clears Way for New Map as Missouri Voters Reject GOP Redistricting
Two ballot results on congressional maps went against the mid-decade redistricting push started by President Trump.
Midterms 2026
Massachusetts Voters Reject Repeal, Keep Recreational Marijuana Legal
Question 8 would have made Massachusetts the first state to undo legal cannabis sales. It lost by a wide margin.
Midterms 2026
Effort to Repeal Alaska’s Ranked-Choice Voting Is Trailing Again
Measure 2 is short of a majority with about three-quarters of ballots counted, two years after a similar repeal narrowly failed.
Midterms 2026
Florida Voters Approve Major Property Tax Cut, Clearing the 60 Percent Bar
Amendment 3 raises the homestead exemption in steps to $250,000 for non-school taxes and halves the cap on assessment increases for other…
Midterms 2026
Virginia Voters Add Reproductive Rights to the State Constitution
Question 1 passed with about 62 percent support, moving existing abortion protections from state law into the constitution.
Midterms 2026
Missouri Voters Reject Amendment 3, Keeping Abortion Rights Approved in 2024
The measure would have repealed the 2024 abortion-rights amendment and written a ban on gender transition care for minors into the constitution.