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With one day to go before the United States midterm elections<\/a>, campaigning has reached a fever pitch with Democratic and Republican leaders pulling out all the stops to mobilise voters.<\/p>\n

Democrats are hoping to flip control of both chambers of Congress, which is currently controlled by US President Donald Trump\u2019s Republican Party.<\/p>\n

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All 435 seats in the House of Representatives and 35 of the Senate\u2019s 100 seats are up for grabs on Tuesday. Voting will also be held to elect governors in 36 of the 50 US states.<\/p>\n

With the cost-of-living crisis, exacerbated by the US-Israel war on Iran, becoming one of the key talking points of these elections, here\u2019s where things stand as of Monday:<\/p>\n

What\u2019s happened on the campaign trail in the past 24 hours?<\/h2>\n

In a dramatic political development on Sunday, Democratic Congresswoman Haley Stevens threw her support behind Republican Senate candidate Mike Rogers over her own party\u2019s nominee, Abdul El-Sayed, in Michigan \u2013 one of the most closely watched races of the US midterm elections. Stevens had lost Michigan\u2019s Democratic Senate primary in August to El-Sayed.<\/p>\n

Her announcement followed weeks of tension with El-Sayed over US support to Israel, which has been accused of committing genocide in Gaza. El-Sayed has opposed military support to Israel, arguing that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pushed the US into the Iran war. Stevens has accused El-Sayed of anti-Semitism for his criticism of Israeli actions in Gaza.<\/p>\n

El-Sayed said a vote for his rival Rogers \u201cis going to be a vote for Donald Trump\u201d as his campaign reportedly saw a fundraising surge after Stevens crossed party lines.<\/p>\n

Democratic leaders have rallied behind El-Sayed, who has faced Islamophobic attacks during the campaign.<\/p>\n

The chairman of the Democratic Party in Michigan criticised Stevens. \u201cShe does not speak for that larger community,\u201d Curtis Hertel said in an interview with CNN.<\/p>\n

The leader of the Democrats in the Senate, Chuck Schumer, slammed Stevens over her endorsement of the Republican candidate.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a despicable betrayal from Representative Stevens,\u201d he posted on X.<\/p>\n

\u201cSenate Democrats are united in our support for Abdul El-Sayed, because we know he will fight for the economic interests of working families in Michigan, unlike Mike Rogers, who is a tool of Donald Trump and billionaire donors.\u201d<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the advocacy group Michigan Jews for Democracy has backed El-Sayed.<\/p>\n

\u201cHaley Stevens does not speak for Michigan\u2019s Jewish community,\u201d it said in a statement, which rejected her \u201cattempt to divide our community\u201d two days before the election.<\/p>\n

While Democrats have been angered by Stevens\u2019s action, Trump celebrated her decision.<\/p>\n

During a rally in Iowa later on Sunday, the US president said he would \u201clove\u201d it if Stevens joined the Republican Party. \u201cHaley said what few people are willing to say,\u201d Trump added. \u201cIt\u2019s a thing called bravery.\u201d<\/p>\n

The question now is whether Stevens\u2019s endorsement could persuade some of her supporters to back Rogers or discourage them from voting altogether.<\/p>\n

Polling suggested El-Sayed has largely consolidated Democratic support, according to the Reuters news agency.<\/p>\n

Judge dismisses Trump\u2019s Alaska election lawsuit<\/h2>\n

Meanwhile, a \u2060federal \u2060judge has thrown out a Trump administration \u2060lawsuit seeking to block Alaska from \u2060certifying a loss by Republican Senator Dan Sullivan. The administration has argued that a rival on the ballot with the same name could change the outcome.<\/p>\n

Sullivan pledged to accept the election outcome, days after the US Department of Justice filed a lawsuit seeking to decertify the results of the Senate race if he loses.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m going to accept the election results,\u201d Sullivan, an ally of Trump, told CNN on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Alaska\u2019s Senate<\/a> race is one of seven key toss-up races that will likely decide whether Republicans keep their majority in the upper chamber of the US Congress.<\/p>\n

How many Americans have already voted?<\/h2>\n

This year, out of about 210 million registered voters, 54.5 million had voted early as of 10am US East Coast time (15:00 GMT) on Sunday, according to<\/a> a University of Florida analysis. This includes 30 million in-person votes and 24 million mail-in ballots.<\/p>\n

In the 2022 midterm elections, 46 million people voted early.<\/p>\n

Early voting enthusiasm has been higher among Democrats this year with more than 11 million registered Democrats having voted early, compared with about 8 million registered Republicans, according to the university\u2019s analysis.<\/p>\n

Early voting has particularly surged in the state of Texas, a key battleground, where more than 7.7 million people have voted early.<\/p>\n

According to an Associated Press polling analysis, in South Carolina, where Trump won by nearly 18 percentage points in 2024, early voting has surged 83 percent compared with the same point in 2022. The state has open races for governor and US Senate this year.<\/p>\n

Kansas, Michigan and Maine have also seen a surge in early voting.<\/p>\n

Early turnout figures, however, don\u2019t show which candidates voters have chosen or what the final results will be.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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