Live updates: Polls begin to close in Indiana, Kentucky as battle for Congress heats up — SkimNews
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- Indiana and Kentucky polls began to close on Election Day, opening the count as the battle for Congress heats up.
- Trump faces a direct test of his political capital, with the source framing the whole election as a verdict on his standing.
- Democrats are eyeing a potential blue wave as Republicans scramble to defend their congressional majorities.
- Republicans are spending the final stretch of the campaign scrambling to defend the congressional majorities they hold.
- Trump campaigned across the country in recent months, holding 28 in-person rallies in addition to a series of other campaign events.
Why it matters: Republican defenses of congressional majorities and Democratic hopes for a blue wave both resolve in a count starting with Indiana and Kentucky, while Trump's own political capital rides on the same outcome. The 28 in-person rallies he has already staged underscore that this election is being fought — and judged — as a direct verdict on the president.
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