Midterm elections live updates: Judge orders DOJ to halt threats to election workers

President Donald Trump is heading to Rock Hill, South Carolina, for a rally on Thursday, making his third trip to the state in recent months and his second trip since Labor Day.

Trump was last in South Carolina, which he won in all three presidential elections he ran in, last Wednesday for a rally. He was joined by Sen. Darline Graham, who is running for a full term after being appointed to finish out the late Lindsey Graham’s unfinished term, and other candidates.

Darline Graham is facing off against Democratic candidate and physician and Democratic candidate Annie Andrews in the Senate race.

A New York Times/Siena University poll published on Wednesday showed that likely voters are evenly split between supporting Andrews and Graham, with 48% supporting each. South Carolina has not elected a Democrat to the Senate since 1998 and Trump won the state by 18 percentage points in 2024.)

-ABC News' Oren Oppenheim

A top Justice Department civil rights division official told a federal court that no FBI or Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents will serve as election monitors sent by the department to polling places on or around Election Day.

“There will be no Federal Bureau of Investigation or U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement employees, much less agents, serving as monitors,” Eric Neff, the acting chief of the Civil Rights Division’s voting rights section, said in a sworn document.

One Customs and Border Protection employee is detailed to the section, along with employees from the Bureau of Prisons, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, and the Drug Enforcement Administration who will serve as monitors.

The Justice Department has typically sent election monitors to help ensure that federal voting rights laws are upheld. The practice has been followed by both Democratic and Republican administrations and is codified in law.

-ABC News' Luke Barr

This November, Democratic women are chasing a record number of governorships as well as 100 House seats.

Several gubernatorial nominees could break barriers. Gina Hinojosa would be the first Latina governor of Texas. In New Mexico, former Interior Secretary Deb Haaland would be the first Native American woman to serve as a governor. Keisha Lance Bottoms would be Georgia's first woman governor and the first Black woman to govern any state.

Read more about the candidates and their campaigns.

-ABC News' Juhi Doshi

The majorities of both houses of Congress are in play as voters weigh a midterm check on unified control of government in Washington.

Republicans hold slim majorities in both the House and Senate and are rallying to preserve them with just days until Election Day. Democrats on the other hand are trying to make inroads into some traditionally red areas in hopes of picking up crucial seats.

Here's a look at the math around the balance of power.

-ABC News' John Parkinson