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Midterm elections live updates: El-Sayed and Stevens no longer campaigning together Sunday
El-Sayed and Stevens were due to appear together in Detroit on Sunday.
The high-stakes midterm elections are just days away, and candidates are making their final pitches to voters.
There are several key House and Senate races that could determine the balance of power in Congress as well as significant races for governor around the country. The elections could ultimately determine how effective President Donald Trump's agenda is in the back half of his second term.
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Justice Department says no ICE or FBI agents embedded with election monitors
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
Democratic women could make history in midterm governor and House races
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
Control of Congress is up for grabs on Election Day. What's the math for Democrats and Republicans?
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
Barack Obama to rally in Georgia for Jon Ossoff, Keisha Lance Bottoms
Former President Barack Obama will headline a rally in Atlanta, Georgia, on Wednesday alongside incumbent Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff and Democratic nominee for governor Keisha Lance Bottoms.
The event comes a few days after Obama rallied for Democratic candidates in Michigan and Ohio, and as early in-person voting continues in Georgia. President Donald Trump rallied in Georgia on Saturday.
More than two million Georgians have voted early in person, in record turnout, according to the office of Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger.
-ABC News' Halle Troadec and Oren Oppenheim