{"id":320205,"date":"2026-11-03T12:04:07","date_gmt":"2026-11-03T12:04:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/320205\/"},"modified":"2026-11-03T12:04:07","modified_gmt":"2026-11-03T12:04:07","slug":"election-2026-live-midterm-updates-from-pa-nj-de","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/320205\/","title":{"rendered":"Election 2026: Live midterm updates from PA, NJ, DE"},"content":{"rendered":"

Voters are heading to the polls today to cast ballots in the 2026 general election. Polls open at 6 a.m. in New Jersey, and at 7 a.m. in Pennsylvania and Delaware. Polls will close at 8 p.m.<\/p>\n

Reporters from WHYY News and Billy Penn are following key races across the Delaware Valley as well as the fight for party control of Pennsylvania\u2019s legislature and Congress.<\/p>\n

As Election Day unfolds, follow WHYY\u2019s live special coverage on WHYY.org<\/a> and the WHYY App<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s your midterm voter game plan, whether you live in Pennsylvania, New Jersey or Delaware:<\/p>\n

Pennsylvania<\/p>\n

New Jersey<\/p>\n

Your one-stop shop: Have questions about the midterms? WHYY News\u2019 voter hub<\/a> has the answers.
\nVoter FAQs: Looking for candidate breakdowns, election logistics and more? Check out WHYY News\u2019 New Jersey voter guide<\/a>.
\nKey races to watch: Find out who\u2019s running for which races, and what they stand for.<\/p>\n

U.S. Senate<\/a>: Cory Booker vs. Justin Murphy, Veronica Fernandez and Joanne Kuniansky
\nU.S. House<\/p>\n

Counting the votes: Follow along with WHYY as New Jersey race results<\/a> come in this evening.<\/p>\n

Delaware<\/p>\n

Your one-stop shop: Have questions about the midterms? WHYY News\u2019 voter hub<\/a> has the answers.
\nVoter FAQs: Looking for candidate breakdowns, election logistics and more? Check out WHYY News\u2019 Delaware voter guide<\/a>.
\nRaces to watch: Find out who\u2019s running for which races, and what they stand for.<\/p>\n

Changing tides?: Progressives are positioned to gain seats<\/a> in the midterms after ousting incumbent lawmakers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Voters are heading to the polls today to cast ballots in the 2026 general election. Polls open at…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":320206,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[25694,178,180,179],"class_list":["post-320205","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-scranton","tag-elections-2026","tag-scranton","tag-scranton-headlines","tag-scranton-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/320205","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=320205"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/320205\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/320206"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=320205"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=320205"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=320205"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}