HIGH-STAKES TEXAS CONTEST: "I was laying in bed the other night wondering how do I blow $500 million? And it dawned on me—I pick Paxton over John Cornyn... For 0.7% if you get Paxton, you spent half a billion dollars that could have gone to South Carolina, could have gone to Maine, could have gone to Nebraska, Kansas. But they're trying to drag Ken Paxton over the finish line when all you had to do was nominate John Cornyn." @TGowdySC

ELECTION EVE POLL TENSIONS: "This is the moment in some ways, I mean we are gonna look at every poll that comes out but kind of have to let them go, because we will see what happens when voters go to the polls... they just prove that the swings that happen when people actually vote are enormous." @marthamaccallum

PARTY LINES & PRINCIPLES: "Giving permission to the Jewish community, Black voters who supported her, to say it’s okay to change your vote on the top line... placing a protest vote against this broader movement that she sees as dangerous in the party." @marthamaccallum "When Republicans switch to vote for us... we don’t trash them like that... Stop questioning this woman’s mental health. She has every right to do what she is doing, even if you disagree with her... she is doing what she believes is standing on principle." @HaroldFordJr

TIMING QUESTIONS: "I see two things. I see duplicity—when Republicans buck their party they are courageous in their profiles in courage... In terms of this election, it possibly will cost El-Sayed two votes: Haley Stevens and her fiancee. But because she waited so late to do it... it's a personal dispute and I don't think it moves the needle." @TGowdySC

ELECTION EVE IN IOWA: Early voting ended in Iowa as candidates made their final appeals ahead of Election Day. Republican Ashley Hinson rallied with Donald Trump in a close Senate race against Democrat Josh Turek, while Democratic Auditor Rob Sand faces Republican Zach Lahn in a high-stakes governor's race marked by residency questions.

MAINE SENATE RACE SPLITS VOTERS: Maine voters head to the polls deeply divided in the high-stakes U.S. Senate contest between incumbent Republican Susan Collins and Democratic nominee Troy Jackson. While Collins draws support from voters favoring her bipartisan record, Jackson is making a strong push among those seeking progressive policy shifts.

BATTLEGROUND MINNESOTA: Republican nominee Michele Tafoya cast her ballot early in Edina, focusing her message on state governance to appeal to independents. Meanwhile, Democratic nominee Peggy Flanagan rallied voters in St. Paul alongside Pete Buttigieg, highlighting proposals like Medicare for All. @BillMelugin_ reports the latest.

BALLOT BATTLE: The U.S. Supreme Court rejected an emergency request from the Trump administration to force California to set aside roughly 20,000 mail-in ballots. Justice Elena Kagan denied the filing without comment, opting not to refer it to the full court. The ruling leaves intact lower court decisions allowing ballot processing to proceed.

LOCAL ISSUES: "Data centers... it's an issue that has really raised some hackles. And has caused pro-growth Republicans who normally would be in favor of the development of this new technology and would want it in their districts or their states to take a second look at it." @brithume

PARTY BACKLASH: "She hasn’t forsaken the Democratic Party. I should point out the Democratic Party certainly has forsaken her... The things that have been said about her, not just here in Michigan but across the country, even by people like Nancy Pelosi, they are scorching the earth beneath Haley Stevens’ feet." @johnrobertsFox

MICHIGAN SENATE CONTROVERSY: "It wasn’t too many years ago when a number of leading Republican voices walked away from Republican Party saying they just couldn’t stomach Donald Trump and that was widely praised in the media and elsewhere as being an example of people putting country ahead of party. So, along comes this really quite remarkably extreme candidate in El-Sayed, and this long-time Democrat office holder... decides she can’t in the end she couldn't endorse him and endorses a Republican... the stuff in the media about it from some quarters has been absolutely vicious hypocrisy in my view." @brithume

ALASKA SENATE LEGAL BATTLE: A federal judge dismissed a Justice Department lawsuit trying to delay certification of Alaska’s Senate election over candidate Daniel J. Sullivan, dubbed "Decoy Dan." While the DOJ appeals and probes into alleged voter confusion continue, state election officials report strong early voter turnout in Anchorage.

TRUMP’S MIDTERM CLOSING ARGUMENT: President Trump delivered his closing argument at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, warning voters that the outcome will decide the fate of his legislative agenda. Meanwhile, a federal judge is reviewing an NAACP challenge seeking to block DOJ law enforcement from acting as election monitors on Election Day.

REJECTING POLITICAL POLARIZATION: "I want my kids to inherit a Florida where everybody has a fair shot. An economy that works in a state that doesn't advance culture wars... The only reason we're competitive is enough people know that the nation is broken and more divided than ever before. And when Donald Trump and Byron Donalds tells us the answer is to keep hating each other, I think we need to reject those politics." @davidjollyfl Jolly urges Floridians to reject identity-driven division and focus instead on policies that foster economic fairness and community unity.

RAPID-FIRE WITH DAVID JOLLY: "The Cuban regime should fall. The Cuban regime, the dictatorship should fall. I want to see a free Cuba, and I hope we see Marco Rubio's finest moment in this hour." @davidjollyfl David Jolly answers rapid-fire questions ahead of Election Day addressing election results, marijuana, and Cuba.

FLORIDA INSURANCE DEBATE: "If you go to an insurance agent in Florida and were to say, 'If I removed hurricane and wind from my private policy, what would my rate be?'—it cuts your insurance by 60 to 70%... That includes $1,000 tax that Byron supports. My plan would repeal it. Byron Donalds is an absolute liar on this issue" @davidjollyfl David Jolly addresses criticism surrounding his property insurance reform plan. Jolly defended his proposal to split hurricane and wind coverage away from standard private home policies into a state-backed catastrophe fund, claiming it would lower individual homeowners' rates by 60% to 70%. Responding to Republican opponent Byron Donalds' ads characterising the proposal as a "hurricane tax," Jolly rejected the claims, asserting that his plan is modeled after actuarially sound catastrophe structures and would utilize global reinsurance to protect state finances without placing additional tax burdens on Floridians.

FINAL QUESTIONS: "If you don't know that Cuba is under a communist dictatorship, then you don't have what it takes to serve in the United States Senate. We want to see a free Cuba. I want to see a liberated Cuba. I want the Castro regime to fall." @ByronDonalds In a lightning round of rapid fire questions Byron Donalds addresses issues from accepting the election results to his thoughts on Cuba.

FAITH, FAMILY & LESSONS: "I think that 20-year-old me would look at 48-year-old me today and be like, 'I don't know how you did this, but this is cool'... I wouldn't be the man I am without my mother." @ByronDonalds Byron Donalds looked back on his upbringing in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, and the challenges of his early twenties. Donalds shared how leaning into his faith and the steady support of his family helped him turn his life around and build a successful career.

DONALDS DEFENDS IMMIGRATION POLICY: "In Florida, our standard is going to be legal immigration with assimilation, continuing to work with the federal government... As governor, you have a responsibility to comply with federal immigration law." @ByronDonalds During the Friday interview, Florida Republican gubernatorial nominee Rep. Byron Donalds detailed his approach to state immigration policy, emphasizing strict compliance with federal law and a focus on legal immigration with assimilation. Responding to polling data and claims from opponent David Jolly regarding disaffected conservative voters, Donalds reaffirmed his confidence in solid Republican base turnout. He pointed to Florida's economic and regulatory success over recent years, contrasting his platform with Jolly's past shifts in political party and policy positions ahead of Election Day.

CALLS FOR DIPLOMACY IN IRAN: "I wouldn’t leave our troops out to dry... I believe we need to find a path out of this war... I share the goal that you have to make sure we never have a nuclear Iran, but I do not believe entering this war was the path to achieve that goal... I think we need to lead with diplomacy first." @AnnieAndrewsMD