7 Nov 2018

US Midterms - update

From Afternoons, 1:22 pm on 7 November 2018

Most polls have closed in the United States mid-terms, with early results trickling in. 

Before today at least 36 million people had cast an early vote in the election, in which both the Senate and the House of Representatives are up for grabs.

Many see the election as a referendum on Donald Trump's Presidency. 

To give us the latest we're joined by our Washington Correspondent Simon Marks.

Americans have started voting in critical midterm elections that mark the first major voter test of Donald Trump's presidency, with control of Congress at stake.

Americans have started voting in critical midterm elections that mark the first major voter test of Donald Trump's presidency, with control of Congress at stake. Photo: AFP

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