A voter makes his way inside a polling location, where a U.S. flag is reflected on the windows, Tuesday, March 3, 2026, in Spring, Texas. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
The 2026 midterm elections began in earnest Tuesday as voters headed to the polls for key primaries in Texas, North Carolina and Arkansas, setting the stage for a high-stakes battle over control of Congress and state governments this November.
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University of Texas students and community members line up to vote in the Texas primary election in the Union Building on campus, March 3, 2026. (Sara Diggins/Austin American-Statesman via AP)Flags and buttons are on display at a a democratic table outside a polling site in north Raleigh, N.C.,, on Tuesday, March 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Allen G. Breed)Primary voters line up to cast ballots at a voting center in Dallas, Tuesday, March 3, 2026. (AP Photo/LM Otero)Pat Garris wears a hat full of political buttons outside a polling location Tuesday, March 3, 2026, in Spring, Texas. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)Primary candidate for U.S. Senate, Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, addresses supporters at a campaign stop in Waco, Texas, Tuesday, March 3, 2026. (Rod Aydelotte/Waco Tribune-Herald, via AP)A staff member prepares for the election watch party for Texas state Rep. James Talarico, D-Austin, a Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate in Austin, Texas, Tuesday, March 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)Voters in central Texas head to an active polling station at the Ben Hur Shriners Ballroom to vote, in north Austin, Texas, Tuesday, March 3, 2026. (Ricardo B. Brazziell/Austin American-Statesman via AP)University of Texas students walk past election signs as campus becomes a polling place in the Texas primary election in the Union Building on campus, March 3, 2026. (Sara Diggins/Austin American-Statesman via AP)A voter makes his way into a polling location, Tuesday, March 3, 2026, in Spring, Texas. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
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