Adam Edelman

Policy issues from abortion rights to marijuana regulations to voting procedures will be directly on the ballot in many states.

Baldwin, the first openly gay member of the Senate, has called GOP ads attacking her girlfriend a distraction. Hovde’s campaign said it is noting a potential conflict of interest.

Officials in key states are weighing added security and venue changes for the Dec. 17 Electoral College meetings in the event the election results are contested.

NBC News projects the constitutional amendment has won enough votes to pass. It’s one of 10 pro-abortion-rights measures on ballots across the country Tuesday.

NBC News projects voters in North Carolina, Wisconsin and six other states passed amendments explicitly banning noncitizens from casting ballots, which is already illegal.

Defeats in Florida, Nebraska and South Dakota ended an unbroken post-Roe ballot measure winning streak for reproductive rights advocates.

A growing list of blue-state governors, including several potential 2028 contenders, are already planning legislative sessions, legal actions and other moves to fight Trump.

Across state House and Senate chambers where partisan control was up for grabs, Republicans were largely victorious, while Democrats broke a few GOP supermajorities.

The defeat marks the first time a ballot measure in any state that proposed raising the minimum wage has failed since 1996.

Reproductive rights groups want to ensure that the constitutional amendments voters approved are implemented smoothly, particularly in states with restrictive abortion laws.