Houses across the Monongahela River are seen from Braddock, Pa., on Oct. 16, 2024. Nate Smallwood for NPR hide caption
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House Minority Leader and Leader of the House Democratic Caucus, Hakeem Jeffries, speaks to campaign volunteers for Susan Wild, the US Representative for Pennsylvania’s 7th District, at the Italian Center in Williams Township, Pennsylvania, on Thursday, October 10, 2024. Michelle Gustafson for NPR hide caption
Hakeem Jeffries could be the first Black speaker of the House. First, he needs to win
A Cook County jail inmate casts his ballot as he participates in early voting during the 2020 Illinois primary at the jail in Chicago. Charles Rex Arbogast/AP hide caption
The Kansas Legislature, seen here opening its lawmaking session in January, 2020, is one of 20 states where Republicans have a "supermajority" that allows them to override vetoes by the governor. Kansas Democrats hope to break the supermajority in the November election. Orlin Wagner/AP hide caption
A ballot at the Mecklenburg County Board of Elections in Charlotte, N.C., Thursday, Sept. 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Nell Redmond) Nell Redmond/AP/FR25171 AP hide caption
Former President Donald Trump, the Republican presidential nominee, speaks to reporters after the presidential debate with Vice President Harris, the Democratic presidential nominee, on Sept. 10 in Philadelphia. Matt Slocum/AP hide caption
Why a racist conspiracy theory may play a key role if Trump questions the vote
Jeremy Green Eche of Brooklyn bought the Harris-Walz domain name, along with many other hypothetical tickets, in 2020. He describes himself as "the best political cybersquatter ever." Jeremy Green Eche hide caption
NPR Electoral Map analysis as of Aug. 2. Analysis by Domenico Montanaro/NPR. Graphic by Juweek Adolphe/NPR hide caption
President Joe Biden addresses the nation from the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Sunday, July 14, 2024, about the assassination attempt of Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania. Erin Schaff/The New York Times via AP, Pool hide caption
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President Biden and former President Donald Trump will face off Thursday night in Atlanta. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images; Carlos Osorio/AP hide caption
Biden and Trump will debate on Thursday. Here’s what you need to know
Anti-abortion activists who describe themselves as "abolitionists" protest outside a fertility clinic in North Carolina in April 2024. Sarah McCammon/NPR hide caption
Anti-abortion hardliners want restrictions to go farther. It could cost Republicans
President Joe Biden, left, on Jan. 5, and Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump, right, on Jan. 19. AP hide caption
Socialist Party leader Pedro Nuno Santos, left, greets Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Costa as he arrives for an election campaign rally in Lisbon, March 5, 2024. Armando Franca/AP hide caption