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LIVE COVERAGE
Nov. 3, 2026
Follow DTN's political reporting team Tuesday afternoon through Wednesday morning for live updates on called races, election results and insights from farmers and political analysts. Chris Clayton is reporting from Sen. Amy Klobuchar's election night watch party in Minnesota, while Jake Zajkowski and Jerry Hagstrom are reporting from Washington, D.C.
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LATEST ELECTION UPDATES (All times Central)
3:25 P.M. CST
Election Day Clarity: SNAP, "It'll Take Some Compromise."
On Election Day, Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, broke with the notion that Republicans would not consider a two-year SNAP cost-share extension to win Democratic support for the farm bill.
"I hate to talk about compromising on getting fraud out of food stamps, but there may be some sort of compromise. We'll have to do with the Democrats to get 60 votes to get the bill out," he told reporters Tuesday. "It'll take some compromise, maybe on this food stamp issue."
Sen. John Boozman, R-Ark., has called the one-year SNAP cost-share delay Republicans' and the White House's final offer.
Grassley called a two-year, $18 billion cost-share arrangement "irresponsible," but also said, "On the other hand, we have a chance of getting E15 if we get this farm bill passed, and that's $14 billion more in the pockets of farmers, so that's what I've got to analyze."
Grassley, who's not running for reelection, also expressed confidence in Republicans' ability win the seat for Iowa governor, recalling how rural votes helped propel Kim Reynolds to victory in 2018.
-- Jake Zajkowski, DTN Ag Policy Editor
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11:50 A.M. CST
Blue Wave or Red Wall?
Former Sen. Heidi Heitkamp, a North Dakota Democrat who served on the Senate Agriculture Committee from 2013 to 2019, told DTN that rural voters are increasingly frustrated with policies coming out of Washington.
Farmers, she said, "may still love (President) Donald Trump, but he needs to understand that he shouldn't take us for granted, and that he needs to back off some of these policies that are hurting us."
She expects discouragement among rural swing voters, along with an opportunity for some to reconsider their political choices. But that won't mean a political realignment in rural America. "I don't think any of us ever imagine that rural America is going to be blue America. I don't think it ever will be. But we need to lose less badly," Heitkamp said.
Zach Lahn, Iowa's Republican Gubernatorial candidate, meanwhile has argued that Iowa can withstand a broader Democratic wave.
"If there is such a thing as a blue wave in the country, it's going to crash into the red wall of the state of Iowa," he said at a campaign event a week before the election.
-- Jake Zajkowski, DTN Ag Policy Editor
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It's Election Day -- the first Tuesday of November.
Polls close at 6 p.m. CST in Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, South Carolina, Vermont and Virginia. At 6:30 p.m. CST, polls close in North Carolina, Ohio and West Virginia.
At 7 p.m. CT, polls close in Alabama, Connecticut, Delaware, the District of Columbia, Florida, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and Tennessee. Arkansas polls close at 7:30 p.m. CT.
At 8 p.m. CT, polls close in Arizona (results not released for one hour), Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, New Mexico, New York, North Dakota, South Dakota, Texas, Wisconsin and Wyoming.
At 9 p.m. CT, polls close in Montana, Nevada and Utah. At 10 p.m. CT, polls close in California, Idaho, Oregon and Washington (mail ballots due).
Most polls in Alaska close at midnight local time, or 1 a.m. CT.
-- Jake Zajkowski, DTN Ag Policy Editor
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ELECTION NIGHT AT A GLANCE
Updated throughout the evening as results are confirmed.
-- U.S. House
Results pending
-- U.S. Senate
Results pending
-- Key Ag Races
Monitoring
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MORE ELECTION COVERAGE FROM DTN
Related election analysis, agriculture policy reporting and congressional coverage.
-- "Congress Faces an Ag Shake-Up," https://www.dtnpf.com/…
-- "The Midterms and Iowa's Farm Future," https://www.dtnpf.com/…
-- "5 Midterm Races to Watch in the Midwest," https://www.dtnpf.com/…
-- "Data Centers Test Republicans Vote," https://www.dtnpf.com/…
-- "Ag Policy Blog: Ohio Democrat Seeks Top House Ag Post in Next Congress," https://www.dtnpf.com/…
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Jake Zajkowski can be reached at jake.zajkowski@dtn.com
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