Tomorrow voters across New England will settle nearly two dozen contested U.S. House and Senate races. The region is unlikely to play much of a role in the control of Congress, but there's a chance that, come next year, the U.S House delegation from New England will be all blue. The only seat not held by Democrats now is Maine's 2nd District, where Republican incumbent Bruce Poliquin faces Democrat Jared Golden.
Polls in the race have been incredibly tight. Also competitive: New Hampshire's 1st District. That's where incumbent Democrat Carol Shea Porter is retiring. Democrat Chris Pappas has held a single digit lead in most recent polls over Republican Eddie Edwards.
There are also five U.S. Senate seats from New England on ballots this year. Incumbents are heavily favored in each of those races, all of them Democrats or independents who caucus with Democrats.
Meanwhile, voters in every New England state will also get their say in elections for governor. The most competitive races are the open ones.
Even though it's become one of the most solid regions in the country for Democrats, New England likes its GOP governors. Right now four New England states are led by Republicans, two by Democrats.
This year the races that are the tightest are in Maine, where Republican Paul LePage is term-limited, and in Connecticut, where Democrat Dannel Malloy decided not to run again.
LePage and Malloy are among the least popular governors in the country. So while they're not on the ballot, they've been mentioned throughout the campaign season.
Sam Hudzik reported this story for the New England News Collaborative.