America heads to the polls for the 2018 midterm elections
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, right, and Minority Whip Steny H. Hoyer celebrate Tuesday’s election result, which puts Pelosi in line to return to the speakership.
(Jacquelyn Martin / Associated Press)Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez addresses the crowd gathered at La Boom nightclub in Queens, N.Y., after she became the youngest woman elected to Congress.
(Rick Loomis / Getty Images)Supporters of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez celebrate her victory.
(Don Emmert / AFP/Getty Images)U.S. Senate candidate Beto O’Rourke and his wife, Amy Sanders, take the stage as he concedes.
(Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images)Sen. Joe Manchin III (D-W.Va.) celebrates his reelection.
(Tyler Evert / Associated Press)People react to Tuesday’s election results during a Democratic election watch party in Washington.
(Zach Gibson / Getty Images)Grace Scherrer, 86, is excited to cast her ballot as the polls open at the Luxe Sunset Boulevard Hotel in Brentwood.
(Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)Maude, a 2-year-old English bulldog, waits as Danny Carinci votes at the Hermosa Beach Lifeguards headquarters.
(Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)Musicians Julie Mintz, left, Mindy Jones and Moby entertain the crowd during a campaign rally at Katie Porter’s campaign headquarters Tuesday in Tustin, Calif.
(Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Burbank) and candidate Katie Porter greet the crowd during a rally at her campaign headquarters Tuesday in Tustin, Calif.
(Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)Rachel Mesa, 29, holds her son Madison Mesa, 1, as she votes at a polling site Tuesday in Stevenson Ranch, Calif.
(Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)Voters fill the booths Tuesday at Los Angeles County Fire Station No. 124 in Stevenson Ranch, Calif.
(Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)Shantel Monk holds her brother Zachariah Johnson, 4, as she votes Tuesday at the Watts Tower Arts Center in Los Angeles.
(Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times)Voters check in at a polling station at the Watts Tower Art Center, in Los Angeles.
(Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times)Adrianna De La Rosa, poll inspector at a station in Boyle Heights, helps guide Jose Gonzalez and his wife Socorro Gonzalez, on how to use the ballot, in Los Angeles.
(Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times)Voters casts their ballots at the Venice Beach Lifeguard Operations polling location near the Venice Pier Tuesday morning.
(Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)Rep. Dana Rohrabacher is escorted by his family, wife Rhonda daughters Annika, left, Tristen, right and son, Christiran, back, as he drops off a mail-in ballot to the Boys and Girls Club of Costa Mesa.
(Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)Candidate Katie Hill gets ready to casts her vote at Shepherd Of The Hills Church in Agua Dulce.
(Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)Katie Hill votes under the watchful eye of the media at Shepherd Of The Hills Church in Agua Dulce.
(Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)Gil Cisneros, who is running for congress against Youn Kim, casts his ballot at a polling station in Yorba Linda.
(Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)Zelda waits for her owner, Tony Payan, to cast his ballot at the Neighborhood Congregational Church in Laguna Beach on election day.
(Mark Boster / For the Times)Voters line-up at the Neighborhood Congregational Church in Laguna Beach to cast their ballots on election day.
(Mark Boster / For the Times)Harley Rouda (D), candidate for the 48th Congressional District strolls with his wife, Kaira Rouda, and his supporters towards the polling place in Laguna Beach.
(Mark Boster / For the Times)Griselda Sanchez walks to the polls in the Westlake neighborhood serenaded by Mariachi Cuicatlan, which roamed the sidewalks urging others to and vote. Her sign translates to, “Join the vote.â€
(Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times)Firefighter paramedic Brice Reiner walks past voters as he arrives for his shift at Orange County Fire Station No. 32 in Yorba Linda, which is also a polling place.
(Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)Aimee Kungl goes over her choices while waiting in line to vote at Orange County Fire Station No. 32 in Yorba Linda.
(Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)Polling station worker Steve Rice drops a ballot into a ballot box at Orange County Fire Station No. 32 in Yorba Linda.
(Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)Three-year-old Van Mayer “rolled out of bed to vote with Mom,†Jocelyn Mayer, as the polls opened at the Luxe Sunset Boulevard Hotel in Brentwood.
(Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)Democratic candidate for California’s 48th District, Harley Rouda, greets supporters for an election day rally in Laguna Beach.
(Mark Boster / For The Times)Luke Hallberg casting his ballot as a line forms at the Luxe Sunset Boulevard Hotel polling station in Brentwood.
(Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)People line up to cast their ballots at the Vintage at Stonehaven Apartments polling station in Yorba Linda.
(Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)People line up to cast their ballots at the Vintage at Stonehaven Apartments polling station in Yorba Linda.
(Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)Voters line up to vote at a polling place in Doylestown, Pa.
(Matt Rourke / Associated Press)Voters arrive at the Tuttle Park Recreation Center polling location in Columbus, Ohio. Across the country, voters headed to the polls Tuesday in one of the most high-profile midterm elections in years.
(John Minchillo / Associated Press)A line forms outside a polling site on election day in Atlanta.
(David Goldman / Associated Press)A line backs up into a parking garage outside a polling site on election day in Atlanta.
(David Goldman / Associated Press)A line forms outside a polling site on election day in Atlanta.
(David Goldman / Associated Press)Voters wait in line outside a polling station in Des Moines. Tuesday’s election will determine if Republicans or Democrats will control the House of Representatives.
(Joshua Lott / Getty Images)Voters fill out their ballots at a polling station in Des Moines.
(Joshua Lott / Getty Images)With her children as observers, a woman votes at a polling station during the midterm elections at the Fairfax County bus garage in Lorton, Va.
(ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP/Getty Images)Voters wait in line to enter a polling station in Franklin, Tenn.
(Alex Wong / Getty Images)Voters cast their ballots at a polling station in a Hialeah, Fla., fire station.
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