Neil Vigdor

Among the races to watch are governors’ contests in Kentucky, Louisiana and Mississippi and mayoral elections in Chicago and Philadelphia.

Mr. Santos, a Republican representative-elect from Long Island, has admitted to lying about his professional background, educational history and property ownership.

Mr. Pence, while promoting his new book at the DealBook Summit, frowned upon the idea of the Justice Department’s taking action against his former boss.

The Republican Senate candidate listed his Atlanta residence on public records as a rental property in 2021, while receiving a homestead exemption in Texas.

Ms. Boebert and Mr. Frisch have been locked in one of the country’s closest contests as she seeks a second term in the House.

A Thursday deadline is looming for counties to mail absentee ballots to voters. Early voting begins on Oct. 24.

With violent rhetoric from the right intensifying, some election officials are bolstering their defenses. Others are quitting.

Primaries are posing the latest test of how efficient both states are at counting votes and reporting timely results. Close races could upend their efforts.

Gillespie County, which President Donald J. Trump won by 59 percentage points in 2020, was left without an election staff. The state planned to help.

The Hungarian prime minister, whose anti-immigrant rhetoric and attacks on democratic norms have been widely rebuked, spoke at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Dallas.