THE COOK POLITICAL REPORT Election Night Watch Guide Follow along on Election Night with this handy guide. Listed are all the 2018 races that we consider competitive or potentially competitive (races in the Likely D/R, Lean D/R and Toss Up columns) sorted by the time polls close (EST). Key: (Parentheses)indicate the party that currently holds the seat Bold indicates the competative races (races in Lean D/R and Toss Up) indicates the most competative races (races in Toss Up) indicates a race where the incumbent is running while indicates and open race NAME Kentucky POLL TIMES CLOSE EST 6:00/7:00 p.m. Note: Kentucky is split into EST and CST where the poll close an hour later. KY-06 is in the EST part of the state. SENATE RACES GOVERNORS RACES HOUSE RACES NOTES KY-06 (R) Indiana 6:00/7:00 p.m. Note: Most of Indiana s counties are in EST, where polls close at 6. The counties around Gary (NW) and Evansville (SW) are in CST where polls close at 7. IN-SEN (D) IN-02 (R) Georgia 7:00 p.m. GA-GOV (R) GA-06 (R) GA-07 (R) New Hampshire 7:00 p.m. NH-GOV (R) NH-01 (D) - In Georgia, if no candidate wins 50% of the vote, a run-off election will be held.
South Carolina 7:00 p.m. SC-GOV (R) SC-01 (R) Vermont 7:00 p.m. Virginia 7:00pm VA-02 (R) VA-05 (R) VA-07 (R) VA-10 (R) Florida 7:00/8:00 p.m. Note: The western part of the Florida Panhandle (Pensacola) is in Central Time where polls close at 8 PM EST FL-SEN (D) FL-GOV (R) FL-06 (R) FL-07 (D) FL-15 (R) FL-16 (R) FL-18 (R) FL-25 (R) FL-26 (R) FL-27 (R) North Carolina 7:30 p.m. NC-02 (R) NC-08 (R) NC-09 (R) NC-13 (R) Ohio 7:30 p.m. OH-SEN (D) OH-GOV (R) OH-01 (R) OH-10 (R) OH-12 (R) OH-14 (R) West Virginia 7:30 p.m. WV-SEN (D) WV-02 (R) WV-03 (R) - Clinton won VA-10 (R) in 2016. - Clinton won FL-26 (R) and FL- 27 (R) in 2016. Alabama 8:00 p.m. Connecticut 8:00 p.m. CT-GOV (R) Delaware 8:00 p.m.
Illinois 8:00 p.m. IL-GOV (R) IL-06 (R) IL-12 (R) IL-13 (R) IL-14 (R) - Clinton won IL-06 (R) in 2016. - IL-12 (R) is a Trump/Obama district. Maine 8:00 p.m. ME-GOV (R) ME-02 (R) - ME-02 (R) is a Trump/Obama district. Maryland 8:00 p.m. MD-GOV (R) Massachusetts 8:00 p.m. Mississippi 8:00 p.m. MS-SEN B (R) - Mississppi has two Senate races on the ballot. If no one receives a majority of the vote in the primary, the top 2 vote getters proceed to a run-off. Missouri 8:00 p.m. MO-SEN (D) MO-02 (R) New Jersey 8:00 p.m. NJ-SEN (D) NJ-02 (R) NJ-03 (R) NJ-05 (D) NJ-07 (R) NJ-11 (R) Oklahoma 8:00 p.m. OK-GOV (R) OK-05 (R) - Clinton won NJ-07 (R) and Trump won NJ-05 in 2016. - NJ-02 (R) and NJ-03 (R) are Trump/Obama districts. Pennsylvania 8:00 p.m. PA-SEN (D) PA-GOV (D) PA-01 (R) PA-05 (R) PA-06 (R) PA-07 (R) PA-08 (D) PA-10 (R) PA-14 (D) PA-16 (R) PA-17 (R) - March 2018 redistricting created many openings for Democrats. - In 2016, Clinton won PA-01 (R), PA-05 (R), PA-06 (R) and PA-07 (R) and Trump carried PA-08 (D).
Rhode Island 8:00 p.m. RI-GOV (D) Tennessee 8:00 p.m. TN-SEN (R) TN-GOV (R) Kansas 8:00/9:00 p.m. Note: Four counties in western Kansas are in MST where polls close at 9 PM EST. KS-GOV (R) KS-02 (R) KS-03 (R) - Clinton won KS-03 (R) in 2016. Michigan 8:00/9:00 p.m. Note: Four counties in the Upper Peninsula (MI-01) are in CST where polls close at 9 PM EST. MI-SEN (D) MI-GOV (R) MI-01 (R) MI-03 (R) MI-06 (R) MI-07 (R) MI-08 (R) MI-11 (R) Texas 8:00/9:00 p.m. Note: El Paso and Hudspeth Counties are in MST where polls will close at 9PM EST. TX-SEN (R) TX-02 (R) TX-06 (R) TX-07 (R) TX-10 (R) TX-21 (R) TX-22 (R) TX-23 (R) TX-24 (R) TX-31 (R) TX-32 (R) - Clinton won TX-07 (R), TX-23 (R) and TX-32 (R) in 2016. Arkansas 8:30 p.m. AR-02 (R) Arizona 9:00 p.m. AZ-SEN (R) AZ-GOV (R) AZ-01 (D) AZ-02 (R) AZ-06 (R) AZ-08 (R) - Clinton won AZ-02 (R) in 2016.
Colorado 9:00 p.m. CO-GOV (D) CO-03 (R) CO-06 (R) - Clinton won CO-06 (R) in 2016. Louisiana 9:00 p.m. Nebraska 9:00 p.m. NE-02 (R) New Mexico 9:00 p.m. NM-GOV (R) NM-02 (R) New York 9:00 p.m. NY-01 (R) NY-02 (R) NY-11 (R) NY-19 (R) NY-21 (R) NY-22 (R) NY-23 (R) NY-24 (R) NY-27 (R) Wisconsin 9:00 p.m. WI-SEN (D) WI-GOV (R) WI-01 (R) WI-06 (R) Wyoming 9:00 p.m. - Clinton won NY-24 (R) in 2016. - NY-01 (R), NY-02 (R), NY-19 (R) and NY-21 (R) are Trump/Obama districts. South Dakota 10:00/11:00 p.m. Note: South Dakota is divided between CST and MST where the polls will close an hour later. Most of the population lives in the CST part of the state. SD-GOV (R)
Minnesota 9:30 p.m. MN-SEN B (D) MN-GOV (D) MN-01 (D) MN-02 (R) MN-03 (R) MN-07 (D) MN-08 (D) Iowa 10:00 p.m. IA-GOV (R) IA-01 (R) IA-03 (R) IA-04 (R) Montana 10:00 p.m. MT-SEN (D) MT-AL (R) - Minnesota has two Senate races this cycle. -In 2016, Clinton won MN-03 (R), while Trump won MN-01 (D), MN- 07 (D) and MN-08 (D) - MN-02 (R) is a Trump/Obama district. -IA-01 (R) and IA-03 (R) are Trump/Obama districts. Nevada 10:00 p.m. NV-SEN (R) NV-GOV (R) NV-03 (D) NV-04 (D) Idaho North Dakota 10:00/11:00 p.m. Note: The northern part of Idaho is in Pacific Time where polls close at 11 EST. 10:00/11:00 p.m. Note: A sparsly populated portion of North Dakota is in Mountain Time where polls will close at 11PM EST ND-SEN (D)
California 11:00 p.m. CA-04 (R) CA-04 (R) CA-07 (D) CA-10 (R) CA-16 (D) CA-21 (R) CA-21 (R) CA-25 (R) CA-39 (R) CA-45 (R) CA-48 (R) CA-49 (R) CA-50 (R) - Clinton won CA-10 (R), CA-21 (R), CA-25 (R), CA-39 (R), CA-45 (R), CA-48 (R) and CA-49 (R) in 2016. Utah 11:00 p.m. UT-04 (R) Alaska 12:00/1:00 a.m. Note: Almost all of Alaska in on Alaska Time with the exception for half of Aleutian Islands where polls will close an hour later. AK-GOV (I) AK-AL (R) Hawaii 12:00 a.m. Oregon Vote By Mail OR-GOV (D) Washington Vote By Mail WA-03 (R) WA-05 (R) WA-08 (R) - Clinton won WA-08 (R) in 2016.