2023 Election Day live updates: Ohio abortion rights, legalizing marijuana, results and reactions
2023 Election Night: Latest Updates
Election Night 2023: Latest Updates
- The polls are closed in Ohio, and both ballot measures are currently favored to pass, but many votes still need to be counted.
- Kentucky and Missouri voters will decide whether or not to re-elect their incumbent governors
- Voters in Texas are facing a slew of propositions related to border security, education, public pensions, and many other important issues.
Ohio projected to guarantee abortion rights
Ohio voters on Tuesday approved a constitutional amendment guaranteeing abortion rights, Edison Research projected, extending an unbeaten streak for abortion access advocates since the Supreme Court's decision last year to eliminate a nationwide right to end pregnancies.
The result in Ohio, a conservative-leaning state that supported Republican Donald Trump by 8 percentage points in the 2020 presidential election, is yet another sign that abortion remains a potent issue for Democrats ahead of the 2024 campaign for the White House.
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Ohio could become the latest state to legalize the recreational use of marijuana in Tuesday’s election.
Kentucky has held a gubernatorial election, with incumbent governor Andy Beshear holding a slim lead over Republican Attorney General Daniel Cameron.
In August, voters in Ohio rejected a ballot measure that aimed to increase the vote threshold needed to amend the state’s constitution to sixty percent. That vote failed to pass, meaning that voters in Ohio only need a simple majority to change the state’s founding document. In the current election, voters will have the opportunity to vote on a constitutional amendment that seeks to establish the legal right to have an abortion in the state’s constitution.
As the votes are counted, we will bring you the latest results as they are reported by countries across the Buckeye state. The first batch of results can be expected within the next one to two hours...
Exit polls in Ohio show widespread support for abortion rights
Rick Klein, a political director at ABC, has reported on exit polls from Ohio... and overwhelming support for the constitutional amendment to protect abortion rights has come through. The ballot measure, State Issue 1, requires a simple majority to become law. Polls will close at 7:30 p.m., and soon after, state election officials will begin releasing results.
Will President Biden's performance affect the Kentucky gubernatorial election?
Governor Andy Beshear is seeking re-election in a predominantly conservative state, and his opponent Republican Attorney General Daniel Cameron is using President Joe Biden's performance as a main point in his platform. Some voters may be able to separate their sentiments about governance in the national and state levels.
The 2024 presidential elections are only a year away, and the November 7, 2023, special elections taking place in several states will give political analysts and the press an idea of where some key states stand 12 months before Joe Biden looks to get reelected.
Pennsylvania, Ohio, Kentucky and Virginia are the big news stories today as voters make their way to the polling stations to vote on issues such as abortion, legalizing marijuana, governor races and a seat on the Keystone State’s supreme court. While Trump is in court in New York testifying in his civil fraud trial, his party is going to get a glimpse of how they stand in some of the countries’ swing states.
Read our full coverage for the closing of polling locations across the country.
Latest Polls from Kentucky
A recent poll conducted by Concord Public Opinion Partners/Education Reform Now Advocacy found that Democratic incumbent Andy Beshear holds a sizeable lead over his Republican challenger Daniel Cameron who served as the state's Attorney General.
Looking for your polling place in Ohio?
Find your polling location at the link below, provided by the state of Ohio. Today is election day, and voters in the Buckeye state have many important issues on the ballot this year. Polls are open until 7:30 pm.
Presidential and midterm elections dominate the November political headlines but that doesn’t mean voting stops in the off-years. Indeed, 2023 has a number of consequential votes taking place. Abortion rights are on the ballot in Ohio, governors are fighting in Kentucky and Mississippi, as well as the state legislature in Virginia.
Below are a selection of some of the big upcoming votes but not all. Follow the rest of our election coverage for the full picture.
On Tuesday, voters in Kentucky, Maine, Mississippi, New York, Ohio, Texas, Utah, and Wisconsin will take to the polls. In an off-year election, turnout is typically lower, but in many states, essential races for governor, positions on the state’s supreme court, and referendums on abortion could motivate voters to cast a ballot.
Welcome to AS USA's election night coverage, focusing on the races in Ohio, Kentucky, Mississippi, and Texas.
Out in Ohio, voters will decide whether or not they want to enshrine the right to an abortion in their state's constitution. Additionally, the legalization of recreational marijuana is also on the ballot. Kentucky and Mississippi are holding gubernatorial elections, with the incumbents in both states looking to win a second term.
Texan voters will be presented with fourteen constitutional amendments to vote on, among which are Proposition 3 - which seeks to prevent the state from introducing a wealth tax instead of an income tax - and Proposition 9 - which seeks to allow the state to provide a cost-of-living adjustment to retired teachers in the state.
Democrat Andy Bashear in Kentucky faces off against the state’s former Attorney General, Daniel Cameron. While the last two senate races in Kentucky have been won by the Republican incumbents, the current polling shows the two candidates are in a dead heat.
We will bring you the latest as the results come in.