CONGRESS/DEMS/ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “An epic battle for control of Congress and the future of Donald Trump’s presidency was wrapping up Monday [11-5-18] as both parties made their final appeals to voters. Reprising his frantic campaigning during the final days of his 2016 race, Trump was barnstorming the country with rallies in Ohio, Indiana and Missouri, returning to the White House well after midnight. Democrats in Congress were poised to make gains in the House, seeking to flip 23 seats to regain control of the chamber and serve as a check on Trump’s policies. The party’s task was much more difficult in the Senate, where Republicans hold a narrow 51-49 majority but Democrats are defending 10 seats in states won by the president two years ago. The two parties were also tangling in several crucial governors’ races, including in Midwest battleground states such as Wisconsin, Ohio, Iowa and Michigan. Florida and Georgia, meanwhile, could make history by electing their states’ first black governors — and leading Democrats such as former President Barack Obama made special pitches for Andrew Gillum in Florida and Stacey Abrams in Georgia in the final days.”
–The Associated Press, “On the Line: Trump, Democrats Battle in Campaign’s Final Day,” The New York Times online, November 5, 2018