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The Most-Watched Election in U.S. History

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“The 2026 midterms are shaping up to be the most intensely observed, recorded, dissected and challenged election in American history,” Axios reports.

“A small army of partisan and nonpartisan observers will show up. So will a surge of Justice Department monitors, organizers looking for signs of ICE and citizen journalists broadcasting their search for illegal voting in real time.”

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Taegan Goddard

Taegan Goddard

Taegan Goddard is the founder of Political Wire -- which for more than two decades has been one of the nation's most influential political news sites.

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