Polls start to close as voters across U.S. pick candidates for governor, Congress : NPR ^9.2%

NPR - By Saige Miller - 6/2/2026, 9:00 AM

Unattributed Quote 11.3% - Post Hoc (False Cause) 8.8% - Recency Bias 8.5%

Six states — California, Iowa, Montana, New Jersey, South Dakota and New Mexico — hold elections on Tuesday. Polls are officially closed in New Jersey, South Dakota, Iowa and New Mexico, where voters are casting ballots in primary races for U.S. House, Senate and statewide offices. Most of the attention is on California and Iowa, where... more