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As voters go to the polls, NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with DuBose Porter, chairman of the Democratic Party of Georgia, about his state's highly contested gubernatorial race.

With record turnout expected in the midterm elections, there have been scattered reports of voting machine problems and long lines at polling places. But overall, voting appears to be going smoothly.

Prosecutors said Sayoc posed "a serious risk of danger to the public" and described him as "a flight risk." His lawyer made no objection to the decision. Sayoc could face up to 48 years in jail.

NPR has up-to-the-minute results and analysis on the 2018 midterms. On Tuesday, voters will decide the balance of power in the House and the Senate, and ultimately, the direction of the country.

Placing stickers on the suffragist's gravestone has become a kind of pilgrimage for voters in Rochester, N.Y. With a record number of women running, the tribute has special significance this year.

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said the first order of business will be a vote on campaign finance reform. House committees also will launch investigations of Trump administration officials.

An Iowa woman made it to the polls on Election Day despite spending the night in the ER with stomach pains. And a North Carolina woman continued a tradition that was started by her mother.

Steve Inskeep talks to Jeff Weaver, manager of the 2016 presidential campaign for Sen. Bernie Sanders, about how the progressive wing of the Democratic Party did in the midterms.

The biggest story of the night is that Democrats took back the House. That will stop President Trump's agenda in its tracks unless he compromises with the other side.

The midterm elections have delivered a divided Congress — with the Republicans building on their majority in the Senate, and the Democrats taking control of the House of Representatives.