Tom Bateman
Reporting from Ohio

Next to a corn field in rural Ohio I’ve just been chatting to Patty Spillman, 63, a farmer from Pleasant Township.

Her family’s connection to the land here goes back generations. Her husband’s forebears bought the farm in 1861, says Patty, who tells me she’s a conservative who voted for Trump in the last three presidential elections.

But in Pleasant Township, things are feeling increasingly unpleasant for Patty. Alongside the soaring price of diesel, the biggest local issue has been the growth of data centres, and she says she’s still undecided whether to keep backing Republican candidates tomorrow.

A vast new data centre is planned for the fields opposite her home; I put it to her that Trump backs the business investment the centres bring.

“If he wants them here, I have a really good place for him - it’s Mar-a-Lago,” says Patty. “I don’t want them here at all”.

Trump has wrapped up his speech in Washington DC with a pledge to boost the US economy, after long remarks about his efforts to clean up the US capital and drive down crime rates.

Polls have shown that the economy is at top of mind for most American voters. Prices on most goods remain elevated, something which many voters blame on the war against Iran.

The US economy is growing, however, but this is something that many Americans may not feel as they see their grocery prices shooting up everyday.Read more: How is the US economy really doing under President Trump?

Bernd Debusmann Jr
White House reporter

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President Trump eventually moved on from the Reflecting Pool and the administration's DC projects to policy topics, including immigration, the economy and the war in Iran.

Trump's comments are familiar ones for those who follow him closely day-to-day, and he mentions them often in the Oval Office or speaking to reporters at the White House or on Air Force One.

In three campaign speeches I've personally attended in recent weeks, he touched on all the points he has made today, but without a long portion of ths speeches being dedicated to projects in the Washington DC area.

The president's remarks, however, do not reflect current public opinion. Polls show that many Americans - including many Republicans - disapprove of his handling of the econony, and the war in Iran remains unpopular.

He has often urged Republican voters to imagine that he were on the ballot, even if he isn't.

But his approval ratings are historically low, hovering in the 30% range, and it remains an open question whether his presence alone will be enough to motivate voters enough to propel Republicans to victory.

Some Republican strategists will likely wonder what this speech sought to accomplish and why the midterms seemed to be the secondary topic, rather than its focus.

As we mentioned earlier, poll after poll has shown that the economy, particularly high prices, is the primary issue on the minds of voters as they head to the polls.

Trump is now addressing the issue saying personal incomes are the "highest in history" and that the poverty rate is at an "all time record low".

He says that if the Republicans win the election, every adult in the US will get $5,000 that they're only allowed to spend in the US.

Tomorrow is election day, Trump says, and "we have to keep our Congress strong, free, a little bit of apple pie".

"I have travelled all across the country," he says "America is ready to go, ready to vote"

Trump now touts his record during his second term.

Trump says he and his administration have done much more than promised during the first two years of his second term.

"I kept every single promise I made," he says.

He tells the crowd he made 29 rally stops for the midterm elections - and is attacking several Democratic candidates and what he calls the corrupt "dumbocrat" party.

He accuses Democrats of putting a "fake" Dan Sullivan on the ballot in Alaska to confuse voters in what he called a "fraudulent election".

Daniel J Sullivan, the little-known candidate running with no party affiliation, is on the ballot, as well as Senator Dan S Sullivan, the incumbent Republican, whose allies have accused the Democrats of trying to confuse voters.

After dedicating nearly 25 minutes of his speech to Washington DC's renovation, the president has now pivoted to midterm elections.

"The Democrat Party has nominated the most extreme and dangerous slate of candidates in American history," Trump says. "These are the most dangerous candidates ever put up."

He goes on to accuse Democrats of pursuing a radical agenda and "dangerous ideologies", pointing to their positions on migration and transgender rights.

"We will defend our country, our culture and our heritage for generations to come," he says.

Sarah Smith
North America editor, at the Reflecting Pool

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This is utterly bizarre. The day before crucial midterm elections, President Trump is showing us pictures of the details of the renovation of the Reflection pool in Washington DC.

He is continuing to blame vandalism for the earlier problems this summer - which is not true. There were no vandals - all court cases have fallen apart.

Why does he think voters across the country want to hear about this when they are focused on the cost of living and trying to make ends meet - that’s what they want him to focus on, not rebuilding Washington.

It’s hard to see how this wins any votes at all.

Bernd Debusmann Jr
White House reporter

As we mentioned in our earlier post, the beginning of Donald Trump's speech at the Reflecting Pool has focused largely on the renovation project undertaken by his administration.

It is a topic near and dear to President Trump's heart, and he mentions it - along with the White House ballroom and planned "Triumphal Arch" in the city - extremely often.

However, it is a topic that is not particularly relevant to tomorrow's midterms. Poll after poll has shown that the economy, particularly high prices, as being the primary issue on the minds of voters as they head to the polls.

Earlier today, a White House official described today's speech as one that will "highlight the administration's achievements to make the country safer and wealthier" while also "drawing a clear contrast" between Republican and Democratic policy priorities.

Many Republican candidates will be hoping that a last minute pitch by President Trump will help move the needle in hotly contested battle ground states.

But his approval rating is, at the moment, historically low - and it is very much unclear how much his pleas have resonated with voters who are concerned about the cost of living and other economic issues.

Daniel Bush
Washington correspondent

President Donald Trump has drawn criticism throughout the midterms for focusing more on his construction projects in Washington than on helping Republicans in the midterms.

His remarks today at the Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool will surely fuel more criticism on the eve of Election Day.

Trump is clearly proud of the work done to renovate the reflecting pool. But it’s unclear how focus on the project that will help Republican candidates as they make their final argument to voters.

In the first few minutes of the speech, the president has not mentioned the midterm elections but instead talked about pipes and algae.

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Trump is finishing his midterm campaigning with a speech outside the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in Washington DC.

The pool has been plagued for problems for years, and recently has needed to be drained repeatedly.

We bring you the latest from his speech.

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When US voters head to the polls, they will choose members of Congress - made up of the House of Representatives and the Senate.

The Republicans currently hold majorities in both chambers, but the Democrats are hoping to change that. Here are some key numbers:

House of Representatives

• There are 435 seats in total
• All 435 are up for election
• 218 are needed for a majority
• The Republicans currently hold 218
• There is also one independent who votes with Republicans
• The Democrats currently hold 214
• Two seats are currently vacant

Senate

• There are 100 seats in total
• 35 of these are up for election
• 51 are needed for a majority
• The Republicans currently hold 53
• The Democrats currently hold 45
• There are also two independents who vote with the Democrats

We've got more on the battle for the House and the Senate here - including key states and how many of those seats the Democrats would need to win to take control.

Gary O'Donoghue
Chief North America correspondent

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Texas has never seen an election like this.

Its Senate race is set to be the most expensive non-presidential contest in US history, with more than $560m spent, according to tracker AdImpact.

The world's most powerful man, Donald Trump, and its richest, Elon Musk, are both heavily invested.

The president backed the state's attorney general, Ken Paxton, over sitting Republican senator John Cornyn, despite Paxton's impeachment and acquittal on corruption charges.

Elon Musk's groups have spent more than $200m supporting Paxton.

Democrats have tried for a breakthrough here for years but haven't won statewide in more than thirty years. Yet polls show their candidate, James Talarico, neck-and-neck with Paxton - and the race for Governor is also tight.

Voters are also turning out - more than 7.7 million have already cast ballots, well over 50% up on the same point in 2022.

Tuesday will tell us whether that breakthrough has finally arrived, or whether Texas remains ruby red.

Helena Humphrey
North America correspondent, in Maine

Logging is big business here in Maine and one that’s got more expensive with President Trump‘s tariffs and soaring diesel costs.

Mike LeBrun is a general manager of Pleasant River Lumber sawmill. He tells me tariffs have brought some lumber industry back to the US.

But, he notes "it’s difficult to see how a young man would want to go into the woods to make a living these days”.

That's because, he says, the industry as a whole is seeing tighter profit margins.

That hasn't, however, meant loggers are automatically flocking to Democrat senate candidate Troy Jackson, himself a fifth-generation logger.

“We don’t make much of his logging credentials,” LeBrun says.

Republican incumbent, Senator Susan Collins, has held her seat since 1997.

She has a reputation for bringing federal funds back to the Pine Street tree state. Still, the race is close and LeBrun says many Mainers feel she’s “like McDonald’s - not the best but not the worst”.

There’s a lot to play for here. If Democrats want to take control of the Senate, they’re likely to need victory in this seat.

Nada Tawfik
North America correspondent, in Detroit

Republicans believe the swing state of Michigan is their best chance to pick up a Democratic seat.

But progressives are betting on the opposite – that Abdul El Sayed will show that left-wing candidates can build a winning coalition in swing states.

If El-Sayed does win here, it would be a big moment for their movement as the party debates its future ahead of presidential elections in 2028.

Joshua Grant and his brother Jeremiah have been canvassing in southwest Detroit to get people to the polls.

They told us for too long Democrats have been more interested in preserving the status quo than fighting for people over corporations.

"They need to get out of our way, you're either for the people or you're in the way," Joshua says.

But progressives are betting on the opposite – that Abdul El Sayed will show that left-wing candidates can build a winning coalition in swing states.

The Trump administration has asked the Supreme Court to temporarily block California from counting mail-in ballots from more than 20,000 voters who federal officials allege are non-US citizens.

It comes a day before the much-awaited midterm elections.

Last month, the justice department demanded Californian authorities to set aside the ballots of the 20,000 voters, who they "believe" are "likely" non-citizens.

A week later, armed officials from the Department of Homeland Security delivered letters to county officials and employees across California threatening criminal charges if they didn't put those ballots aside.

But over the weekend, a federal judge ordered the government to stop threatening local and state election officials with criminal charges for their role in processing ballots.

Experts say Stevens unlikely to sway Michigan voterspublished at 17:35 GMT

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Madeline Halpert
US reporter

Democrat Haley Stevens shocked many on Sunday when she announced that she would endorse Republican Mike Rogers in the Michigan Senate race against Democrat Abdul El-Sayed, whom Stevens lost to in the primary.

But Michigan political experts told the BBC that Stevens' last-minute endorsement is unlikely to move the race in either direction, though Democrats are pointing to the $2.4m (£1.79) El-Sayed's campaign said it raised in the hours since the surprising move.

Stevens' decision to endorse Rogers is "not a helpful story for El-Sayed to end the campaign talking about Democratic dissent", said Matt Grossman, the director of the Institute for Public Policy and Social Research at Michigan State University.

"But the endorsement arose out of a well-worn set of mostly personal grievances that aren't likely to move many voters," he told the BBC.

Political strategist Adrian Hemond noted that more than two million people have already voted early in Michigan.

"Stevens could perhaps have had an impact with an endorsement like this a month ago. Now it is far too late to matter," he said.

Jonathan Hanson, a public policy lecturer at the University of Michigan, said it remains a question whether the news could affect turnout or a small number of undecided voters.

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We've just heard from Abdul El-Sayed, the Democratic candidate for the Senate seat in Michigan – where a fellow Democrat shocked the party by endorsing his Republican rival Mike Rogers.

El-Sayed quips that he was "never supposed to run for public office" as he gives a speech at a rally alongside Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren.

He wanted to be a doctor, he says, after learning about inequalities in life expectancy but while studying realised that "the healthcare system I was studying to work in was too often more interested in billing than healing".

El-Sayed says if he wins the race, he would be the first Democratic doctor elected to the US Senate since 1969.

Taking a jab at US health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr, El-Sayed says: "I've never seen anyone use more big words wrongly in my life."

He says US President Donald Trump and the Republican campaign for Mike Rogers has nothing to say about keeping costs down, and their whole campaign is "about my name and my faith".

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Jack Grey
Live reporter

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It is the final day of campaigning in the United States before voters - who haven't already voted early - will head to the polls to elect members of the House of Representatives, as well as some senators and governors in the midterm elections.

What's at stake

• Every single one of the 435 seats in the House of Representatives is up for grabs, along with 35 of 100 Senate seats and 36 governors
• Currently, the Republicans hold majorities in both the Senate and in the House - with the Democrats aiming to flip both

The battleground states

• Most eyes will be on the key Senate races considered toss-ups by pollsters, which includes Republican-held Alaska, Iowa, Kansas, Main, Ohio and Texas and Democrat-held Michigan
• The Democrats have high expectation heading into elections, with months of favourable polls pointing to a good night for them on Tuesday, but the polls aren't always reliable, writes BBC North America Correspondent Anothony Zurcher

Democrat endorses Republican

• Meanwhile, in a shock move, Democrat congresswoman Haley Stevens endorsed Republican Michigan Senate candidate Mike Rogers
• Stevens had narrowly lost out on securing the Democrat's Senate nomination to Abdul El-Sayed

• The move has been widely criticised by senior Democrats, with Senator Chuck Schumer branding Steven's endorsement of Rogers a "despicable betrayal"

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Texas Democratic Party chair Kendall Scudder has described Haley Stevens as a "sore loser", following her actions this weekend.

In an interview with BBC Newshour, Scudder says her support for Republican Mike Rogers shows "this was some long game she was playing".

"Good riddance she can do whatever she wants to do, we're going to win this race without her and frankly the voters of Michigan have already made very clear that they don't want her anywhere near the Capitol, so she won't be there regardless."

Her decision also shows "an ego", he says, as other Democrats across the US "are united against Trump's regime but also against a billionaire class that has run amok on our government."

Tom Bateman
US State Department correspondent

The line of people waiting to vote here in Columbus, Ohio, was snaking round the block when we showed up just before the state’s early voting deadline hit last night.

I walked the queue, chatting to voters in this heavily Democratic neighbourhood. This is Franklin County, which has large African American and Latino communities.

The surge in early voting and the energy in the line could portend badly for Republicans in Ohio where Trump’s party is defending a US Senate seat and the governor's mansion. Polls suggest Democrats could break that monopoly.

In the line, the impact of the rising cost of gas (petrol) and groceries came up again and again. "People are dying, people are starving," one woman told me.

"You don’t know whether to buy gas or get a piece of baloney, a slice of bread! I don’t want nobody going to war because every time you going to war, that means you’re taking the money from us," she said.