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Immigration backlash, Senate races and election rules before the…

Deadly ICE shootings and high-profile raids have shaken many voters, and Republicans now face the fallout in tomorrow's midterm races, including a New Hampshire Senate contest.

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  1. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorBacklash over President Trump's immigration crackdown is becoming a problem for Republicans in the midterms, after deadly ICE shootings and high-profile raids shook many voters.

  2. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorVoters in New Hampshire go to the polls tomorrow in a Senate race that has moved from toss-up to lean Democrat, with Republican John Sununu trying to put distance between himself and the president.

  3. Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorA UMass Lowell poll of six hundred likely voters has Democrat Chris Pappas at forty-eight percent and Sununu at forty-one.

  4. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorAnd a federal judge has blocked the Justice Department from threatening election workers, four days before the midterms, finding it likely violated the Voting Rights Act's ban on voter intimidation.

  5. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorThe department has also filed thirty-one lawsuits since May of last year seeking sensitive voter records.

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