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Candidates make final appeals to voters ahead of Election Day

NPR | By Saige Miller,
A Martínez
Published October 30, 2026 at 6:00 AM CDT

In the final days before Election Day, the closing messages are sharpening, the competitive races are coming into focus and candidates are doing everything they can to win votes.

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Saige Miller
Saige Miller is a national politics reporter on NPR's Politics & Policy desk, where she primarily focuses on the West Coast. She reports from rural Washington state. 
A Martínez
A Martínez is one of the hosts of Morning Edition and Up First.