The 2022 midterm cycle is slowly coming to a close as only a handful of House and Senate races remain to be called nationwide.

Although some races remain undecided, it is evident the predicted red wave did not strike as hard as Republicans had hoped.

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Ballots were reported missing in one New Jersey county after they were shuttled between locations problems with several voting machines.

Four voting districts’ ballots, which have vanished, were last accounted for being shuttled from the voting place to the election board, according to the New Jersey Globe. Records show that 4,046 voters are spread across the four districts. Paper ballots had to be used after a software glitch rendered the Dominion electronic voting machines unusable. Authorities are assuring the public that they are doing everything in their power to remedy the situation.

“We’re working with the county, which is in charge of our elections, but please know we will not rest until we get to the bottom of this unconscionable mishap, and we will not consider the 2022 election over in Robbinsville until every single ballot is counted and done so securely,” said Robbinsville Mayor Dave Fried.

“The fundamentals of democracy is that every vote would be counted,” he added. “Clearly, this has yet to happen in Robbinsville, as approximately 11% of our residents’ votes have yet to be safely delivered and tallied.”

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Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) is neck-and-neck with her Democratic challenger Adam Frisch as the final votes trickle in on Wednesday.

As of 7:57 p.m. local time, Boebert was trailing by just 64 votes. Each candidate has crossed the 156,600 vote threshold in District 3, per the Associated Press.

The race has yet to be called, but it appears most of the votes have been counted.

Democrats in two key Arizona races widened their leads following the release of a fresh batch of votes, though the contests remain close.

Katie Hobbs, Arizona’s secretary of state who is running as the Democratic nominee for governor, saw her lead be extended from about 8,100 votes to 13,000 following a drop of 62,000 ballots from Maricopa County.

The lead for Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) over Republican Blake Masters grew from roughly 88,000 votes to 95,000.

There are still hundreds of thousands of votes yet to be counted, and it could be at least one more day before either race is called.

Thousands of ballots were placed in a secure compartment on tabulators known as Box 3 in Arizona’s Maricopa County on Tuesday.

Voters were given the opportunity to place their ballots in the Box 3 slot or try another vote center during a tumultuous midterm elections on Tuesday, as dozens of locations experience problems with ballot tabulators that officials attributed to a printer setting snafu.

The roughly 17,000 ballots placed in Box 3, which Maricopa County Board of Supervisors Chairman Bill Gates said accounted for about 7% of the vote this year, were taken by election workers to be tallied at the Maricopa County Tabulation and Election Center, according to KTAR News.

“Those will go through the quality assurance check and those will be tabulated throughout the week,” Gates said on Wednesday. He also said ballots always are going into Box 3 for votes that “are not read into the tabulator,” but this year had “a higher percentage than normal.”

Republicans sued on Tuesday to have polls hours extended by three hours because of the tabulator problems, but were denied by a judge.

As of Wednesday evening, several high-profile races have yet to be called with vote counts still coming in, including those for Arizona governor, secretary of state, and U.S. Senate.

Maricopa County is the most populous county in Arizona, and includes the capital of Phoenix.

New vote totals are expected to be unveiled this hour in Arizona.

Multiple high-profile races in the state remain uncalled, including those for governor and U.S. senator.

President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris will deliver remarks at an event hosted by the Democratic National Committee on Thursday, according to the White House.

The event, which is open press, is scheduled to take place at Howard Theatre in Washington, D.C., at 3 p.m. EST.

Their appearance together after Democrats had a better-than-expected performance in the midterm elections. With some races yet to be called, which party controls the House and Senate remains an open question.

President Joe Biden said he would change “nothing” after Democrats had a stronger-than-expected performance in the midterm elections.

Biden said Democrats had a “strong night” and lightly chastised those predicting a red wave in his first remarks after Republicans failed to recapture either chamber of Congress by Wednesday afternoon. He called it the best first midterm election in 40 years.

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Former President Donald Trump has reportedly shifted blame to his advisers and wife, Melania, for his endorsement of defeated Senate candidate Dr. Mehmet Oz.

Trump was apparently unhappy with the results of the midterm elections, particularly Democratic Pennsylvania Senate candidate John Fetterman’s defeat of Oz, whom Trump had endorsed, according to New York Times journalist Maggie Haberman. The former president apparently is looking to shift blame from himself for the loss, claiming that his wife was the one who got him to endorse the celebrity doctor.

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President Joe Biden may not have made a final decision on whether he will seek reelection, but he is looking forward to the 2024 Republican primaries.

Biden was asked if he thought former President Donald Trump, who may launch a third presidential bid next week, or Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL), who had a big win on Tuesday night, would be tougher competition.

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