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Here’s What Time The Polls Close For The 2018 Midterms

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Saagar Enjeti White House Correspondent
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These are the times the first polls in each state close by Eastern Standard Time (EST), as provided by the Associated Press and Politico.

FORT WAYNE, IN - NOVEMBER 05: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally for Republican Senate candidate Mike Braun at the County War Memorial Coliseum November 5, 2018 in Fort Wayne, Indiana. (Photo by Aaron P. Bernstein/Getty Images)

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In some cases, polls have multiple closing times per state. In those cases, the time of first closing is listed here:

6:00pm EST: Indiana, Kentucky

7:00pm EST: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, New Hampshire, South Carolina, Vermont, Virginia

7:30pm EST: North Carolina, Ohio, West Virginia

8:00pm EST: Connecticut, Delaware, the District of Columbia, Illinois, Kansas, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas

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8:30pm EST: Arkansas

9:00pm EST: New York, Minnesota,  Nebraska, Colorado, Louisiana, New Mexico, Arizona, Wisconsin, Wyoming

10:00pm EST: Iowa, Idaho, Utah, Nevada, Montana, Oregon

11:00pm EST: California, Washington, Hawaii

12:00am EST: Alaska

The 2018 midterm elections have already seen a record number of early votes cast and turnout is expected to drastically outpace the 2014 midterm elections. President Donald Trump has spent nearly a month on the campaign trail telling voters to act as if he himself is on the ballot.