Nov. 4 pivotal vote, where all 435 seats in the House of Representatives and a third of the Senate's 100 seats are at stake, will determine whether Republicans or Democrats control Congress.
US Votes in Crucial Midterm Election
![Charity Mwangome walks along the beehive fence she has built at her farm to help protect her crops from elephants, in Taita-Taveta area, Kenya, April 19, 2016.](https://gdb.voanews.com/0866ec1e-7558-48da-b5fc-4338803d6057_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Charity Mwangome walks along the beehive fence she has built at her farm to help protect her crops from elephants, in Taita-Taveta area, Kenya, April 19, 2016.
![A voter enters the voting booth at Bishop Leo E. O'Neil Youth Center in Manchester, New Hampshire, Nov. 4, 2014. New Hampshire features a tight race between incumbent U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and former Massachusetts U.S. Senator Scott Brown.](https://gdb.voanews.com/2c5dc715-023e-4157-aa90-e952447bdb21_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A voter enters the voting booth at Bishop Leo E. O'Neil Youth Center in Manchester, New Hampshire, Nov. 4, 2014. New Hampshire features a tight race between incumbent U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and former Massachusetts U.S. Senator Scott Brown.
![U.S. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell waits to cast his vote after marking his ballot at Bellarmine University in Louisville, Kentucky, Nov. 4, 2014.](https://gdb.voanews.com/1f8e822a-21ff-468e-aea8-a47409733c9a_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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U.S. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell waits to cast his vote after marking his ballot at Bellarmine University in Louisville, Kentucky, Nov. 4, 2014.
![Pedestrians pass by a D.C. Cannabis Campaign sign in Washington, D.C., Nov. 4, 2014. Voters in the U.S. capital and two West Coast states will decide whether to legalize marijuana in a test for broader cannabis legalization efforts across the United States.](https://gdb.voanews.com/0bbd0418-c55e-4f3f-9f5b-837cde34abd9_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Pedestrians pass by a D.C. Cannabis Campaign sign in Washington, D.C., Nov. 4, 2014. Voters in the U.S. capital and two West Coast states will decide whether to legalize marijuana in a test for broader cannabis legalization efforts across the United States.