As it nears 23:30 here in Washington DC, we're pausing our live coverage until early tomorrow morning.

Tuesday is set to be another dramatic day in US politics - and you can follow all the latest developments, analysis and results on our live page and across the BBC website.

For now, you can keep up with the latest by reading our news story here.

Barbara Plett Usher
State Department Correspondent, BBC News

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Doug Mastriano is one of the best examples of a candidate backed by a new religious right that some claim are driven by the idea of Christian Nationalism.

He's a Pennsylvania senator running for governor who’s championed the false claims that the 2020 election was stolen. For the midterms he’s campaigning as a Christian warrior fighting for conservative Christian values.

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He casts himself and his followers as God's chosen people who must take back the country. Mastriano is supported by a revivalist movement of self-proclaimed prophets and apostles.

One of them, Julie Green, says God gave her a prophecy that this was Mastriano’s time and that he should move forward with the plan he’d been given for the "great steal" to be overturned.

At a campaign event, she told me God wanted Mastriano to save Pennsylvania from its unjust laws. Several voters I met there said they believed Mastriano had been appointed by God.

James Clayton
Reporting from Wisconsin

The Public Market is an institution in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

The covered area is filled with boutique market stalls and eateries. Wisconsin’s famous cheese is sold here.

This is a liberal part of town - but politics in this state is divisive. None of the business owners we approached wanted to speak on the record - for fear of a backlash.

Privately though, the economy weighs heavily on the minds of shop owners here. Some told us they had had to raise prices due to inflation.

Others said they couldn’t get the products they used to be able to get due to supply chain issues.

But people we spoke to didn’t blame the Democrats for the state of the economy - instead pointing to global factors - like the pandemic.

And some pointed out that, even as business owners, there was more to this election than the economy.

One storekeeper said the threat to democracy was more important to him than economic factors. Another made a similar point about abortion rights.

It’s a good reminder that although the economy isn’t in great shape not everyone blames Joe Biden.

This midterms is definitely about much more than the health of US finances.

John Sudworth
Reporting from Pennsylvania

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“Are you feeling confident?” I shout out to John Fetterman over the heads of his media minders, but there’s no reply.

This close to polling day, there’s rarely anything but downsides to answering impromptu questions thrown by reporters round the back of the campaign bus.

But that’s especially true in a Senate race this tight in which the Democrat Fetterman - a man recovering from a stroke - is pitted against a slick, celebrity TV doctor, the Republican Mehmet Oz.

We’re outside a United Steelworkers Union chapter, on the outskirts of the city of Coatesville, Pennsylvania.

“We think he’s wonderful,” Gail Fulton, a retired teacher tells me after Fetterman’s entourage has left.

“Dr Oz is not a representative of the people,” her husband Tommy adds, “he’s a representative of himself.”

So, are Gail and Tommy confident ? Sort of.

On the issues - both lifelong union members - they have no doubt it’s the Democrats that have most to offer in neighbourhoods like theirs.

But if the party is to defy the gloomy looking polls, not just in this state but nationwide, they need to win back more of the blue-collar workers who deserted them for Trump. And the couple fear that the old tribal certainties of class have been eroded by the new politics of division and misinformation.

Sophie Long
Reporting from Arizona

All eyes are on Arizona amid continued allegations of election fraud and intimidation.

Specifically Maricopa County, which is home to Phoenix and 60% of the state’s population. Already, election officers say, disinformation, misinformation and false claims of fraud are being amplified by social media.

This has prompted them, on the eve of the election, to debunk the claims to prevent them from developing into threats and even violence.

In 2020, hundreds of former President Trump’s supporters, some of them heavily armed, protested for days outside Maricopa County Tabulation and Elections Center as conspiracy theories and false allegations of election fraud took hold.

This time officials are prepared and they’re reassuring voters that all ballots are verified. The tabulation machines have been tested. There are hand-counts to check for discrepancies. There is a bipartisan team observing and all the counting is live-streamed.

Yet voters have reported being filmed and feeling intimidated by armed “election watchers” as they dropped off their ballots. Several people have told the BBC of friends and family who are too scared to vote, they just don’t want to be part of the process.

There are fears that could affect the result in this key state where the gap in the polls has never been so narrow, and the chasm between the candidates has never been so wide.

Maricopa County Sheriff Paul Penzone expressed his disbelief that they have had to erect a barrier around the election office. "This is our absolute and unequivocal priority and we’re prepared to deal with any and every eventuality," he said.

Sam Cabral
Reporting from Washington

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In a US Senate that is evenly split, any of the 35 individual races this year could swing control to the Republican Party and the race in Nevada has been one of the closest.

Some polls have shown Republican Adam Laxalt in the lead, while others have incumbent Democrat Catherine Cortez Masto ahead.

Early voting in the state - which accounted for nearly half of votes cast in the 2020 election - ended on Friday, with Democrats chalking up a small state-wide lead.

Those numbers have prompted veteran Nevada politics reporter Jon Ralston to predict Cortez Masto will claw her way to a slim victory, potentially helping Democrats hold onto the Senate.

Ralston is no ordinary poll-watcher; he has made prescient predictions in years past, including ones that went against conventional wisdom. In fact, at least one analyst has predicted a Democrat win in Nevada since Ralston's prediction earlier today.

Of course this is just a prediction and strong election day turnout for Republicans may deliver them victory. But weather could be a factor: a winter storm is expected to bring snow and rain to the state on Tuesday.

Read more on why Cortez Masto is uniquely vulnerable in her bid for re-election.

Trump, while coming to the end of his lengthy speech in Ohio, says: "I'm going to be making a very big announcement on Tuesday 15 November at Mar a Lago in Palm Beach, Florida."

This will no doubt fuel much speculation about a potential announcement about another presidential run - something he has been hinting at for weeks.

"We want nothing to detract from the importance of tomorrow," he adds.

James Clayton & Ben Derico
Reporting from Wisconsin

Senator Ron Johnson isn’t the most electrifying of speakers. But this was a Republican crowd, so he didn’t need to be.

There was a sprinkling of Trump hats, but Johnson didn’t mention the former president once in his speech.

Attendees were given placards that read “Ron Johnson - Fighting for Truth”.

That slogan is an interesting choice, coming from a senator who has openly questioned the 2020 election result after Donald Trump lost the state.

The senator spoke in a sombre tone. He gave the air of a disappointed parent, admonishing Democrats for being “snarly”.

He spoke of his opponent, Mandela Barnes, as not loving America. "Why do Democrats want to transform a country they love?" he asked.

You could. of course, make the same argument with Trump’s slogan: “Make America Great, again”.

One attendee said they left feeling inspired by the Republican’s speech. But this was purely to motivate the party faithful, ahead of what is going to be an extremely tight race tomorrow.

As Trump finishes speaking at his rally in Ohio, let's take a step back and consider the significance of Tuesday's midterm elections.

The outcome of these races can have a huge impact on the direction the US takes in the next few years, as well as on the fate of the president - and the party - in power.

Biden: If control of one of the two chambers of Congress goes to the Republicans, Biden will likely be thwarted in his attempts to get bills and laws passed. You can expect to see gridlock.

Abortion Rights: Both parties have proposed nationwide laws concerning abortion rights if they are in control of Congress after the midterms. At a state level, the results of governor and local races could mean further abortion restrictions in some states.

Investigations: Some Republicans have vowed to close the committee investigating the 6 January 2021 riot at the US Capitol, and launch hearings of their own into Joe Biden’s son Hunter and his business ties to China if they win control of the House of Representatives.

Read more about why the midterms matter here.

There had been reports today that Donald Trump could announce a 2024 presidential run at this rally, with some US media outlets citing sources in his camp.

But so far there has been little sign of such an announcement.

"Look at them. They're waiting for something," Trump said moments ago, while pointing at the media gathered at the event.

Donald Trump is now talking about the riot at the US Capitol on 6 January 2021, when his supporters stormed the building in an effort to stop President Joe Biden's election victory from being certified.

"All I did was make a speech, peacefully and patriotically," he says.

The former president alleges once again that those investigating him over the event are "political hacks and thugs".

At his rally in Ohio, Donald Trump has been speaking extensively about immigration.

He accuses President Biden and the Democrats of not doing enough stop migrants and drugs from entering the US across the Mexico border.

"We had it almost stopped," he claims. "We had the safest borders ever."

He says Republicans will "defund the cartels" while Democrats will "defund the police".

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Former President Trump has taken the stage in Ohio, where he's making a last-minute push to support Republicans ahead of Tuesday's midterms.

"The great state of Ohio is under siege," he says.

He touts JD Vance, a venture capitalist who authored a best-selling memoir in 2016 and is running to represent the state in the Senate.

Vance is polling slightly ahead of his Democratic challenger Tim Ryan, a 10-term congressman who has been surprisingly competitive in this Republican-leaning state.

Trump also mentions Governor Mike DeWine, a Trump sceptic who the former president now backs.

"You're going to vote for an incredible slate of true America First Republicans up and down the ballot," he says.

President Biden finished speaking a short while ago in Maryland.

Over in Ohio, former President Donald Trump's private plane is on the tarmac at a rally.

He is attending a rally for JD Vance, the candidate he has endorsed to represent Ohio in the Senate.

There has been some speculation - as there has been for some time now - that he could announce a second run at the White House.

We'll bring you the latest here.

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"We're the ones bringing down the deficit, allowing ordinary Americans to afford a little break," Biden says, touting legislation that the Democratic-controlled Congress passed in the first two years of his term.

He criticises by name Georgia Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene and Florida Senator Rick Scott, and argues that Republicans will shred social programmes like Medicare and Medicaid.

"They want to put veterans benefits, everything, on the line," he continues.

He goes on to condemn the Republican running for Maryland governor, saying he has attempted to outlaw abortion 14 separate times.

Biden encourages Maryland voters to recall "the angry mob that stormed the US Capitol" on 6 January 2021 saying: "You can't be pro-American and pro-insurrection; Its real simple."

"Democracy is on the ballot," he adds.

He notes that there are now 300 candidates running across the country who dispute that he beat Trump in the 2020 election.

"They're not only trying to deny your right to vote, they're trying to deny the right to have your vote counted," he says, calling Trump supporters sore losers.

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"This election is not a referendum - its a choice," Biden tells the audience at a historically-black university in Bowie, Maryland.

"It's a choice of two very different visions for America," he says.

Midterms are conventionally considered a referendum on how the president is doing. Opposition party candidates normally do well compared to the party that holds the White House.

Biden, a Democrat, goes on to criticise "Maga Republican proposals [and] their trickle down economics".

He boasts of his Covid vaccination programme, and condemns Donald Trump for high unemployment figures near the end of his term.

President Biden has just taken to the stage in Maryland to chants of "lets go, Joe". He took off his suit jacket before beginning to speak.

"Hello, Maryland! My name is Joe Biden and I'm Jill Biden's husband," he says, with the first lady standing on the stage with him.

"Keep them. You need them. I need them," he says about the Democratic candidates running in Maryland.

Biden is in Maryland to campaign for Democrat Wes Moore, who is currently leading his Republican opponent Dan Cox by nearly 30 percentage points, polls show.

Both men are competing for the office being vacated by Governor Larry Hogan, one of Trump's rare Republican critics.

Gary O'Donoghue
Reporting from Georgia

The Bearfoot Tavern has a sizeable beer garden and Raphael Warnock's team are preparing for the senator’s arrival for a last big push before election day.

Around 50 supporters are gathered here holding Warnock signs ready for the man who’s fighting to retain his seat – and is neck and neck with his Republican challenger Herschel Walker.

There are as many journalists as voters – though curiously, despite it being past noon, the fourth estate is being surprisingly abstemious towards the fully stocked bar.

When the senator asks the crowd who has voted so far, they all put their hands up – Warnock is very much preaching to the converted.

But he wants them to tell their families and friends to do the same, invoking what he’s called before the “sacred obligation” to vote.

“I gave my 84-year-old mother a big hug this morning” he says. “Those octogenarian hands that picked someone else’s cotton and someone else’s tobacco got to pick her son as a United States senator.”

And then, before boarding his bus, it’s a quick reference to the famous gospel number: "I gotta feelin’ things are gonna be alright."

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On the eve of the US midterm elections, former President Donald Trump will speak at a rally in Ohio in support of JD Vance, the state's Republican Senate candidate.

Trump has been quite noticeable on the campaign trail, holding four rallies in the five days leading up to election day, including in Iowa, Florida and Pennsylvania.

Trump has been hinting heavily that he will soon launch a 2024 comeback bid for the White House, with one or two reports suggesting he might even declare as soon as Monday night.

But sceptics say the former president is just teasing the media to draw attention to his latest rally.

While Trump is not on the ballot on Tuesday, he's weighed in on almost 200 races, backing Republican candidates in the Senate, House and top state offices across the US.

Ohio used to be a swing state, but it has grown more conservative in recent years. The state went to Trump in 2016 and 2020.

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President Joe Biden will soon make an appearance in the east coast state of Maryland for an election eve rally.

It's a state normally considered a Democratic stronghold, and he's hoping to win last-minute support for the Democratic candidate for governor - Wes Moore - who is widely expected to win back the Republican-held governorship.

Biden faces an uphill struggle to keep control of both chambers of Congress - losing either would severely limit his ability to pass new laws in the last two years of his presidential term.

In the run-up to the midterms, Biden has painted a picture of democracy under threat - saying it was literally "on the ballot for all of us" - and pledged to reinstate nationwide abortion rights if he retains control of Congress.

We'll bring you the latest as he speaks later.