The country’s next president will need a friendly Congress to make their policy dreams a reality, but control of the two chambers remains deeply uncertain with just weeks until Election Day — and whether the outcome will be a party trifecta in the nation’s capital.

Countless battleground races will capture attention in the 2024 elections — from the Senate to the House to statehouses around the country — but a few remain toss-ups in the truest sense. Here are the most competitive races to watch,

The first Black woman elected to the Senate, Democratic Sen. Carol Moseley Braun of Illinois in 1992, served a single term. Harris was the second. And a third Black woman, Sen. Laphonza Butler, was appointed to fill out the term of long-serving California Sen. Dianne Feinstein, who died in 2023.

From Election Day, In-Person US Voting Begins in Some States WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Americans began casting their first in-person votes on Friday in a presidential election six weeks away that both Republican and Democratic leaders call the most important in generations.

In-person voting for the 2024 U.S. presidential election has begun in three states: Virginia, South Dakota and Minnesota.