SLIDER PHOTO Voters mark their ballots at a polling station during the midterm elections at the Old Stone School in Hillsboro, Virginia, on November 6, 2018. - Americans started voting Tuesday in critical midterm elections that mark the first major voter test of US President Donald Trump's controversial presidency, with control of Congress at stake. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP)ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP/Getty Images

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Voters marked their ballots in Hillsboro, Va.

MIDTERMS SLIDER Brookline, MA - 11/06/18 - Voters for Brookline's Precinct 8 line up to cast ballots inside Young Israel of Brookline. (Lane Turner/Globe Staff) Reporter: () Topic: (07earlyvoting)

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Voters lined up at Brookline's Precinct 8 polling place.

Boston, MA - 11/6/18 - As Ashley Draviam (cq), center, emerges from the Ward 15, Precinct 4 polling place, with her 2-month-old daughter Leena Draviam (cq), in-going 23-month-old Jaluna DuJour (cq), right, shouts ?Baby!? Enjoying the moment are her mom Joanne DuJour (cq) and Marenda Brown (cq), right. Photo by Pat Greenhouse/Globe Staff Topic: 07earlyvotingMetro Reporter: XXX

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Mothers and their children outside Ward 15, Precinct 4 polling place after voting.

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Voters are lined up at the Center at The Heights in Needham.

MIDTERMS SLIDER People vote during the mid-term elections beside the beach at the Venice Beach Lifeguard station in California on November 6, 2018. - Americans started voting Tuesday in critical midterm elections that mark the first major voter test of US President Donald Trump's controversial presidency, with control of Congress at stake. (Photo by Mark RALSTON / AFP)MARK RALSTON/AFP/Getty Images

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People voted beside the beach at the Venice Beach Lifeguard station in California.

MIDTERMS SLIDER Sarah Salem, 34, foreground, swims as voters cast their ballots at Echo Deep Pool Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2018, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

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Sarah Salem swam as voters cast their ballots at Echo Deep Pool in Los Angeles.

MIDTERMS SLIDER A man votes at City Hall in San Francisco, California on November 6, 2018. - Americans started voting Tuesday in critical midterm elections that mark the first major voter test of Donald Trump's controversial presidency, with control of Congress at stake. About three quarters of the 50 states in the east and center of the country were already voting as polls began opening at 6:00 am (1100 GMT) for the day-long ballot. (Photo by JOSH EDELSON / AFP)JOSH EDELSON/AFP/Getty Images

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A man voted at City Hall in San Francisco.

MIDTERMS SLIDER Voters line up to vote at a polling place in Doylestown, Pa., Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2018. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

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Voters lined up to vote at a polling place in Doylestown, Pa.

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People voted at the Whitman Town Hall in Whitman.

MIDTERMS SLIDER ATLANTA, GA - NOVEMBER 06: Sloane (no last name given), 2, waits between her father's legs as he and other voters cast their ballots at a polling station set up at Grady High School for the mid-term elections on November 6, 2018 in Atlanta, Georgia. Georgia has a tight race to elect the state's next Governor. (Photo by Jessica McGowan/Getty Images)

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Two-year-old Sloane waited between her father's legs as he and other voters cast their ballots in Atlanta, Ga.

MIDTERMS SLIDER A line backs up into a parking garage outside a polling site on election day in Atlanta, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2018. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

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A line backed up into a parking garage outside a polling site in Atlanta.

MIDTERMS SLIDER Kristen Leach votes with her six-month-old daughter, Nora, on election day in Atlanta, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2018. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

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Kristen Leach voted with her six-month-old daughter, Nora, in Atlanta.

MIDTERMS SLIDER Swampscott, Ma., 11/06/2018, Governor Charlie Baker votes at The First Church in Swampscott. Suzanne Kreiter/Globe staff

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Governor Charlie Baker voted at The First Church in Swampscott.

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Geoff Diehl ate breakfast at Martin?s Restaurant in Abington before voting.

MIDTERMS SLIDER Cambridge, MA - 11/6/18 - Senator Elizabeth Warren (cq) emerged from the voting booth in Cambridge. Photo by Pat Greenhouse/Globe Staff Topic: 07senateMetro Reporter: Victoria McGrane

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Senator Elizabeth Warren emerged from the voting booth in Cambridge.

MIDTERMS SLIDER 11/06/2018 Needham Ma-Democratic Candidate for Governor Jay Gonzalez (cq) greets a supporter before voting in Needham. onathan Wiggs /Globe Staff Reporter:Topic:

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Jay Gonzalez greeted a supporter before voting in Needham.

MIDTERMS SLIDER Falcon Wien, age 2 1/2, huddles under the coat of her mother, Sarah Wien, as she votes at the Presbyterian Church of Mount Kisco, in Mt. Kisco, N.Y. Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2018. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

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Falcon Wien huddled under the coat of her mother, Sarah Wien, as she voted in Mt. Kisco, N.Y.

MIDTERMS SLIDER Congresswomen Elect Ayanna Pressley makes her way into the Adams Street Library in Boston, Massachusetts to vote on November 6, 2018. - Americans started voting Tuesday in critical midterm elections that mark the first major voter test of Donald Trump's presidency, with control of Congress at stake. (Photo by Joseph PREZIOSO / AFP)JOSEPH PREZIOSO/AFP/Getty Images

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Ayanna Pressley made her way into the Adams Street Library to vote in Boston.

MIDTERMS SLIDER Romana Akter, left, and Urrmi Begum hand out ballot papers to an orthodox jewish man registering to cast his vote on Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2018, in Brooklyn borough of New York. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)

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Romana Akter (left) and Urrmi Begum handed out ballot papers in Brooklyn borough of New York.

MIDTERMS SLIDER Lloyd Salters, from Humansville, Mo., votes at Caplinger Woods RV & Campgrounds, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2018 in Stockton, Mo. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

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Lloyd Salters voted at Caplinger Woods RV & Campgrounds in Stockton, Mo.

MIDTERMS SLIDER A voter fills out a ballot at a polling place at Lake Shore Elementary School, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2018, in Pasadena, Md. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

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A voter filled out a ballot at a polling place at Lake Shore Elementary School in Pasadena, Md.

Live updates

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/11/06/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/pE%20icons-22702.jpg The latest from the 2018 midterms

Updates and analysis on the top races from around New England and across the US from Globe writers and editors.

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These are the contests that will likely decide which party controls Congress ? and, as a result, either bolster or hinder the president?s agenda.

Analysis

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After nearly two years of President Trump?s divisive and increasingly nationalistic style of politics, voters will deliver a midterm verdict on him and the party he has re-shaped.

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Across New England, major seats are up for grabs

A number of compelling races are happening in New England states beyond Massachusetts.

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Here?s our 2018 midterm election guide

A look at the issues, races, and ballot questions that are being decided.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/11/03/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/pE%20icons-5617.jpg A list of the Globe?s editorial board endorsements

The Boston Globe editorial board endorses candidates and ballot questions in advance of the election.

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We know that expected voter turnout for the election is high, and we want to know why you voted.

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Help was a few feet away. Why didn?t they save her?

My wife, Laura Levis, did everything she could to save herself when the asthma attack began. She went to Somerville Hospital and called 911, too. How could she have been left to die just outside the emergency room?

N.H. Supreme Court upholds Owen Labrie sexual assault conviction

Labrie, now 23, was acquitted at trial of raping the victim, Chessy Prout, who was also enrolled at St. Paul?s at the time of the incident, but convicted of having sex with someone below the age of consent and using computer services to entice a minor.

NAMES

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On the eve of the midterm election, Globe cultural critic Ty Burr welcomed three cast members of ?Hamilton? to a sold-out panel discussion at the Old South Meeting House.

Winter Travel | Magazine

Seven New England inns where you can enjoy luxury for less in the offseason

These coastal retreats stay open in the winter, offering cozy getaways at reduced rates.

CHAD FINN

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/11/06/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/davisnegb6Aspts-24307.jpg These Patriots are better than I thought they were

I should know by now that the Patriots traditionally get better as the season goes along.

NAMES

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/11/06/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/JFKjacket.jpg Trove of JFK items, including Harvard sweater and signed wedding photo, hit auction block

Boston-based R.R. Auction is selling the collectibles through Wednesday ? and some of them are fetching tens of thousands of dollars.

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SCOTT KIRSNER | INNOVATION ECONOMY

Why being stiffed by Amazon is a good thing

Boston may have come up second- or third-best in the race for HQ2, but we got many consolation prizes.

Talking Points Live/Larry Edelman

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Plus: What?s at stake for business in the midterms. Boston?s super-tight office space market. And remembering a famous haberdasher.

The Papa Gino's at Hancock and Beale streets in Quincy is among those that closed.

CHESTO MEANS BUSINESS

Papa Gino?s could be minimum wage test case

Could the chain be the tip of the iceberg lettuce when it comes to the state?s new minimum wage rules?

Perspective | Magazine

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/11/05/BostonGlobe.com/Magazine/Images/1111perspective_web.jpg My Instagram account got hacked ? and I?m glad

Globe food critic Devra First woke up one day following thousands of people she didn?t recognize. When she started to undo the damage, she realized she didn?t want to.

Opinion & Ideas

JOAN VENNOCHI

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/11/05/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/vennochi-5644.png The state?s political elite played dumb to the evil of ?Whitey?

Leaders tainted the Commonwealth by bowing to the Bulger Brothers for decades.

Special reports

Inside our ?secret courts?

In these private hearings, who you are ? and who you know ? may be just as important as right and wrong. Read the Spotlight report.

Politics

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Big turnout could be in store in Mass. on Election Day

Close to 600,000 voters took advantage of early voting in Massachusetts ahead of Tuesday, an impressive turnout that could signal heavy interest in this year?s elections, said Secretary of State William Galvin.

The Big Picture

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The Big Picture

Globe staff photos of the month, October 2018

Here?s a look at some of the best images taken by Globe photographers last month: fall colors, Halloween, and a World Series victory.

Newsletters

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Get the information and analysis about candidates and questions that you need to vote Tuesday. Sign up here.

STAT

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/11/06/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/Claire-McKaskill-GettyImages-1055820936-1024x576.jpg In these eight midterms races, health and medicine are front and center

Voters will weigh in on issues ranging from medical marijuana to abortion rights to Obamacare.

Love Letters: The Podcast

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In a special bonus episode, Meredith Goldstein explores what happens to summer romance when the summer ends, and ?Wet Hot American Summer? creator David Wain shares a girl-crazy memory from his own camp days.

Listen:   Apple Podcasts   |   Stitcher   |   RadioPublic

 

Real Estate

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Mobile homes may be the least expensive and most effective means of addressing the region?s housing shortage.

Globe event

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Seattle mayor Jenny Durkan spoke at a Globe event on how innovation is shaping our world, and she?s in high demand among the hundreds of mayors gathered in Boston.

Crossword

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Puzzled? Keep trying your hand at our interactive crossword and see if you can triumph.