More than 30 million votes already cast in midterm elections

On the campaign trail

• Trump in Texas : President Donald Trump makes two stops in the Lone Star State today seeking to bolster Republicans facing tougher-than-expected contests. Democrats are hoping to snap a 32-year statewide losing streak in the Senate and governor’s races.

• Red-state rallies: Vice President JD Vance and Senate Majority Leader John Thune are also blitzing across ruby-red states to try and get Republican voters to the polls in key races, some which have become uncomfortably competitive for the GOP.

• Votes piling up: More than 30 million votes have already been cast with a week to go until Election Day. This is several days ahead of the pace in 2022.

DOJ requests information on more than 400 voter records in Washington state

Officials in Washington state said they are “carefully reviewing” a request from the Justice Department for information about individuals on its voter rolls.

The request covers more than 400 records, including one from as far back as 1994, the Washington Secretary of State’s office said Monday in a statement .

The DOJ letter, obtained by CNN and dated Monday, expressed concern about “the number of noncitizen voters, both enrolled and actively voting in the State of Washington, as allowing noncitizens to vote cancels citizen votes.”

It includes a list of suspected noncitizen voters compiled by the Department of Homeland Security and asks state officials to instruct “appropriate elections officials not to verify” votes from the individuals until citizenship is confirmed. Washington officials are now assessing the request and will ensure any response complies with state and federal laws, the Secretary of State’s statement said.

Earlier this month, the Justice Department filed a lawsuit seeking to prevent officials in California from counting more than 20,000 mail-in ballots associated with people the federal government believes are noncitizens. A federal appeals court on Monday rejected the DOJ’s request, saying a district court should address the matter first. A district court hearing is scheduled for Tuesday. In its statement, Washington said the system the Justice Department uses to identify potential noncitizen voters “frequently flags legitimate US citizens as noncitizens, jeopardizing their legal right to vote” and “exposes voters’ private data to a 10-year retention period.”

CNN has reached out to the Justice Department for comment.

Trump will rally Republicans in 2 Texas cities today

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President Donald Trump is pulling double duty in Texas today, a week out until midterms.

The president will speak at two rallies in the red state, first in Corpus Christi and then in Lubbock.

Texas is home to several highly watched races, with Democrats are hoping to snap a 32-year statewide losing streak in the Senate and governor’s races.

Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico will also be in Lubbock, hours after Trump. Recent polls show him locked neck-in-neck with Republican Ken Paxton.

Republicans have carried Texas in each of the last 12 presidential elections.

Trump rallies in another ruby-red state, saying "I can’t take a chance." Catch up here

President Donald Trump has stuck to deep-red areas in trying to protect Republicans’ Senate majority, summing up his attitude at a rally in Mississippi last night: “I can’t take a chance.”

Trump was in Mississippi to support Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, who is up against Scott Colom.

President Donald Trump is rallying for Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith in reliably red Mississippi on Monday. CNN's Kevin Liptak explains why Democrats think their candidate, Scott Colom, could have a path to victory this midterm election. Discover more videos, including live streams and exclusive storytelling, on our Watch page.

Here’s what else happened on the campaign trail on Monday:

More than 30 million ballots have been cast with just over a week to go until Election Day, according to data gathered by CNN, the Associated Press and Catalist. This is several days ahead of the pace in 2022.

In a social media post, Trump seemingly laid the groundwork to potentially claim fraud in Minnesota if Republicans don’t pull out a win in the state’s Senate race. Former sportscaster Michele Tafoya is running against Democratic Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan.

A federal appeals court rejected the Trump administration’s attempt to force California to set aside votes from 20,000 people it claims are noncitizens. Minutes before the ruling , the state’s attorney general said it was an “unconstitutional” effort to “sow distrust” among voters.

In Wisconsin, former Vice President Kamala Harris told voters the elections are an opportunity to turn “anger, sadness, disappointment, frustration” into action with their vote.

As Vice President JD Vance campaigned in Kansas for GOP Sen. Roger Marshall, he retooled his argument on gas prices — this time blaming rising costs on “tinpot dictators in the Middle East.”

GOP senators warned a room of South Carolina Republicans that Democrats will go after Trump relentlessly if they control Congress for his final two years in the White House. Texas Sen. Ted Cruz and other prominent national Republicans — including Sen. Tim Scott — were rallying support behind Sen. Darline Graham, who is running as Trump’s hand-selected pick to serve a full term in her late brother’s Senate seat.

Graham dodged a question from CNN on the toll of the Iran war on voters in the state. While many GOP candidates in competitive races have said the war needs to end, Graham has defended the need to give Trump more time to achieve his goal of cutting off Iran’s nuclear capabilities.

CNN's Manu Raju spoke to South Carolina Sen. Darline Graham on the campaign trail as she battles through a close race to retain her Senate seat.

CNN’s Alejandra Jaramillo, Elise Hammond, Edward-Isaac Dovere, Allison Main, Manu Raju, Kevin Liptak and Molly English contributed reporting.

Top Republicans are rallying today. Here's what to watch on the campaign trail

3 p.m. : President Donald Trump will rally in Corpus Christi, Texas.

6 p.m. : Sen. Bernie Moreno and gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy will campaign with Senate Majority Leader John Thune and others in Lima, Ohio.

6 p.m. : Democratic Senate candidate Annie Andrews will hold a rally in Greenville, South Carolina.

6:30 p.m. : Former Vice President Kamala Harris will join a virtual event to drum up support for Jermaine Johnson, South Carolina’s Democratic candidate for governor.

7 p.m. : Trump will speak at another rally, this time in Lubbock, Texas.

7 p.m. : Democrats Amy Acton, who is running for Ohio governor, and Sherrod Brown, who is seeking to return to the Senate, will host a rally in Youngstown, Ohio.

在竞选活动中

• 特朗普访问德州：唐纳德·特朗普总统今天在孤星之州德州进行两场访问，旨在提振共和党在比预期更为艰难的选战中的支持率。民主党则希望终结该州在参议院和州长选举中长达32年的连败纪录。

• 红色州集会：副总统 JD Vance 和参议院多数党领袖 John Thune 也正在红色州展开密集竞选活动，试图让共和党选民在关键选举中投票，其中一些选举对共和党来说已经变得非常激烈。

• 选票堆积如山：距离选举日还有一周时间，已有超过3000万张选票投出。这比2022年同期的速度快了好几天。

美国司法部要求提供华盛顿州400多份选民记录的信息

华盛顿州官员表示，他们正在“认真审查”司法部提出的获取该州选民名册上个人信息的请求。

华盛顿州州务卿办公室周一在一份声明中表示，此次请求涵盖 400 多份记录，其中一份记录最早可追溯到 1994 年。

美国司法部周一向 CNN 提交的一封信函表达了对“华盛顿州非公民选民人数（包括已登记和实际投票的非公民选民）”的担忧，因为允许非公民投票会取消公民的投票权。

该请求包含一份由国土安全部编制的疑似非公民选民名单，并要求州政府官员指示“相关选举官员不要核实”名单上人员的选票，直到确认其公民身份为止。州务卿在声明中表示，华盛顿州官员正在评估该请求，并将确保任何回应均符合州和联邦法律。

本月初，美国司法部提起诉讼，试图阻止加州官员清点超过2万张邮寄选票，这些选票的持有者被联邦政府认定为非公民。周一，联邦上诉法院驳回了司法部的请求，称此事应首先由地方法院审理。地方法院的听证会定于周二举行。华盛顿方面在声明中表示，司法部用于识别潜在非公民选民的系统“经常将合法的美国公民标记为非公民，从而危及他们的合法投票权”，并且“将选民的私人数据保留长达10年”。

CNN已联系司法部寻求置评。

特朗普今天将在德克萨斯州的两个城市举行共和党集会

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距离中期选举还有一周，唐纳德·特朗普总统今天在德克萨斯州身兼两职。

总统将在该州（共和党占优势的州）举行两场集会，先在科珀斯克里斯蒂，然后在拉伯克。

德克萨斯州有多场备受关注的选举，民主党人希望结束该州在参议院和州长选举中长达 32 年的连败纪录。

民主党参议员候选人詹姆斯·塔拉里科也将在特朗普之后几个小时抵达卢博克。近期民调显示，他与共和党候选人肯·帕克斯顿的支持率不相上下。

在过去12届总统选举中，共和党人均赢得了德克萨斯州。

特朗普在另一个铁杆共和党州举行集会，称“我不能冒险”。点击此处了解详情。

为了保住共和党在参议院的多数席位，唐纳德·特朗普总统一直坚持在共和党占绝对优势的地区开展活动。昨晚在密西西比州的一次集会上，他总结了自己的态度：“我不能冒险。”

特朗普当时在密西西比州为参议员辛迪·海德-史密斯助选，她的对手是斯科特·科洛姆。

周一，唐纳德·特朗普总统在传统共和党州密西西比州为参议员辛迪·海德-史密斯助选。CNN记者凯文·利普塔克解释了为什么民主党人认为他们的候选人斯科特·科洛姆有可能在中期选举中获胜。更多视频，包括直播和独家报道，请访问我们的“观看”页面。

以下是周一竞选活动中发生的其他事件：

据美国有线电视新闻网（CNN）、美联社和Catalist联合收集的数据显示，距离大选日仅剩一周多时间，已有超过3000万张选票投出。这一数字比2022年同期提前了好几天。

特朗普在社交媒体上发帖，似乎暗示如果共和党在明尼苏达州参议员选举中失利，他可能会声称该州存在舞弊行为。前体育播音员米歇尔·塔福亚正在竞选该州参议员，她的对手是民主党籍副州长佩吉·弗拉纳根。

联邦上诉法院驳回了特朗普政府试图强迫加州取消两万名被其认定为非公民的选民选票的请求。就在裁决公布前几分钟，加州总检察长称此举是“违宪的”，意在“挑拨选民之间的不信任”。

在威斯康星州，前副总统卡马拉·哈里斯告诉选民，选举是一个机会，让他们可以用选票将“愤怒、悲伤、失望、沮丧”转化为行动。

当副总统 JD Vance 在堪萨斯州为共和党参议员 Roger Marshall 助选时，他重新调整了关于汽油价格的论点——这一次，他将成本上涨归咎于“中东的小独裁者”。

共和党参议员警告南卡罗来纳州的共和党同僚，如果民主党在特朗普执政的最后两年掌控国会，他们将对他穷追猛打。德克萨斯州参议员特德·克鲁兹和其他一些知名的全国性共和党人——包括参议员蒂姆·斯科特——正在为达琳·格雷厄姆参议员拉票，格雷厄姆是特朗普钦点的候选人，将接替她已故哥哥的参议员席位，完成整个任期。

格雷厄姆回避了CNN关于伊朗战争对该州选民影响的问题。尽管许多共和党候选人在竞争激烈的选区都表示战争必须结束，但格雷厄姆却辩称，应该给特朗普更多时间来实现其切断伊朗核能力的目标。

CNN记者马努·拉朱在竞选期间采访了南卡罗来纳州参议员达琳·格雷厄姆，当时她正努力保住自己的参议院席位，选情胶着。

CNN 的 Alejandra Jaramillo、Elise Hammond、Edward-Isaac Dovere、Allison Main、Manu Raju、Kevin Liptak 和 Molly English 也参与了报道。

共和党高层今天举行集会。以下是竞选活动中值得关注的几个方面。

下午3点：唐纳德·特朗普总统将在德克萨斯州科珀斯克里斯蒂举行集会。

下午 6 点：参议员伯尼·莫雷诺和州长候选人维韦克·拉马斯瓦米将与参议院多数党领袖约翰·图恩等人一起在俄亥俄州利马市进行竞选活动。

下午 6 点：民主党参议员候选人安妮·安德鲁斯将在南卡罗来纳州格林维尔举行集会。

下午 6:30：前副总统卡马拉·哈里斯将参加一场线上活动，为南卡罗来纳州民主党州长候选人杰梅因·约翰逊争取支持。

晚上 7 点：特朗普将在另一场集会上发表讲话，这次是在德克萨斯州卢博克市。

晚上 7 点：竞选俄亥俄州州长的民主党人艾米·阿克顿和寻求重返参议院的谢罗德·布朗将在俄亥俄州扬斯敦举行集会。