Ohio's early-voting record punctuates the final midterm campaign push

FOX 10 Phoenix's roundup connects heavy turnout in Ohio with competitive Senate contests in Texas and Michigan.

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Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 50,917 views a day, 16 times a normal first day on this channel (3,214).

Midterm election battleground races enter final weekend | FOX 10 Phoenix

The candidates are still making their closing arguments, but many voters have already made their choices. In FOX 10 Phoenix's final-weekend midterm roundup, reporter CB Cotton highlights a single-day early-voting record in Ohio alongside Senate contests that could help determine control of Congress.

Ohio's turnout comes amid the contentious governor's race between Republican Vivek Ramaswamy and Democrat Amy Acton. "I think they see the stakes, and they're turning out big," Ramaswamy says. The record concerns ballots cast, not which candidate those voters support.

In Texas, the report finds Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton facing a competitive challenge from Democratic state Representative James Talarico. Their appeals offer a clear contrast: Paxton asks voters to compare their records, while Talarico urges supporters to focus on a vision for the state's future.

Michigan brings a different complication. Cotton covers the Senate contest between Republican Mike Rogers and Democrat Abdul El-Sayed, including Democratic campaign friction involving Representative Haley Stevens after she called for El-Sayed to apologize over remarks concerning Israel.

The short report drew roughly 51,000 views in its first day, far beyond the station's usual audience for uploads of this length. A separate report on Trump's closing campaign push also had an unusually strong start. That companion piece follows both Trump's appeals to Republican voters and House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries's get-out-the-vote appearances in Virginia.

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The facts

Channel: FOX 10 Phoenix
Subscribers: 592,000 ▲ 1,000 this week
Channel views, last 7 days: 2,752,246
Channel views, pace per day: 483,094 (on a normal day: 464,897)
Video published: November 1, 2026
Video views so far: 52,587 (less than a day online)
Video views, pace per day: 21,174

The numbers

The battleground roundup drew a much larger first-day audience than FOX 10 Phoenix's usual short uploads. Its separate report on Trump's final campaign push also stood out.

the video's first day

usual first day here

3,214

this video

50,917

subscribers

592,000

▲ 1,000 in the last 7 days

total views

540,937,542

views per day

483,094