How We’re Covering the Midterms — and the Aftermath

ProPublica says it is preparing to cover the 2026 US midterm elections and their aftermath amid concerns about interference, voter suppression and challenges to results. The newsroom is monitoring activity at polling places and election-related extremism, while planning for the possibility that candidates or officials may reject the outcome.

Its reporting over the past year has examined changes to federal election security, postal delays affecting mail-in ballots and efforts by activists to scrutinise vote counts. ProPublica says it will have reporters in 11 key states, with more in Washington, DC, and has prepared for a range of scenarios, drawing on the turmoil after the 2020 election and the Capitol attack on 6 January 2021.