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The calendar may still say September, but the 2022 November midterm elections are already here. Voters in states across the country are receiving their ballots, and in a few places the voting itself has begun. More than 57,000 people have already cast their ballots, according to United States Election Project data.
Virginia kicked off in-person voting on Sept. 23, and candidates in key House contests were out on the trail trying to get out the early vote over the weekend, as our Mary Ellen McIntire found in the commonwealth’s 7th District, where Republican Yesli Vega is seeking to oust Democratic incumbent Abigail Spanberger.
