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In 2012, D.C., Florida and Maryland were the states with the longest voting wait times, and, across the country, black voters tended to wait the longest. 

People will be waiting again tomorrow as they go to the polls for the midterm elections. Republicans have the momentum this year, but the results will probably be mixed, not a one-party wave.

Get all of our national election coverage here.

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Despite gains by women and minorities in national politics in the past 20 years, the average U.S. senator is still a 63-year-old white man who went to a private college. Here’s a snapshot of demographic features of the Senate in 1994, 2004 and 2014.

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The West Virginia Secretary of State’s Office is reporting early voting numbers this year are down compared to the last mid-term election cycle in 2010.

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Who’s not voting?

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You are just 12 questions away from finding out who your political match is. Take Project Vote Smart's VoteEasy quiz!

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Congressman David McKinley talks the policies he thinks matter in his race for re-election in West Virginia's 1st Congressional District and Sen. Joe Manchin says it's not over yet for Democratic hopefuls running for Congress in the state.

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Among eight Political Typology groups, the three most likely to vote in the midterms are the most ideological, politically engaged and overwhelmingly partisan. Two groups are on the right and one on the left.

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“I think that the big problem in politics today is that we’re electing people to represent us that can’t relate, that are wealthy, and they can’t represent the average American because they can’t understand how we live. I come from the middle class. I know what it’s like to live paycheck to paycheck."

Davy Jones on why he should be elected to represent West Virginians in the state's 2nd Congressional District.

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The Army has decided that troops returning from deployments to Liberia should be quarantined so they can be monitored for possible exposure to the Ebola virus and a general was among the first people affected.

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Former network news correspondent Ed Rabel is a political newcomer who collected more than 7,000 signatures to appear on November's ballot. Rabel says he's running for the seat in West Virginia's 2nd Congressional District because he wants to stop the brain drain in the state caused by a struggling economy and stand up for the environment. 

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Have questions about which polling place your registered at? Or where you can go to vote early and during what hours? The Pew Center for Research has you covered.

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Submit your questions for West Virginia Public Broadcasting's U.S. Senate debate scheduled for Friday.

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Listen as West Virginia Public Radio's Ashton Marra discusses with Beth Vorhees the highlights of the 3rd Congressional District debate between Congressman Nick Rahall and state Sen. Evan Jenkins.

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via Vox:

Teenagers in adult prisons are twice as likely to commit suicide as are adults in adult prisons. And they’re far more likely to commit suicide than teenagers who are in juvenile detention or in alternative programs. A 2007 report from the advocacy group the Campaign for Youth Justice found that juveniles in adult prisons are 36 times more likely to commit suicide than are juveniles in juvenile detention.

The U.S. Department of Justice found in 2009 that half of juvenile suicides behind bars happened while young inmates were in solitary confinement. Learn more. 

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“A changing climate will have real impacts on our military and the way it executes its missions.” —Secretary Chuck Hagel announcing the new Climate Adaptation Roadmap for the U.S. Department of Defense.

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The race in the 2nd Congressional District has gotten more and more ugly over the past few weeks as candidates dig in for the final push before Election Day. 

Host Ashton Marra talks with Democratic candidate Nick Casey about the race, the district's issues and partisan politics in Washington.

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Supreme Court sides with North Carolina on voting rules The Associated Press: The U.S. Supreme Court blocked same-day voting registration and out-of-precinct voting in North Carolina.

Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Sonia Sotomayor dissented. Follow this story on Breaking News.

Photo credit: Associated Press