NEW YORK, November 9. /TASS/. Polling stations have started to close on the eastern coast of the United States as the 2022 midterm elections are nearing their end.

At 02:00 Moscow time on Wednesday (18:00 Tuesday local time), polling stations in Indiana and Kentucky closed their doors.

An hour later, at 03:00 Moscow time, the vote will be over in Vermont, Georgia, Florida and other states.

By 04:00 Moscow time, the midterms will end in 19 states in the eastern and central parts of the country, as well as in the District of Columbia. By 5:00 Moscow time, polling stations will close in New York. Alaska and Hawaii will be the last to end the vote by 08:00 Moscow time on Wednesday.

The United States is holding its midterm congressional elections on November 8 to elect all members of the House of Representatives and one third of the Senate. Citizens will also elect the governors of 36 states and three overseas territories. Republicans may receive control over at least one chamber of the US Congress which would help them block the majority of US President Joe Biden’s initiatives for the next two years.