Patrick Roath, a Democrat candidate challenging U.S. Rep. Stephen Lynch (D-Mass.) in the 8th Congressional District, talks with residents at a retirement community, Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2026, in Westwood, Mass. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

FILE - Law enforcement vehicles sit parked outside the Florida state prison in Starke, Fla., on Tuesday, July 28, 2026. (AP Photo/David Fischer, file)

FILE - President Donald Trump shakes hands with Rep. Mike Lawler, R-N.Y., at Rockland Community College, May 22, 2026, in Suffern, N.Y. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Democratic congressional candidate Cait Conley poses for a portrait in New York, Sunday, Aug. 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Anthony Izaguirre)

FILE - Rep. Mike Lawler, R-N.Y., speaks at an event with President Donald Trump at Rockland Community College, Friday, May 22, 2026, in Suffern, N.Y. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Abdul El-Sayed, a progressive candidate in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate in Michigan, greets voters at Salina Intermediate School on election day, Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2026, in Dearborn, Mich. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

This courtroom sketch depicts Rahmanullah Lakanwal, 29, seated left, with defense attorney Michelle Peterson, seated foreground, before U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta, Feb. 4, 2025 at Federal Court in Washington, as Assistant U.S. Attorney Christopher Tortorice speaks at the podium. (Dana Verkouteren via AP)

FILE - People dressed in protective gear prepare to lower into a grave the coffin containing the remains of six-year-old Baudjo Baraka Jules, who died of Ebola, in Bunia, Ituri province, eastern Congo, on Aug. 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Dieudonne Dirole, File)