There are no off years: The Daily Kos Elections hour-by-hour guide to election night 2023

2023 may be an off-year, but we still have plenty of exciting races to watch on Tuesday!

Democrats are fighting to hold Kentucky's governorship and flip Mississippi's, while both parties are locked in an expensive battle over control of the Virginia legislature. Ohio voters will also decide the fate of an abortion-rights amendment, while Pennsylvania holds a competitive statewide race for the state Supreme Court. And there are many more important contests in major cities and counties across the country.

What follows is an hour-by-hour guide to Tuesday's most interesting and competitive contests, organized by poll closing times. Please note that all times are Eastern. All races discussed below (other than ballot measures, of course) are for four-year terms unless otherwise noted. When it’s available, we'll tell you about any reliable polling that exists for each election, but if we don't mention any numbers, it means no recent surveys have been made public.