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Kentucky's hot race for governor tops our hour-by-hour guide to election night 2015

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While 2015 is an off-year for most major elections, we still have plenty of exciting races to watch on Tuesday. Democrats and Republicans are fighting hard to win the governorship of Kentucky, and they're also battling over control of the Virginia state Senate. We also have several important mayoral contests and ballot measures across the country. In fact, there are elections in no fewer that 26 states, per Ballotpedia. Check the link or the map above to see if your state will be voting!

What follows is an hour-by-hour guide to Tuesday's most interesting and competitive races (note that all times are Eastern):

• 6 PM ET: Kentucky (Eastern Time Zone); Indianapolis, IN:

KY-Gov: The biggest race in the nation happens to be first (though polls close in only half the state at 6:00 PM). Democratic Gov. Steve Beshear is termed out, and Attorney General Jack Conway is trying to hold this seat for Team Blue. Conway faces tea partying businessman Matt Bevin, who has been the source of many a headache for the GOP ever since he won his party's primary by 83 votes. Bevin has barely raised any money while also refusing to dump much of his considerable fortune into the contest to make up the difference.

Democrats have aired ads relentlessly portraying Bevin as dishonest, arguing that he's changed his stances on several major policies and has had trouble paying his taxes. Bevin has never had a good relationship with national Republicans, and they stopped airing commercials on his behalf for three weeks in what looked like an unsuccessful effort to send him to candidate boot camp. However, despite Bevin's continued blunders, national Republicans recently waded back into the race.

We've only seen a few polls, but they've all given a small lead to Conway, who's outspent his opponent by a wide margin. However, despite Bevin's terrible campaign, he could still win this on Tuesday. Kentucky is a very conservative state, and the GOP's ads have all tied Conway to the unpopular Obama administration. It's a tactic that's worked many times in the past.

Read below for our tour of top races around the rest of the country!















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