Candidates and big-name backers made final appeals to voters in the last hours of a fraught midterm election season.Republicans were excited about the prospect of winning back Congress while President Joe Biden insisted his party would "surprise the living devil out of a lot of people".

Candidates and big-name backers made final appeals to voters in the last hours of a fraught midterm election season.Republicans were excited about the prospect of winning back Congress while President Joe Biden insisted his party would "surprise the living devil out of a lot of people".