Thirteen states have passed their entire 2022 early vote
Five days before Election Day, 13 states have more early ballots than they had in the whole 2022 early vote. Ohio and North Carolina are within 1% of theirs.
Wyoming voters had cast 45,323 early ballots by Oct 29, five days before Election Day. In 2022, the state’s whole early vote was 16,020.
Wyoming is one of 13 states where this year’s early vote has already passed the 2022 total. Connecticut is at 256% of its 2022 early vote. Michigan is the latest to pass, 9,056 ballots over.
Real data · Oct 29, 2026
Thirteen states have already cast more early ballots than in their entire 2022 early voteWyoming: 45,323 early ballots by Oct 29, against 16,020 in the whole 2022 early vote (283%)
- Up to the 2022 total
- Beyond the 2022 total
Source: Carmena’s Overton; early votes via NBC News/TargetSmart. Caveat: 2024’s early vote was larger than 2026’s so far in every state shown except New Jersey (110% of 2024).
Data table
| State | Group | Early ballots, 2026 (Oct 29) | Early ballots, all of 2022 | 2026 so far, % of all 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wyoming | Passed their 2022 total | 45323 | 16020 | 282.9 |
| Connecticut | Passed their 2022 total | 349685 | 136377 | 256.4 |
| Louisiana | Passed their 2022 total | 573546 | 353232 | 162.4 |
| Virginia | Passed their 2022 total | 1330861 | 950056 | 140.1 |
| Delaware | Passed their 2022 total | 104936 | 76977 | 136.3 |
| Tennessee | Passed their 2022 total | 1130292 | 882310 | 128.1 |
| Idaho | Passed their 2022 total | 212331 | 166595 | 127.5 |
| New Jersey | Passed their 2022 total | 809390 | 659285 | 122.8 |
| Maine | Passed their 2022 total | 275619 | 232302 | 118.6 |
| Massachusetts | Passed their 2022 total | 903279 | 813866 | 111.0 |
| Texas | Passed their 2022 total | 6103792 | 5496851 | 111.0 |
| Maryland | Passed their 2022 total | 819801 | 783370 | 104.7 |
| Michigan | Passed their 2022 total | 1704715 | 1695659 | 100.5 |
| Ohio | Within 1% | 1389945 | 1392767 | 99.8 |
| North Carolina | Within 1% | 2150024 | 2167503 | 99.2 |
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Texas is 600,000 ballots past 2022
Texas voters have cast 6.1 million early ballots, 111% of the state’s 2022 early vote and about 607,000 more ballots.
Ohio and North Carolina are next
Ohio needs about 2,800 more early ballots to pass its 2022 total. North Carolina needs about 17,500.
The comparison is with the last midterm. The 2024 presidential election drew more early voters than 2026 has so far in every state on the chart except New Jersey.
Sources
Early ballots (mail and in person) by state via NBC News/TargetSmart, for 2026 as of Oct 29, five days before Election Day, and for 2022 the final early-vote count. Both years come from the same source. Its 2026 counts can trail states’ own reports by a day.
Methods: how we source, label and check data.
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