Live election updates: Results for key races in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut

Polls have opened across the Tri-State area as Election Day is officially underway on Tuesday. Visit our Voter Guide to find locations in your community.

Polls close at 8:00 p.m. in New Jersey and Connecticut. They are open until 9:00 p.m. in New York.

Phil Taitt reports from Park Slope, Brooklyn.

New Yorkers could play an outsized role Tuesday in determining control of the U.S. House as Republicans cling to suburban seats they won two years ago by seizing on fears of crime, and Democrats try to claw them back by warning that a right-wing Congress might ban abortion.

If everything goes their way, Democrats hope to pick off a handful of Republican incumbents in congressional races on Long Island and in the Hudson River Valley, as well as a central New York district that state leaders recently reconfigured to make more favorable to Democrats.

Raegan Medgie has a look at some of those key races:

Raegan Medige has the latest in Pearl River.

Tanya Rivero breaks down when to expect results as polls close around the country.

Tanya Rivero breaks down when to expect results as polls close around the country.

Mike Marza takes a look at the swing states and the electoral map to get candidates to 270 votes.

Mike Marza takes a look at the swing states and the electoral map to get candidates to 270 votes.