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Campus News Mercer students react to midterm results at Election Night Watch Party A student studies election results on their phone during the Election Watch Night in SEB 110 on Nov. 3. Mercer Votes and the Political Science department hosted a viewing party for the 2026 midterm elections in the Science and Engineering Building on Tuesday, November 3 at 8 p.m. Students congregated to enjoy pizza, snacks and trivia all while election ballots were being tallied nationwide. Students from all across the political spectrum described the event as lively, exciting and beneficial for the University. “So many different kinds of people showed up, so many different groups showed up too," said Carson Katzer '26, vice president of Mercer College Republicans. "Not just the traditional college Republican people and not just the college Democrat people, all of Mercer showed out to this wonderful event. It’s just amazing seeing so many young people get so involved in politics,” he said.

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