Helena, Montana

Former CVS Health executive Helena Buonanno Foulkes, a Democrat, has won Rhode Island's gubernatorial election, defeating Republican Aaron Guckian and independent Kenneth Block. She will succeed Governor Daniel McKee, who had taken office in 2021 after Gina Raimondo's departure. Foulkes campaigned on a $1 billion affordable housing fund, raising Medicaid reimbursement rates, expanding renewable energy, and stricter gun laws, and was endorsed by Nancy Pelosi. Guckian, a relatively moderate Republican, had opposed Trump's halt of an offshore wind project and pitched a government-efficiency initiative. The result keeps Rhode Island's governorship under Democratic control.

About a quarter of Idaho's electorate had already voted as of Monday, with early and absentee ballots topping 263,000 statewide — well above 2022 midterm turnout and approaching 2024 presidential-year levels. Election officials in Bannock and Bonneville counties reported unusually long lines and record single-day totals. Secretary of State Phil McGrane points to Proposition 1, a heavily advertised ballot measure, as the main driver, while Democratic challenger Shawn Keenan cites economic frustration over prices and housing. National forecasters are watching for a possible "blue wave," but Idaho's deepening Republican lean and uncertainty over which side Proposition 1 is mobilizing make the midterm's outcome harder to predict.

Notable events on October 30 span centuries. In 1534, Parliament passed the Act of Supremacy, naming Henry VIII head of the Church of England. In 1938, Orson Welles' radio adaptation of "War of the Worlds" sparked panic among listeners. In 1961, the Soviet Union detonated the Tsar Bomba, the largest nuclear device ever tested. In 1972, two Chicago commuter trains collided, killing 45 people and injuring over 300 in the city's worst rail disaster in 14 years. In 1974, Muhammad Ali defeated George Foreman in "The Rumble in the Jungle" in Kinshasa. In 2018, Boston mob boss James "Whitey" Bulger was found dead in prison.