Some panhandle counties are open today for early voting. Other counties closed. So REPs will net some votes today.
11/05/18: REPS - 1,000,308, DEMs - 937,837, lead of 62,471 for REPs, 41.7% to 39.1%
11/07/16: REPs - 1,047,119, DEMs - 980,440 lead of 66,679 for REPs, 41.0% to 38.5%
VBM: 2 years ago, REPs lead by 2.5%. This year 2.6%.
Another sign this years election is similar to 2016 and not 2014.