Midterms2022: Michael Bennet Wins Reelection In Colorado, Other Key Senate Races Too Close To Call — Update
Polls closed in Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon and Utah at 7 PM PT.Related Story
White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders won her bid for her father’s old job as the GOP Governor of Arkansas.Over in Maryland, Democrat Wes Moore, author and TV producer, handily won election as governor over Republican Dan Cox. Moore hosted a show for the Oprah Winfrey Network. Moore also is the state’s first Black governor. Winfrey endorsed and campaigned for Moore, unlike protege Mehmet Oz, running for Senate in Pennsylvania.
In traditionally Blue New York Democrats are shuddering as Gov. Kathy Hochul is facing a serious competitive challenge from Republican and MAGA-card holder Lee Zeldin. Perpetual candidate Beto O’Rourke looks to lose to third-term seeking GOP Gov. Greg Abbott in the Lone Star State, while the Great Lake State’s incumbent and rising star Gov. Gretchen Whitmer will likely defeat the GOP’s Tudor Dixon.
DeSantis defated Rep. Charlie Crist , the state’s former governor who switched from Republican to independent to Democrat. The highest profile race in those states is in Pennsylvania, where Republican Mehmet Oz is seeking a Senate seat against Democrat John Fetterman.Rep. Tim Ryan is seeking to flip to seat against Republican J.D. Vance, and perhaps defy the GOP-trending state. The race remained too early to call, but networks quickly projected that Republican Governor Mike DeWine would win reelection.
Inflation and abortion were nearly tied among the issues voters cited as the most important to their vote, according to initial exit poll data provided to news outlets from Edison Research/NEP. Democrats, led by President Joe Biden, also have been warning that no less than democracy is at stake in the midterm races, as a number of 2020 election deniers are on statewide ballots, potentially giving them some authority over the vote count in the next presidential election.
Warnock wrote on Twitter this afternoon, “C’mon folks, I can’t have Herschel Walker representing my mama.”November 7, 2022
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