you are live in the cnn newsroom. 16 days until halloween. 24 days until the midterm elections. and candidates across the map are working hard to court voters. obviously, the balance of power in congress is up for grabs and there are a handful of states which could determine which party takes control. in arizona the race for u.s. senate is leaning towards the democratic. mark kelly over republican blake masters. in nevada, the contest for u.s. senate is a toss-up as it is in pennsylvania where we see the race between mehmet oz and lieutenant governor john fetterman. in georgia a high-stakes race for the u.s. senate could determine who controls congress. senator raphael warnock and former football star herschel walker faced off in their first and only debate last night. let s take you to georgia now and cnn national politics reporter eve a mccann, she covered the debate. she is in savannah. abortion was a major issue last night in light of some of the allegations these las
abortion was a major issue last night in light of some of the allegations these last few weeks against herschel walker, and it played out in significant moments during the debate. reporter: it did, boris. i want to tell you, herschel walker about to take the stage here at a rally with supporters, still here in savannah. you are absolutely right. abortion central last night. walker for the last two weeks has been dogged by allegations that he paid for a former girlfriend s abortion. that exchange sort of brief. the moderator didn t push back after he denied the allegations. more noteworthy is walker s evolving stance on this policy issue of abortion. initially he didn t support any exceptions. then he supported lindsey graham s national abortion ban. now he says he supports georgia s abortion bill with limited exceptions. on abortion, i am a
downplaying how his performance would be. many here say that he defied expectations. he is about to take the stage before his supporters in just a few minutes. boris, amara. so far senator warnock has led in polls. we will see how this debate might shake things up in that race. thanks so much. here with us now to share her insights on last night s debate is washington correspondent for the atlanta journal constitution, tia mitchell. a lot of negative headlines for herschel walker over the last few weeks. he needed a big win last night. how woo rate his performance? again, i think eva really laid it out clearly that the bar was set really low really by herschel walker himself, and so relatively he did well. his answers were coherent for the most part. he wasn t rambling. it wasn t hard to follow him.