to what melissa is saying here, i think candidates matter, people look at the president s endorsement and it matters but if you saw in governor hercer s case it didn t matter so much, jd vance, ohio, solid candidates, herps not so great a candidate. we ll see whether or not people believe dr. oz is a good candidate, i think they may not, may break against dr. oz and see if the president s endorsement is enough to get him by. i should note you were a donor to. donor, supporter, to mccormick who i think is going to win. look, i mean a couple things. trump may win some, may lose some tonight. trumpism is winning everywhere. and i think that s what s terrifying democrats. if you had told us a year and a half ago that you wouldn t even be a viable republican unless you signed on to these election lies and bowed down and kissed the ring, you would say that s not possible but that s where we
ago so he s been able to benefit from that for quite some time. a win for congressman budd would be a win for trump. i was actually on the campaign trail this week with congressman budd and asked him if he would attribute a potential victory to the former president, he told me it was the former president that sort of woke up the base here and got them interested in his campaign. so we ll have to see tonight. congressman budd s closest opponent, former governor pat mccory, jake. now to another trump endorsed candidate, madison cawthorn, gallagher at cawthorn s headquarters, what are you learning about cawthorn s contacts with former president trump in the final hours before the election? reporter: yeah, jake, i spoke with congressman cawthorn just a little bit ago and he tells me he talked on the phone with former president trump yesterday just a little while after he posted that sort of get out the
establishment colalesced around him. can he get 30%? if he does, avoids a run off, we ll see when we count votes in a matter of seconds . we ll see and we are just moments away from the end of voting in north carolina 7:30 p.m. eastern awaiting the results from the pivotal u.s. senate primaries. on the republican side, first big test of the night of former president trump s endorsement power. let s get a key race alert. well it s too early to call the republican senate primary in north carolina right now where ted budd faces mat mccurry and mat walker, also too early to call the democratic primary where the party essentially cleared the field for preferred candidate former supreme court state justice sherry beasley, in the house, too early to call the race in north carolina s district where madison cawthorn is facing multiple republican challenger and see too early also to call the republican
someone to rescue them from this malaise and excite them and fight for them and he said to me, you know, i think it s a say same on the democratic side, they want a fighter, which is why fetterman appeals to democrats. and they want a fighter, maybe that s why barnett appeals to republicans, who knows, but if you re sick and attired of this, not enthusiastic and you re bu bu burned out, who can you go to? this the the question and we are closing in now, less than 10 minutes in north carolina those polls closing. a test of trump s hold on the republican party. will trump support help scandal-plagued madison cawthorn keep his job or a rifle knock him out of running? one of the many races crucial in north carolina tonight. standing by for those results after this.
voters. and the question on the republican side is can they unite. the democrats have already done that. that even in a tough environment gives them a bit of a headstart. trump won this state by 1.3 percentage points so it s an uphill battle. and we re closing in at the end of voting in pennsylvania and the very first results from the marquee pennsylvania rights. mehmet oz vying for the senate nomination against two top rivals including a relatively unknown conservative who has suddenly become a serious contender. stay with us, we ll be right back.