tonight, the nation is turning to pennsylvania, a major battleground in american politics, from the three rivers in pittsburgh, to the striking green home of the capitol building in harrisburg, heart of government in the commonwealth, to historic independence hall in philadelphia, those across pence im , pennsylvania, are making choice to influence the presidential race. i m jake tapper and we re standing by for results in what is sure to be an eventful election. the political spotlight on key primary races in pennsylvania, north carolina, kentucky, idaho and oregon. in phil pennsylvania, north carolina republican senators retiring seats, tonight, we ll bring more to the direction of the two major parties, also a significant new test of former president trump s grip on the republican party and president biden s sway over the democrats. as both weigh a potential rematch in 2024. perhaps the biggest test of the trump factor is his pick in pennsylvania republican former tv dr. m
primary incumbent leaving, senator burn, same with philadel pennsylvania, but let s get here, we ll see the power of endorsement, see congressman ted budd he was trailing pat mccurry early on, the trump endorsement gave him the boost coming into the race but this we re seeing in a lot of states, three very conservative candidate on ballot for republicans tonight. you mention, this is a race republicans think they re going to win in november but look how close it was 48.9 to 49.6, how close, the republicans believe this is a year they make a come back in the suburbs, donald trump hurt them in the suburbs so watch the votes around raleigh, winston, salem and was just talking about in addition to the senate race watching this house race, the one we re watching most of all jake, cawthorn s race, edward the leading the republican