i m christine romans. new day starts right now . two weeks from today. the midterm elections. brace yourself. i m john berman with brianna keilar. the race for control of the senate looks to be tight. new cnn polling shows democrat john fetterman with a slight edge over republican mehmet oz in pennsylvania. and in wisconsin ron johnson, democratic challenger men della barnes basically even. inflation the top issue. followed by abortion rights. early voting in that state begins today. in pennsylvania 44% of likely voters sight the economy. and more on debates in a moment. tonight in new york, a highly anticipated debate between incumbent democratic governor kathy hochul and republican challenge lee zeldin. zeldin made crime the focus of his campaign. and last night desantis and crist going toe-to-toe on abortion. and theian going poulter wars and may have his eye on the white house refusing to commit all four years if he wins the election. according to a top official,
fetterman receiving a huge push from president joe biden and former president barack obama before election day. the two will make their only scheduled appearances today in philadelphia and pittsburgh according to a democratic party official. biden on monday traveled to democratic national committee office in washington, d.c. and gave his closing argument to staffers. so far we re running against a tide and beating the tide. reporter: so far this midterm cycle mere tln 17.3 million ballots cast so far across 33 states. in new york, republican candidate for governor representative lee zeldin has agreed to debate governor kathy hochul tonight in a race that s tightening given growing kearns about the economy and crime. there is a crime emergency in new york state. i have called on the governor to declare a crime emergency in new york. reporter: lee zeldin saying something does not make it so. crime has gone down under my