rhonda sanchez clearly has presidential ambitions and his victory speech today here on the stage, he tested out some messages he might use to run for president, talking about education rights which is a big issue for conservatives, talking about fighting against transgender athletes in college tra nsgender athletes in college and transgender athletes in college and high school sports. and, of course, his stand against covert restrictions for something that got him a lot of approval and support. he went to that as being one of his major achievements as governor here in florida. here in florida. also tonight, the race in here in florida. also tonight, the race in new here in florida. also tonight, the race in new york, - here in florida. also tonight, the race in new york, a - here in florida. also tonight, l the race in new york, a special election that that has been regarded as a potential bellwether for the midterms i believe. tell us about that. it believe. tell us about that. it
endorsed full born candidates winning their elections. you are watching fox & friends first on this wednesday morning, i am carley shimkus. todd: i m todd piro and let s head up north where jerry nadler joins the powerful house judiciary committee. if he did his colleague congressman carolyn maloney. new york special election democrat pat ryan topping in a race as a potential bellwether for the midterms. marianne rafferty has all the details. good morning, todd, carley, surprising with new york where jerry nadler wanted a decisive victory over carolyn maloney after redistricting a three term democrats and powerful committee members against each other. meanwhile, the county executive patrick ryan winning special election in a important swing district. ryan focused his campaign on the supreme court s ruling overturning roe v. wade sending
for conservatives, talking about fighting against transgender athletes in college and high school sports. and, of course, his stand against covid restrictions. that was something that got him a lot of approval and support among republicans and during the pandemic. he points to that as being one of his major achievements as governor here in florida. also tonight, the race in new york, a special election there that has been regarded as a potential bellwether for the midterms, i believe. tell us about that. it is. that special election, whoever wins it, is only going to serve on office for a few months before they would have to run for re election in november, but both the republicans and the democrats are sinking a lot of money in trying to win that seat because it was
and improve the process where they don t have to go through that journey. and, look, we don t have to hear it on tv about the border crisis. it s happening here right in our backyard. it s very real to us. child trafficking is very real to us. children are innocent no matter where they re from. they should be our priority. sean: so your parents came here legally, like my grandparents came from ireland legally. they came through ellis island. we see something happening. we always do polling in election years. we break things down demographically. what we ve been witnessing is a dramatic shift among hispanic-american voters, african-american voters, the youth vote n particular in particular. women voters are out there. they re all leaving the democratic party, at least on paper for now. we ve seen a few political earthquakes. i would argue your race is a huge potential bellwether for what may happen in
most-watched race of the cycle. that neck and neck fight for governor between terry mcauliffe and republican/culture warrior, glenn youngkin. we re one hour away from the first exit polls being released. it will be our first glimpse as to where the race might be leaning after weeks of statistical ties in the polls. new york times breaks down the candidates closing arguments this way. the themes of the contest with mr. mcauliffe trying to tie mr. youngkin to former president trump and mr. youngkin focusing on how racial inequality is taught in schools among other cultural issues only amplified the election as a potential bellwether. youngkin walking a sort of trump tightrope. he clung during the primary to donald trump s election disinformation in a clear bid to the maga base, but then backed