republican, and democratic lieutenant governor governor john fetterman. georgia s candidates met in a live debate last night. raphael warnock faced off against republican herschel walker after weeks of bombshell allegations leveled at the former football star. cnn s eva mckend has more. reporter: democratic senator yell war knock and republican challenger herschel walker are in a contentious georgia senate race with u.s. senate controlling. it is time to get under way. reporter: they debated friday night. walker, running on a family values platform currently involved in a scandal over allegedly pressuring the mother of one of his children to get an abortion. a week before this debate a former girlfriend said you paid for an abortion and encouraged her to have another. in an abc news interview this week, you said that the accusations are, quote, all lies. for the voters watching tonight, can you explain the circumstances surrounding these claims. you have 60 seconds.
about the stakes of this election. this is i think the most important off-year election that we ve had in since roosevelt s time. i mean that sincerely. because so much is at stake. if we are able to keep the house and keep the senate, we can continue to do the things we ve been doing, which are really going to make change the country. reporter: now, the president is campaigning here in oregon today, a state where he won by 16 points. but if you take a look at the governor s race, it is a very close race, a little closer than democrats had been hoping. the president campaigning for the democratic candidate tina kotek. there is betsy johnson, a democrat turned independent in the race, and also christine drazen, the republican governor. the president is expected to talk about some themes we ve heard repeated from him, trying to protect medicare and social
recent political history of senate candidates from the president s party winning a state when his approval rating is that low. for example, in 2018 republicans lost every state where trump was at 48% or below, and in 2010, democrats lost 13 of the 15 states in the senate where obama was at 47%. but those democrats are exceeding biden, and the question is can they continue to do so, escape that undertow. the president s real capacity, which has been successful, i think, is to change the basic frame of the election from a referendum on how he and democrats are doing into something more of a choice. that s a big reason why democrats are still have a fighting chance in these states despite biden s weak numbers. you mentioned pennsylvania. that is his home state. he is going to pennsylvania this coming week. how can he best elevate, you know, lieutenant governor fetterman, who is, you know, facing a lot of questions about his health? first of all, i think pennsylvania is looming as th
the mental health of students and teachers were coping with personal losses as they try to resume learning is a major issue. and supply chain issues have made rebuilding schools a drawn-out process, so students in temporary learning environments for extremely long stretches of time. rene marsh, cnn, washington. hello, again. i m fredricka whitfield. the midterm elections just weeks away and the balance of power in congress is up for grabs as only a handful of states could determine which party takes control. in arizona, it s a tight senate race between the incumbent democratic senator mark kelly and republican blake masters. in nevada, the race is a toss-up between catherine cortez masto and republican adam laxalt. in pennsylvania, mehmet oz, a
pivot state in the control of the senate. it s kind of remarkable we ll probably see the ten major races consume something like $1.5 billion in spending, and there may be virtually no change in the kind of disposition in the break of the senate. if you look at where we are, republicans have a very good shot to win in nevada, but that s maybe it in terms of seats democrats now hold. to offset that, the democrats best chance is to win pennsylvania, and what s striking is that in pennsylvania, john fetterman is running a little better than many democrats are with blue-collar white voters who have been republican for years but also are especially exposed to and squeezed by inflation. so i m suspecting that we re going to see a very meat and potatoes argument from the president there focusing on the steps they have taken in the climate bill, the chips bill, the infrastructure bill to