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,
pasture is charlie crist. with me senior data reporter harry eton. i want to start with you. polls came out in pennsylvania and wisconsin, two crucial senate races. what do they so? i want to note if i can make that sound you made with the paperwork right there i might have a future in movie being a sound effect guy. look. okay. choice for u.s. senate in pennsylvania john fetterman, democrat. we had him up by six points. wisconsin had ron johnson, republican of wisconsin up by one. we call that no clear leader. well with the marge s of error. both results within margin of error. vast majority in polls so fetterman anywhere between a two to seven point advantage. what s the difference between these two races? the difference between these would two rhe races? in pennsylvania favorable minus, unfavorable john fetterman, positive 0.2. look at mehmet ozs favorability rates how far under water, minus 17 points. now, joe biden at minus ten points but mehmet oz below. driving
anticipated debate between incumbent democratic governor kathy hochul and republican challenger lee zeldin. zeldin making crime the focus of his campaign. last night in florida governor ron desantis and his democratic challenger charlie crist tangled and abortion rights, hurricane ian response and the current governor s white house ambitions. you talk about joe biden a lot. i understand. you think you re going to be running against him. i can see how you might guess con get confused but you re returning for governor. a question for you. look in the eye of the people of the state of florida and saying if re-elected you will serve a full four-year term as governor. yes or no. listen. i know charlie wants to talk about 2024 and joe biden, but u want to make things very, very clear. the only warn out, old donkey i m looking to put out to