welcome to cnn newsroom. and i m bianna golodryga. nearly 12 million americans have already voted across 43 states in the midterm elections. inflation, crime and abortion were the topics that dominated fiery debates last night. in pennsylvania senate s race the most high profile of the midterms another factor came into play and that is the health of one of the candidates. the performance democrat john getter han who survived a stroke has put a new intensity into the matchup. some fetterman voters are saying after seeing him struggle they re now worried about on the fence people like independents and undecided voters. another cold cnn, this is the quote, it was tough to watch fetterman, it s kind of like looking at a car accident, you want to look but you don t want to look. however, the fetterman campaign says he raised more than a million dollars in the hours after that debate. fetterman s republican rival mehmet oz is getting negative feedback for his response to a qu
thing, in that tucker carlson fox clip that was released yesterday, he also blake masters also disparaged ryinos, republican in name only. i ve talked to a few republican operatives in the state of arizona who say that is also very disturbing to them because a third of the voters in the state are independent and they need to win moderates in order to win that senate seat. crucial context there for us. kyung lah in phoenix, thank you. two big verdicts in today. in wisconsin a jury has convicted the man who killed six people during a christmas parade attack. in michigan three men were found guilty of plotting to kidnap michigan s governor. details on both of these cases next.