tonight, the nation is turning to pennsylvania, a major battleground in american politics, from the three rivers in pittsburgh, to the striking green home of the capitol building in harrisburg, heart of government in the commonwealth, to historic independence hall in philadelphia, those across pence im , pennsylvania, are making choice to influence the presidential race. i m jake tapper and we re standing by for results in what is sure to be an eventful election. the political spotlight on key primary races in pennsylvania, north carolina, kentucky, idaho and oregon. in phil pennsylvania, north carolina republican senators retiring seats, tonight, we ll bring more to the direction of the two major parties, also a significant new test of former president trump s grip on the republican party and president biden s sway over the democrats. as both weigh a potential rematch in 2024. perhaps the biggest test of the trump factor is his pick in pennsylvania republican former tv dr. m
of pennsylvania s leading supporters of trump s baseless claim. running against lou barletta, bill mccswain and dave white. we re watching the leading candidate lieutenant governor john fetterman undergoing surgery toed to receive a pacemaker after suffering a stroke on friday. his top opponents, congressman and former marine lamb from pittsburgh area any state representative from philly. we re watching races from coast to coast. let me bring in my colleague, erin burnett. jake, in less than 30 minutes, voting ends in north carolina so we re up against it right now, trump-backed congressman ted bud, faking on the former governor pat mccurry as well as pat walker and on the