Been reliably red for three decades. But baldersons team says he was able to hold his own and do well enough to eke out a win. And hes paid special thanks to President Trump. Id like to thank President Trump. America is on the right path, and were going to keep it going that way. Reporter again, this was a race that too close to comfort for many republicans, and its a race thats soon to be repeated. Both candidates will face each other again come november. Jason carol reporting there. Well, Democrat Danny Oconnor was up beat when he spoke to his supporters late tuesday, and he took a swipe at President Trump. We made our case for change. Were going to make that case tomorrow. Were not stopping now. Tomorrow we rest, and then we keep fighting through to
A recap of the days news. Gets checked. 8,500 votes roughly still to be counted and sorted out. The Secretary Of State says 5,048 outstanding Absentee Ballots, 3,500 provisional ballots. The question is does it change this . In most elec
. martha: so let s take a live look at some of these polling places. we cruise around the country and take a look as people come in and out. this has ben salem, pennsylvania outside of philadelphia as they effort the purpose the voting world, right? figure out who will be the senator in pennsylvania, the governor in pennsylvania and counting is always a big issue when it s comes to pennsylvania. lieutenant governor john fetterman around other democrats filed a lawsuit to allow mail-in ballots with the incorrect date on them to be admissible. it s called a toss-up race. fetterman and dr. oz need every vote they can get. we ll see that across the board. rich edson reports live on this from pittsburgh today. hi, rich. good afternoon, martha. you talked ant senates that are
democrats are defending pretty easy to map defending more seats than republicans, that s the house. the senate, you look at the battle for control. you don t need me to say a word. the numbers lay out the stakes, 50/50 for democrats. vice president currently breaks the tie. you have the toss-up race in pennsylvania, and in georgia, you have backup races you might say to watch, north carolina and wisconsin. a big race out in nevada and in arizona. here s one scenario for you. why do the democrats think picking up this seat is so important? currently held by republican pat toomey not running for re-election. democrats believe it s critical they take this because they are nervous, let s say everything else stays the same until we get out here. democrats increasingly nervous about this one and they fear the republican candidate could win in nevada. it would keep it 50/50 if the republicans can hold on in pennsylvania and the democrats pick up nevada if those were the only chances then repu
AUSTIN, Texas The Democratic congressional nominee running in a highly contested Texas border race has accused the Republican of flaking out of their only scheduled debate ahead of next month’s election.
what is mcconnell thinking and doing right now? i think mitch mcconnell is concerned as he has enunciated two big thoughts. one, he said many, many months ago that the only group that could screw up republicans taking control of washington was republicans. and michael and i can probably both tell you, republicans are doing a pretty good job of exactly screwing that up. donald trump has inserted himself into this election and as michael just talked about the dobbs decision that that leak in may fundamentally changed the shape of the election. you ve also heard mcconnell talk about the quality of his candidates, or should i say the lack thereof. a number of top tier senate races, places like arizona that should be really at the center of the strategy for control of the united states senate are slipping away from republicans. it s no longer considered a toss-up race.