In Pennsylvania, Trump made an 11th-hour endorsement of Mastriano, whose rise worried some establishment Republicans.
MIDTERM ELECTIONS TRUMP SERIES
Cawthorn drew criticism from fellow Republicans after a series of embarrassing episodes, including claiming that conservative leaders invited him to a cocaine-fueled orgy, trying twice to take a gun onto a plane and having a video surface showing him nude and gyrating against someone. Biden's public approval rating is at 42%, with 50% of Americans disapproving of his performance, according to a Reuters/Ipsos opinion poll completed on Tuesday.ĭemocrats have a better chance of keeping control of the Senate, currently split 50-50 between the parties with Vice President Kamala Harris holding the tie-breaking vote.Ĭawthorn, a staunch Trump ally who at age 26 is the youngest member of the House, conceded his loss to Senator Chuck Edwards, 61, late on Tuesday. Republicans are well positioned to regain control of the House, which could enable them to stonewall Biden's legislative agenda. Both seats are held by retiring Republicans: Pat Toomey in Pennsylvania and Richard Burr in North Carolina. The Pennsylvania and North Carolina Senate races are two of the most important midterm contests, as Democrats fight to retain their slim majorities in the House of Representatives and Senate. Senate nomination.īudd, who beat former Governor Pat McCrory, will face Democratic former state Chief Justice Cheri Beasley, who is seeking to become the state's first Black senator.
Representative Ted Budd, won the state's Republican U.S. In North Carolina, a Trump-endorsed candidate, U.S. In a statement, Biden praised Fetterman while warning that whoever prevails in the Republican contest "will be too dangerous, too craven, and too extreme" for the state. "We're not going to have a result tonight," Oz said.
Under Pennsylvania law, any margin of 0.5% or less triggers an automatic recount.īoth Oz and McCormick told supporters late on Tuesday that they expected to win but that a final result was not expected that night, given the number of outstanding mail ballots still to be counted. Conservative political commentator Kathy Barnette was far behind in third. With 90% of the expected vote reported, Oz was ahead of McCormick by just over 500 ballots out of nearly 1.3 million counted, according to Edison Research.
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