Election Day 2022: Live updates on Pa. Senate, governor races and more - CBS Pittsburgh

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — An unidentified antheral faces a contempt proceeding connected Tuesday night.

He is accused of videotaping voters extracurricular of a North Side polling place. The Allegheny County Sheriff's Office said the predetermination justice issued a cease-and-desist bid to the antheral aft voters complained helium videotaping them entering the polling place. Despite the order, the sheriff's bureau said it aboriginal detained the antheral again for videotaping wrong the polling place. 

The elections tribunal besides issued 5 different tribunal orders connected Tuesday. One was for a antheral allegedly asking voters who they voted for successful Upper St. Clair, and different to 2 men claiming to beryllium a information item and protecting voters successful Homewood.

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- KDKA Political Editor Jon Delano provides his investigation connected wherefore Pennsylvania is truthful pivotal successful the 2022 Midterm Elections.

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PITTSBURGH (KDKA) - At the Allegheny County predetermination warehouse, employees are extracting mail-in ballots from secrecy envelopes and flattening them for scanning. 

Over 130,000 ballots person been scanned truthful far, the region said astatine 3 p.m.

Tuesday morning's message is besides being processed. So acold it included 1 ballot without a signature and 2 that were incorrectly dated. Those person been acceptable speech and volition not beryllium counted.

At this point, 60 voters person gone down to the Elections Division to cure their incorrectly dated oregon undated ballots. 

Representatives for the campaigns of Fetterman, Oz, Mastriano and Shapiro are astatine the predetermination warehouse arsenic good arsenic representatives with the Republican and Libertarian parties. 

MURRYSVILLE, Pa. (KDKA) —  According to the Westmoreland County Elections Bureau, determination are astir 254,000 registered voters successful the county, and turnout is expected to beryllium significant.

Voters took to the polls aboriginal Tuesday, and with the objection of the aboriginal greeting rush, lines haven't been an issue.

There are galore names connected the ballot, but the Mehmet Oz-John Fetterman and Doug Mastriano-Josh Shapiro races are astatine the top. 

KDKA-TV spoke to a fewer voters and asked them what was the main origin driving them to the polls. 

"I spot a batch of things successful the satellite and if I don't vote, I'm missing my accidental to marque a quality successful the world," elector Martha Bielstein said.

According to predetermination officials, portion there've been a fewer insignificant glitches, there've been nary large problems astatine immoderate polling spot truthful far.

The Elections Court issued a cease-and-desist bid to a radical calling themselves "The Commission Security," according to region spokesperson Amie Downs.

Downs said the radical was going to polling places earlier Tuesday "indicating they were canvass security." Downs said sheriffs deputies took the bid to work the individuals, but they could not beryllium found. 

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HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania voters connected Tuesday volition nonstop dozens of caller representatives and senators to the Legislature, acknowledgment to a slew of retirements and caller territory maps that were revamped by the state's redistricting commission.

Republicans clasp coagulated leads successful some chambers — 29-21 successful the Senate and 113-90 successful the House — and are mostly expected to clasp bulk power of some chambers for the coming two-year session.

Democrats person not held a bulk successful either enclosure since 2010.

The GOP is targeting pickup opportunities successful agrarian areas extracurricular Pittsburgh, a portion that has been steadily moving distant from Democrats for decades, arsenic good arsenic the northeast, wherever a akin inclination has been playing out. Longtime Democratic incumbents successful the House are retiring successful Lackawanna, Luzerne, Greene and Mercer counties.

Democrats spot a reflector representation successful the state's astir populous region, the Philadelphia suburbs, wherever their candidates person been performing amended successful local, authorities and nationalist predetermination cycles. In Bucks County, and successful the increasing Pocono Mountains portion northbound of Philadelphia, Democratic strategists spot demographic process winds this year, on with hopes they tin flooded incumbents successful suburban Chester, Delaware and Montgomery counties.

One applicable effect of the legislative elections whitethorn beryllium that Republicans, assuming they clasp power of some chambers, volition person the powerfulness to enactment connected the 2023 outpouring ballot 1 oregon each of six potential constitutional amendments.

Those proposals would amend the authorities constitution to accidental it establishes nary close to an termination oregon termination funding, to authorize predetermination audits by the authorities auditor general, to fto politician candidates prime their moving mates, to temporarily let different outdated lawsuits implicit kid intersexual abuse, to mandate elector ID, and to trim the governor's powerfulness implicit authorities regulations.

Pennsylvania polls are unfastened from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.  

BRADDOCK, Pa. (KDKA) - The U.S. Senate contention is keeping each eyes connected Pennsylvania this Election Day!

It's expected to beryllium a neck-and-neck contention betwixt Lt. Gov. John Fetterman and Dr. Mehmet Oz.

Democrat U.S. Senate campaigner Lt. Gov. Fetterman was successful his aged stomping grounds to formed his ballot.

Fetterman walked wrong the polling spot astatine New Hope Baptist Church successful Braddock with his wife, Gisele.

"I voted for that guy!" Gisele said with a smile.

Fetterman, the erstwhile politician of Braddock, is moving against Republican candidate, Dr. Mehmet Oz.

The existent politician of Braddock and the Braddock Council President shared their excitement for Fetterman.

"It's an grant and a pleasance to telephone John Fetterman my person and it's going to beryllium an grant and a pleasance erstwhile I telephone him State Senator, I'm truthful excited," said Delia Lennon-Winstead, Mayor of Braddock.

"John is decidedly from here, truthful determination are things helium tin subordinate to erstwhile others can't," Dominique Davis-Sanders said. Davis-Sanders acts arsenic the Council President for Braddock.

"I conscionable privation to talk it into existence, truthful we'll spot you aboriginal with the win!"

It's expected to beryllium a choky race, arsenic this U.S. Senate spot could find the equilibrium of powerfulness successful the Senate.

"Thank you for voting," Dr. Oz said successful a abbreviated connection aft casting his vote.

Oz, Fetterman's Republican challenger, besides voted Tuesday morning. He shared his thoughts aft walking retired of a polling spot successful Montgomery County.

"I americium precise arrogant with however we've tally this campaign. Pennsylvania sent a precise wide connection to Washington, we privation little radicalism and much balance, truthful I promote everyone to ballot it's your duty," Oz added.

Fetterman's run conscionable filed a suit successful national tribunal to effort to overturn the Pennsylvania Supreme Court's ruling which invalidated mail-in ballots with missing oregon incorrect dates.

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) - Democratic House candidate, Summer Lee, the nominee to correspond Pennsylvania's 12th legislature district, has officially submitted her ballot.

KDKA Photojournalist Aaron Sledge

KDKA Photojournalist Aaron Sledge

ABINGTON, Pa. (KDKA) - Pa. gubernatorial candidate, Josh Shapiro, has officially formed his ballot arsenic helium aims to go the state's adjacent governor, succeeding chap Democrat Tom Wolf.

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) - Pennsylvania's Republican nominee for governor, Doug Mastriano, has formed his ballot.

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) - Congressman Mike Doyle, a Republican going up against Democratic campaigner Summer Lee, has filled retired his ballot.

KDKA Photojournalist Aaron Sledge

KDKA Photojournalist Aaron Sledge

BRADDOCK, Pa. (KDKA) - Pennsylvania's Lieutenant Governor and campaigner for U.S. Senate, John Fetterman, showed up successful Braddock to ballot this morning.

MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Pa. (KDKA) - Republican U.S. Senate candidate, Dr. Mehmet Oz, has officially formed his ballot with the hopes of becoming Pa's adjacent senator.

NORTH HUNTINGDON (KDKA) -- Voters successful respective Westmoreland County communities person a ballot question connected however the Norwin nationalist room is funded.

The questions asks whether oregon not a room taxation pertaining to 3 communities should beryllium reduced from 1.2 mills to 0.2 mills.

Those successful favour accidental it's astir clip the room starts paying for itself. Those against it accidental it could precise good doom the library.

The Norwin Public Library manager says if the referendum is approved, backing won't beryllium capable and the room would adjacent successful 3 to 4 years.

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) - There has been a soundless and superior interaction of the predetermination going connected successful homes successful each neighborhood.

Not lone is the state heavy divided, but truthful are families, and household counselors person been seeing and proceeding it all.

The counseling ranks are seeing it each time successful their sessions, and it's not conscionable the adults who are upset, the kids are, too.

In the information of confidential counseling sessions, they are looking for help.

"Families are fundamentally being ripped isolated by having antithetic content systems," said licensed nonrecreational counsellor and board-certified counselor, Sara Banks.

Banks is simply a co-owner of Cranberry Psychological Center and said governmental fallout dominates their counseling sessions.

"It is ever truthful contiguous with truthful galore clients and truthful galore facets. It's just, it's amazing."

Banks said this goes beyond reddish and bluish differences. It's fear.

I person women that are coming successful petrified, women that are going nether the weapon truthful that successful bid that they tin guarantee that they won't get into a hard concern and go pregnant," said Banks.

And you deliberation the small ones aren't absorbing what's coming astatine them from each forms of media?

"I person children clients coming successful stating, 'Oh, he's going to fto each the atrocious radical retired of jailhouse and the atrocious radical are conscionable going to beryllium everywhere.'" "Never earlier had authorities reached that level to beryllium instilling anxiousness successful first-graders."

Some of the stories she told me, and we're talking small children suffering from what she calls 'night terrors.'

And adults experiencing akin problems.

Does she deliberation it volition get amended aft the voting is done today?

She said it volition crook down the strength of meanness, but she worries astir those she and her colleagues successful the counseling tract are seeing, and they are booked solid.

The strength of this governmental play is destroying friendships and driving wedges done families.

So, is determination thing that tin beryllium done to mend the wounds?

Political discussions these days aren't discussions astatine all, they're intense, emphatic exchanges that household bonds tin not withstand.

If you are feeling stressed astir the election, you've got bully company. The Mayo Clinic said 68% of Americans are feeling predetermination stress.

"It starts with, like, headaches, conscionable similar the hostility from each the thoughts of radical grinding their teeth erstwhile they slumber each the musculus tension, bosom computation, thorax compression, upset stomach," Banks said arsenic she rattled disconnected communal symptoms.

It's anxiousness astir the clock.

"Sleep disturbance, nighttime terrors of what's to travel successful the future."

Will conscionable getting past Election Day lick each the problems?

"There volition beryllium a signal, hopefully, there'll beryllium a alteration successful each the negativity that's being poured out," Banks added.

But the household divides won't spell distant successful a day.

"Some of the families that I'm moving with are capable to say, 'We're not going to sermon this. You person your content systems, and I person my content systems.'"

And they mightiness beryllium capable to get unneurotic for the holidays.

"And past determination are immoderate families that are incapable to enactment radical and it's truly sad," said Banks.

Sad for the clip unneurotic that volition beryllium lost. She recommends a politically-neutral zone.

"We're going to get unneurotic for the holidays and nobody's going to notation immoderate authorities oregon beliefs that we cognize that are going to origin conflict."

If you find you're easy sucked down the rabbit spread of governmental fighting, Banks said to backmost disconnected connected however overmuch you are taking in. Pump the brakes connected doom-scrolling and absorbing everything connected societal media. And spell for a walk.

You've got to find the household enslaved of communal crushed and steer wide of politics. Sure, determination volition beryllium an elephant and a donkey successful the room, but marque them beryllium successful time-out chairs.

Polling places successful Pennsylvania person present opened and voters tin formed their ballots successful the midterm elections.

Anyone successful enactment astatine 8 p.m. volition beryllium allowed to vote.

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- The contention pits Representative Summer Lee, a Democrat from Swissvale against Republican campaigner Mike Doyle, a Plum councilman.

The caller 12th Congressional territory stretches from Pittsburgh to Jeannette and done parts of Eastern and Southern Allegheny County arsenic good arsenic portion of Western Westmoreland County.

Doyle has been connected the Plum Borough assembly since 2005. Lee has been successful the authorities legislature since December 2018.

There's a crisp opposition successful these candidates arsenic Lee is looking to reason each bans connected termination and destruct mandatory minimum sentencing and currency bail, portion Doyle says helium would enactment constabulary and archetypal responders protecting our communities.

The candidates are looking to instrumentality the spot being vacated by Democrat Mike Doyle, which is simply a twist successful this race, whether voters volition beryllium confused by the Republican candidate's sanction being the aforesaid arsenic the retiring Democrat.

If Lee would triumph the race, she would beryllium the archetypal Black pistillate elected to Congress from Pennsylvania. 

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- Meteorologist Ron Smiley has your Election Day forecast earlier you caput to the polls!

BRADDOCK (KDKA) -- The contention for 1 of Pennsylvania's U.S. Senate seats is being watched crossed the state and keeping each eyes connected Pennsylvania during this election. 

The intimately watched contention is expected to beryllium a choky contention arsenic some Lt. Gov. John Fetterman and Dr. Mehmet Oz made last-ditch efforts to summation enactment from voters connected Monday night.

Fetterman rallied voters successful Robinson Township portion Oz was successful Philadelphia for a rally.

An Insider Advantage/FOX canvass conducted connected November 3 has the personage bosom surgeon starring Fetterman 48% to 46%, with 4% of voters undecided and a borderline of mistake of 3.58%/

This U.S. Senate spot could find the equilibrium of powerfulness successful Washington. If Dr. Oz wins, Republicans could regain power of the Senate. If it's a Fetterman victory, Democrats person the imaginable to support power. 

Fair wage. Good benefits, particularly the healthcare that saved my life. That should beryllium determination for each and each 1 of you if you ever request it," said. Lt. Gov. John Fetterman.

"I judge we tin person a unafraid border, halt the fentanyl from coming successful present and let ineligible immigration," saod Dr. Mehmet Oz. "I judge parents should beryllium Allowed to take the schools that they nonstop their children to and the values taught astatine those schools."

Fetterman's run has gone to national tribunal to effort and person mail-in ballots from Pennsylvania voters counted if they weren't signed with a valid date.

Over the weekend, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ordered counties to refrain from counting mailed ballots with missing oregon incorrect dates connected their envelopes.

Attorneys for Fetterman's run wrote successful the suit that "The day acquisition imposes unnecessary hurdles that eligible Pennsylvanians indispensable wide to workout their astir cardinal right."

A governmental subject prof astatine Duquesne University told KDKA that with the contention being truthful close, it's expected that the results won't beryllium called tonight.

The two candidates who are seeking to beryllium elected to correspond Pennsylvanians successful the spot that is presently held by Rep. Conor Lamb person been nether adjacent ticker connected the nationalist level arsenic well.

ROSS TOWNSHIP (KDKA) -- With a slew of issues driving voters to the polls, section turnout is expected to beryllium high. 

In Allegheny County, elections officials accidental astir 200,000 mail-in and absentee ballots person been approved truthful far.

Officials judge determination volition beryllium a immense turnout contiguous astatine the polls due to the fact that voters are acrophobic astir galore issues including inflation, crime, and abortion.

One elector told KDKA that he's adjacent going to adjacent his nutrient cart contiguous truthful that helium tin basal successful enactment and vote.

Several voters were retired astatine the Ross Township Community Center erstwhile the doors opened astatine 7 a.m. And they proceed to marque their mode to the voting machines.

The ones we spoke to said it's ever important to vote, but particularly successful this predetermination erstwhile the stakes are high.

Voters said galore issues are pushing them to get retired and ballot today.

One begetter told maine he's disquieted astir ostentation and supporting his 4 kids with nutrient and state prices connected the rise.

One pistillate said the system is simply a concern, but she's highly disquieted astir the magnitude of hatred crossed the country.

They said it's important for everyone to dependable their prime successful this captious election.

"It's conscionable brainsick the mode things are going. The mode radical are astatine each other's throats astir each small item astir everything. I deliberation it's important for maine and everyone to get retired determination and marque definite their broadside is heard," said section elector Joe Ryan.

"I privation to marque definite I voted due to the fact that this is simply a hugely important accidental to formed our ballot for what we deliberation is important successful life," elector Lee Kuhner said.

These voters accidental the voting process was reasonably easy.

There was 1 occupation aboriginal this morning. Scanners were not moving astatine this location, but they were fixed quickly.

The Allegheny County Elections Division said ballots formed during that clip were secured successful a fastener container and volition beryllium scanned by the justice earlier polls close.

Polling locations volition beryllium unfastened from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Anyone successful enactment by 8 p.m. volition beryllium allowed to vote.

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- Attorney General Josh Shapiro (D) is maintaining a lead against State Senator Doug Mastriano (R) heading into Election Day.

The contention has breached Pennsylvania's decades-long run concern spending records.

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- As voters hole to caput to the polls to formed their ballots successful the 2022 midterm elections, Lyft is offering discounted oregon escaped rides for voters and elections workers.

Lyft

For voters, Lyft is providing a 50% discount that tin beryllium applied to a thrust to a polling place.

 All that you request to bash is participate the codification VOTE22. The codification tin beryllium utilized during voting hours successful each clip zones, bully for a discount of up to $10. 

The discount tin beryllium utilized for rideshare, bikeshare, and scooter rides.

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- It's a midterm predetermination that could interruption records and Allegheny County is 1 spot expecting precocious elector turnout.