Both the House and the Senate are up for grabs successful Tuesday’s midterm elections, but Republicans are heavy favored to regain power of the House. | Laurence Kesterson/AP Photo
Republican officials and GOP candidates oozed with assurance connected the greeting of Election Day that their enactment is connected way to assertion majorities successful some houses of Congress, ending 2 years of Democratic power successful Washington.
“On each azygous issue, the Democrats person failed, and the American people, close now, are astir to present them their study card,” Republican National Committee Chair Ronna McDaniel told blimpish speech vigor big Hugh Hewitt connected his Tuesday greeting broadcast.
Both the House and the Senate are up for grabs successful Tuesday’s midterm elections, but Republicans are heavy favored to regain power of the House. The narrowly divided Senate’s destiny volition apt beryllium determined by cardinal races successful a fistful of states including Georgia, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Arizona and North Carolina.
McDaniel spent the greeting campaigning astatine a diner successful Warminster, Pa., with Senate campaigner Mehmet Oz, who successful the past fewer weeks has narrowed Democrat John Fetterman’s pb successful the contention for the Pennsylvania seat. Oz, speaking to Fox News from the diner, boasted of his chances of taking down Fetterman, who is polling somewhat up of the erstwhile TV personality.
“When each the votes are counted, I’m going to beryllium the winner,” Oz said. “And the crushed for that is due to the fact that I person been pushing hard each time astir the room array issues, the issues that are plaguing Pennsylvanians.”
Republicans connected Tuesday greeting mostly alluded to the midterms becoming a referendum connected Democrats and President Joe Biden’s presidency. They pointed to issues they said are precocious connected voters’ minds — specified arsenic soaring ostentation — arsenic a motion of a reddish question sweeping the state and giving Republicans backmost the majority.
Arizona GOP Senate campaigner Blake Masters said helium expects a “big” and “glorious” question of Republican wins connected Tuesday. Masters is moving against incumbent Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly successful a toss-up contention for the Arizona Senate seat.
“The Democrats successful Arizona, they person an vantage successful the aboriginal vote: More Democrats showed up to ballot aboriginal than Republicans,” Masters told Hewitt connected Tuesday morning. “This didn’t astonishment us, right, we’re expecting a elephantine question tomorrow.”
There are immoderate signs Tuesday could crook into the referendum connected Democratic power that Republicans are hoping for: Even successful historically bluish states specified arsenic New York and Oregon, the near is struggling to support their leads successful cardinal races. The New York contention for politician betwixt Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul and Republican Rep. Lee Zeldin has narrowed importantly successful caller months, and successful deep-blue Oregon, Republican Christine Drazan is moving neck-and-neck with Democrat Tina Kotek successful the gubernatorial race.
Republicans remained assured Tuesday greeting that they’d beryllium capable to expanse races some successful bluish states and against Democratic incumbents. McDaniel, the RNC chair, said the GOP’s likeliest pick-up of gubernatorial races was Drazan winning successful Oregon.
“She’s tally a truly large race. This volition beryllium the archetypal clip a Republican’s won successful Oregon for 40 years,” McDaniel said.
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