How Election Week 2022 Went Down

ABC News has projected Democratic Lt. Gov. John Fetterman will win Pennsylvania’s Senate race. This is an extremely important result for the overall Senate math, as it represents a net gain for Democrats in a seat held by retiring Republican Sen. Pat Toomey. With this win, Democrats need to hold just two of their three most endangered seats in Arizona, Georgia and Nevada to retain a status quo total of 50-50 in the upper chamber, which would keep Democrats in power via Vice President Kamala Harris’s tie-breaking vote. Beyond the numbers, Fetterman’s win is especially notable given that he had a stroke earlier this year, which has been a major focus of the campaign because of debates over his perceived ability to perform the job of a U.S. senator. However that affected the race, Oz may have been too unpopular with Pennsylvania voters, who in polls regularly said they had more favorable views of Fetterman than Oz.

Let’s check in on some tight attorney general races. In Wisconsin, Democratic incumbent Josh Kaul leads 52 percent to 48 percent with 90 percent of the expected vote reporting. In Kansas, Republican Kris Kobach — a far-right Trump ally — leads 51 percent to 49 percent. And in Iowa, Republican Brenna Bird leads Democratic incumbent Tom Miller 51 percent to 49 percent. Miller is the longest-serving attorney general in American history, so that would truly be the end of an era if it holds up.

Also in Nevada, Sisolak is leading in governor’s race, 53 percent to 44 percent, and all of the House incumbents are currently leading in their districts: Democrats Dina Titus in the 1st, Susie Lee in the 3rd and Steven Horsford in the 4th, while Republican incumbent Mark Amodei is leading in the 2nd. These are very early returns, though.