How Election Week 2022 Went Down

Over in Utah, ABC News projects that Republican Sen. Mike Lee has defeated independent Evan McMullin. Lee led throughout the campaign, but McMullin’s endorsement from the state Democratic Party made what would’ve otherwise been a total snoozefest truly interesting because a sizable anti-Lee coalition actually took shape.

Currently, Lee leads 55 percent to 41 percent, with 59 percent of the expected vote reporting, but Salt Lake County, the bluest and most populous place in the state, has more than half of the remaining vote left to tally. As a result, it’s possible McMullin might lose by single digits and pretty much certain that Lee will be the first Republican Senate candidate to win less than 60 percent since 1992. He could also be the first to win by only single digits since 1976, when Republican Orrin Hatch defeated Democratic Sen. Frank Moss (the last Democrat to represent Utah in the Senate) by 9 points.

With 29 percent of the expected vote reporting in Alaska’s at-large House race, Democrat Mary Peltola is leading with 45 percent of the vote to Republican Sarah Palin’s 28 percent and Republican Nick Begich’s 25 percent. But remember, Alaska has a ranked-choice voting system.

Whitmer currently leads, 52-46 percent, with about 72 percent of the vote counted.