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LIVE MIDTERM UPDATES: DeSantis, Rubio Will Win Re-Election; GOP Picks Up Seats

Published On: 9. November 2022 10:33

The midterm elections are here. Democrats have held the House and Senate since 2020, but with the economy, crime, and border security on voters’ minds, Republicans have a chance to take power in Washington and stop the Biden agenda in its tracks. Voters will also be electing governors in 36 states, choosing legislators, and selecting a host of other local representatives.  From the halls of Congress to local school boards, today’s voters will decide the direction of the country for the coming years. Welcome to The Daily Wire’s 2022 midterms live blog: Refresh for updates.

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(8:26 p.m. CST): Republican Rep. Ted Budd has taken the lead against Democrat Cheri Beasley in the race for the Senate in North Carolina, with two-thirds of the vote in, according to Decision Desk HQ. 

(8:24 p.m. CST): Republican Sarah Huckabee Sanders will be the next governor of Arkansas, according to a projection from DecisionDeskHQ. 

Sanders, 40, who was former President Trump’s press secretary, defeated Democrat nominee Chris Jones to earn the role in which her father, Mike Huckabee, served from 1996-2007. In addition to Trump’s endorsement, Sanders had the backing of outgoing Governor Asa Hutchinson and held a commanding lead throughout the race.

(8:17 p.m. CST): Republican Rep. Ted Budd has taken the lead against Democrat Cheri Beeasley in the race for the Senate in North Carolina with two thirds of the vote in, according to Decision Desk HQ.

(8:10 p.m. CST): Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez (D) will win re-election to the U.S. House in New York’s 14th Congressional District, Ilhan Omar (D) will be re-elected to the House as the representative for Minnesota’s 5th Congressional District, and Chuck Schumer (D), the current Senate Majority Leader, will return to the Senate, DecisionDeskHQ projects. 

This will continue AOC’s three-year tenure in the House of Representatives, where she was first sworn in in January 2019. Her fellow squad member, Omar, was not facing a significant challenge. 

(8:09 p.m. CST): As the first votes come in for Michigan’s gubernatorial race, DecisionDeskHQ is reporting that Governor General Gretchen Whitmer is leading the race 61.26% to 37.44% against Republican Tudor Dixon.

Polls leading up to the election showed the possibility of this seat being flipped, with Dixon leading Whitmer by 0.3 percentage points in one instance. 

(8:03 p.m. CST): Arizona Republicans’ request to extend voting in Maricopa County has been blocked by a judge, after a portion of voting machines in the county were not functioning properly earlier in the day.

(8:00 p.m. CST): Polls have now closed in Arizona, Colorado, Louisiana, Minnesota, Nebraska, New Mexico, New York, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.

(7:55 p.m. CST): Florida’s governor race shows incumbent Republican candidate Ron DeSantis leading with 58.28% of the votes. DecisionDeskHQ called the race for DeSantis earlier in the evening. 

DeSantis, 44, who has already amassed close to four million votes in this race, took office as Florida’s governor in 2019. The previous race, which he won against Andrew Gillum in 2018, was a much narrower one, with DeSantis beating Gillum 49.6% to 49.2%

De Santis’ re-election as governor of Florida highlights an increase in Republican support and power in a state that has historically been considered a key battleground. The state gained a 30th electoral vote after the 2020 Census, making it an even more sought-after prize in general elections.

(7:53 p.m. CST): A poll worker in Flint, Michigan was arrested earlier today after the worker was allegedly drunk on the job. The worker allegedly fled from the scene, but returned and threatened violence before the individual was arrested by police for public intoxication and the violent threats.

(7:47 p.m. CST): Tennessee Republican Governor Bill Lee has defeated Democrat challenger Dr. Jason Martin and will have four more years as governor of the volunteer state, according to a projection from Decision Desk HQ.

(7:36 p.m. CST): The first vote tallies in Texas are rolling in. Governor Greg Abbott is leading Beto O’Rourke by nearly 15 points. There are still a lot more votes to be counted, however.

(7:30 p.m. CST): Polls have now closed in Arkansas.

(7:25 p.m. CST): Republican chances of taking the House seem to be steadily increasing, according to DecisionDeskHQ projections. Their live forecasting model now gives GOP representatives a 93% chance of flipping the House.

(7:23 p.m. CST): Massachusetts Democrat Attorney General Maura Healey has defeated Republican Geoffrey G. Diehl in a race for governor, according to a projection from Decision Desk HQ. Healey’s win would be a flip for Democrats.

 

(7:03 p.m. CST): Republican Governor Ron DeSantis and Senator Marco Rubio will win re-election, according to DecisionDeskHQ.

(7:00 p.m. CST): Polls just closed in a host of states with critical races including Alabama, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Oklahoma, Rhode Island, and Tennessee. Polls also closed in Washington, D.C.

Additionally, most of Kansas closed down with the exception of District 1, home to about 700,000 residents who live in the MST part of the state. Similarly, in Michigan all polls close except for District 1, which closes at 9:00 p.m. EST. 

In Texas, District 16 and 23, home to over 1.5 million people, close at 9:00 p.m. EST while the rest of the state just closed down. Harris County had its hours extended until 9:00 p.m. EST.

In Pennsylvania, with the exception of Luzerne County, polling places also closed down. In Luzerne, residents have until 10 p.m. EST to vote. 

(6:53 p.m. CST): Laurel Lee, a Republican, will flip the Florida 15th House seat from blue to red. This is the first GOP pickup of the night, aside from the non-voting delegate who won in Guam.

(6:32 p.m. CST): DecisionDeskHQ projects that Republicans currently have an 86% chance of winning a majority in the House.

(6:30 p.m. CST): Polls are now closing in Ohio, West Virginia, and North Carolina. Both Ohio and North Carolina have U.S. senate seats up for grabs. The next round of polls close in half an hour, at 8:00 p.m. EST, and will include well over a dozen states.

(6:19 p.m. CST): The Republican National Committee has joined a lawsuit against Maricopa County officials seeking to extend voting hours after machines in certain parts of the county had difficulties earlier in the day. 

“The RNC is joining a Republican coalition to file an emergency motion to extend poll hours in Maricopa County because voting machines in over 25% of voting locations have experienced significant issues,” the RNC stated. “The widespread issues – in an election administered by Democrat Secretary of State Katie Hobbs – are completely unacceptable, especially as Republicans flock to the polls to vote in-person on Election Day.”

(6:09 p.m. CST): Twenty-one of the forty-four voting machines at the NRG Arena in Houston, Texas, are not working because a controller is down, according to KHOU 11 News Houston. Officials say they are working on getting them back up and running. 

(6:06 p.m. CST): Senator Todd Young (R-IN) will defeat Democrat Thomas McDermott in the race for the U.S. Senate seat from Indiana, according to a projection from DecisionDeskHQ. Young, 50, was first elected to the Senate in 2017, and was not facing a significant challenge from McDermott. 

(6:01 p.m. CST): Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) will defeat Charles Booker in the race for the U.S. Senate seat from Kentucky, according to a projection from DecisionDeskHQ. First elected in 2010, Paul was not expected to face any significant challenge from Booker, a former state lawmaker who had less than $1 million in his campaign account back in July. 

(6:00 p.m. CST): Polls just closed in Indiana, Kentucky, Georgia, South Carolina, Vermont, Virginia, and parts of Florida.  In Florida, District 1 and 2, where over 1.5 million people live, polls close at 8:00 p.m EST.

One House race in Indiana to watch will be in Indiana District 1, where Republican candidate Jennifer-Ruth Green is hoping to unseat incumbent Democrat Rep. Frank Mrvan. 

(5:43 p.m. CST): Several Georgia precincts must remain open past 7:00 p.m. EST, according to an order from Superior Court Judge Gregory Poole. The precincts affected all had issues opening on time, and none will be open longer than an hour past the original closing time, reports Local3News.

(5:37 p.m. CST): We’re preparing for another round of polls to close in less than half an hour. Georgia, South Carolina, Vermont, and Virginia all have polls closing at 7:00 p.m. EST. Some polls in Florida will also close.

(5:29 p.m. CST): The Champaign County Clerk and Recorder’s Office in Illinois said today that it has been the target of “cyber-attacks” over the last month that had caused “connectivity issues” for the office’s servers and networks. The office maintained that elections and data in the county remained “secure.” 

They said the “cyber-attacks” were a “strategic and coordinated effort to undermine and destabilize our democratic process. The intent is to discourage you from voting.” They also encouraged individuals to remain in line to vote.

(5:23 p.m. CST): The New York Times is getting mocked online for running a story suggesting ways to reduce “election stress.” One of the tips suggests breathing “like a baby.” This involves focusing “on expanding your belly as you breathe” to send more oxygen to the brain.

(5:00 p.m. CST): The first voting locations across the country just closed in Indiana and Kentucky, as large portions of those states closed down their polls at 6:00 p.m. EST. Indiana voters in District 1 and District 8, where there are nearly 1.5 million residents, will have until 7:00 p.m. EST to vote.

Kentucky voters in District 1 and 2 also have until 7:00 p.m. EST to vote while the rest of the state closes down its polls at 6:00 p.m. EST.

(4:37 p.m. CST): Early exit polling from CBS shows that many voters across the country have a dim view of President Biden and the American economy. According to an exit poll from the outlet, 73% of voters are angry/dissatisfied about the state of the country as opposed to 25% who are enthusiastic/satisfied.

A plurality of voters (46%) also told the outlet that Biden’s policies are hurting the country, while only 36% said his policies were helping. A majority (52%) said they trusted Republicans more on inflation than Democrats while voters gave an edge to Democrats on the issue of abortion. Over 60% of those surveyed said that gas prices had been a financial hardship for them.

(4:26 p.m. CST): More from Maricopa, County, Arizona. Officials say the issues voters were experiencing this morning had to do with printers, not voting machines. “It appears some of the printers were not producing dark enough timing marks on the ballots,” said board of supervisors member Bill Gates.

(4:17 p.m. CST): Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said during a Tuesday press conference that election results for the state will likely be known earlier this year. This would be in contrast to the 2020 election when counting in the state went on for days.

“We’ll be updating every 10 minutes for a period of time, and we’ll be getting those results out as soon we can, because we know that voters want to see those results as quick as possible,” the Republican said at a press conference.

This is in part due to election reform laws passed by the state in 2021 that allow for earlier counting of early voting and absentee ballots

(4:05 p.m. CST): The first polls of the 2022 midterm election will close in less than an hour. With only a couple of exceptions, most polling places in Indiana and Kentucky close at 6:00 p.m. EST.

(3:50 p.m. CST): Maricopa County Recorder apologizes to “frustrated” and “inconvenienced” voters.

(3:38 p.m. CST): Polling location closed in Texas after death in nearby park.

Voting has been stopped at one polling location in Houston, Texas after a person was reported dead near Melrose Park Community Center. The death of the person, whose identity has not yet been revealed, is believed to have been caused by electrocution. The individual was installing lights in the nearby park, and the voting location was out of power around the time of the incident. Voters have been directed to another location.

(3:28 p.m. CST): The Nevada Secretary of State’s website is restored.

(3:24 pm CST): Early Tuesday afternoon police arrested a 38-year-old man who allegedly waved a knife at a polling station in Wisconsin while yelling “stop the voting” at staff. Police say they took the man into custody without incident. While no one was injured in the incident, voting was put on hold for about 30 minutes while police secured the scene. 

The police have launched an investigation and have not yet officially filed charges.

(3:16 pm CST): A number of voting machines in Maricopa County, Arizona, were malfunctioning Tuesday morning, with local outlets and county officials estimating as many as one in five machines were affected. Hours later, Maricopa officials now say they’ve found a solution and are deploying it to affected polling locations.

Full statement below:

(2:50 p.m. CST): Arizona gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake, speaking to reporters, says she will be the “worst nightmare” of the press for the next eight years. “We will reform the media as well. We’re going to make you guys into journalists again.”

The first Republican pick-up for the night is Guam. It is a non-voting delegate position in the U.S. House of Representatives but has been represented by a Democrat since the early 1990s.

Former President Trump tells Fox News that he would support Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) as speaker of the House, should Republicans regain control of the chamber. McCarthy is currently the minority leader, and Republicans are largely expected to gain a majority in the lower chamber.

The website for the Nevada Secretary of State’s office is down. They say they’re working on a fix but did not disclose a cause.

The White House hasn’t lifted its lid, but now says Joe Biden spoke with DNC Chair Jaime Harrison and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA). He spoke with other Democratic officials as well. The White House didn’t say what they discussed.

Leading political prognosticator David Wasserman believes that early turnout isn’t looking good for Democrats.

Former President Donald Trump says he voted for Ron DeSantis to be governor of Florida. Trump nicknamed DeSantis “De-Sanctimonious” on Saturday but declined to use the nickname again the next day.

Joe Biden is calling a “lid” the morning of election day. The “lid” signals to reporters that the president doesn’t plan on making any more news for today.

Biden admitted Monday that he thought it would be tough for Democrats to keep control of the House. His “lid” suggests he doesn’t believe there will be many opportunities for his party to brag about as the night goes on.

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