Early midterm returns for the Senate Tuesday …
Pennsylvania: Democrat John Fetterman held a narrow lead over MAGA-Republican Dr. Mehmet Oz all night before NBC News finally called it for Fetterman, with 49.4% of the vote. Still up for that “big announcement” next Tuesday, Mr. Ex-President?
Ohio: A rare Trump endorsement victory Tuesday for Senate candidate J.D. Vance over U.S. Rep. Tim Ryan to keep retiring Sen. Rob Portman’s seat on the Republican side of the aisle.
New Hampshire: Incumbent Democrat Maggie Hassan beat Republican Don Bolduc in a race that had become surprisingly competitive in recent weeks.
Givens: Sens. Marco Rubio (R-FL), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), John Thune (R-SD) and Ron Wyden (D-OR) easily won their re-elections Tuesday.
House races …
Virginia: Rep. Elaine Luria, a Democratic member of the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol, has lost her bid for re-election to Republican Jen Kiggans for the state’s District 2 seat. Luria was the first Democratic incumbent to fall Tuesday, the Associated Press says. The GOP needs to grab four more seats before it can make Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy the next House speaker. It won’t happen in Virginia’s 7th or its 10th, where Abigail Spanberger and Jennifer Wexton, respectively, beat Trumpian challengers Yesli Vega and Hung Cao, respectively.
Colorado: Too early to call, but by 10 p.m. local time 3rd Congressional District pro-Trump Christian nationalist incumbent Lauren Boebert, with 46.3% of the vote counted, was trailing Democratic challenger Adam Frisch’s 53.7%, according to The Pueblo Chieftan.
Gubernatorial races…
Florida: Incumbent Republican Ron DeSantis trounced Democratic challenger Charlie Crist.
Georgia: Republican incumbent Gov. Brian Kemp, not a Trump endorsee, has defeated Democrat Stacey Abrams a second time.
Maryland: Democrat Wes Moore defeats Republican Dan Cox and will become the state’s first Black governor.
Illinois: Democrat J.B. Pritzker handily won re-election.
Arkansas: Former Trump press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders will become the state’s next governor, an open seat.
California: Gavin Newsom, potential 2024 Democratic presidential candidate, won re-election.
Wisconsin: Gov. Tony Evers (D) defeated challenger Tim Michels, who had told supporters at a campaign event that if he were elected, Republicans “would never lose another election” in the state.
Michigan: Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) handily defeated one more Trump endorsee, Tudor Dixon.
--Compiled by Todd Lassa