tonight, the nation is turning to pennsylvania, a major battleground in american politics, from the three rivers in pittsburgh, to the striking green home of the capitol building in harrisburg, heart of government in the commonwealth, to historic independence hall in philadelphia, those across pence im , pennsylvania, are making choice to influence the presidential race. i m jake tapper and we re standing by for results in what is sure to be an eventful election. the political spotlight on key primary races in pennsylvania, north carolina, kentucky, idaho and oregon. in phil pennsylvania, north carolina republican senators retiring seats, tonight, we ll bring more to the direction of the two major parties, also a significant new test of former president trump s grip on the republican party and president biden s sway over the democrats. as both weigh a potential rematch in 2024. perhaps the biggest test of the trump factor is his pick in pennsylvania republican former tv dr. m
dramatic changes out west that could determine the balance of power in the u.s. senate. now, cnn projects incumbent democratic mark kelly will win re-election if arizona against blake masters. there are hundreds of thousands of ballots left to count in the state and final results are expected early next week. and that senate race in nevada is virtually tied. republican adam laxalt has watched his narrow lead slowly start slipping away. democratic incumbent catherine cortez masto now less than 800 votes behind. kelly s projected win in arizona will give democrats 49 seats in the senate. a win in nevada would cure democratic control of that chamber. democrats have also picked up more house seats. the republicans only need seven more to retake control of the house of representatives. here with us to share their insights, democratic strategist hilary rosen and former
democratic side now, beezley for the first black senator in north carolina. where to go here with madison cawthorn, whether he can survive his republican primary, one time rising star to the right, his first term blamed by multiple controversial scandals and other rivals hoping to put an early end to cawthorn s congressional career. meantime, on the other side of the country, oregon, president biden made his first endorsement of the midterm campaign backing the incumbent congressman, curt schrader, facing a strong challenge from the progressive side of the party, though, and we re standing by for first results and a lot of the exciting races there, so many tonight and all the twists and turns to get us to this moment in the past few days nobody could have predicted. very exciting, erin, let check in on the race of the night, jeff zal aney is at oz s
public about it. just tell the truth. and when you hear these disclosures, sort of piece-meal, it makes you wonder what aren t you hear sng. and dr. rhiner, i know there is probably a lot about this as you heard jessica saying he s the front runner in this race, i think voters will have a lot of questions what this means for the campaign going forward. thanks for joining us. polls closed in kentucky short while ago and cnn can now make a key projection. cnn projects incumbent senator rand paul wins the republican primary in the common wealth of kentucky, easily prevailing against lesser known challengers as he seeks third term in the u.s. senate, provocative libertarian-leaning will face the winner of the senate primary in november. as we come to first results out of north carolina, get the mood of the country, what s on the