front runner john fedderman suffered a stroke two days before the vote. he is competing in a four person field which includes three-term congressman connor lamb. all of these twists and turns as pennsylvania could be the deciding factor in the balance of the senate come november s midterm elections. 175 days from that, november 8th. you know i m counting. well, he says the real president is who ever controls the teleprompter. elon musk s new war of words with the biden white house. gas prices hitting a record high for the eighth day in a row. and this is getting some buzz across the country. did you mean it in the context of labor force participation just feels callous to me. there is spillover into participation. harris: a senator s response
continue that way. just minutes from now polling places close in pennsylvania s closely watched senate primaries. president biden and former president trump both have a stake in these competitive races. on the republican side former tv doctor mehmet oz is talked in a battle with dave mccormick and kathy barnette. barnette has gained attention and her unfounded denials of the 2020 election results. in the democratic primary, john fetterman spent this election day getting a pacemaker imp implanted after having a stroke on friday. we ll see if that impacts his race in any way against congressman connor lamb and malcolm kenyatta. all of these candidates are fighting for an open seat now held by republicans. a seat that could be critical in deciding control of the u.s. senate this fall.
68 percent of the republican primary voters didn t go with the president s choice so i m going to look at the senate rac and the governor s primary tonight to see if that continue in pennsylvania. i think so president has got a lot of endorsements out, i thin he s going to win some, it may be the senate race in north carolina, i think he s going to lose some like the idaho race, but it will be interesting to see how that pattern plays out. it s also going to be important both parties have challenges an the interesting thing of democrats having a very liberal candidates in the form of john federman and a new traditional former congressman connor lamb, it s going to be interesting to see how all of those shake out because underneath the surface we have a lot of these contest around the country between the left and more traditional democrats in which a large amount of money is being spent in congressional races and it will be interesting to see how that do you think any of the thre
seen in primaries before? lawrence: let s talk about that, todd. the reason there is hype on this race, two reasons. number one, the direction of the country. people are upset, republican and democrats, independents, you see the president on the national level is underwater. number two, is the fact that people felt like they were robbed in the last election, not because of votes, but there wasn t a clear campaign based on policy and people have buyers remorse. there be turnout for those two reasons alone. carley: it is one to watch. we got to leave it here, but the progressive candidate is expected to be congressman connor lamb, the more centrist candidate. unique story lines on both
it really still may be any person s game. mike. mike: alex hoff in her old stomping grounds of philadelphia. as we enter the last stretch before the primary the democratic candidates are making final pitches to voters. let s go back to rich edison in franklin, pennsylvania for the latest, hi, rich. rich: hey, good afternoon, mike, both the top-tier democratic candidates are making the argument that they can attract trump voters to switch back to the democratic party in many respects. we are here in the western part of the state. this is franklin, pennsylvania, we are about an hour and a half north of pittsburgh here. both the candidates at the top here congressman connor lamb, lieutenant fetterman, lamb is running as a centrist and says political platforms sells well here. he won a congressional district that favored donald trump by 19 percentage points. if i m your nominee this is going to be a campaign where everyone knows that the party