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Say im not really a politician. he in recent days has been trying to get his voters to try to attract voters beyond the republican party. he said on the stump we already have republicans in our column. there are conservative democrats. there are independents throughout who may not yet realize they are oz supporters. he is urging his voters to go out and talk to people beyond their immediate community of republicans. and so that is part of the message were seeing in these final days. michael? >> ...

Election. >> yeah, absolutely. if no candidate gets 50% plus one of the votes we will have a four-week runoff. so georgians will go back in december. and that is plenty of time for the former president to announce another presidential bid. but i think one thing that republicans have learned from the 2020 election, as you mentioned, is that its not always successful to have trump linked to the campaigns. its much, much different now. you barely hear his name mention odd tonight trail at all. not ...

Which party controls the senate next year. lets talk about some of the georgia races, and lets bring in riley bunch, public policy reporter for georgia public broadcasting and npr. good to see you, riley. thanks for taking the time. the race between raphael warnock and trump-endorsed herschel walker could decide the senate majority. youve been on the trail constantly. how close is it going to be? >> well, recent polls are showing that this is going to be a very tight race. and this is the second...

So democrats are on their heels, defending much more territory in a tough year. thats one way to look at it. now the big question is who can get to 218, right? and in our rankings right now, we already have republicans favored in 216 seats. you see the lighter red on the map. republicans have a huge advantage going into election day. if you look down, the toss-up races go coast-to-coast. and one of them you focused on in the show, if you bring it up here, i show it to you here, virginia too. >> ...

Friend of the former president. and he talks -- he mainly bashes joe bidens administration, democrats at the federal level, on the campaign trail. but the polls we have leading into election day show warnock with a very, very slim lead or a deadlock. so we might have a runoff in this race. >> yeah, the thing with this race too, there arent many nonpartisans who view herschel walker as a qualified senate candidate. but as you point out, he could win against raphael warnock. other than his local h...

It comes as Democrats nationwide are seeing a new hope in an election year that was widely expected to bring a red wave to Congress, amid voter frustration over the rollback of abortion rights.

Mehmet Oz, the GOP candidate for U.S. Senate, sent out a press release on Friday morning announcing that he has committed to five debates, while Lt. Gov. John Fetterman’s campaign has not announced how many he will participate in yet.

>> live to washington. cnn political analyst and editor and publisher of inside election. so nice to see you this friday morning. so were talking about president trumps double standard on immigration issues. what about the republican partys double standard on immigration? listen. >> the action hes proposed would ignore the law, would reject the voice of the voters, and impose new up fairness on law-abiding immigrants all without solving the problem. >> we, the senate, are weighing in our duty to...