and from the Walter Cronkite
school of journalism in Arizona
state inversely.
William: Two may be that big it
-- today made me the best test
yet, as voters from five states
had to the polls to pick party
nominees for the midterm
election.
Nicole Ellis is here with what
we are watching.
Let's start with this runoff
election happening in Texas.
It is coincidently the district
right next to where this
terrible shooting has just
occurred.
Obviously this happened well
after the polls had been open
for a while today.
You've been reporting on that.
What can you tell us about that
particular race?
Cole: All eyes are on the
congressional runoff,cuellar has
held the seat since 24 but
Cisneros lost in -- and managed
to close the gap just enough to
force a runoff.
It's a very important race, for
a multitude of reasons.
It's a benchmark for what the
them a credit party may look
like in the future.
This tug-of-war between
Progressives and moderate views.
For example, Cuellar was the
last person, Democrat in the
house that had an a rating from
the NRA.
Cisneros has been outspoken and
bout her support ongoing
legislation.
The race has also gotten added
attention because of the leaked
opinion about roe V. Wade,
speaking to the potential
returning of roe V. Wade by --
overturning by the supreme
court.
Cuellar is the most conservative
antiabortion rights Democrat in
the house.
Cisneros on the other hand has
been outspoken about her support
for abortion rights and is
supported by congresswoman
Alexandria ocasio-cortez, and
senator Bernie Sanders.
This speaks to a refrain we have
seen ongoing between Progressive
and moderate ideals and what
that will mean for the party as
they strategically think about
how they will place themselves
in order to secure their very
narrow majority in the house.
William: The other big marquee
matchup is in Georgia, that's
where president Donald Trump has
very overtly been putting his
finger on the scale, trying to
influence the outcome.
Tell us what you been watching
there.
Nicole: All eyes are on the GOP
primaries.
That's because Georgia became
the epicenter of election fraud
allegations and trump's lies
that the election was stolen
from him in 2020.
At the time, the elected
Republican officials in office
all spoke up and made it clear
that trump lost in a fair
election.
Two years later, in 2022, it has
become a referendum on that 2020
election.
Trump has endorsed a litany of
candidates down the ballot
statewide in Georgia.
Incumbent governor Ryan Kemp is
up against David Purdue, who has
been endorsed by trump.
He campaigned with former vice
president Mike pence last night
and is ING thpolls by a
sizable margin.
He is popular among GOP voters,
in large part because he has
enacted a lot of conservative
laws, specifically voting rights
law that help -- Republicans
able preserve the integrity of
the election, while Democrats
say it it restricts access to
polls, particularly for voters
of color.
Whoever wins the race will
ultimately be up against Stacey
Abrams, who hopes for a rematch
in a large part is credited for
regaining lots of voters of
color to the polls.
William: I know there's a very
closely watched secretary of
state race.
Tell us a little about that
race.
Nicole: The person who was in
charge of those races was
secretary of state Brad
Roethlisberger whose depending
-- defending his role.
Most people know him because of
his conversation with tromp
where trump told him, find the
votes that didn't exist in an
effort to overturn the election.
William: As always, great to see
you.
Thanks so much for being here.