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  • Live Updates: Vote counts continue in Arizona and Nevada as control of Congress remains unresolved

    Live Updates: Vote counts continue in Arizona and Nevada as control of Congress remains unresolved

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    Washington — The results of Tuesday’s midterm elections continued to reverberate across the U.S. political landscape two days after voters went to the polls, with the GOP still in position to win control of the House and the battle for the Senate coming down to a handful of races that remain unresolved.

    Both parties and their allies have already begun to prepare for a Dec. 6 runoff in the Georgia Senate race between Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock and Republican Herschel Walker that could prove decisive, depending on the results of contests in Nevada and Arizona. Republicans need to pick up two out of the three seats in Georgia, Arizona and Nevada to win the Senate, according to CBS News’ projections.

    Vote counting in Nevada, which remains a toss-up, could last another week, one state official said Wednesday, with tens of thousands votes remaining to be tallied in the state’s largest county. In Arizona, Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly leads Republican challenger Blake Masters by more than 95,000 votes in a race that CBS News characterizes as leaning Democratic, with nearly a quarter of the votes cast still uncounted. Alaska’s Senate race also remains a toss-up, but the top two candidates are both Republicans, meaning the outcome won’t impact the partisan makeup of the Senate.

    The GOP remains in striking distance of winning control of the House, with CBS News estimating Republicans will win at least 210 seats out of the 218 needed to secure a majority. Democrats are estimated to win at least 200 seats. 

    President Biden hailed the better-than-expected results as a “good day” for democracy in a press conference at the White House on Wednesday, saying “the American people have spoken and proven once again that democracy is who we are.” Former President Donald Trump, meanwhile, is said to be privately infuriated at the results, with a source close to him telling CBS News that Trump is “blaming everyone except himself” over the results.

    Full results and projections for every House, Senate and governor’s race can be found in the CBS News Election Center.

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  • Trump privately infuriated over midterm election results, source says

    Trump privately infuriated over midterm election results, source says

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    A senior source close to former President Donald Trump told CBS News that the former president has been privately infuriated over the results of the midterm elections, despite his posts on social media touting them as a win and a “great evening.”

    According to the source, the former president has been “blaming everyone except himself” over the results, including his aides and Fox News host Sean Hannity. The person said Tuesday night’s better-than-expected results for Democrats were mainly due to the elections becoming “a referendum” on Trump, his candidate picks, and his continued focus on relitigating the 2020 election.

    As of Wednesday, CBS News estimated the Senate is a toss-up, with four contests yet to be called. Two of those contests were toss-ups, and one of those, Georgia, will go to a runoff in December. The race in Arizona, meanwhile, is leaning Democratic. Alaska used ranked-choice voting and results could take a while, although the two leading candidates are Republicans. 

    CBS News characterizes the House as leaning Republican. As of Wednesday evening, projections showed Republicans winning at least 210 seats and Democrats had won at least 200 seats. At least 218 seats are needed for control. So if the GOP does get a majority, it will be a slim one. 

    Trump has said that he will be making a “very big announcement” at Mar-a-Lago on Tuesday, hinting at a possible 2024 presidential run. But three sources who have been with him at Mar-a-Lago told CBS News that there is an internal debate over whether Trump should announce anything, be it an exploratory committee or a full-blown White House announcement, prior to the Dec. 6 runoff in Georgia. 

    “I’m advising the president to hold off until after the Georgia race, after Herschel Walker,” onetime Trump campaign spokesperson Jason Miller said on Newsmax Wednesday. “Priorities A, B and C need to be about Herschel right now. This is bigger than anything else in the country.”

    A former White House aide in Trump’s orbit said he “should wait until the midterms are over, which won’t be before the Georgia runoff.” 

    If he announces a 2024 bid before then, the senior source close to Trump mentioned earlier said, “I don’t see a path forward.” If Trump announces before the Georgia runoff election, that election could become a referendum on Trump – similar to the 2020 Georgia runoff, when Republicans lost both seats. 

    The senior source close to Trump who told CBS News about the former president’s anger said the candidate quality issue was a real factor in this week’s elections. Trump based his midterm strategy not on political strategy but on political payback. The adviser said Trump picked some candidates “who don’t know what they are doing.”

    The source, who is frustrated over Trump’s political missteps, compared the enthusiasm at Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ victory rally, with a couple of thousand people in attendance, and his 19-point win to Trump’s event at Mar-a-Lago, with 100 of his friends and political consultants, and his high-profile losses. It is clear who American voters want, they said.

    “This is a sinking ship,” the source said about the lack of enthusiasm for an emerging Trump 2024 campaign.

    CBS News also spoke to Republican party officials who directly blamed the “candidate quality issue”  — or Trump — for their losses Tuesday night.

    Trump posted Wednesday on his social media platform Truth Social that while the outcome of the election could be considered “somewhat disappointing” to some, “from my personal standpoint it was a very big victory.”

    — Kathryn Watson contributed to this report

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  • Fox News Wins for Worst Midterm Election Take: ‘These Women Just Went Crazy’

    Fox News Wins for Worst Midterm Election Take: ‘These Women Just Went Crazy’

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    Content warning for ableism and misogyny.

    Yesterday’s midterm elections have turned into an overwhelming victory for Democrats across the country. Slavery of the incarcerated was outlawed in four more states including Alabama, Oregon, Tennessee, and Vermont. Abortion referendums overwhelmingly reinforced protections for women and pregnant people’s right to choose. John Fetterman won in a landslide against Dr. Oz.

    This of course, has Republicans scratching their heads about how they could have lost so badly. Could it be because of their out-of-touch policies that are radically more right than the general population? Could it be because of election deniers who act like spoiled children outright denying reality?

    Well, one Fox News correspondent has come up with the worst reason Republicans lost the midterms: “These women just went crazy.”

    Jim Messina, who is a Democrat and a former Obama campaign manager, attributed the democrats winning over Republicans and Independents, due to women ‘going crazy’ over abortion rights. Which is about the most sexist and ableist way he could have put it.

    Women voters are not the Bacchae, they are not ‘crazy’ or ‘hysterical’ or any other sexist term meant to devalue women’s emotions or opinions. They’re rightfully furious or fearful for their safety.

    Even more hilariously, Messina quickly walked back his comments.

    Thankfully, no one is buying his excuses for the sexist language.

    Unfortunately, this does speak to a larger problem in both the Democratic and Republican parties. Instead of seeing these elections as a wake-up call for what voters are demanding, they see this as a fluke. A temporary moment of fervor that will pass.

    But it’s a movement that is picking up momentum, and one that will not go away quietly.

    And honestly, I could see “these women went crazy” being on a shirt at the next abortion rights rally, alongside all the “Nevertheless, she persisted” badges of honor.

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  • “Florida is where woke goes to die,” Gov. Ron DeSantis says after reelection victory

    “Florida is where woke goes to die,” Gov. Ron DeSantis says after reelection victory

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    Florida Governor Ron DeSantis secured his second term in office on Tuesday, defeating Democratic nominee Charlie Crist by a significant margin in this year’s midterm elections.

    The projected win for DeSantis — a conservative who has become a prominent fixture of the Republican Party in recent years, and is favored as a possible contender for a presidential bid in the 2024 race — came as Florida continues its political shift from swing state to more reliably red. Results from the gubernatorial election showed stronger support for the GOP incumbent from residents of Miami-Dade County, a historically blue metropolitan area, as well from as Latino voters. And it was not the only big victory for Republicans in Florida: Senator Marco Rubio also cruised to a second term.

    DeSantis gave a victory speech at his campaign’s headquarters in Tampa and declared that Florida’s electorate had “rewritten the political map.” He denounced what he called “woke ideology” and told a cheering crowd that “Florida is where woke goes to die.”

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    “We have embraced freedom. We have maintained law and order. We have protected the rights of parents,” said DeSantis, seemingly in reference to Florida’s so-called “Don’t Say Gay” law and Stop W.O.K.E. Act, both of which have faced lawsuits and public backlash. The first of those measures, officially called the “Parental Rights in Education” bill, bans discussions involving sexual orientation and gender identity from instruction in K-3 classrooms, and the second prohibits K-12 schools from teaching critical race theory, among other restrictions.

    “We have respected our taxpayers and we reject woke ideology,” DeSantis continued. “We fight the woke in the legislature. We fight the woke in the schools. We fight the woke in the corporations. We will never, ever surrender to the woke mob. Florida is where woke goes to die.”

    DeSantis’ reelection and the focus of his victory speech not only reaffirmed the changing political landscape in Florida and potentially foreshadowed the term ahead, they also fueled speculation about his possible run for president in 2024. Former President Donald Trump, whose earlier endorsement helped boost DeSantis but who has also recently taken public jabs at him, has indicated that his own plans to run again are imminent.

    Trump told the Wall Street Journal that a possible White House run by DeSantis would be “a mistake,” warning, “If he did run, I will tell you things about him that won’t be very flattering.”

    “I know more about him than anybody other than perhaps his wife, who is really running his campaign,” Trump told the news outlet. 

     DeSantis has not responded outright to Trump’s comments, nor has he announced his intentions for 2024.

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  • 2022 Georgia Senate race: CBS News projects Raphael Warnock and Herschel Walker headed for a runoff

    2022 Georgia Senate race: CBS News projects Raphael Warnock and Herschel Walker headed for a runoff

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    Warnock was elected in a special election in 2020 against incumbent Republican Sen. Kelly Loeffler, who was appointed after Sen. Johnny Isakson stepped down due to health problems in 2019. Warnock had led the 21-person “jungle” (multi-party) special election, but only captured 32% of the vote, so he and Loeffler, the second-highest vote-getter, went into a January runoff. Warnock ultimately prevailed, becoming the first Black senator from Georgia.


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    The January runoff election was held on Jan. 5, 2021, one day before former President Donald Trump’s supporters attacked the U.S. Capitol. Just a few days ahead of the runoff, on Jan. 2, 2021, Trump called Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger and asked him to “find” more than 11,000 votes to put him over the top in the state. 

    Now Warnock faces Walker, a Heisman Trophy winner who was a running back for University of Georgia. Walker is the rare Republican who in the primaries had the support of not only of Trump, but also Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell. 

    Democrats have been invested heavily in the race, and former President Barack Obama traveled to Georgia in the final sprint, calling Walker “a celebrity that wants to be a politician.”

    Walker announced his run for the Georgia Senate race August 2021, saying he  “can’t sit on the sidelines anymore.” This is his first candidacy, and he frequently invokes his Washington outsider status on the campaign trail.

    His campaign was rocked last month by a Daily Beast report that in 2009, Walker, who has vocally opposed abortion rights, allegedly paid for an abortion for a woman he’d been seeing. CBS News has not independently confirmed this payment. The Daily Beast said the unidentified woman supported her claim with a $575 receipt from an abortion clinic and a signed $700 personal check from Walker to cover expenses. She told The Daily Beast she came forward because of Walker’s stance on abortion, saying “I just cant with the hypocrisy anymore. We all deserve better.”

    On Oct. 5, The Daily Beast reported that she also said she later gave birth to a child by Walker. He also denied that report. The woman told The New York Times that when she became pregnant again two years later, Walker again asked her to end the pregnancy. This time, she refused, she and Walker ended their relationship, and she gave birth to a son, who is now 10 years old. 


    Second woman comes forward accusing Herschel Walker of encouraging her to get an abortion

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    “He has to be held responsible, just like the rest of us. And if you’re going to run for office, you need to own your life,” the woman told The Times. 

    In late October, another woman came forward, claiming that Walker had paid for her to have an abortion in the early 1990s. Walker also denies this accusation. The woman, known as Jane Doe to conceal her identity, said Walker drove her to an abortion clinic in the spring of 1993 after he learned she was pregnant.

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  • Live Updates: Democrats stave off

    Live Updates: Democrats stave off

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    Democrats picked up a Senate seat in the key state of Pennsylvania, while overall control of Congress remains unresolved.

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  • Maura Healey makes history as first openly lesbian U.S. governor and first woman elected governor of Massachusetts

    Maura Healey makes history as first openly lesbian U.S. governor and first woman elected governor of Massachusetts

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    Maura Healey made history on Election Day, becoming the first woman to be elected governor of Massachusetts and the first openly lesbian governor in U.S. history. 

    Healey, who was the first openly gay attorney general elected in the country in 2014, was previously a civil rights lawyer. She led the first state challenge to the Defense of Marriage Act, which banned same-sex marriage. 

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    As attorney general, she worked to hold Purdue Pharma and the Sackler family accountable for their role in fueling the opioid epidemic, and her office sued Exxon Mobil for lying about climate change.

    She ran on a platform of investing in housing, public transportation, the clean energy economy, and job training.

    Healey won the gubernatorial race against Republican Geoff Diehl. Gov. Charlie Baker, a Republican, decided not to seek re-election.

    Massachusetts has had a woman governor before — Jane Swift was the first woman to fill the office in 2001 — but she was appointed to the role, not elected, when former Governor Paul Cellucci was named U.S. Ambassador to Canada. 

    Healey ran alongside lieutenant governor candidate Kim Driscoll, the mayor of Salem.

    The Human Rights Campaign applauded Healey’s win, saying, “as one of our nation’s first lesbian governors, she will not only be a champion of pro-equality policies, but also a role model for the entire LGBTQ+ community.”

    The U.S. also has a chance to see its second openly lesbian governor elected on Tuesday. Tina Kotek, Oregon‘s Speaker of the House, is running for governor of her state against Republican Christine Drazan and independent candidate Betsy Johnson. Oregon has had a Democratic governor since 1987. 

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    Caitlin O’Kane is a digital content producer covering trending stories for CBS News and its good news brand, The Uplift.

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  • Meet the history-makers of the 2022 midterm elections | CNN Politics

    Meet the history-makers of the 2022 midterm elections | CNN Politics

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    While the overall midterm election results may not be known for hours or even days in some spots, candidates from both parties are already celebrating historic victories.

    Heading into Election Day, both parties were looking to diversify their ranks of elected officials, both in Congress and beyond, and they appear on track to do so.

    Republicans are excited about growing their roster of female governors and electing more Latino members to the US House. Democrats are on track to make a breakthrough for LGBTQ representation in governor’s offices.

    In Massachusetts, Democratic state Attorney General Maura Healey is poised to become the state’s first elected female governor and the nation’s first out lesbian state executive. Republican Sarah Huckabee Sanders, the former Trump White House press secretary, has been elected the first female governor of Arkansas. And Maryland Democrat Wes Moore will be the state’s first Black governor.

    Election results are still coming in, and many races won’t be called for days, if not weeks. But for now, here’s a look at the candidates who CNN projects will make history in the 2022 midterms.

    This list will be updated as more winners are projected.

    AL-SEN: Republican Katie Britt will be the first elected female senator from Alabama, CNN projects, winning an open-seat race to succeed her onetime boss, retiring GOP Sen. Richard Shelby. Britt is a former CEO of the Business Council of Alabama and was the heavy favorite in the general election in the deep-red state. Two women have previously represented Alabama in the Senate, but both were appointed to fill vacancies.

    AR-GOV: Republican Sarah Huckabee Sanders will be the first woman elected governor of Arkansas, CNN projects, winning the office her father previously held for over a decade. Sanders, who earned a national profile in her role as press secretary in the Trump White House, is also the first daughter in US history to serve as governor of the same state her father once led.

    AR-LG: Republican Leslie Rutledge will be the first woman elected lieutenant governor of Arkansas, CNN projects. Rutledge, the state attorney general, originally sought the open governor’s seat but switched to the lieutenant governor’s race after Sanders entered the GOP gubernatorial primary. Lieutenant governors are elected on separate tickets in Arkansas.

    With the election of Sanders and Rutledge, Arkansas will join Massachusetts as the first states to have women serving concurrently as governor and lieutenant governor.

    CA-SEN: Democrat Alex Padilla will be the first elected Latino senator from California, CNN projects, winning a special election for the remainder of Kamala Harris’ term as well as an election for a full six-year term. Padilla, the son of Mexican immigrant parents, was appointed by California Gov. Gavin Newsom to the seat Harris vacated when she became vice president.

    CA-SOS: Democrat Shirley Weber will be California’s first elected Black secretary of state of state, CNN projects. Weber, a former state assemblywoman, has been serving in the position since last year after Newsom picked her to succeed Padilla, who was appointed to the US Senate.

    CA-AG: Democrat Rob Bonta will be California’s first elected Filipino American attorney general, CNN projects. Bonta, who was born in the Philippines and immigrated with his family to the US as an infant, has been serving in the position since last year after Newsom appointed him to succeed Xavier Becerra, who left to become President Joe Biden’s Health and Human Services secretary.

    CA-42: Democrat Robert Garcia will be the first out LGBTQ immigrant elected to Congress, CNN projects, winning election to California’s 42nd Congressional District. Garcia, who immigrated from Lima, Peru, in the early 1980s at the age of 5, is the current mayor of Long Beach.

    CT-SOS: Democrat Stephanie Thomas will be the first Black woman elected secretary of state of Connecticut, CNN projects. Thomas, a member of the Connecticut House, will succeed appointed Democratic incumbent Mark Kohler.

    FL-10: Democrat Maxwell Frost will be the first member of Generation Z elected to Congress, CNN projects, winning the open seat for Florida’s 10th Congressional District. Generation Z refers to those born after 1996. Frost will succeed Democrat Val Demings, who vacated the seat to run for Senate.

    IL-03: Democrat Delia Ramirez will be the first Latina elected to Congress from Illinois, CNN projects, winning election to the state’s redrawn 3rd Congressional District. Ramirez, a Chicago-area state representative and the daughter of Guatemalan immigrants, was also the first Guatemalan American to serve in the Illinois General Assembly.

    MD-GOV: Democrat Wes Moore will be the first Black governor of Maryland, CNN projects, becoming only the third Black person elected governor in US history. Moore, an Army veteran and former nonprofit executive, will succeed term-limited Republican Gov. Larry Hogan.

    MD-LG: Democrat Aruna Miller will be the first Asian American lieutenant governor of Maryland, CNN projects. Miller, who immigrated to the US with her family from India as a child, is a former member of the state House of Delegates. She was elected on the same ticket as Moore.

    MD-AG: Anthony Brown will be the first Black person elected attorney general of Maryland, CNN projects. Brown, who currently represents Maryland’s 5th Congressional District, has a been a longtime fixture in state politics, having also served as state lieutenant governor and in the state House and run for governor in 2014.

    MA-GOV: Democrat Maura Healey will be the first out lesbian governor in US history, CNN projects, winning an open-seat race for the governorship of Massachusetts. Healey, the current attorney general of Massachusetts, will also be the commonwealth’s first elected female governor.

    With the election of Healey and her running mate, Kim Driscoll, Massachusetts will join Arkansas as the first states to have women serving concurrently as governor and lieutenant governor.

    MI-13: Democrat Shri Thanedar will be the first Indian American elected to Congress from Michigan, CNN projects, winning election to the state’s 13th Congressional District. Thaneder, who immigrated to the US from India, was elected to the Michigan House in 2020 and unsuccessfully sought the Democratic nomination for governor in 2018.

    NY-GOV: Democrat Kathy Hochul will be the first elected female governor of New York, CNN projects, winning a full four-year term to the office she assumed last year after Gov. Andrew Cuomo resigned. Hochul, who previously served as the state’s lieutenant governor and a Buffalo-area congresswoman, will defeat Republican Lee Zeldin.

    OH-09: Democrat Marcy Kaptur will win a 21st term to the House from Ohio, CNN projects, and will become the longest-serving woman in Congress when she’s sworn in next year to represent the state’s 9th Congressional District. Kaptur, who was first elected in 1982 and is currently the longest-serving woman in House history, will break the record set by Barbara Mikulski, who represented Maryland in the House and Senate for a combined 40 years.

    OK-SEN: Republican Markwayne Mullin will be the first Native American senator from Oklahoma in almost 100 years, CNN projects, winning the special election to succeed GOP Sen. Jim Inhofe, who is resigning in January. Mullin, a member of the Cherokee Nation, currently represents the state’s 2nd Congressional District. Democrat Robert Owen, also a member of the Cherokee Nation, represented Oklahoma in the Senate from 1907 to 1925.

    PA-LG: Democrat Austin Davis will be the first Black lieutenant governor of Pennsylvania, CNN projects, winning election on a ticket with gubernatorial nominee Josh Shapiro. Davis is currently a member of the Pennsylvania House representing a Pittsburgh-area seat. He will be elected on a ticket with Democratic gubernatorial nominee Josh Shapiro.

    PA-12: Democrat Summer Lee will be the first Black woman elected to Congress from Pennsylvania, CNN projects, winning election to the state’s 12th Congressional District. Lee, a Pittsburgh-area state representative, will succeed retiring Democratic Rep. Mike Doyle.

    VT-AL: Democrat Becca Balint will be the first woman elected to Congress from Vermont, CNN projects, winning election to the state’s at-large district. With Balint’s win, Vermont will lose its distinction as the only US state never to have sent a woman to Congress. Balint, the president pro tempore of the state Senate, will also be the first out LGBTQ person elected to Congress from Vermont.

    VT-AG: Charity Clark will be the first woman elected attorney general of Vermont, CNN projects. Clark previously served as chief of staff to Democratic Attorney General T.J. Donovan, who stepped down in June for a private sector job.

    This story has been updated with additional developments.

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  • 2022 North Carolina Senate race: Ted Budd projected winner over Cheri Beasley

    2022 North Carolina Senate race: Ted Budd projected winner over Cheri Beasley

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    CBS News projects Republican Rep. Ted Budd will defeat former state Supreme Court Chief Justice Cheri Beasley for the Senate seat in North Carolina being vacated retiring GOP Sen. Richard Burr. The state has a Democratic governor but was won by former President Donald Trump by just over a point in 2020.

    Budd, 51, has represented North Carolina’s 13th Congressional District since 2017. An endorsement from President Trump and backing from the Club for Growth helped him decisively win a crowded Republican primary that included former Gov. Pat McCrory and former Rep. Mark Walker. 

    Beasley was seeking to flip a GOP seat and would have been the only Black woman serving in the Senate, as well as the first Black woman elected statewide for federal office in North Carolina history. Beasley, 56, was first appointed to the North Carolina Supreme Court as an associate justice in 2012 and was appointed as chief justice by Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper in 2019, making her the first Black woman to serve as chief justice on the state’s highest court. 

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  • Midterm elections exit polls live updates: More voters prefer Republicans to control Congress

    Midterm elections exit polls live updates: More voters prefer Republicans to control Congress

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    Suburban women are divided 52% to 46%, on Democrat John Fetterman to Republican Mehmet Oz, according to preliminary results.

    Their clout in Senate races isn’t clear: They voted 62% to 37% for Democratic Sen. Bob Casey in 2018, but retiring Republican Sen. Toomey won in 2016 with just 46% support in this group.

    Meanwhile, 50% of Pennsylvania voters think Oz’s views are too extreme, while 45% say the same of Fetterman.

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  • Live Updates: Polls close in key states as 2022 midterm election results come in

    Live Updates: Polls close in key states as 2022 midterm election results come in

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    Washington — Polls have closed in states across the U.S. as one of the most contentious and divisive campaign seasons in recent memory nears its end, with control of Congress and critical offices around the country hanging in the balance in this year’s midterm elections.

    Results are coming in from Georgia, Florida, Pennsylvania, Ohio, North Carolina and other states, with Republicans picking up several early victories, according to CBS News’ projections. Full results and projections for every House, Senate and governor’s race can be found in the CBS News Election Center and in updates below.

    All 435 seats in the House are up for grabs, as well as 35 Senate seats. Three dozen governorships hang in the balance, as well as hundreds of races to determine control of state legislatures.

    Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and Sen. Marco Rubio, both Republicans, won their reelection bids, boosted by support from Latino voters, early exit poll data showed. Both candidates lost the Hispanic vote in their previous elections in 2018 and 2016, respectively.

    Millions of Americans turned out to vote on Election Day, with millions more casting early votes or submitting ballots by mail. No major issues with voting processes were apparent, and federal cybersecurity officials said they saw no signs of threats to election infrastructure.

    CBS News is providing live coverage of the midterm results throughout the night and into the early morning on the CBS News Streaming Network, and on CBS stations from 8 to 11 p.m. Elections officials at the state level have cautioned that counting all the votes will take time, and that delays in determining the winners of races or control of Congress are part of the process to ensure an accurate count.

    Republicans appear in a solid position to take control of the House and challenge Democrats for control of the Senate. Early exit poll data showed voters have a pessimistic view of the economy, with three in four calling it “bad.” Nearly eight in 10 say inflation has been a hardship for them, including about 20% who say that hardship has been severe. Most say they have been negatively impacted by gas prices, and nearly half of voters say their financial situation is worse than it was two years ago, more than twice the number who say it’s better.

    Democrats, meanwhile, were pinning their hopes on strong turnout among their core constituencies, including young voters, who they hope will be enough to stem the tide of GOP gains and retain control of Congress.

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  • Photos: 2022 US midterm elections | CNN Politics

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    A worker uses a steamer to get the wrinkles out of an American flag before the start of at an election night watch party in Los Angeles on Tuesday, November 8.

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    The midterm elections on Tuesday will decide which party controls the chambers of Congress for the next two years.

    Democrats are playing defense in blue-state strongholds such as New York, Washington and Oregon as they aim to hold on to the House of Representatives. Republicans only need a net gain of five seats to win back control of the House.

    A handful of swing state showdowns will decide the destiny of the Senate, which is currently split 50-50. Some of the key Senate races to watch are in Arizona, Nevada, Georgia and Pennsylvania.

    A Republican triumph in either the House or the Senate has the potential to curtail Joe Biden’s presidency and set up an acrimonious two years of political standoffs ahead of the 2024 race for the White House.

    Dozens of governorships, secretaries of states and attorneys general are also on the ballot.

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  • 2022 Pennsylvania Senate race: John Fetterman vs. Mehmet Oz

    2022 Pennsylvania Senate race: John Fetterman vs. Mehmet Oz

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    Despite the stroke he suffered in May, Fetterman, 53, handily won the Democratic nomination with the support of all 67 counties. His motto on the campaign trail has been “Every County. Every Vote.” 

    He didn’t return to the campaign trail until August, and Fetterman continues to struggle with auditory processing. He has been using closed captioning to read the questions in interviews. But Fetterman’s doctor said in October that his recovery is progressing and that overall, he is doing well. The doctor stated he has “no work restrictions and can work full duty in public office.” 

    Fetterman’s health was a political target on the campaign trail, where Oz and others called on him to release his medical records. His challenges were evident during the lone Pennsylvania Senate debate on October 25, where Fetterman used closed captioning to answer questions. During the debate, he said he was running for every Pennsylvanian who had ever been knocked down but had to get back up. 

    On the campaign trail, Fetterman called for pro-union policies, raising the minimum wage, abolishing the filibuster, decriminalizing marijuana, protecting abortion rights and affordable health care. He accused Oz of being out-of-touch with Pennsylvanians, arguing he’s a celebrity doctor from New Jersey.

    He also painted Oz as an extremist on abortion. During their only debate, Oz said the federal government should not be involved in abortion decisions but left it to “women, doctors, local political leaders.”

    Fetterman was also one of the few Democrats on the trail who didn’t try to distance himself from President Biden. The two appeared together on Labor Day just outside Pittsburgh, and they were together again in late October for a fundraiser in Philadelphia. 

    Fetterman is a native of York, Pennsylvania, and he later moved to Braddock, an old steel town outside Pittsburgh, to start a GED program. He eventually ran for mayor, a post he held from January 2006 until he was elected lieutenant governor in 2018. 

    Oz, the son of Turkish immigrants, grew up in Wilmington, Delaware. If elected, he would be the country’s first Muslim senator. The 62-year-old doctor made his name appearing with Oprah Winfrey and then on “The Dr. Oz Show.” (Oprah endorsed Fetterman over Oz last week.)

    Oz was a longtime resident of New Jersey but changed his voter registration in late 2020 to Pennsylvania, according to the Philadelphia Inquirer.

    In November 2021 he announced his Pennsylvania Senate bid. About a month before the May primary, he was endorsed by former President Trump. He won the primary against former hedge fund CEO David McCormick by less than 1,000 votes. Oz has put about $25 million of his own money into the campaign. 

    In the closing weeks of the campaign, Oz focused on crime and accused Fetterman of wanting to release a third of inmates. He has also gone after Fetterman for some of his votes as chair of the state board of parsons, which is part of his responsibility as lieutenant governor. Oz also used his stump to talk about rising costs and energy independence. 

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    One of the most closely watched races this election season is Florida’s gubernatorial race. CBS News correspondent Enrique Acevedo discusses how the Latino vote could affect the governor’s race and the race for the Senate seat the state has up for grabs.

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  • 2022 New York governor’s race: Kathy Hochul vs. Lee Zeldin

    2022 New York governor’s race: Kathy Hochul vs. Lee Zeldin

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    The race

    New York hasn’t had a Republican governor since George Pataki in 2006, and a Zeldin victory could signal widespread losses for Democrats Tuesday night.

    Zeldin has been attacking Hochul on the economy and crime, while Hochul has run a number of ads targeting Zeldin for his opposition to abortion rights and his support of Trump, who endorsed Zeldin in October. 


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    Two incidents during the campaign opened Hochul up further to salvos from Zeldin on crime. In July, a man brandished a sharp object and attempted to attack Zeldin while he was delivering a campaign rally in western New York. The suspect, initially charged with the nonviolent felony of attempted assault, was released without bail, leading Zeldin to criticize the state’s bail laws. (He also faced a federal assault charge.) Three years ago, New York passed a law that ended cash bail for most misdemeanors and nonviolent felonies.

    In October, two teens were struck by gunfire from a moving car outside his Long Island home. Zeldin pointed to the October shooting as further proof of a public safety crisis in New York. His statement read in part, “No one is safe in Crimewave Kathy’s New York — not even our candidate for governor Lee Zeldin.”  

    Hochul has been a more successful fundraiser than Zeldin, but both had significant cash on hand heading into the final weeks of the race. The polls in this race tightened in the final weeks of the campaign, leading national Republican groups to add more resources in hopes that Zeldin might pull off an upset. 


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  • Live Updates: Midterm elections underway as millions head to the polls

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    The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is convening an Election Day operations center with election security partners from across government and the private sector, a senior agency official said Tuesday. The agency is linked virtually with election officials in all 50 states, the District of Columbia and U.S. territories to facilitate sharing of information and respond if any issues emerge.

    There are currently “no specific and credible threats to disrupt election infrastructure” and CISA maintains “high confidence in the security and resilience of the elections,” the senior CISA official told reporters.

    The official conceded that there will likely be issues. “There are 8,800 election jurisdictions — we see issues pop up every Election Day,” said the official.

    CISA has not yet identified nor attributed any malicious cyber activity targeting election infrastructure, but the official warned there may be “low-level cyber activity,” such as denial of service attacks and defacement of websites.

    “We may see election related website outages for completely innocuous reasons,” the official noted. “It’s important to remember that such activity would not affect a person’s ability to cast a ballot or know that their ballot was counted accurately, and that the election is secure.”

    In response to Russian businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin’s admission on Monday that he had interfered in U.S. elections and would do so in the future, the CISA official said Russia’s “playbook is out there” and the agency will continue to partner with officials to safeguard elections.

    The official noted that key players remain Russia, Iran and China. While Russia began its meddling in 2016, the official noted that Iran ramped up its influence operations in 2020. “Then in 2022, we observed China participating in influence behavior,” the official said.

    Asked to elaborate on China’s actions, the official pointed to previous announcements by the Department of Justice and Meta, the parent company of Facebook. 

    “My point is… we have observed new participants who did not really engage in 2020 willing to engage in election influence in 2022,” the official said.

    The agency is aware of potential issues with voting machines in Virginia, the official said, saying CISA has “been in touch.” The agency has heard of isolated, routine issues in the state, “but nothing that suggests a widespread outage of voting systems.”

    CISA will continue to update its “Rumor vs. Reality” blog to combat any misinformation or disinformation surrounding the election, the official added.

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  • Here’s who Wall Street thinks will win the midterm elections

    Here’s who Wall Street thinks will win the midterm elections

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    Wall Street analysts are betting that Tuesday’s midterm elections will flip control of Congress, with potentially significant implications for the U.S. economy.

    History backs them up: The president’s party has lost between 25 and 30 House seats in nearly every modern midterm election. But this year, the economy is playing an outsized role. A recent Gallup poll found that the portion of registered voters calling the economy “extremely important” in who they support at the ballot box is at its second-highest level in two decades.

    Muddying the picture this year is that the economy is sending mixed signals. A historically strong job market and high rates of Americans starting businesses coexist with the highest inflation since the early 1980s and soaring energy costs. 

    In poll after poll, Americans have cited the rapidly rising price of food, gasoline and housing as a major concern going into the election. Fuel costs, in particular, have long been correlated with the approval rating of the person in the White House. While prices at the pump have fallen from record-highs levels in June, they’re still nearly 40 cents a gallon higher than a year ago for regular gas. 

    One economic metric predicts larger-than-average losses for the Democratic Party, Goldman Sachs analysts recently wrote. Real disposable personal income — or the amount of money people have left over after taxes — has fallen precipitously this year. 

    “We find that headline CPI and gas prices are roughly equal in their statistical significance for midterm election results, but neither is as strong a predictor of election results as real disposable income growth, which has declined more over the last year than in any midterm election year since the data began,” the investment bank said in a report.

    Real wages have also declined since last year, as prices rise faster than workers’ pay.

    Impact on stocks?

    Regardless of which way the vote swings, history shows one outcome is nearly certain: Stock markets will likely go up. 

    “Markets historically have done well in the year after midterms,” strategists at LPL Financial wrote Monday. “In fact, they have been higher 18 out of 18 times in the following year dating back to 1950, with nearly identical historical returns under Democratic and Republican presidents.

    Financial markets also tend to like divided government because the chances of passing sweeping legislation dramatically diminishes when opposing parties share power. And if pollsters’ predictions bear out and Republicans gain control of one or both chambers of Congress, it could chill, if not freeze, the Democrats’ legislative agenda. 

    Some analysts see a path for limited legislation on areas both parties agree on, such as reining in tech companies, strengthening antitrust enforcement and regulating cryptocurrencies. With a divided Congress, however, Wall Street analysts think Republicans would focus on oversight hearings and measures on social issues, such as abortion, public education and trans women in sports, rather than legislation that could reasonably shift the economy.


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    “Republicans in the House are likely to focus on ‘messaging bills’ that highlight the differences between Republicans and Democrats, with little intent or expectation that they would overcome a Democratic filibuster in the Senate or being signed into law by President Biden,” Benjamin Salisbury, an analyst with Height Securities, said in a research note this week.

    Since Congress will need to pass legislation to raise the debt ceiling early next year, a showdown could ensue over the federal government’s borrowing limit, Salisbury noted. That could give a Republican-controlled House leverage to demand concessions on the party’s priorities, including increasing military spending, funding the border wall, eliminating federal regulations and making permanent the Trump-era Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.

    Still, Despite Republican opposition to recent Democratic wins, including massive domestic infrastructure spending and beefing up the IRS’ ability to go after tax cheats, “the potential for a 180-degree turn in 2023 is extremely low because of the Senate filibuster and the Presidential veto,” he said. 


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    Legislative gridlock in Washington would force the Biden administration to pursue its priorities through personnel appointed in the first two years. Those include Democratic majorities on the Federal Trade Commission and the National Labor Relations Board, as well as Mr. Biden’s appointment of Rohit Chopra to lead the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. 

    Taken together, those regulators are likely to continue the administration’s pro-consumer agenda, taking a tough line on corporate mergers, banks and regulation of financial products like buy-now-pay-later loans and cryptocurrencies, according to Cowen analyst Jaret Seiberg. 

    “There is nothing Republican majorities on Capitol Hill can do to block expected increases in bank capital requirements, tougher rules on consumer finance, changes in housing policy, oversight of crypto or SEC rules on climate change reporting, SPACs or market structure,” he said in a research note.

    Seiberg expects the CFPB to push for lower credit card fees and bank overdraft fees, and to reimburse consumers defrauded in Zelle payment scams.

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  • GOP Looks To Regain Footing In Maine, A State In The Vanguard Of Progressive Reform

    GOP Looks To Regain Footing In Maine, A State In The Vanguard Of Progressive Reform

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    The 2022 election cycle has found the GOP more competitive in New England than it has been in years. Former Providence Mayor Allan Fung (R), who is running to fill the open U.S. House seat currently held by Congressman Jim Langevin (D), is up in the polls heading into Election Day. In New Hampshire, meanwhile, the Republican nominee for U.S. Senate, Don Bolduc, received financial backing in the primary from Senator Chuck Schumer because Democrats viewed Bolduc as a more beatable opponent in November. Yet Bolduc now has a very real chance to win, with the Real Clear Politics polling average showing him to be in a dead heat with incumbent Senator Maggie Hassan (D).

    In Maine, however, the last poll released before the election has Governor Janet Mills (D) with an eight point lead over her Republican challenger, former Governor Paul LePage (R). Yet even if Mills wins reelection, there is a decent chance she’ll be forced to work with a Republican-led statehouse, at least partially, for the first time.

    The Portland Press-Herald reported that a Mills reelection means Democrats “would have the power to implement policies on issues such as abortion, taxes, health care and energy.” Yet that’s only true if Democrats also maintain control of both chambers of the state legislature in Augusta and polling shows that’s far from certain.

    The Maine Democratic Party and outside groups backing Democratic state legislative candidates have outspent Republicans in an effort to maintain control of the legislature. Of the 151 seats in the Maine House of Representatives, Democrats hold 76. With nine seats vacant and three held by Independents, Republicans will need to gain 13 seats to take control of the chamber.

    Control of the Maine Senate, where Democrats hold 22 seats and Republicans have 13, is also in play. Most of the spending on state legislative races in Maine this cycle, in fact, has gone toward state senate races. Democrats have deployed resources to defend prominent members of their Senate caucus, including Senate President Troy Jackson (D-Allagash). In the race to oust the Senate President, whose district went for Donald Trump in both 2016 and 2020, more than one million dollars has been spent on both sides according to a November 3 report.

    Louis Jacobson with the Center for Politics at UVA wrote on October 20 that the Maine Legislature is “one of the GOP’s prime opportunities for a legislative takeover.” Jacobson added that “openness to ticket-splitting, both in New England generally and Maine specifically, could produce a flipped legislative chamber or two.”

    If Republicans win control of the Maine Senate, that will make it fives times in the past seven elections that partisan control of the upper chamber in Maine has flipped. Republicans would prefer to win back control of both legislative chambers and the governor’s mansion, no doubt. But even if the GOP takes control of only one legislative chamber, be that the House or the Senate, that would have significant policy implications that greatly affect the type of legislation to be enacted in Maine over the next two years.

    2022 will be the third election cycle under Maine’s controversial ranked choice voting system for federal candidates, which no other state uses except for Alaska. Last year, Governor Mills and the Democratic-led legislature made Maine the first state in the nation to enact an Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) program, which will place a fee on all consumer goods sold in plastic packaging. Since the enactment of that bill in Augusta, Governors Gavin Newsom (D-Calif.), Kate Brown (D-Ore.), and Jared Polis (D-Colo.) signed similar legislation. One Illinois legislator liked the Maine EPR bill so much she introduced a version that even maintained the EPR fee exemption for frozen wild blueberries included in the Maine law.

    The days of Maine Democrats implementing progressive policy proposals not yet tested anywhere else will come to an end if Republicans take control of just one legislative chamber. If Republicans capture only one chamber of the state legislature and nothing else, that would also mean tax hikes are likely off the table, at least for the next two years. That’s because Maine Representative John Andrews has worked hard to get fellow incumbents and candidates running for House or Senate to sign the Taxpayer Protection Pledge. Among current and prospective office holders, nearly 70 incumbents and challengers for a seat in the Maine House or Senate have signed the pledge this cycle, as has Paul LePage.

    “We must elect a majority of legislators committed to lowering the tax burden on the hard working people of our state,” says Maine Representative John Andrews (R-Paris). “Thankfully, a record two-thirds of Republican incumbents in the Maine House have signed the Pledge and will be faithful to it. That is how we chart a course to prosperity in Maine.”

    The commitment that these incumbents and challengers in Maine have made to voters is the same promise that Governors Ron DeSantis, Glenn Youngkin, Greg Abbott, and fourteen other governors have made. While 17 incumbent governors have signed a pledge to oppose and veto any bill that would result in a net tax hike, that number could grow in 2023. That’s because a number of 2022 gubernatorial candidates who polls show have a good chance of being sworn in come January — such as Tudor Dixon in Michigan and Kari Lake in Arizona — have also made that same commitment to voters.

    If Republicans were to take back control of all of Maine state government, that will mean it was a phenomenal midterm election for the GOP. But Republicans don’t have to win back everything in Maine to change the direction in which the state is heading in from a policy standpoint. The way many see it, Maine is at a fork in the road when it comes to the direction of state governance. The outcome of the 2022 midterms will determine whether the future of policy and governance in Maine looks more like New Hampshire or Vermont.

    “Maine faces a pivotal election on November 8th and every vote will matter,” Representative Andrews added. “It is imperative that liberty lovers and fiscal conservatives vote in record numbers to restore our foundational and economic freedoms.”

    Maine won’t become a no-income-tax state like New Hampshire if Republicans only win back control of one legislative chamber. But winning one chamber will certainly prevent Maine from continuing to compete with the like of Oregon, California, and Vermont when it comes to the implementation of novel progressive reforms.

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    To better understand this year’s midterm elections, CBS News has identified key groups of voters whose motivations go beyond party labels. They include “pressured parents,” who are concerned about inflation and their children’s well-being in the post-pandemic world. 

    CBS News sat down with three parents in the Philadelphia suburbs to talk about the issues driving their midterm vote, as the group could be the difference in Pennsylvania’s high-stakes election and could help determine who controls Congress. 

    Heather Emery, a registered Republican, said crime is one of her top concerns. 

    “We have to do something on crime,” Emery said. “We have to change that for our children.” 

    Lisa Nelson-Haynes, a registered Democrat, said she’s concerned about abortion access. 

    “I am concerned about the lack of self-agency and governance that I have in terms of my body or that my daughter has,” Nelson-Haynes said. “And I don’t understand the conversation when, you know, you hear people say, ‘My body, my choice is baloney.’ But it wasn’t when you were talking about wearing a mask.” 

    Gerry Gant, a registered Libertarian, named inflation his top concern. 

    All three parents said they’ve had to adjust their lifestyles because of inflation. Emery said she’s only buying necessities, and that her kids have noticed. Gant said his teenage son is “eating us out of house and home.” 

    “I think about things more when I’m going shopping,” Nelson-Haynes said. 

    These are the issues at the center of the U.S. Senate race between Democrat John Fetterman and Republican Mehmet Oz. Gant said neither candidate is a good option and he’ll probably vote third party. 

    The group all had concerns about the pandemic’s impact on their children, but they differed on who is to blame. 

    “They’re incredibly behind,” Emery said. “And I don’t know if they’re going to be able to dig — like we can dig our kids out, right?” 

    “There were milestones that were missed and there were, with that, there has been an assumption of kind of tempering your dreams and aspirations,” Nelson-Haynes said. 

    “Every institution failed them over the past two, three years,” Gant said. 

    The parents also said they feel anxious or scared. But they each noted the importance of their votes in the election. 

    “Everyone that I know understands that it’s vital that they vote,” Nelson-Haynes said. 

    “I really think every vote is going to make a difference this year,” Emery added. 

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  • Blood moon will emerge on Election Day in last total lunar eclipse for 3 years

    Blood moon will emerge on Election Day in last total lunar eclipse for 3 years

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    The normally bright and glowing moon will appear an eerie red early Tuesday, in the last total lunar eclipse for the next three years. The so-called “Beaver Moon,” as November’s full moon is known, will reach its peak illumination at 6:02 a.m. EST, during the lunar eclipse.

    NASA said the total lunar eclipse — when the sun, Earth and moon align so that the moon goes into Earth’s shadow — will occur on Nov. 8, Election Day. The eclipse will begin at 3:02 a.m. ET, and totality — when the moon is within the darkest part of Earth’s shadow and appears a bright red, earning it the nickname of “blood moon” — will last from about 5:17 a.m. to 6:42 a.m. Eastern.

    The blood moon stage of the eclipse will be visible from North and Central America, Ecuador, Colombia and western areas of Venezuela and Peru. Those in Hawaii will be able to see every stage of the eclipse, NASA said. 

    A map showing where the November 8, 2022, lunar eclipse is visible. Contours mark the edge of the visibility region at eclipse contact times. The map is centered on 168°57’W, the sublunar longitude at mid-eclipse.

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    In a video posted on Twitter, NASA said the eclipse will provide a little “celestial magic.” 

    “You will be able to see the entire eclipse unfold before sunrise, weather permitting, as the moon exits the dark part of Earth’s shadow, called the umbra,” NASA said. 

    No special equipment will be required to watch the eclipse, although being in an area away from bright lights will make it more visible. Those who have binoculars on hand will get the added perk of being able to see the ice planet Uranus, “just a finger’s width away from the eclipsed moon,” NASA said. 

    The last total lunar eclipse was in May. That eclipse created what’s known as the “super flower blood moon,” which only happens when there is a total lunar eclipse as the full moon is at its closest point to Earth. Millions were able to spot the giant red-looking space object from the Americas, Europe and Africa.

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