Category: 2022 Midterm Elections

Republicans Will Secure at Least 52 Senate Seats: Sen. Rick Scott

Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.), chairman of the Senate Republicans’ campaign arm, said on Oct. 2 that the Republican Party will take back the Senate in November. “My effort right now is on the hurricane relief for this hurricane, but absolutely I think we’re at 52 seats-plus,” Scott told NBC’s “Meet the Press” on Sunday. “If…


Over 50 Percent of Americans Fear Midterm Elections Could Result in Divided Government, Gridlock: Poll

A growing number of Americans are worried that the midterm elections will result in a divided government and split control of Congress after November, according to a new poll. An Axios-Ipsos poll published on Oct. 1 found that 53 percent of Americans are concerned that the elections may result in a divided government, where one party controls the Senate and one…


Obama’s Brother Endorses Republican Doug Mastriano in Pennsylvania Governor Race

Malik Obama, the half-brother of former President Barack Obama, has endorsed the Republican candidate for governor in Pennsylvania, Doug Mastriano. Taking to Twitter on Sunday, Malik Obama responded to a post from American conservative author and podcast host Jack Posobiec in which he suggested that the older Obama may like Mastriano and should “check him out.” “​​If he’s…


US Senate Candidate Blake Masters Calls for Biden Impeachment at GOP Gathering in Arizona

SUN CITY, Ariz.—U.S. Senate candidate Blake Masters said Congress should impeach President Joe Biden for his role in the illegal migrant crisis resulting in a flood of fentanyl across the southern border into the United States. At the same time, Trump-endorsed Masters, a Republican, said his incumbent opponent, Democrat Mark Kelly, has done little to…


Senate Candidate Blake Masters Calls for Biden Impeachment

SUN CITY, Ariz.—U.S. Senate candidate Blake Masters said Congress should impeach President Joe Biden for his role in the illegal migrant crisis resulting in a flood of fentanyl across the southern border into the United States. At the same time, Trump-endorsed Masters, a Republican, said his incumbent opponent, Democrat Mark Kelly, has done little to…


Trump Warns More Illegal Immigrants Will Cross Into US If Democrats Control Congress After November Midterms

Former President Donald Trump rallied his Michigan supporters on Saturday, telling them that the border crisis would worsen if Democrats continue to control both chambers of Congress after the midterm elections. “The choice in this election is simple. If you want the decline and fall of America, then vote for the radical left Democrats,” Trump…


Pennsylvania Counties Can Help Voters Fix Issues With Mail-In Ballots: Judge

Pennsylvania counties can help voters “cure” mail-in ballots to fix defects, a judge in the state has ruled, rejecting an attempt to block counties from doing so in the upcoming midterm election. The Republican National Committee (RNC) and other parties, which filed a petition over the matter on Sept. 1, “have not proven that there…


Trump Factor May Decide Arizona US Senate Election

With just over a month before the November elections, all eyes are turning to four key races that could decide U.S. Senate control in 2023. In Arizona, one of the four “toss-up” races, Sen. Mark Kelly, a Democrat, is hoping to fend off his challenger, Republican political newcomer Blake Masters. The two could not be…


Virginia’s Youngkin Campaigns to Reelect Kemp in Georgia

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin, joining his Georgia counterpart and fellow Republican Brian Kemp at a campaign rally outside Atlanta on Sept. 26, reminded the crowd that the Georgia election revolves around the same issues that drove his own upset victory last year. But the two states’ respective experiences going into last year were very different,…


In His Own Words: Paul Arteta, Republican Candidate for Orange County Sheriff, New York

MONTGOMERY, N.Y.—The Epoch Times sat down with Paul Arteta, the Republican candidate for Orange County Sheriff, at a coffee shop on Sept. 26. Arteta won the Republican primary, besting Orange County Undersheriff Kenneth Jones by about 15 points. He will face Democratic candidate Bernie Rivers in the general election. Carmen DeStefano, a retired investigator, is…