Calling it a continuation of the left, Pinion criticized the states use of federal COVID-19 relief funds to push critical race theory (CRT) in schools as well as the inability of others to anticipate it: We saw it with the funding of the education for emergency COVID funding, and now we have some of these think tanks who are just now figuring out that theyve used COVID emergency dollars to fund CRT. A 2022 study released by national moving company United Van Lines ranked New York as third in the country for highest rates of outbound migration, with the number of residents leave the state almost double the number moving in. Ron DeSantis, a hard-right conservative, is facing Representative Charlie Crist, a former Republican governor who switched parties. The thesis of our campaign is if you are unhappy with the world as it is today, you cannot vote for the architect who built it.. The reason we haven't elected a Republican to the United States Senate? President Trump on Thursday predicted that far-left Rep. Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez would mount a challenge against Sen. Chuck Schumer Montana voters rejected a proposal that would have required medical interventions to save those that the state defines as born alive infants. Nov. 9, 2022, With more counties nearly finished counting, things keep looking better for Lt. Gov. At the end of the day, when we started looking at this race back in March of 2021, Chuck Schumer was polling at 37 percent with independents., Thats not my Joe Pinion opinion, that was the public polling crosstabs according to Siena College no friend of the Republican cause, he added. Maggie Astor Seth Magaziner, Democrat, wins U.S. House seat to represent Rhode Islands Second Congressional District. Schumer and Pinion will face off in a general election on Nov. 8. Zach Schonfeld. Nov. 8, 2022, Senator Raphael Warnock is out with an early lead in Georgia, but it could all be just a mirage. These 10 races could determine control of the Senate in 2022 Rotisserie chicken cost is exploding in the poultry aisle, he said. Mandela Barnes, delivering a critical victory for Republicans. One of the tightest governors races in the country is between Gov. And Kansas Democratic governor, Laura Kelly, is in a tight re-election race, as is Gov. , The Hillbilly Elegy author and Republican J.D. Apparently, even President Trump can see her potential, recently asserting that she would mount a challenge against Sen. Chuck Schumer and come out victorious. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer appears to be thinking along the same lines. In Ariz., Mont., Neb. So we can go to the soccer moms in Arizona, we can go to the PTA moms in Florida and say, we have a choice: Do you want an America where three and four and five and six-year-olds are taught masturbation? After mentioning the crises of poverty, crime, and educational failure in New York, Pinion asked Schumer about why he hasnt prioritized standing up for New Yorkers. Schumer discussed measures he has led on to address the issues Pinion mentioned, including, for example, the expanded child tax credit that he said he and many Democrats wanted to make permanent but Republicans were against. Nov. 9, 2022, Cortez Masto is behind in Nevada at the moment, but there are a lot of votes left in Clark and Washoe, counties home to the state's largest cities. Unwilling to ignore the matter, Pinion expressed his belief that things could change. WebThis was considered by many polling aggregate groups to be one of the safest Democratic seats in the nation for this cycle. Vance, a Republican and the Hillbilly Elegy author, is very likely to win Ohios Senate race, according to our estimates. Schumer, who hails from Brooklyn and was previously in the U.S. House of Representatives, is one of New Yorks most popular elected officials and an omnipresent one, known for his annual tour of every one of the states 62 counties, now 23 years in a row. Source: Election results and race calls are from The Associated Press. Tony Evers won a second term as governor of Wisconsin, giving Democrats a foothold in a critical presidential battleground. Your California Privacy Rights/Privacy Policy. Compared with 2020 presidential vote in places that have reported almost all of their Nov. 10, 2022, In Texas, majority-Hispanic counties also swung to the right, but to a much lesser degree than in Florida. Nov. 8, 2022, The early vote in Arizona has been strong for Democrat Mark Kelly, but we expect a good portion of the in-person and late-counted mail vote to favor Blake Masters. GOP nominee Joe Pinion is challenging Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer. Most wont be competitive. Chuck Schumer (@chuckschumer) / Twitter I think this is what were dealing with right now: an incumbent in the Senate who has been in Congress for 42 years who is a Senate Majority Leader for America. ", NY GREEN GOBLIN SUBWAY ASSAULT SUSPECT ARRESTED, RELEASED WITHOUT BAIL. We are so proud that Joe Pinion has stepped forward to accept this historic nomination to become our next U.S. Getty Images. Voters in Vermont decided in favor of including abortion protections in their state constitution. Sarah Taddeo is the New York State Team Editorfor the USA Today Network. By 9 p.m., the polls will have closed in a majority of states. Nate Cohn , Republicans formally captured 218 House seats, a delayed yet consequential finish to the 2022 midterm elections. Charles Ellis Schumer ( / umr / SHOO-mr; born November 23, 1950) is an American politician serving as the senior United States senator from New York, a seat he has held Theyre more concerned with the border in Ukraine than they are with our southern border, he added. The 10 Senate seats most likely to flip in 2024 | CNN Politics Michiganders are voting on abortion rights. While Tuesdays election represented a strong performance by a first-term presidents party, the individual showings of Senate candidates varied widely. The Democrats need to win roughly twice as many of the most competitive districts as Republicans to keep control of the House. Laura Kelly, Democrat, is re-elected as governor of Kansas. (Following those actions, Micron Technology announced it would make a massive investment in New York to build the largest semiconductor fabrication facility in the country, creating tens of thousands of jobs.). . Jen Kiggans, Republican, wins U.S. House seat to represent Virginias Second Congressional District. Pinion, like other Republicans, has criticized Schumer, Biden, and Democrats for what they call overspending, and not doing enough to combat inflation. In 2020, Virginias early vote for president favored Republicans, while Pennsylvanias skewed toward Democrats. Its been about power the entire time hes been there but now his craven lust for power, and his actual contempt for the people, is finally beginning to be in direct conflict, and so that is where we are today., Calling him the handpicked senator from Wall Street, Pinion said Schumer is the number one recipient of campaign donations from commercial banks [and] hedge funds., You name it, he said, if theres money involved, its going to Chuck Schumer.. John Fetterman defeated the celebrity TV host Dr. Mehmet Oz, flipping Pennsylvanias Senate seat to the Democrats. Alicia Parlapiano To retain control of the House, Democrats must win 46 of these seats (after accounting for the races the parties are expected to win most easily). I think obviously those are the experiences that informed my decision to run, but at the end of the day, as I told my mother when I decided I was going to resign from Newsmax and run for U.S. Senate against arguably one of the most entrenched members of Congress: there are some things in life worse than not having your own television show its called not having the country, he said. Pinion's campaign said he looks forward to pressing Schumer on his "leadership failure," which he claims contributed to an "uptick in crime" and led to a rise in the number of New Yorkers moving out of the state. , Katie Porter, Democrat, wins re-election to the U.S. House to represent Californias 47th Congressional District. "And we have a New York City that has become a wonderland of criminality because we have elevated the needs of the criminal over our responsibility to the common man. Nov. 8, 2022, Its still early in Wisconsin, but it looks close. 2023 FOX News Network, LLC. Pinion vowed to protect Social Security and said that if Republicans are to pass further tax cuts, they should focus on the middle class, calling for completely redoing the tax code. We have to have that education process over the course of this campaign to let people know that they have a chance to have a choice and whether theyre left of Bernie Sanders or right of Donald Trump, Chuck Schumers fingerprints are on everything that is affecting their lives today and with their help, we can end that pain and suffering in Novembers race, he added. That list includes the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan to provide economic stimulus and relief from the Covid-19 pandemic, the bipartisan $1.2 trillion Bipartisan Infrastructure Law enacted in November last year, which will send about $27 billion to New York State alone, and the Safer Communities Act, the first major gun control legislation in decades. Nov. 9, 2022, Democrats and Republicans each need to win three more competitive Senate seats to win control of the chamber (in addition to the races they are expected to win most easily). The former conservative political commentator continued to explain why now is ripe for challenging the powerful incumbent who was first elected in 1998. Under Schumers leadership, in partnership with President Joe Biden and the U.S. House majority, Democrats have passed a slew of major bills occasionally with some Republican support that have had or are projected to have significant impact on the country and state. Republican Joe Pinion, a former political news commentator who is challenging Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) for U.S. Senate, discussed *** by Samar Khurshid, senior reporter, Gotham Gazette@samarkhurshid@GothamGazette. , Katie Hobbs, an election official who stood up to allies of Donald Trump, beat his Republican pick for Arizonas governor, Kari Lake. Pinion described the Democratic majority leader from New York as completely disconnected from reality. Lazaro Gamio Rep. Ted Budd of North Carolina, a Trump-backed conservative, beat Cheri Beasley, a Democrat, to capture retiring Senator Richard Burr's seat. This is no longer a matter of black or white, rich or poor; all Americans are equally yoked here, he said. . Nov. 17, 2022, The gap between the candidates for Arizona governor narrowed considerably after Nov. 8 as late absentee ballots were tallied, including ones dropped off on Election Day. , Raphael Warnock, Democrat, advances to a runoff election for the U.S. Senate seat in Georgia. These ballots, which in 2020 favored Trump, were not enough to tilt the election in favor of the Republican candidate Kari Lake. , Gov. "His story is one of the American dream and just like he electrified our convention, he is going to electrify the voters of this state.". Pinion, who is anti-abortion, has repeatedly called reproductive rights a states issue, indicating he does not think it should be legislated at the federal level in the wake of the Supreme Court overturnng Roe v. Wade. Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan, a Democrat, won a tough re-election race against her Republican rival, Tudor Dixon. NYC MAYOR SAYS ALL BOROUGHS WILL HOST MIGRANTS: NO ONE GETS A PASS, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., is in his fourth Senate term and has held his seat since 1999. The Times estimates the share of votes reported and the number of remaining votes, based on historic turnout data and reporting from results providers.