Midterm election news and updates from the 2022 campaign trail
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State Sen. Doug Mastriano, Republican nominee for governor (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Doug Mastriano, the GOP nominee for Pennsylvania governor, released his plan to reform education in the commonwealth Wednesday, promising to fully fund schools and empower parents over bureaucrats in curriculum decisions.
“Unlike my opponent, I believe schools should be educating – not indoctrinating – our children. I also believe that parents – not bureaucrats – should have a final say over how we raise our kids," Mastriano said in a statement.
“As governor, I will empower Pennsylvania parents and end the grotesque practice of brainwashing young students with radical, racist ideologies,” he continued.
Mastriano promised to ban "Critical Race Theory and Gender Theory studies" while expanding school choice and addressing teacher retention and recruitment.
Mastriano is challenging incumbent Gov. Tom Wolf, a Democrat, in the November midterm elections.
Wolf made education a key part of his 2015 campaign for governor, and in the past week his office has claimed that schools saw an average 8 percent increase in their budgets during his tenure.
“From day one, building a brighter future for Pennsylvania’s kids has been my top priority, to give our kids a strong foundation, to set them up for a future of success and prosperity,” Wolf said in an Aug. 22 press release.
“There is still work to do to ensure every student in Pennsylvania has equal access to the high quality education they deserve, but we’ve made a major step forward over the past eight years.”
Ad supporting Chuck Morse for GOP senate in New Hampshire (White Mountain PAC)
A new GOP SuperPAC called White Mountain PAC has poured millions into the New Hampshire Republican Senate primary for a last-minute TV ad.
The ad, titled "Border Crisis," boosts NRA-backed state Senate President Chuck Morse in his fight to secure the GOP nomination against retired Army Gen. Don Bolduc.
"Joe Biden's failure at the border is literally killing us in New Hampshire," a narrator says as the ad opens on a photo of Biden. "The cartels bring crime, death, drugs here."
"Chuck Morse is fighting back," the ad continues, showing footage of Morse with border agents. "His plan: finish the border wall. Stop Biden's catch and release policy. Get tough on immigration lawbreakers."
According to AdImpact, the PAC bought $2.6 million in TV ad time for the spot to run over the next few weeks ahead of New Hampshire's Sept. 13 primary.
Recent polls have shown Bolduc leading i nthe race, but many Republicans are skeptical that he could win the general election since he struggled to raise funding after backing unfounded claims that the 2020 election was stolen.
The winner of the GOP primary for Senate will face Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-N.H., in the November midterm election.
Pennsylvania Senate candidate John Fetterman is declining to debate Republican nominee Mehmet Oz, despite stating that debates were important for elections
"Debates are an important part of this primary," Fetterman wrote in a February tweet, prior to the Democratic primary election for the Senate seat. "We believe voters deserve no fewer than three network televised debates - including all candidates who make the ballot - before major media markets across PA."
Fetterman on Tuesday released a statement saying he would not participate in the first debate in September.
"I’m eager to put my record and my values up against Dr. Oz’s any day of the week," Fetterman said in a Tuesday statement. "As I recover from this stroke and improve my auditory processing and speech, I look forward to continuing to meet with the people of Pennsylvania."
Oz's campaign accused Fetterman's campaign of "insulting the intelligence of Pennsylvania voters" by declining the debates.
Read more from Fox News' Kyle Morris: Fetterman said debates are 'important part' of Democratic primary, but now refuses to debate Oz
Democratic Sen. Michael Bennet of Colorado released his first Spanish-language televised ad Wednesday, in hopes of attracting more Hispanic voters before the upcoming midterm elections.
Although there is no English version of the ad, the Bennet campaign said in a press release that the ad will “touch on Michael’s record of delivering for Coloradans and working to build an economy that works for everyone, not just the wealthiest few.”
The narrator in the ad states that Bennet worked with Republicans and Democrats on infrastructure projects, and that he fought to create jobs in the energy sector.
According to the Latino Leadership Institute, out of one million Latinos that live in Colorado, 53% speak a varying level of Spanish.
The ad, “Logros,” which is translated to “Achievements,” will run on Telemundo and Univision in Denver and Colorado Springs. “Logros” is Bennet’s fourth TV ad for his campaign this election cycle. He recently faced backlash for one of his newest campaign ads, "Reel Focused,” that depicted him as an outdoor sportsman and fisherman, but which turned out to be filmed on a 24-hour fishing license.
Bennet is set to face off against Republican nominee Joe O’Dea in the midterm elections this fall.
GOP Gov. Larry Hogan argues that President Biden’s repeated jabs the past week targeting "MAGA Republicans" who have embraced "semi-fascism" is "pretty divisive, angry rhetoric."
"But I get the electoral advantage and why he's doing that because he's… got a tough race up in the midterm elections, and he's trying to move things away from I would say, from his failed record as president and the fact that the Democrats, who control everything in Washington, have moved too far to the left," Hogan told Fox News Digital in an exclusive interview.
"And so, attacking the right wing of the Republican Party… the MAGA base… it's probably good politics, but I don't think it's the right thing for the country," Hogan said.
Read more from Fox News' Paul Steinhauser: Republican governor says he knows why Biden keeps blasting MAGA Republicans with 'angry rhetoric'
Florida gubernatorial candidate Rep. Charlie Crist gives a victory speech after winning the Democratic primary. (Octavio Jones/Getty Images)
Florida Democratic gubernatorial nominee Charlie Crist announced his resignation from Congress Wednesday, just over two months before the November election where he'll face off against Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis
Crist, who won the Democratic nomination for Florida governor on Aug. 23, said in a statement to the Tampa Bay Times that it was "an honor and a privilege" to serve as a representative to Florida's 13th Congressional District.
"But these achievements start and end with you, the people – my bosses – who have guided my work in Congress since Day One," Crist said in the statement. Fox News Digital reached out to Crist's office but did not immediately hear back.
Florida's 13th District will remain vacant until the November election. Going head-to-head for the position to replace Crist is Trump-backed Republican candidate Anna Paulina Luna and former Obama aide Eric Lynn, a Democrat.
Crist's departure will also leave the House with 219 Democrats and 211 Republicans.
Read more from Fox News' Haley Chi-Sing: Charlie Crist resigns from Congress as he campaigns for Florida governor against Ron DeSantis
The University of Virginia's Center for Politics changed two of the most heated Senate races this year in Arizona and Pennsylvania from “Toss-Up” to “Leans Democratic.”
In Arizona, Trump-endorsed Blake Masters is taking on Democratic incumbent Sen. Mark Kelly. The Senate Leadership fund cancelled $8 million in ads for Masters’ campaign, a motion that could greatly affect the GOP candidate's midterm goals if he does not receive the necessary funding elsewhere.
In Pennsylvania, Democratic candidate Lt. Gov. John Fetterman is battling celebrity doctor-turned-politician Mehmet Oz this fall for the state’s open Senate seat. Oz has not lead in a single poll this election cycle, signaling that he may be trailing behind Fetterman in the race. Some Pennsylvanians have expressed concerns over Fetterman’s health after he suffered a stroke, but he has assured voters that he is in good health.
The shift comes after the Republican nominee’s in both states appeared to be getting out-raised by their Democratic opponents. President Biden’s receiving a slight boost in his national approval rating also played a role in the shift. Biden received an improved rating, after signing several major bills into law and announcing his student loan handout, moves that appear to be aiding Democrats in the remaining months before the November.
The Senate races in Georgia and Nevada — seats currently held by Sen. Raphael Warnock, D-Ga., and Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev. — are the only two states that remain a “Toss-Up” in UVA's rankings.
Trump at campaign rally for Mehmet Oz (Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
President Trump has been hauling in donations from GOP donors, but some Republicans are angry that he isn't sharing the funds to help the party win in the midterm election.
Save America — Trump’s main fundraising committee — had nearly $100 million cash on hand as of the end of July. That was before the surge in fundraising in the days after the Aug. 8 FBI search of the former president’s Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida for classified government materials.
However, the former president has been stingy when it comes to sharing his wealth of fundraising dollars, and that has got some in the GOP angry as the party tries to win back majorities in the House of Representatives and Senate in November’s midterm elections.
"Republicans are mad that he’s not spending it," Doug Heye, a longtime Republican strategist and communicator who served in senior roles at the Republican National Committee and on Capitol Hill, told Fox News. "There’s a palpable anger at the hoarding of the money."
Read more from Fox News' Paul Steinhauser: Trump keeps hauling in big bucks, but shares little of his fundraising fruits with fellow Republicans
Republican seeking to take back control of the House of Representatives this fall have recruited veteran candidates in an effort to oust more Democrat incumbents in November's midterm elections.
This week the National Republican Congressional Committee is boosting Zach Nunn, a combat aviator with the US Air Force who is currently a state senator in Iowa, a position he has held since 2019. He served for almost two decades in the military, having deployed three times to the Middle East following the 9/11 terrorist attack on the U.S.
Nunn, the Trump-endorsed candidate running in Iowa's 3rd Congressional District, vows to combat "Joe Biden's reckless spending" and "never leave Iowa families behind," citing Biden's handling of the Afghanistan withdrawal.
In the NRCC ad, Nunn touted his heroic efforts of rescuing thousands of Americans and Afghan allies from the Taliban, and promised to do the same in rescuing our country's economy from the Democrats "reckless spending."
Nunn is competing in a midterm race considered a toss-up against vulnerable Democratic incumbent Rep. Cindy Axne of Iowa, in hopes of unseating her this fall.
Read more from Fox News' Aubrie Spady: NRCC 'spotlight' highlights combat veteran who 'rescued thousands' from Taliban control in Afghanistan
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