I'm Laura Coates and this is CNN Tonight.

And as they say with what, 98 days to go into the midterm elections, which is like tomorrow

or a long way as a way depending on how you view politics, it's election night in America

once again.

The polls are now closed in Michigan, in Kansas, and parts of Arizona.

Five states have primaries today including key battleground that could shape the race

for which party will be the majority.

Democrats once again or Republicans yet again.

No Donald Trump is not on the ballot.

That's true, but he is casting a pretty big shadow as he continues to endorse some.

It's not always clear I might add who he is endorsing, but more on that in a moment.

And the timing is going to be pretty interesting here.

I mean, it isn't just post January 6th.

It's post the first series of January 6th hearings about to see whether it actually

impacted voters and in which way it did.

It hasn't seemed to impact the platforms, though of candidates in several swing states.

Some continue to echo the baseless fraud claims, and there's a whole slate of them in Arizona

who are running for top positions like governor and attorney general secretary of state and

Senate, you know, consequential office holders for those who may be running elections.

Also being closely watched, the Senate race in Missouri, Trump's endorsed in Eric.

Okay, but which Eric did you mean to endorse, sir?

Rivals, Eric Gritons and Eric Schmidt, well, they both claim that Trump meant them.

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