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FiveThirtyEight Politics

What Tuesday's Primaries Could Mean For November

FiveThirtyEight Politics

ABC News

Politics, News

4.620.6K Ratings

🗓️ 18 May 2022

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

The crew reacts to the results in Tuesday’s primaries in Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Idaho, Kentucky and Oregon. The results are mixed in terms of which factions of both parties performed well and the marquee Republican Senate primary race in Pennsylvania is still close to call and could remain that way for days. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

I don't look too unkempt, right?

0:02.0

I was just thinking about myself. I look like shit.

0:06.0

I ran a comb through my hair after getting up, but uh...

0:10.0

This might be the first time in my life

0:12.0

I've recorded this podcast without showing.

0:14.0

So you're in good company.

0:16.0

Well look, if you woke up and look like this, you know,

0:20.0

winning on a Tuesday's Wednesday.

0:22.0

I'm flattered.

0:32.0

Hello and welcome to this primary reaction edition of the 538 Politics podcast.

0:38.0

I'm Gaelin Drouk. We had planned on recording this late night on Tuesday,

0:44.0

but the results were too close to call in the Pennsylvania Republican Senate primary.

0:50.0

And so we wanted to wait until we got more results.

0:52.0

Turns out that race is still too close to call.

0:56.0

Dr. Mehmet Oz and Dave and McCormick are currently tied at 31%.

1:00.0

They're separated by 2000 votes.

1:02.0

Oz leading there if the candidates are separated by half a point or less ultimately in Pennsylvania.

1:10.0

There's an automatic recount. So it could be some time before we know the final results in that race.

1:16.0

So we're going to record this podcast now and we will follow up when we actually have the results there.

1:22.0

Because we have other results to talk about as well.

1:24.0

Of course, we've been tracking Trump endorsements throughout this primary season so far.

1:28.0

Two Trump endorses lost last night.

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