3:05pm- On Tuesday night, Pennsylvania elected Democrat John Fetterman to the U.S. Senate. With 94% of the vote reporting, according to the Associated Press, Fetterman leads Dr. Mehmet Oz 50.5% to 47.1%. In the state’s Gubernatorial race, Democrat Josh Shapiro easily defeated Republican Doug Mastriano—current reporting has Shapiro leading by over 700,000 votes.
3:30pm- Why did Republicans underperform in Tuesday’s midterm elections? Did abortion play a larger role in Pennsylvania than many were expecting? Did candidate quality doom Republicans?
4:05pm- Though the “red wave” many polling outlets were expecting never seemed to materialize, it still seems likely that Republicans will control the House of Representatives and can still gain a majority in the Senate as well.
4:10pm- On Tuesday, Pennsylvanians reelected Democrat Anthony “Tony” DeLuca to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. However, DeLuca died on October 9th—a special election will now be triggered, though no date has been announced.
4:40pm- On Wednesday, President Joe Biden spoke with members of the press about the November 8th midterm election results—calling it “a good day…for democracy.”
5:05pm- While on MSNBC, Joe Scarborough used the saying: “Lives in Jersey, Votes in Turkey!” to describe the Republican candidate for U.S. Senate Dr. Mehmet Oz. Has Scarborough been listening to The Rich Zeoli Show?
5:20pm- In Florida, incumbent Ron DeSantis (R) won his gubernatorial race against Charlie Crist (D) by nearly 20-points—including a win in Miami-Dade County, a historically Democrat-county that Republicans hadn’t captured in twenty-years. During his victory speech, DeSantis declared, “Florida is where woke comes to die!” as the crowd chanted, “two-more years”—a reference to the 2024 Presidential race.
5:40pm- Mario Balaban—Media Relations Manager at Project Veritas Action—joins The Rich Zeoli Show to talk about Project Veritas’ quest to guarantee safe, fair elections while concurrently exposing any practices that could potentially be problematic. At one Philadelphia ballot collection location, Project Veritas alarmingly identified a set of keys sitting on top of a drop box. Thankfully, there is no sign of voter fraud, but why isn’t Philadelphia more active in preventing accidents like this one from occurring?
6:05pm- Following Ron DeSantis’ big Gubernatorial win in Florida, Donald Trump warned: “If [DeSantis] did run [for president], I will tell you things about him that won’t be very flattering. I know more about him than anybody other than perhaps his wife, who is really running his campaign.”
6:35pm- Who are you backing in a hypothetical 2024 Presidential primary race between former President Donald Trump and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis? Zeoli audience members call in to voice their opinions! Who are they taking?