WASHINGTON DC – The US midterm elections are usually an uphill battle for the political party that holds the White House. The opposition party – in this case, the Republicans – is expected to take the House of Representatives, the Senate, or both. This year, though, things are looking rockier than many expected for Republican Senate candidates.
In Arizona, Blake Masters, who worked for and is backed by the billionaire venture capitalist Peter Thiel, and whose youthful writings included approvingly quoting Hermann Göring, is down in the polls to the Democratic senator Mark Kelly. JD Vance, who, like Masters, is backed by Thiel, is struggling against the Democratic congressman in Ohio, Tim Ryan – despite a Republican candidate being heavily favoured to win in that state. In Georgia, the Democratic senator Raphael Warnock has a lead over Herschel Walker, a former football player who has tumbled in the polls following an abortion scandal. In Pennsylvania, the campaign of doctor and former TV star Mehmet Oz has, thus far, been characterised by getting destroyed by his Democratic opponent, Lieutenant Governor John Fetterman, on social media.
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