Analysis: How Sen. Jon Ossoff’s win in Georgia was called so early | CNN Politics

Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff’s win in Georgia, according to a CNN projection, is no surprise — but his big early margins could boost his party’s hopes of what’s to come later Tuesday in redder states where they also need to notch several victories in Senate races.

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In a resurfaced video, former President Bill Clinton praised Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed during his 2007 commencement speech at the University of Michigan.

Voters in South Portland, Maine tell CNN why they are casting their ballots for Democrat Troy Jackson over Sen. Susan Collins and explain why they believe the Republican incumbent will probably still win

Voter and self-identified Republican Ronald Turner told CNN's Danny Freeman he had doubts about voting for Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R) but voted for him because 'he's a Republican' in purple Bucks County, Pennsylvania.

CNN's Jake Tapper breaks down the early-closing races to watch on election night — including a toss-up in Kentucky's 6th District and key turnout battles in Indiana — and explains what each could reveal about the national mood.

Texas Senate candidate James Talarico accuses Republican rival Ken Paxton of serving "billionaire megadonors" like Elon Musk, who has poured nearly half a billion dollars into elections in the 2026 cycle.

Michigan's GOP Senate nominee Mike Rogers, who is running against Democrat Abdul El-Sayed, tells CNN's Sunlen Serfaty that Democratic Rep. Haley Stevens, who gave Rogers a surprise endorsement Sunday, is “welcome” at his election night event.

The Democratic Ohio gubernatorial candidate said that her opponent Vivek Ramaswamy's controversial ad featuring her estranged mother "crossed the line" and that she has felt "there is no low he won't go to."

根据 CNN 的预测，民主党参议员乔恩·奥索夫在佐治亚州获胜并不令人意外——但他早期取得的巨大优势可能会提振民主党对周二晚些时候在共和党占优势的州取得胜利的希望，因为他们还需要在这些州的参议院选举中取得几场胜利。

美国大选之夜的报道正在 CNN 上直播，也可通过 All Access 订阅观看流媒体播放。

一段重新曝光的视频显示，前总统比尔·克林顿在 2007 年密歇根大学的毕业典礼演讲中赞扬了密歇根州民主党参议员候选人阿卜杜勒·埃尔-赛义德。

缅因州南波特兰的选民向CNN解释了他们为何投票支持民主党候选人特洛伊·杰克逊而非共和党参议员苏珊·柯林斯，并阐述了他们为何认为这位共和党现任参议员最终仍可能获胜。

选民兼自称共和党人的罗纳德·特纳告诉 CNN 的丹尼·弗里曼，他曾对投票给众议员布莱恩·菲茨帕特里克（共和党）心存疑虑，但最终还是投票给了他，因为在宾夕法尼亚州摇摆州巴克斯县，“他是一名共和党人”。

CNN 的杰克·塔珀分析了选举之夜值得关注的提前结束的选战——包括肯塔基州第六选区的势均力敌的选战和印第安纳州的关键投票率之争——并解释了每场选战可能揭示的全国情绪。

德克萨斯州参议员候选人詹姆斯·塔拉里科指责共和党对手肯·帕克斯顿为像埃隆·马斯克这样的“亿万富翁超级捐助者”服务，马斯克已在 2026 年的选举周期中投入了近 5 亿美元。

密歇根州共和党参议员候选人迈克·罗杰斯（Mike Rogers）正在与民主党候选人阿卜杜勒·埃尔-赛义德（Abdul El-Sayed）竞选，他告诉 CNN 的桑伦·塞尔法蒂（Sunlen Serfaty），民主党众议员海莉·史蒂文斯（Haley Stevens）周日出人意料地公开支持罗杰斯，他“欢迎”史蒂文斯参加他的选举之夜活动。

俄亥俄州民主党州长候选人表示，她的对手维韦克·拉马斯瓦米发布的争议性广告中出现了她疏远的母亲，这“越界了”，她感觉“他无所不用其极”。