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Peltola says she's not interested in tricking voters

Candidates in closely watched midterm races make final pitches as CBS News estimates Democrats are on track for 229 House seats; the ballots are mostly in.

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  1. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorLess than a week to go until Election Day, and CBS News reports that over forty-four million Americans have already cast their ballots early.

  2. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorIn Harris County, Texas, more than one hundred four thousand people voted in person on the first day of early voting, which ABC Thirteen in Houston says is a midterm record.

  3. Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorSo forty-four million have voted, and the candidates are still giving final pitches. Who exactly is the pitch for?

  4. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorThe fence-sitters, Dale!

  5. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorCBS says Republicans are fighting to stave off their first statewide loss in Texas in more than thirty years, and Alaska's Peltola says she's not interested in tricking voters.

  6. Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorTrump told voters on the fence about Ken Paxton, quote, before you pull the trigger, take a look at your 401(k)'s. Half of them have already pulled it, by mail.

  7. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorCBS estimates Democrats are on track to take the House with two hundred twenty-nine seats, and ten Senate races could decide control, with Republicans holding fifty-three and Democrats forty-seven.

  8. Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorTen races.

  9. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorAnd NPR says early turnout is higher than at this point in twenty eighteen and twenty twenty-two.

  10. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorThat's a lot of people showing up, and I love it.

  11. Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorIt is, and the final pitch is now a week-long campaign for the people who haven't voted. I'd put the number of them in my tea cup.

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