Boebert, billionaires' tax and other midterms races still to watch
Summary
Vote counting continued in several close U.S. midterm contests, including Senate races in Mississippi and Alaska and House races in Colorado, Tennessee and Arizona. California voters were also deciding whether to impose a one-time tax on the state’s billionaires; the article reported that opponents led while counting remained incomplete.Key Facts
- Democrat Scott Colom led Republican incumbent Cindy Hyde-Smith by just over 1,100 votes in Mississippi’s Senate race.
- Mississippi had until November 10 to count provisional and late-arriving mail ballots.
- Democrat Mary Peltola led Republican incumbent Dan Sullivan by just over 600 votes in Alaska’s Senate race, with more ballots left to count.
- Peltola denied knowing about an alleged effort to recruit an independent candidate named Dan Sullivan to draw votes away from the Republican incumbent.
- Republican Lauren Boebert trailed Democrat Eileen Laubacher in Colorado’s Fourth District, with 7% of votes left to count.
- Republican Representative Scott DesJarlais trailed Democrat Victoria Broderick in Tennessee’s Fourth District; Republican Eli Crane led Democrat Jonathan Nez by fewer than 4,000 votes in Arizona’s Second District.
- California Proposition 40 proposed a one-time 5% tax on the net worth of about 200 billionaires; opponents led by about one million votes, with 61% counted.
- Supporters said the proposed California tax could raise $100 billion for health care and education, while Governor Gavin Newsom opposed it.
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