The 2022 campaign is shaping up to be a historic, decisive moment in American politics.
From our reporters across the country, ABC News brings you all the latest on what the candidates are saying and doing -- and what voters want to happen in November's midterm elections.
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Ted Budd says what's happening at the border is a 'humanitarian crisis'
Taking the stage ahead of Donald Trump at a rally in Wilmington, North Carolina, Republican U.S. Senate candidate Ted Budd went after President Joe Biden on several policy issues.
Budd specifically hit at the administration over high inflation being felt in North Carolina and across the country, telling the crowd he'll work to "make your life better."
The GOP candidate also touched on border issues amid an influx of apprehensions, calling it a "humanitarian crisis." Budd, however, did not mention Florida GOP Gov. Ron DeSantis flying migrants to Martha's Vineyard as he blamed Biden for the immigration challenges.
-ABC News' Hannah Demissie
Sep 23, 2022, 5:54 PM EDT
Stacey Abrams on GMA3: 'We are behind, but only by a couple of points'
Georgia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams, speaking Friday on ABC's "GMA 3," acknowledged polls showed she was running behind incumbent Republican Gov. Brian Kemp.
With only about a month and a half left before the midterm elections, Abrams said the polls were not "paying attention" to growing momentum among young voters.
A Monmouth University poll published Thursday found that Abrams' path to victory is narrower than Kemp's as more Georgia voters have ruled out voting for Abrams (46%) than Kemp (37%).
"We are behind, but only by a couple of points. And we know that these are polls that are not paying attention necessarily to the growing energy among women and young people," she said.
Abrams noted that victory may hinge on the issue of abortion, which has been moving party bases in even red states over the past primary season, along with issues like gun control, following mass shootings earlier this summer.
"Georgia is, unfortunately, one of the states with a six-week abortion ban, and that ban is animating voters. We have seen record number of women asking for absentee ballots early in the process, and we know that we're seeing the same energy on the ground," she said.
"We also know that we're a state that is number nine in gun violence and that guns are the number one killer of our children."
Biden fires back at McCarthy's 'Commitment to America' agenda
President Joe Biden on Friday criticized House Republicans over their newly released agenda should they regain control of Congress this midterm cycle.
Speaking at a Democratic National Committee event in Washington, Biden hit the "Commitment to America" plan rolled out by House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy as a "thin series of policy goals with little to no detail."
McCarthy and 30 other House Republicans were in Pennsylvania earlier Friday to release the four-part agenda, which focuses heavily on the economy, immigration and crime.
"In the course of nearly an hour, here's a few of the things we didn't hear: We didn't hear him mention the right to choose, we didn't hear him mention Medicare, we didn't hear him mention Social Security," Biden countered.
Biden then mocked McCarthy for saying Republicans want to "preserve constitutional freedom" while they've celebrated the Supreme Court's decision overturning Roe v. Wade and GOP leaders around the country pass laws to restrict abortion. If Republicans were to win back Congress and passed a national abortion ban, Biden said Friday he would veto it -- which prompted applause from the crowd gathered at the National Education Association.
President Joe Biden arrives to speak during a Democratic National Committee event at the National Education Association Headquarters, on Sept. 23, 2022, in Washington, D.C.
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Biden again framed the November elections, which are now just 46 days away, as an inflection point for the nation between Democrats, independents and mainstream Republicans versus extreme "MAGA Republicans."
"This November you have to choose to be a nation of hope, unity and optimism or a nation of fear, division and darkness. I believe America will move forward to the future," he said.
Sep 23, 2022, 10:39 AM EDT
Kevin McCarthy's 'commitment' to voters punts on divisive choices: The Note
Alongside House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy in Pittsburgh on Friday morning will be a few dozen Republican House members -- everyone from far-right firebrand Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, to New York moderate Rep. John Katko, who is retiring from Congress after voting to impeach former President Donald Trump.
Such unity comes at the expense of specific policy. The outline developed by McCarthy and his team was crowd-sourced through his members and does not include specific bills he would pledge to pass -- avoiding key details on issues including abortion, immigration and border enforcement and respect for election results.
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy speaks to reporters outside his office in the Capitol, Aug. 12, 2022.
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McCarthy is skirting inside-baseball rules disputes, such as a critical one with the House Freedom Caucus that could make it easier for those members to oust a future Republican speaker -- perhaps even McCarthy himself.
