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Midterm campaign live updates: GOP's Cheney endorses Ohio Democrat Tim Ryan for Senate
ABC News is reporting on campaign developments in key states across the U.S.
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.
For more from ABC News' team of reporters embedded in battleground states, watch "Power Trip: Those Seeking Power and Those Who Chase Them" on Hulu , with new episodes on Sunday.
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Here is the latest from the campaign trail:
- Republican Rep. Liz Cheney endorses Ohio Democratic Senate candidate Rep. Tim Ryan
- Biden to travel San Diego on Thursday for endangered House Democrat Rep. Mike Levin
- Arizona Libertarian Senate candidate drops out of race, throws support to GOP nominee Blake Masters
- Fetterman gives first interview after post-stroke debate
- Former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman cuts ad for Sen. Mike Lee
- Obama backs PA Senate candidate John Fetterman in new ads
Michigan voters sound off on abortion, more
As the Detroit Auto Show in Michigan makes a comeback after a three-year hiatus, ABC News hit the ground in the state as well as the University of Michigan campus to speak to voters on the most important issues that are on their minds.
The state is gearing up to be ground zero of a battle over abortion rights after the state Supreme Court ordered the inclusion of a ballot initiative that seeks to enshrine abortion rights in the state and will be voted on in November. The initiative was originally deadlocked by the board of canvassers in August.
Sam Dubose and Stephen Oduro, seniors at the University of Michigan, identify as pro-abortion rights and they believe the topic of abortion will influence many people to head to the polls on Election Day.
"I'm going to vote my conscience," Dubose told ABC News. "I know what I'm going to do."
Click here to read more views from Michigan voters -- on abortion and more.
-- ABC News' Paulina Tam and Elizabeth Thomas
Fetterman would get auditory accommodation in Senate if needed: Casey
Should he need them, auditory accommodations would be available in the U.S. Senate for Pennsylvania's Democratic hopeful John Fetterman, Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa., told ABC News this weekend.
At a scheduled debate next month with Republican opponent Mehmet Oz, Fetterman will be able to use a closed-captioning system because of self-described “auditory processing” issues he’s dealt with since a stroke in May.
Before stumping for Fetterman on Saturday in Scranton, Casey said he believes the lieutenant governor is ready for the Senate and would not need the auditory accommodation by the time he’s sworn in.
“When it comes to the work of the Senate, most of the work, if you’re doing the job well, is listening to people, hearing what they have to say as your constituents, going to hearings, going to meetings, voting,” Casey told ABC News. “He’s going to be able to do all that and communicate effectively and I think he’s going to be a great senator.”
Asked if it would be possible to use closed captioning in those meetings, Casey said, “Oh sure, and we should have that. What if someone came to the Senate with a more permanent disability of some kind?”
Casey said the accommodation would be available “if it were necessary, but I don’t think by the time he gets there that will be necessary, but we’ll see.”
Meanwhile, Casey’s fellow Pennsylvania senator, Republican Pat Toomey said earlier this month at a press conference with Oz, “It’s just not possible to be an effective senator if you cannot communicate.”
-- ABC News' Will McDuffie
Ron Johnson, Mandela Barnes agree to a televised debate
Democratic Senate nominee Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes has announced he's accepted an invitation from NBC-affiliate TMJ4 to debate his Republican opponent Sen. Ron Johnson on Oct. 13 in Milwaukee. Barnes also challenges Johnson to attend a forum in Oshkosh, with further details to be announced.
Barnes' campaign manager Kory Kozloski released the following statement: "Ron Johnson has spent over a decade in Washington selling out working families and calling to put Social Security and Medicare on the chopping block. Mandela looks forward to holding him accountable for his record of putting himself and his wealthy donors first on the debate stage in Milwaukee, and then in his own backyard in Oshkosh."
Johnson had accused Barnes of "hiding" from him and said he was open to having three debates before the Nov. 8 election, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported.
ABC News has tracked which candidates are debating in key midterm races.
-ABC News' Paulina Tam.
Sanders announces she’s "cancer-free" after thyroid surgery
Arkansas GOP gubernatorial nominee and former Trump White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders declared in a statement on Friday that she'd been diagnosed with thyroid cancer earlier this month but is now "cancer-free" following a surgery in Arkansas on Friday.
"This experience has been a reminder that whatever battle you may be facing, don't lose heart. As governor, I will never quit fighting for the people of our great state," the daughter to former Arkansas GOP Gov. Mike Huckabee said in a statement.
The surgery removed her thyroid and surrounding lymph nodes, she said. Her surgeon, John R. Sims, noted in a statement released by her campaign that he didn't anticipate this health scare slowing Sanders down ahead of the November general election.
"I expect her to be back on her feet even within the next 24 hours. This is a Stage I papillary thyroid carcinoma which is the most common type of thyroid cancer and has an excellent prognosis," he said.
Georgia outpacing presidential election levels in early midterms voting
With less than three weeks until the midterm elections, Georgians are already casting their ballots at a fast pace -- with vote counts on Tuesday surpassing 2020 presidential election records for day two of early voting, surging to nearly twice the early vote totals of 2018 at the same point.
The outcome of Georgia's Senate race could be critical in deciding the balance of power in Washington.
As Georgia entered its third day of early in-person voting on Wednesday, over 291,700 people have voted -- 268,050 in person and 23,690 absentee. In 2020, the early vote numbers after the second day were 266,403, and in 2018 they were 147,289, according to the secretary of state's office.
"We're extremely pleased that so many Georgians are able to cast their votes, in record numbers and without any reports of substantial delays," said Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger. "This is a testament to the hard work of Georgia's election workers, the professionals who keep our elections convenient and secure."
Georgia's second day of early voting totals marks a 75.3% increase from that same point in 2018 early midterm voting and an "astounding" 3.3% increase in the second day of early voting in the 2020 presidential election, the state's top elections official said.
Read more here.
-- ABC News' Lalee Ibssa