15 Congressional Races Involving Veterans Remain Uncalled

The winners in 15 congressional races in which veterans were running were still undetermined as election week wound down Friday afternoon.

Among the major races with veterans that had yet to be called by The Associated Press as of midday Friday were Senate elections in Nevada and Arizona, several House races in notoriously slow-counting California, and a House seat in Nebraska seen as vital in the battle for party control of the lower chamber.

So far, 80 veterans who ran for Congress in one of the two major parties this year have won, while 94 have lost, according to AP race calls.

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Among the veterans who won is Pennsylvania Republican Senate candidate Dave McCormick, a West Point graduate who deployed to Iraq in the Gulf War and who unseated Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa. The AP called the race for McCormick on Thursday afternoon, though Casey had not yet conceded.

McCormick's victory pads next year's GOP majority in the Senate, where Republicans will hold at least 53 seats.

Party control of the House is still up for grabs, but Republicans are closer to the magic number of at least 218 seats than Democrats. Many of the uncalled races that will determine party control involve veteran candidates.

Here's a look at all the uncalled races in the House and Senate with veterans running:

• Rep. Eli Crane, R-Ariz., a Navy SEAL veteran, was leading his Democratic opponent by about 7% with approximately 78% of votes counted as of Friday afternoon.
• Kelly Cooper, a Republican Marine Corps veteran who is challenging Rep. Greg Stanton, D-Ariz., was trailing Stanton by about 7% with approximately 76% of the votes counted.
• Rep. Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz., a Marine veteran who is running for Senate this year, was ahead of GOP candidate Kari Lake by about 1.7% with about 76% of votes counted.
• Kevin Lincoln, a GOP Marine veteran challenging Rep. Josh Harder, D-Calif., was behind by about 1.4% with about 56% of votes counted.
• Michael Maher, a GOP Navy veteran challenging Rep. Jim Costa, D-Calif., was behind by about 1.2% with about 62% of votes counted.
• Rep. Mike Garcia, R-Calif., a former Navy pilot, was ahead of his Democratic challenger by about 1.4% with about 73% of votes counted.
• David Serpa, a Republican Marine veteran, was trailing Rep. Mark Takano, D-Calif., the top Democrat on the House Veterans Affairs Committee, by about 10% with about 67% of votes counted.
• Derek Tran, a Democratic Army veteran challenging Rep. Michelle Steel, R-Calif., was behind by about 4% with about 72% of votes counted.
• Gabe Evans, a Republican Army veteran challenging Rep. Yadira Caraveo, D-Colo., was behind by less than 1% with about 88% of votes counted.
• Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks, R-Iowa, a former Army nurse, was ahead of her Democratic opponent by 0.2% with about 99% of votes counted.
• Rep. Jared Golden, D-Maine, a Marine veteran, was ahead of his Republican challenger by about 0.3% with about 98% of votes counted.
• Rep. Don Bacon, R-Neb., an Air Force veteran who led the House Armed Services Committee's military quality-of-life subpanel, was leading his Democratic challenger by about 3% with about 95% of votes counted.
• Sam Brown, a GOP Army veteran who was severely burned by an improvised explosive device in Afghanistan, was trailing Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nev., by about 1.3% with about 96% of votes counted.
• Joe Kent, a Republican Army Special Forces veteran who is challenging Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Wash., for the second election in a row, was down by about 3% with about 87% of votes counted.
• Jerrod Sessler, a far-right Navy veteran who is running against GOP Rep. Dan Newhouse of Washington after Newhouse was one of 10 House Republicans to vote to impeach once and future President Donald Trump over the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol attack, was trailing Newhouse by about 4% with about 74% of votes counted.

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