Live updates on 2022 midterm Election Day

Two of the Republican party’s most promising future leaders are projected to win reelection to seats in the U.S. Senate: Indiana Sen. Todd Young and South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott.

NBC News projected the senators would win their races in safely red states.

Young ran his reelection campaign against Democrat Thomas McDermott, the mayor of Hammond, Indiana.

Scott faced Democrat Krystle Matthews in a race that became one of the most expensive Senate races in the country due entirely to how much money Scott raised.

The Senate’s only Black Republican has raised nearly $50 million, while his opponent raised a mere $135,000, according to the nonprofit Open Secrets.

Scott is widely seen as a potential running mate for whichever Republican ultimately becomes the party’s nominee in 2024.

— Christina Wilkie

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., is under pressure to battle with corporate giants if he becomes House speaker, according to people briefed on the matter.

The House and Senate are both up for grabs in the midterms, with both parties vying for power in Congress on Election Night. If Republicans flip the House, McCarthy will likely become speaker.

McCarthy has privately told allies and advisors that he is unhappy with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce after it endorsed Democrats in previous election cycles, these people explained. He also still hasn’t moved on from some major corporations pausing their campaign donations to Republicans after he and members of his party challenged the 2020 presidential election results after the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol, those close to McCarthy said.

Many of those corporations have resumed giving to Republicans running in 2022.

McCarthy and House GOP leaders are also frustrated with how corporations, such as Delta and Coca-Cola, opposed Georgia voting laws that passed in the state last year.

This focus on corporations and their stance on key issues is part of a new push from Republican lawmakers against big business. The GOP has labeled companies, including Disney, too “woke” as they speak out against certain social policies.

A spokesman for McCarthy did not return repeated requests for comment.

Ahead of Election Day, Matt Schlapp, the chairman of the Conservative Political Action Coalition, encouraged House Republican leaders to stop taking meetings or calls with corporate leaders who run businesses that have waded into hot-button political or cultural issues including abortion and voting…