US midterms 2022: the key races

Control of the Senate could hang on results in a handful of states while votes for governor and secretary of state could affect the conduct of future elections

Hobbs is currently secretary of state in what used to be a Republican stronghold. Lake is a former TV news anchor who relishes sparring with the media and promoting Donald Trump's false claim that the 2020 election was stolen. Victory for Lake - who has appeared with figures linked to QAnon on the campaign trail - would be a major boost for the former president and ominous for 2024.