governorship in pennsylvania. we have reporters, as you would expect, everywhere you need to be this morning. covering the pivotal races that shape this republican juggernaut movement. and some races not yet decided. so let's get the results look at the big senate contests. >> by the way, several races are not even decided yet, including as predicted alaska. the hotly contested senate race pitted democratic incumbent mark begich against challenger dan sullivan. we're watching those vote closely. and a nail-biter who close to call also in virginia. mark warner is claiming victory and ed gillespie has not conceded the senate race which could be headed to a recounts. and the neither democratic incumbent mary landrieu nor republican challenger bill cassidy got that magic 50% needed to written outright.

so the runoff will be held next month. >> you've got to look down to rob maness there. a history making night in iowa. cnn projects joni ernst to welcome the first iowa female senator. over bruce braley which was a bruising campaign. in kansas, you don't have to worry were about it, republican senator pat roberts managed to keep his seat. it was one of the most hotly contested race. i guess people do want to know what team you're on when it comes to politics. cory gardner has won the senate race in colorado. cnn projects had will defeat incumbent mark udall. that's a significant pickup for republicans. this is a state that voted for president obama in 2008 and 2012. and in arkansas, tom cotton defeating democrat mark pryor.

it was a decisive win for cotton dwight that pryor could keep that seat in democrat hands. in georgia, republican david perdue wins the race over saxby chambliss. and democrats hoped michelle nunn to flip the seat but republicans take control. and new hampshire, cnn is projecting jeanne shaheen will hold on to her senate seat. she beat the challenger scott brown who came under fire for moving to new hampshire to run after living and serving in massachusetts. >> maybe we're expecting the wrong things, other than jeanne shaheen, it makes you think that republicans were rolling even more than some expected. now, north carolina, okay, you could say that was the clincher for republicans. thom tillis defeated democratic senator kay hagan. it put the gop over the top and control the senate.

now the question is not just if they'll control, but by how much. what will the margin be. republica republicans steve daines defeats amanda curtis. after fighting for his political life, allegedly, minority leader mitch mchad connell could be the next majority leader. the kentucky senator easily won a sixth term in the senate defeating democrat alison lundergan grimes. two big story lines there. one is she was calling herself a clinton democrat, and remember, she wouldn't say who she voted for. sometimes, voters want you to be straight. what does this mean for hillary? >> yeah, that seems like a tactical error on her part in hindsight. whoever will be working with them will be working with friendly leadership in the

house. speaker john boehner beating his rival in his district. boehner expected to run as speaker of the house. gop congressman michael grimm won his third term in district 11. grimm prevailed despite an indictment for alleged corruption against him. and former "american idol" contestant clay aiken finishes in second place again his hopes were dashed by incumbent marinee ellmers in north carolina. >> remember, we told you we're going to go all day with you and we may wind up here tomorrow morning not knowing everything. we're right. starting with cnn drew griffin in alaska. we know it's hard to poll there but also to count the votes going on all through the night. drew, how's is going this morning? a lot of people behind you. >> reporter: yeah, tearing down the party behind me, buddy. listen, it's getting cold because they're opening up the

doors. 90% of voters counted. dan sullivan, the republican challenger to the democrat incumbent mark begich. looks like he's going to win. smells like a victory here but nobody is calling anything in this race. why? we've asked both campaigns. the sullivan campaign said look there's no mathematical possibly begich could win but he won't concede. why won't he concede? we got an e-mail saying he's waiting for counts from 70 villages which have been very supportive of him. and he's going to make an announcement when all of those votes counted. so we may wait for 100% of the vote count here in alaska. really, chris, alaska has already won in terms of power and that's because lisa murkowski, the senior senator will now become the chairman of

the energy and national resources committee. i talked to her had about an hour ago. i said what does this victory mean to republicans? how are they actually going to govern back in washington? he's what she had to say. >> we can't sit back and say we want, we want, and focus on '16 and winning again. the responsibility on our shoulders right now is to legislate and to govern. let's not get bogged down into how popular we are. let's demonstrate that we have ideas that are sound and positive. that will move our country forward. >> allison, she said that republicans worked hard. she will have to work harder with the country. she said they will do that with two republicans. we'll see. let's go to georgia where republicans managed to hold on

to a key senate seat. nick valencia with more on david perdue's big win, nick. >> good morning, this was supposed to be a race that's coming down to the wire with analysts saying it's going to go into a runoff. because it was impossible for any candidate to get to 50% plus one vote to avoid the runoff. that didn't happen. a couple hours after polls closed in georgia at 7:00 p.m. eastern and the ballots started to be tallied it became increasingly evident that david perdue, the republican in the race, was going to pull away and that's exactly what he did. after his victory, he caught up with cnn's kyra phillips. >> only reason i think we're standing here tonight is that this message resonated across the sththat we got to change th direction of the country. as a senator, i've got to reach out to people. >> for her part in her concession speech, michelle nunn

was a little more upbeat. she proved that this red state could be a competitive state for democratic candidates. in the end, though, she came up short. chris. >> thank you very much. that's certainly the story line there but there are many others. we have two candidates who faced off in the louisiana senate race theye going to do it again next month. yes, you had mary landrieu and republican bill cassidy, but don't forget about mr. maness. he ended up looming large. suzanne malveaux in new orleans. suzanne is not is it showing that a third party candidate have have an impact but where do those votes go? >> reporter: yeah, that's a main challenge for senator landrieu. all the candidates thrown in here. i had a chance to talk to senator landrieu earlier in the day. she seemed rather relaxed, confident that she'd get that 50 plus one. it didn't happen. we expect wild days ahead.

she immediately pivoted and challenged bill cassidy to six debates before the runoff. also launched new posters and slogan, as well as the website saying where was bill? challenging him on his record in louisiana and made it clear this is not a race against the president, she said, whatever he is, or was, or will be, this is not about him. congressman cassidy was equally aggressive when she got on the stage saying exactly what she did not want him to do compare her to president obama by saying that she votes with him 87% of the time. and also saying 60% of louisiana voters said they wanted some sort of a rain. and the big question is maness. this tea party candidate. cassidy or landrieu, where are they going? it's a tough race, chris. >> and 14% is just a lot. and it makes you think about how the electoral was thinking, we

want something different. even if it's the unknown. suzanne, thank you very much. we'll be back to you in a little bit. so the country is now at somewhat of a cross roads here. let's tack a look at the electoral map turning up brighter shades of reds. it's easy to deal with who wins and loses, what happens is tough. we got john avlon, margaret leaver. paul bernstein and mark la manno. of course, they're all cnn political commentators. let me ask you, we've seen a lost cycle, seats change hands. we've seen more happen in the past, 2010, what do you think stands out to you? >> a totally dispiriting election. i think said that if the democrats won by an equal margin. these candidates ran against

things rather than an aggressive message to a real program. they tailored their candidacies to look at particularly popular views with independents rather than being leaders themselves. i think hillary clinton coming out really enhanced. >> enhanced? >> you haven seen the hash tag hillaries losers? >> i think she's enhanced ba us she looked like a leader and she's been consistent in embracing her party's message, a positive message for what she stands for. i think if you look at what the democratic candidates did for the most part, running from president obama. i think in the long run it probably was a mistake. at the same time, you've got to look that president obama has not used his victory in the last election to look like a real leader and to go to the country and say, look, i won. here's what we're going to try to do. join me on this, and if we fall

on our faces, we'll fall on our faces. had he done that i think this would have been a different election. >> almost every single candidate that hillary clinton campaigned for lost last night. it's hard to see why she's enhanced that's why this website hillary's losers. it wasn't that president obama wasn't able to campaign. it's that no democratic figurehead was able to help carry even the clintons. of course, it was a republican map. they know the deck was set. the taken was set for a republican victory last night which is also why i think republicans, we should feel good about it. but we shouldn't read too much into this. >> the whole point is about fighting the good fight. the democrats who did that or not, who stood up for as a leader versus running away from what they think. john? >> let's have a reality check here. the average loss for a

president's party, eight seats in the senate, eight seats in the house. even two weeks ago, republicans thought they were going to lose some seats. things broke hard their way. one of the take-away things that both parties have to deal with. it's been said in the past. gop parties that can't lose midterms and can't win presidentials. and it's about turnout. it's not cliche. it has profound implications for every president. >> you're forgetting that the gop has done well in the senate and house. the governors' races they've done well there, too. >> that was the spirit of the campaign for me -- >> i expect, the senate is going to be lost, we kind of all knew that. the governorships are something that we could hold on, we lost there, too. with the exception of pennsylvania which was a big one -- >> the question is why, why do you think you lost? what do you think it means? >> i think there was a lack of clear narrative.

to stand next to president obama. >> the new york post, known for its subtlety, rarely do i hold up their headlines when they're not about me. this one, president obama in the barrel. happened to be the wrong metaphor. however it does happen to be the right image that when the states take power back, they're taking issues under their own control. people saying we want to seat states do more because we don't trust the fed. there had to be a price to be paid for people who don't like congress. let them do policy issues we care about. let them figure out obamacare. >> one of the big things that happened, republican governors, massachusetts, illinois, as democrat as you can get elected centrist governors and republicans. one thing that the exit poll shows us, first of all, anger at congress, outstripped anger at president obama.

and the number one issue is the economy which has been improving. there are things to run on there for democrats but they didn't. they decided to run away from the president. as a result there was no narrative by either party. >> but these are all votes against. in this election, it's people voted against washington, against incumbents. against the president. >> republicans did pretty good last night. >> people voted against. particularly against politics as we have it, as usual. in terms of reading this as a partisan message, i'd be very careful. >> really? >> yes, and i'd be very careful if the democrats had won it, too. >> how can it not be a partisan message when republicans completely destroyed democrats? even when obama took it back in 2008. that's usually a partisan message. >> i think people want to see things get done. they're going to see how the

congress do, including the senators. people want something done in washington. this is a vote against gridlock among other things. >> you're absolutely right. in each of these states we didn't actually see a unifying message that everybody was running against but in a coordinated way. however, there was a sense that people are running against incompetence. and people want the government to work. there's this sense that under president obama's leadership there has been this unraveling of clear leadership abroad and at home. there was this sense that we want competent leaders in congress. >> castrate congress, that's the message. >> i never saw anybody deliver a line like that. i castrate hogs when i grew up. >> and it showed particularly well with a negative message.

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welcome back to cnn's breaking news kug of the 2014 midterm elections. there has been a monumental shift in the balance of power in washington. let's take a look at this. republicans picking up at least seven seats to seize control of the senate from democrats. voters delivering a stinging rebuke of the obama presidency, chris. >> our.so there are ballot initiatives going on this year. marijuana getting play, voters from washington, d.c., that's where congress is, major implications and oregon recreational use. early numbers also indicate alaska's plan to tax, regulate and legalize pot use is likely to pass as well. florida's medical marijuana initiative received more than 50% of the vote but did not get 60% of the vote, and they needed that to pass there. so that doesn't go anywhere. raising the minimum wage was also a big deal on referendum ballots. we just learned that it passed

in alaska. earlier, we learned it was approved in arkansas, nebraska and south dakota so we see policy issues being taken on, alisyn, on the state level, people want to see action, even if they have to do it themselves. >> all right, chris. so back to the national picture, few would argue that washington has been broken and muddled down by gridlock in the past few years. so what will become of the capital now that the gop controls both houses. john avlon, cnn political commenter margaret hoover and marc lamont hill, good to have you here. what legislation will we see? >> we will see everything, health care, immigration. make note of it. >> i wish, right? i think it's an interesting thing. they have to do something to the point that was made earlier. the republican party will say,

look, we made things happen. we've got things through the next two years. they're going to have to make reasonable suggestions, as democrats, they're going to have to get things done, it's finally actually doable, is immigration, immigration is something that we can make happen. >> john avlon. >> i'm all four the triumph of hope over experience. and mitch mcconnell did campaign on ending gridlock in washington. so let's take him at his word today. but immigration, so many gop candidates campaigned against it. i think the president can say, look, we had a bipartisan margin before in the senate. do it again work with me in the house. if not after 100 days i'm going to do executive action. more realistic are things like tax reform, corporate tax reform, trade reform. thing its less sexy but there is common ground. >> boehner's going to have to look at this caucus and say do i have enough moderates that are null elected that can push that

off. i think it's much better if boehner came out with a five-point plan that he's willing to look at that roughly coincides with priorities. on the top of that is spending reform. president-elect obama said that he would like to see spending reform done, entitlement reform. and remember beau and how to end long-term reform. generational fact. >> kumbaya, carl. >> i don't know kumbaya, but i certainly would go that obama is someone who would like to make deals that would reflect progress towards the economy, particularly on taxes and he's going to be willing to do it. the question is whether this new republican majority is going to be willing to deal, and if they don't -- i mean, i think in a way that obama gets a kind of

new lease in terms of bargaining, even though he's horribly weakened in many ways by this election. and at the same time, he's still the president of the united states. >> yeah, absolutely. >> but then he's got a lot of cards to play in terms of what happens with the few pieces of legislation that people of the country -- >> he does. he does. >> that we can do something. >> he absolutely does. and you know, it's always a mistake saying you're a lame duck, we have two more years of administration. but there's realistically nine months to get something done in washington. then silly season is going to sink in and people are going to act like drunken sailors. you just know it. >> two possibilities, taxes and a little bit of entitlement, quote, reform perhaps. but it's a long shot. >> marc, there's things that the president has to compromise. i mean, he's going to have to work with the republicans even if he doesn't love the bills that he present or he's going to

veto them. >> it depends on what bill -- any bills that gets there, a bipartisan bill is going to be a different type of bill that he may be getting from five years ago. it really comes down to republicans in the senate whether they want to set him up to look like vetoman, or whether people are commit odd getting something done. the other thing that plays into president obama's agenda is legacy. ultimately, he's going to want to get something done for his long-term legacy, all presidents do. that will shape the kind of legislation that we see for the next nine or ten months. >> action that doesn't happen legislatively. i want it to happen. i just don't see the house finding its cajones on the issue in the coming years. >> it's going to be bipartisan action, that's right. you're not going to get a consensus on immigration. >> certainly not an oye comprehensive immigration deal. but maybe on certain pieces of it. even ted cruz has put a bill out

to spike h 1 visas. and the house has said if you take certain pieces of the comprehensive bill they might actually be able to pass it. >> then, carl, will we see a different tone for the next two years in washington? i mean there's been so much partisan rancor, does it change? >> look, i think one predicting is difficult in this environment. two, i think there's a lack of genuineness by the candidates in both parties. i think if you're going to see the rhetoric dialed back, it's going to be for self-serving reasons not for substantive reasons. but let's look at ted cruz. let's look at what he said so far out. that he's going to go through there like a freight train. not so much to mitch mcconnell, but also the agenda that he's going to push is it's going to be rancor. >> i think it's about six months

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while you were sleeping, the u.s. senate turned a deeper shade of red. republicans grabbing control of the chamber picking up at least seven seats. races remain undecided in alaska and virginia where the gop is looking to flip more seats along with louisiana where a runoff is coming next month. chris. >> all right, so we have to go to d.c. we await the reality of where the chips fell in congress. so let's get some virtual realities while we do that, tom foreman. tom, break it down for us. what is right now, tom foreman,

and more importantly, what may be? >> well, chris, what is right now, is a congress that looks nothing like the congress that barack obama started with. look at the u.s. senate first. we fly it up high here. back when he took over in 2008, the republicans were on the ropes. they had 41 seats. the democrats had 57, plus two independents that caucused with them. in 2010, they lost six seats here in the democratic side. gained aly bill in 2012 but then came the deluge. look what happened overnight. the republicans 52 at least as we go through the counting here. democrats down to 43. a couple of independents one of whom changed sides. nonetheless, republicans in part, this chamber has changed in a dramatic way. if you go across the rotunda in the capitol over to the u.s. house of representatives, their numbers are even more stark. let's change everything over here and look at the house and take it up high. 2008 when barack obama took over, republicans, 178 seats.

democrats, 257. then two years later, there was a landslide. the democrats lost 66 seats. they gained a little bit back. but then the deal was completed last night. look at the numbers now because this is where we stand at this hour, as we're adding this up, 242 for the republicans. 174 for the democrats. some still undecide throughout but this is a route. you add it all up and president obama in his two midterms will end up losing somewhere between 60 and 70 seats in congress, compare that to some other presidents tlous. ronald reagan lost 31 during his midterms. george w. bush lost just 22 during his midterms. and bill clinton lost just 49. all of this means if the numbers keep running true this way, barack obama will have ended up losing more seats, his party will have lost more seats during his midterms than any party has

with any president since harry truman. so this is a real setback for the democrats right now. the landscape has changed dramatically. >> landscape, that's the right word, tom foreman thank you very much. president obama making the kind of history you don't want to make. the big question, michaela, why this happened, people unhappy with both houses, they're starting to take attention on the governor races. >> they really are. let's talk about the changes we'll see. the republican wave not related to congress as we're mentioning. some real surprises in races for governors. let's start with florida. a big expensive campaign. $100 million in tv ads. republican rick scott staving off a tough charlie by charlie crist. as for illinois, republican

bruce rauner tweeted pat quinn according to a cnn projection. another stunning upset in heavily democrat maryland republican businessman larry hogan winning the governor's race. he defeated anthony brown, the state's lieutenant governor. and another deep blue below for democrats in massachusetts. republican governor races, charlie baker winning the governor's race over democrat martha coakley. this comes after eight years of democratic rule in that state under retiring governor deval patrick. now, we want to end on a lone bright spot for democrats. businessman tom wolf is the new governor of pennsylvania. the democrat defeating republican incumbent tom corbett in his bid for his re-election. one race that's undecided so far. colorado democratic incumbent john hickenlooper is neck and neck with hisle challenger bob beauprez, you can count on cnn to bring you the results.

as we're looking ahead to 2016, governors do well on the national level. some have higher aspirations. we'll keep those names in the back of our mind. this morning is a day of reckoning for democrats. angry voters turn the political landscape in red. big names have been upset or even unseeded. >> unseated. we don't like your face, looking at 2016, who's out there that can reenergize people and get us back caring about who our leaders are? we'll talk about it.

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so what's the reality? the reality is, this happens. parties swap seats in congress. but it does not often happen like this. 2014 belongs to the gop. that is the headline. don't let anybody convince you otherwise pip and as part of that, some big time democrats were swept out of office. so, who was kicked out? what does it mean going forward. let's bring in ours treatmented panel, john avlon, margaret hoover, carl bernstein and marc lamont hill. marc, start with you, big name democrats who had you crying last night? is. >> they all did. i was crying a bunch. not so much for the gubernatorial races but the impact on labor. when i saw quinn go down. when i went down the list and saw illinois, michigan, where else? wisconsin obviously. those were tougher ones. three years ago i would have said these are very winnable.

states that obama won. again, obama's home state. that's a big state. >> john avlon has his hand up in a disclaimer. >> yeah, two weeks ago they looked winnable. how about that reality check. the fact that centrist republicans actually won in these blue states are a good sign. charlie baker in massachusetts, you know, in eye ill, who would have thought the president's home state you'd have a republican. saying, look, i'm here to work with the legislature but not give them a blank check. that's a powerful sign. the losses like mark pryor, if you care about bridging that loss which mitch mcconnell swears he's going to. >> i haven't heard one what about harry reid? harry reid was the major big name loss last night. he's no longer the majority leader of the united states senate and the end of an era has happened. >> one parliamentarian for another. >> oh -- >> you think the united states

is the functional dysfunctional body not quite as bad as the house? >> how so? >> we have 300 bills to do what -- >> passing bills is nothing. >> to follow up on that, carl, i want to enhance your own point. you say they passed a lot of bills, numerically, you're right. i think this is a good point. we're going to hear a lot of this in weeks ahead. republicans are saying we reason been getting it done in the house. we have been obstructionists. do you think there's a bill you can be proud of? >> certainly on past issues, the senate hasn't appropriated a single bill in the last session. at least the house is appropriating. the process is working in the house. its open amendments are getting done. there's a living, breathing vital force in the house. you may not agree with the policies z policies. why do you have one of the

greatest journalists and your husband disagreeing with you? >> because they're wrong. what can i say. >> the process is working, if either party or either house of congress where dealing in a meaningful way -- >> let me finish, dealing with the problems of the country and those problems have not been addressed for a long time now. 25 years this goes from election to election to election. we're in a kind of trough in this country. in terms of dealing meaningfully with our political process to meet the problems in the country and the people. that's, to some extent, what this reaction is against. let's not forget that this is a huge expression of dissatisfaction with the incumbent president of the united states. and we're -- >> and the congress. at the same time. >> but here's what's confusing to me, if you're saying as a voter, voters have the right to do what they want that we want to end gridlock so we give the keys to mitch mcconnell, we give power to ted cruz more? we bring in people that --

>> it's not going to happen. >> even if they want what those people offer as a practical matter, these extremist marginal bills not getting through. >> historically, when most has gotten done is when the president's party is different from the party running the legislature. that's when welfare reform. >> i want to point out that we had divided government in the past but it wasn't dysfunctional government. there's nothing wrong with healthy tension between what's going on in the executive branch and the legislative branch. i think that's what makes the system unique and sometimes functional. >> right. >> but right now, that's not what we have, we have one side committed to obstruction. >> now, let's see what happens going forward. now you have a control shift. do you believe that your team will do what the republicans are doing and block everything? or do you think they'll take it differently? >> i just think certain things are who we are. the filibuster matters more than

it did ten years ago regardless of who's in power. >> are you going to do it differently now? >> i'd like to think so. not because democrats are more principled but because they have a vested interest in making something happen because of what's going none the white house. 24 republican seats up, 10 democrats. they want to position themselves. >> let's look at the question of the republican caucus and what they're going to do is rob portman, for instance, who is a tremendously constructive senator, who believes in getting things done, is he going to be a real major player who's going to be able to bring together member of his party, to get things done? he can work with obama. >> sure. >> is that going to happen or is ted cruz going to cut a swath through there with his -- >> i don't know. >> what's your answer, margaret? >> my prediction is ted cruz is going to be as obstructionist as he possibly can but he's one

senator. but have seven senators from republicans from blue states up in two years. this is going to be moderate from the center. >> i think you're right. >> how do you control ted cruz? he's got the tea party. >> but one guy -- >> but that doesn't matter. >> what happens -- let's talk about the supreme court. what's going to happen with the supreme court nomination? >> i don't know the answers, but what's going to happen -- >> what's comgoing to happen wi any of the administration? >> what we know, republicans have two years to set the table for 2016. they can continue to look like obstructionists or get something done. they can send that to the president's desk, maybe one that they can sign. but it's if their interests to do that that's why i think the forces of interest are lining up in a way that may advance the american people. >> no the only advantage to the american people is if we've got bills or legislation. the clinton era showed us you start getting welfare reform, you get three strikes.

>> oh, come on. >> no, my point is i hope obama doesn't become clinton two, and begin pushing forward a centrist policy. >> now you're -- >> never forget that obama has real centrist interests. >> that's why i'm scared. >> particularly on fiscal -- on fiscal questions, obama has some real instincts that would love to compromise. >> maybe. >> if you could have real, quote, entitlement reform, in exchange for tax reform that would, you know, raise the taxes on the rich. >> yeah. >> well we've got to leave it right there for now. there's a lot of what ifs to fill out. all we know know what it means yet, alisyn. part of the test. meanwhile, a wave of red sweeping across america. republicans seizing their largest congressional majority since world war ii. so is america a more

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here is your overnight headline. the midterm elections have brought us an epic transformation in the balance of power in washington. republicans have picked up at least seven seats. north carolina, iowa, and

colorado, to seize control of the senate from democrats. the gop is now enjoying its largest majority in congress since world war ii. republicans also wrestling at least four governor seats from democrats. so let's get over to john berman right now. he's looking at the exit polls. they tell a very interesting story, my friend. >> they sure do, chris. the question is how much of an impediment was president obama? the answer is a big one. 56% disapprove of how the president is handling his job. if you look at those who disapprove they broke heavily for thom tillis who won that race. look at the other races that are fascinating. colorado this is a state that president obama won twice. 56% of voters there say they disapprove of the job the president is doing. again of that 79% voted for the republican cory gardner.

iowa. iowa is the state where president obama launched his career into the stratosphere when he won the caucuses in 2008. 60% in iowa disapprove of the president's job there. again, joni ernst, the republican, the big beneficiary there. i wanted to put up virginia here. because virginia is the only race in the country that we still haven't declared a winner in the senate. louisiana and alaska also they're still counting votes in a runoff. but virginia's still too close to make a projection right now. why? well, 58% of voters in virginia say they disapprove of the job the president's doing. if you look at them, 81% are going to the challenger ed gillespie and not the incumbent dem mark warner there. it really tells a story of just what role the president is playing in the election. alisyn. >> john, thanks for that. the voters have spoken and the political landscape in washington turning red. beefing up the majority in the house. what does this mean for the last

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this one's a huge win for the republicans. >> thank you, iowa. i'm going to washington to get something done. >> regardless of what happens here tonight, i have one thing that has come true, that harry reid is the minority leader. >> the country was counting on us, to help deliver a republican majority to the senate and we delivered.

good morning, welcome to a special edition of "new day," it is wednesday, november 5th, it's 6:00 in the east, it's been a long night for many, i'm alisyn camerota. >> and i'm chris cuomo with michaela pereira to tell you what happened. the u.s. votes gop. angry voters handing control to the republicans, giving the party its largest congressional majority since world war ii. take a look, democrats had enjoyed a 55-45 advantage. before last night's election. today republicans have picked up at least seven seats. clinched control, period. the question is by what margin. still some races in play. >> it's the same story in the nation's governors' races, this is what the u.s. looked like tuesday morning. take a look at your screen. today the gop has flipped at least four states, including blue strongholds, maryland and massachusetts.

democrats picked up one governorship in pennsylvania. we have reporters live on the ground covering the pivotal races that shaped that republican juggernaut. but first a look at where we stand in the senate. >> voters are seeing red. it means republican and it means they have a significant amount of anger. several states still undeclared. including alaska, that's not about a recount or a runoff, that's just about counting votes ongoing as we speak. when we get the results we'll get them to you. the hotly contested race pits beggish against sullivan. and a nail-biter in virginia, mark werner is claiming victory. his challenger, ed gillespie says no way, not conceding, we want a recount. we'll find out if it goes that way. >> louisiana's