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control the 118th congress in january although it may take a week or so to get all the results. today voters in all 50 states will send 435 members of congress to the house of representatives and they will elect 35 senato aoss the nation. you can see those states in greainuding two in oklahoma because tres a special election treaceepublican gym. some of the races in t sate to watch out for include washington state and new hampshire ertwo democratic senators are vying for reelecon and on the republican sidendna, kentucky, south carolinall republican senators running for reelection and in vermont, peter welch is on track to take the seat of retiring senator patrick lady. there is also several governo races across the country.

36 of them along with the b five we heard about all the election sson, florida, georgia, arizona, pennsylvania and nevada. keep an eye on the states of illinois, oklahoma maryland, massachusetts, maine and minnesota along with oregon where there is a quite tight three-way race. we are in georgia, pennsylni ohio nevada and arizona and lar tonight we take you live to these locations to hear from candidates there and in other places. our focus of this first hour of our election coverage is to find out who is going to be controlling the house and senate and keep an eye on the congressional races. we will talk with kirk beto, the editor of the hotline and we will also look at results all night. you will see a ticker at the

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is our handle. you can see they e concentrated in the south and midwest including one othkey states we will be talking about tonight, pennsylvania, along with florida. polls will be closing at 8:30 have an hour from now in three more states, north carolina, west virginia, and ohio. at 9:00 p.m. eastern time another 13 states wi b closing their polls, concentrated in the upper midwest and west, along with the key states of new york. kirk beto is the managing editor of the hotline. you have been spending a lot of time in the last year on this election. what is the most likely scenario? >> in the house right now is that it is for republicans. we are seeing is kind of a

return to traditional midterm fundamentals which are the party of the president in power. on the average the party of the first-term term president loses about 28 seats and while this election cycle has had its ups and downs for democrats and republicans, the last few weeks it has really reverted back to the fundamentals, looking at a universe where democrats could lose anywhere between 15, 25 maybe 30 plus seats on a bad night and remember, republicans only need five seats to retake the chamber. right now the question isn't so much will they flip the house but by how much? >> when you look at the races where the polls have already closed including virginia, what have youso far?

>> we are still waiting on the gger picture there. right now about 25% reporting in that district. -- is leading by 25 points i believe right now and that has been a real bellwether for us to determine how bad of a night democrats are having. there are three races in virginia we are watching. spanberger, virginia two and virginia 10. the way those three races go will give us an idea of how the rest of the nights will go. if laureate loses she is the most vulnerable of all three right now. we think things are going to go as predicted. republicans will make pretty good games between five-10 seats. if abigail loses she will be end up little better position. -- she will be in a little bit

better position. if she loses in this new district then that is a bad sign for democrats. if she holds on then democrats can minimize their losses. that is more of a red ripple. if jennifer wexton loses we are on full on red tsunami watch. if jennifer wexton loses that will be 30 plus seats probably going for republican. we will probably get a better idea of how those races went within the next hour. keep an eye on those. >> jennifer wexton's seat is here in the dcf suburbs loudoun county correct? -- d.c. suburbs. >> correct. what we saw this time last year was a huge shift in these suburban districts that went

from biden to voting for now governor glenn youngkin. at that time last year it looks like the sky was falling on democrats. there were predictions about what this would mean next year. because we had such a topsy cycle with the dogs rolling -- dobbs ruling, it looks much like the same type of environment where voters are frustrated as the party in power, and in these blue areas especially, not just in these blue or -- bluer suburbs, democrats are really struggling right now because their messages on abortion do not resonate in areas where it is a settled deal already. >> another race people are keeping an eye on is in rhode island. arent has a chance of regaining

a seat. -- eight republican has a chance of regaining a seat. --aeplican has a chance of regaing us each. >>hat is interesting about that race is this area that went for a bite and by i believe double digits. the treasurer their not necessarily a greatamign. he tried to nationalize the while the popular former mayor of cranston, has run a much more localized race. if you look at that tale of the ad, alan fung he is out and about in town called seth magaziner is trying to paint him as a trumpian radical. he has really done the work to establish himself free from the national party.

they said he is going to be a really tough ot. alan fung was also the first mayor of a rhode islan town of asian-american dissent. that was a big push for republicans to diversify their candidates. alan fung is the person they wanted to recruit and make significant -- into the democrat majority. >> one of the seats that came on to the math late was sean >> absy.maloney. sean patrick malon is a lower hudson valley it is typical of a lot of other races right now where democrats nd himself on their heels in places they thought they were safe. maloney's district voted ided by over 10 points.

that is early on the battlefield. same thing with two other open seats in long island. biden one by double digits. chairman of the campaign company -- committee hasn't lost a race since --. now he is defending his own seats. it is so bad that the democratic campaign committee had to investigate over a million dollars to bail him out. republican organizations have dumped over $10 million in the race and that is and to -- indicative of republican strategy. 93% of all the money they spent

this cycle was in biden held seat. the 5 million dollars went into seats that biden carried. when you find yourself in the majority and having to defend these seats you thought you did not have to invest money and, that is taking the offensive target off the board. they are really between a rock and a hard place right now. i think maloney is in trouble tonight and i will be watching closely. >> let's go to the texas border, representative michelle alejo is in a tight race with monica de la cz. >> texas 15 was the top of our ikely to flip because that is where democratic troubles have really come to the floor.

the organizations have written off that district because they are finding their abortion centric messaging is not resonating in a district that has been leaning more towards republicans after 2020 when trump and other republicans made serious -- and hispanic communities. we have issues on the border, on the economy and rising fuel prices. the democrats message is just not resonating there. michelle alejo is a little bit more aive. -- michellelejo is a little bit more aggressive. democrats have had so much trouble with these districts where their message on abortion does not resonate, -- i wouldn't be surprised if that race gets

called fairly early after polls close in texas. >> one more new england race to mention up in connecticut where representative hayes is in a tight race with george logan, a republican. >> this goes back to democratic troubles in blue areas. democrats have poured their heart and soul into making abortion the number one issue across the board. that is just not moving the needle in these places where abortion is more of a settled question. economic issues have been the number one priority for voters and that is what the messaging on joanna hayes has been hitting her on. there was an effective ad that took the words about right after they passed the american rescue plan about how democrats were saving the economy and the economy would bounce back even better than before and now the rising inflation rates, rising fuel costs and people feeling it

in their pocketbook, that is getting that thrown back in her face and is a really effective ad. if hayes goes down early tonight, there are a lot of democratic losses across the board. >> in california katie porter in county, democrat, you have seen he her whiteboards and very precise questioning. what are the things about this race trprised me was the amount of money. $24 million has been spent by representative order as a poised to 2.5 one million by her appointment -- opponent scots. >> i am surprised -- i would not be surprised if we found out she

has a money printer in her house beof how much she fundraisers. she is the top fundraiser and usually in the last few months we thought what is she stockpiling this money for? because she is in one of theey most expensi mia markets in the country. again, if katie porter is vulnerable this goes to show you once considered safe democratwas territory. she was always a front-line democrat. everyone always thought the money she had would be enough to buffer her against any republican but in this environment, now that there is some late investments in that race, now california polls close a little later tonight.

and california takes a while to count all the votes. i do not expect we will clean any lessons from that. -- glean any big lessons from that. >> kirk pato to open seats we want to ask you about -- kirk -- two sea wwant to ask you about. >> i hate to sound like a broken record but these are again -- seats that the democrats should not be worried about. the problem is a whole record number of democratic retirement has opened the floodgates and opened the opportunity for republicans right now. 33 either retired or resides this year partly due to redistricting.

these are racist democrats have to invest in now. they have to investigate in infrastructure, mobilization because these are new districts and unfamiliar lines. they have to invest. international environment right now that is favoring republicans and putting a priority on economic issues, this is what happens. democrats are finding themselves on the defense. both in new york three and new york for, biden carried by double digits. even more than economicues is a story about crime in new york as well that hasade the races at the top of this ticket with governor kathy hochul, firmly on defense from lee zeldin. crime has been a dominant issue in those races.

republicans leverage that against democrats. every single at uc -- every single ad. crime rates are on the uptick in new york. it almost does not matter as much as what the reality is. republicans have been able to flood the airways and raised the perception that crime is going up. >> speaking of letting the airways, how much outside money is put in the house races this year? >> this is a record-breaking midterm. 2018 saw a record number of outside spending and midterms. i believe this one will talk over $10 billion already -- top over $10 billion already. it spent more money combined on

house races. we have probably i believe over 300 million, and house races alone. it has become so expensive. money has become so easy to come by in these races and they are floating -- flooding the zone with advertising. you cannot watch a single game on tv without seeing and ad. >> kirk beto of the hotline will join us a little bit later. thank you for giving us a preview of some races you will be watching tonight. we will talk with jessica taylor a little bit later about the governors and the senators. first, c-span's greta runner -- greta is with us now. >> that is going to be there all

night long on the screen to let you know which party is headed toward control of either the house or senate. as the ap colts these races -- calls these races you will see the balance of power change in real time. at the end of the night we will likely know which party controls the house. in the centage we may not know tonight or tomorrow however. -- in the senate remain not know tonight or tomorrow. there are some we are starting to get some numbers on. thfit one iseorge's 14th district. republican congresswoman marjorie taylor greene vying for her second term here and this is what the 7% reporting. not a lot but just to show you where the numbers art now. this is one of the most expensive house races. he million dollars -- $30

million. marjorie taylor greene expected to win. she went with 74.4% of the vote two years ago. rogers who was first elected in 1981 wants to get a 20 d terme house and it looks like he will. he has been called the winner and this race with 80% of the vote. his grace was the first race to be called in 2018 ant in 2020. he has the longest serving member of the house whi makes him the deanf e house of representatives. hal rogers with another win tonight. moving on to new hampshire's first district. you can see with the percentage of votes and, around 20%, 60.8%

of the vote so far. last time around he went with 53.6% of the votes. let' to new hampshire's second district. ann mclane kuster wants another term in the u.s. house o representatives. early on, 7% of the vote reporting but she has a solid lead so far. you just heard kirk beto talking about the importance of these next three races. let's start with virginia's second race to show you where the vote is now. this is obviously not close to calling this race but with 12% repo elaine luria is trailing right now. you hurt beto talk about this. this is an indication of what kind of nights republicans are going to have if they pick up they see, it is a good night. virginia's seventh district,

abigail spanberger. defending deceit. ght now she is trailing. defending this seats. right now she is trailin then it is a gop reppo. if they pick up the virginia district, if she cannot hold onto this seat we areng at a red tsunami according to political analyst. let me end with vermont's first district. this district left open by congresswoman -- congressman ter welch. he has been called the winter for the senate sea you can see right now the democrat is in the l this vermont race with 7% reporting so this looks like it will state the hands of democrats and the upcoming congress. all of our results from ap can

be found on our website c-span's.org. >> let's turn to the other side of the capital and look at the se several senate races have readbeen called. marco rubio of florida, duckworth of illinois, ran of kentucky, tim scott of south carolina, those are some that have been called by the associated press and they have all won reelection. joining us now, jessica taylor. where are we when it comes to the big five senate races that we have all talked about the last year? >> we are just getting to see closers in these states and because some of the key once we are watching are on west coast time, nevada and arizona, we do

not have a great idea now. the vote is coming and in georgia. one thing we do see is herschel walker is running behind so far where brian kemp is. we expected him to have a better showing that the senate race. the question is by how much? there are a lot of rural areas and suburbs outstanding so we really do not have an idea now. new hampshire, results trickling in. it looks ok for maggie. that is one race i was watching early on to look at. i cautioned with early results. i think it is just too early to tell at this point in the night. >> nevada, $68 million has been spentween the two candidates . >> yes, i think this still

remains republicans besce to flip a seat. catherine masto first the senate and lack sal --ted to laxalt did notrow up and spend most of his years in the states because his mother was living in washington dc. this is where the economy has been especially hard-hit in nevada given its reliance on gaming and tourism and different things. we expect to see a very close governors race there also. the democratic governor is the most endangered democratic governor in the country at this point. we may not know for days some of the votes depending on when they are being counted. i do not think we will have a clear pick -- picture.

i don't think we will have the full picture of where the senate stands tonight. >> will be have a picture of who wins in arizona? >> that state might even be behind where nevada is. there has been a challenge to release some of votes. we were expecting them about 11:00 p.m. on the east coast. if that challenge goes through in maricopa county that might not be until 1:00 a.m. our time and arizona is not a state that counts votes very fast. talking with a source there last night, and if there were absentee ballots that arrived essentially over the weekend and yesterday or today, those have not been ready to be counted yet . there were not even going to count them until post election day. this is a state that is very heavily early voting.

that is where democrats feel like they could get an advantage but also we have seen the really heavy republican turnout other places, just swarm those. until we get a better look, it is really too early to tell. >> you mentioned in georgia right now herschel walker is running behind brian kemp. in pennsylvania is that also the case for the gubernatorial and senatorial candidates are not getting the same percentages? >> i do not expect that to happen. the polls had just closed their right before i came on air. but we fully expect the democratic josh shapiro will fairly easily defeat republican mastery on oh -- mastriano. rob republicans have kept their

distance on that one -- so republicans have kept their distance on that one. f the exit polling that we are seeing which will change throughout the night isghted with the vote and showing a very tight contest there and i think lieutenant governor john fetterman has to hope certainly shapiro provides him with a boost as well where is oz could be dragged down by mastriano. you have not seen them campaign in the -- way in the lease. >> to former president's and one current president were all in the state on the same date weren't they? >> yes. president biden has not helped

-- is not helpful in most of these days so you see him going to places with tighter races like oregon and new mexico but i am not sure if you could keep joe biden out of pennsylvania if you try. he has a proud son of scranton so he was up there northeast pennsylvania and of course you have president obama there and then trump comes in. he won the state once but lost it to biden. what federman has to do is when back some of those blue-collar voters that have been traditionally voting democratic but when for trump and 2016. but by then -- but by tn -- then what do the suburbs do.

around philadelphia is another thing i am looking at. will that hole? >> one of the races we began this cycle talking about was wisconsin but it seemsve become a second tier race at this point is that fair? >> yes we mod our final ratings to lean republican. i think there was a good chance no republican incumbent is going to lose tonight. pennsylvania seat as we are talking about is left behind by republicans retirement that is a possible flip for democrats and that is one of the two states republicans are having to defend voters for president biden. ron johnson initially said he would only serve two terms and is now seeking a third term. he is certainly a divisive re to some people.

he started with proval ratings but he has improved his standing there and faces lieutenant governor mandela barnes. they have tried toaint him as far too liberal on issues of -- you heard them talking about how this is playing in places like new york and certainly pennsylvania and wisconsin. wisconsin is always a very close state. the last few points can just be very difficult for democrats to get. we are also seeing very heavy turnout in college areas and college precincts there and wisconsin. so that is certainly an encouraging sign for democrats but again, wisconsin has just a ton of white rural voters, blue-collar, noncollege voters

and that is where the difficulty comes for democrats. >> y mentioned maggie in new hampshire, heronent, national republicans got on with him at the end. >> you have to run with the candidates you have in many instances and i think republicans did need to mime the number of seats they could compete in. i have looked at four democratic incumbents all in their first rm so you have them in nevada, arizona, georgia and new hampshire here. i think if republicans follow just a short, democrats are able to hang on, it will come down to candidate quality and recruits that they missed out on in particular because republicans

were convinced that chris sununu wouldn't run. when he decided not to, -- convinced that chris sununu would run. they really were not getting any strong recruits of the ones they had. if someone like morris had one, that could hde a difference. but we still thought mcconnell super pac pull out money there. the commits gone and with a little bit more money with a coordi by, but again, they

missed out on very tough recruits there. -- top recruits there. it looks like maggie -- if it looks like maggie is in danger that is a very bad night for democrats. if she hangs on, -- we are only getting a taste of it here in bc and a couple of competitive house races -- in d.c.. in a couple swing states you cannot watch television without adjusting -- without just seeing ads repeated and repeated.

>> i want to ask you about tumor democratic incumbents. these races have been talked about a little bit, colorado and washington state. -- i want to talk to you about two more democratic incumbents. >> there was some early chatter about these states and if it really was a very good environment, then they could really play in states. colorado used to be a swing state. so republicans had very good nominees in both of these places. e day -- joe o'day is a te and talked about his support for abortion rights and is a type of republican if you are going to run and went in a

place like colorado that might happen. michael bennet has run in tough years before, 2010, 2016 he has fallen just below the majority of the vote. so they really felt like he might be vulnerable. we think this race will lean democratic. but it is one to keep. washington state is another place, you have patty murray, she was elected in the 1990's. campaigned as a mom and tennis shoes. she is running against another when she was elected to senates in 199 she is a former nurse and partularly veterans advocate after her husband was wounded overseas, lost his eyesight. she fought for h remain an

tive duty member. so she has done a lot of work on that. washington to meet gives us a little bit of a preview in august because they used the top two primaries. murray got about 52% of the vote but when you add all the other democrats end, it was closer to 54%, 55%. for her to drop that much i just have a hard time seeing even if some polls have shown this tightening. i think smiley has a long way to go in a place where biden one by almost 19 points. if you had a tiffany smiley or joe o'day running in a place like colorado or arizona, i think we would be talking a very different look at the map. overall, unfortunately for republicans the best candidates are still in more difficult states and they had to run with weaker candidates in states

where they should have been able to be more competitive. they can still win with those candidates certainly especially as we have seen the claimant to deteriorate for democrats these last few weeks. -- seen the claimant -- climate deteriorate for democrats the last few weeks. the more parliamentary nature of the senate could win out. >> jessica taylor, one more race that is kind of an interesting race is the utah race and senator mike lee. this is not a traditional republican versus democrat race. skeptic. was a very trump he voted for t man running against him, evan mcmullin, a

former ciative who ran as an independent antitrust candidate. ere was trump skepticism in utah among the mormon community and that is where mcmullen got lot of his support but we have seen lee really become a supporter of trump. questions about his activities onry 6 and different things. he has that he will not caucus with either party but he is running with half an endorsement of democrats who did not endorse a candidate. he is hoping to melt together independence, democrats and a more moderate republican polls but i think there has been a bit of flair that went up that mike lee was saying you need to give me money. this could be a closer than expected race. because this is not a traditional republicans versus democrats race it is a little

harder to read as much into it there. the fact that mcmullen has said he won't caucus with either party becomes a bit of an interesting scenario there because what if he is the deciding vote perhaps in that way? >> jessica taylor, we will be back with you and a few minutes to talk about governors. we appreciate your time. let's check in with greta. >> let's start with the number overall. you were talking about some senate races in the price tag for them but david tweeted out early this morning that this midterm election cycle, we a looking at a price tag of about $16.7 billion. compare that to 2018 and it was $5.7 billion. he said you are not imaging it, there are more ads then there have ever been in an off year election.

16.7 billion dollars for this midterm election cycle. a lot of money spent in florida. marco rubio cruised to a third term tonight beating val -- caller: guest:. [video clip] >> let's go to the georgia senate race. this is too early to call obviously. we do not have a lot the percentage of the vote reporting yet. raphael warnick vying for a full term here. we will keep an i on this race all night long. it might be one as you just

heard jessica taylor talk about one that we do not know yet. if one candidate does not give 50% plus one they are headed for a runoff on december 6. indiana todd young wins another seat. he is declared the winner there. -- wins another term. kentucky. rand paul declared the winner tonight, 56%. rand paul last time aro in 2016. he is looking at around the same percentage of vote as he did six years ago. this will be his third term in congress. in the state of north carolina this was an open seat left open by the retirement of a republican. right now it is too close to call. the democrat is in the lead.

obviously we will keep you updated on that race as we go through the night. new hampshire senate. marying to hold onto the seat. challenged bdonald bolduc as you just heard. just want to show you where the boat is right now with 15% reporting. in the state oh carolina, tim scott declared the winner. he will get his second full term. you will remember tim scott, he was, and 2021 he delivered the republican party's rebuttal. he was appointed by nikki haley in 2013. then one a special election in 2014 te the remaining two years of the term. in 2016 he won h first full termfice. he has said this will be his final six-year term in office.

vermont, this one was called very early on. peter welch running for retiring senator patrick ladies seat -- patrick lahey's seats. let's go to alabama. republican candidates with 61% of the vote. we have 1% reporting. we still have lots of results to come in and at some of these races. in arkansas, john boseman vying for another term. has in a solid lead right now with5%f the vote. was declared the winner actually i should say with 75%. i am sorry. and alabama we had a winner there too. katie britt the republican. let's go to connecticut. richard blumenthal the winner

there. inllinois, duckworth is victorious tonight. let's go down to oklahoma. james lankforwh won the last time around wit% of the vote, he also with a win t. 57%. then there is one last race here to talk about this time a this is in the oklahoma special elon. announcing his retirenand mark wayne mullins declared the victor tonight. he has probably a familiar name to many of you especially because of the role he played on january 6. all of our results can be found on c-span.org. >> during this first hour we wanted to give you a sense of what is happening in the house,

senate and gubernatorial races and we will be taking your calls as well. let's get those lines up on the screen so youan see how to dial in and participate. we will ask you who you voted fo and why. 202 is the area code. you can also send a text message . please include your first name and your city if you would, when you sent that text message of course, all of our social media sites are available for commenting and participati the conversations. @cspan is our handle for all of them. we are rejoined by jessica taylor. 26 total races are being decided tonight. currently democrats control 16 of them,epublicans 20 of them.

those are all the states and gray electing republicans. jessica taylor, will there be a new balance of power when it comes to democrats? when it comes to governors? after tonight? >> we are at 28 versus 22. i think there are a lot of reese's that are just -- races still in the tossup category. we know democrats are going to pick up to seats -- 2 seats. republicans hoped charlie baker would seek a third term. he has been a very moderate governor. president trump endorsed his opponent he faced a very real threat of losing that primary. instead it certainly looks like

the democrat there, will very easily win. she will become the first lesbian governor and u.s. history as well. in massachusetts -- in maryland we already had a race called their where wes moore will be the next governor of massachusetts. another place where larry hogan has been allowed critic of trump. he backed his former secretary in that. that is not how you went races in places like merrill lynch and massachusetts. this is a place where trump's endorsements had any effect. more -- wes moore will be the governor there and becomes the first african-american governor and maryland history. the tossup and closest races i

am watching tonight our wisconsin with tony evers, tim michels, to select in nevada is still i think the most in danger . joe lombardo has run and won in clark county there. and republican is not going to carry clark count but if you can just decrease the margin that they usually lose by. in nevada it always really comes down to a county, reno there. still a very close race.

she is facing attorney general schmidt but her popularity has remained high. with that type of campaigntrated schmidt has been running and felt like he waited too late to begi his cn and capitalize on different things. there is a possibility we could see laura kelly hang on. they do not follow trends as much as we think because you are not voting for who you want to control a body like you are in the house and senate. the party does not get any price -- prize if they have the most governors across the count -- country. so we will see there. but there have been some surprising races that have popped up on the radar. none more surprising than oregon. an open seat there as kate brown

is the most unpopular governor in the country. we have a really interesting three-way race there with tina kotek running against christine drazen. then you have a wealthy and well fund raised independent, betsy johnson running their that has made this race and really given republicans an opening in a way. but we have seen johnson's support start to dip a little bit. there is not really a path for her to win. the question is did she take enough votes away from the democrats for a republican to get in there? i feel like minnesota could be

tightening but we rate that one has likely democratic. gretchen whitmer is in another closer than expected race from even what we saw aonths ago. we had this in likely democratic we movback to leaning democratic. the fact that probably revit -- republicans have a shot at placing -- flipping a place like oregon told you this is not following one cohesive pattern. >> i wanted to ask about the new mexico's governor's race. i d t pay much attention to it until i saw it on the maps recently. s is another one republicans are very bullish on. you have the governor the took a lot of heat during covid for her policies and republicans try to paint her as a hypocrite for expenses she made during the pandemic. another place where crime is playing a major issue. albuquerque has seen rising

crime and muates there are also allegations of sexual misconduct with a former staffer that grisham se with. mark ronchetti actually ran a w years ago but he ran closer than expected. in a more favorable your to republicans he is a former tv weatherman in the albuquerque area. he is one of the best candidate profiles, local tv news anchor and local tv weatherman. we still rated this race as a lean democratic but it is when i am going to be watching for as the boat comes in. democrats still have lujan grisham with a pretty good lead. it gave the incumbent governor

there about s6. -- about a 6.27 point lead. -- guest >> i am going t be looking in new york citsee where turnout is. democrats are very worried about that canin the city and what particularly in some of the boroughs. you have governor hochul, the first woman governor when andrew cuomo resigned, he is running against -- she running against lee zeldin. where his numbers are in long island, they're boosting him. how his kathy hochul running outsidhe state, she is not from the city, she is a former congresswoman from a buffalo and won a special election in 2011.

again, democrats are very worried about turnout in this race. with just the rising crime are people feeling more unsafe because they are seeing these issues played up by some of the new york post. hochul, this will be a closer race but i think it is still new york at the end of the day. and we give her the edge. it is likely democratic. >> jessica taylor, has the race been called yet in florida? some news organizations have called the marco rubio senate race, have you called the ron desantis charlie crist race yet? >> we don't call races. i believe the ap has called it. cnn has it. this one didn't look to be close in the end. we've had a likely republican column for most of the cycle.

florida is the state tha typically closed. the last two points ar herculean for democrats. ron desantis -- the democratic primary was late and you have the former governer charlie crist, he has a switched party so many times. he was a republican as governor. then he ran as an independent for senate, lost and was elected to congress. he has been through different iterations in his career, but it never felt like desantis was in that much danger. he is looking for a big win as a potential springboard to 2024. those stories are getting told and written especially as trump stares down a potential 2024 announcement next week. these two -- it's been notable. trump came to the state for a rally with rubio. desantis was not invited. >> we are expecting former president trump to speak tonight

from mar-a-lago about some of the results. one final question. you'll come back a bit later and give us updates. in ohio, when it comes to ticket splitting. mike dewine double-digit victory, j.d. vance a close race against tim ryan. >> yes. this was one of the races -- the states were i thought there could be a wide chasm with ticket splitting. mike dewine has never looked like he was in much trouble. i am not sure if the race has been called there. he was ahead by a wide margin. again, this is a case that shows you in the senate, how republicans furthered away some chances. ron portman made a surprising announcement last year that he -- that if he had run again this would be staying in the republican column. but republicans nominated, after

a messy senate battle, the first primary of the season, j.d. vance who struggled to raise money. he had the backing from peter teal, the former paypal cofounder and more libertarian leaning businessmen. jd vance, the hillbilly elegy author, he was recruited by mccarthy -- mcconnell. but despite having a lot of video evidence that his opponents tried to remind voters of trump endorsing him. and that was the key to him winning that primary. it felt like he went into witness protection over the summer. he had plenty of time, he had the nominee in may. you've tim ryan who has run the best race of any democrat in the country. he is still running in the state that has been leaning republican.

again, i would not be surprised if this race comes down to a few points. we have kept this state republican because of the nature of the state. when we look at the tickets letting, it's a wider margin then we may see. that has its limits of people going to crossover votes. >> jessica taylor. cook political report with jessica walter. we appreciate your time. we will see you a bit later this evening. on the web, what have you got? >> i'm going to go back to the florida governor's race, just to show you how quickly the state of florida can count the vote with 87% rng as he said. governor ron desantis sweeps charlie crist's and wins another term. 87% reporting. some other wins that have been declared by the associati press. kay ivey deher challenger, she gets another term as governor in alabama. in the state of illinois,

an incumbent, jb pritzker, the democratic governor. he wins another term. the associated press declaring he won. in new ham, chris sununu fail -- sales to victory over the democratichaenger. that was not questioned. what will happen to the senate race in new hampshire? some people were looking at this governor's race to see what kind of percentage chris sununu has in the end. does that help the republican challenger in the senate? henry mcmaster, he cruises to victory as well to win a sec term as governor and the state of south carolina, that one was called early on by the associatss. in the state of tenness, the republican incumbent, bill lee is victorious tonight. >> let's hear your voices.

we want to know who you voted for and why we will begin in one of those contested states. that is danny in west bend, wiscon ouremocratics line. what is ur vocal today and what were f thsss that affected them? >> yeah, one of my main votes was for tony evers as ou governor. honestly, i was distasteful of tim michels. especially hisigns. i one of the ads were he was using his daughter who i believe had cancer for his campaign and that was offputting to m i mean, just his overall mode especially on the topic of roe v. wade and abortion. i don't personally agree him. that iimportt for my community. >> when you say your community

what do you mean by community? >> i mean by the people i live around. i don't ink that their rights should be restricted whether or not if they are a manr woman especially in the terms of health care. host: what about the senate race? caller: i also voted r ndel bonds. ron john'si personally disagree with him,ially on the lines of the decisions that have been made. >> thank you for calling in this evening. it felix and lexington kentucky. another democrat. has a been another good night for democrats in kentucky? caller: i would say it is a good night because they were trying to ban abortion throughout the state it looks like that should go -- that will fail easily 55%

of people are voting now so i'm happy to see the results. host: is that the same ballot that kansas did a while back where abortion is legal on the ballot as an initiative? caller: it was a constitutional amendment here. it's more interactive. we are asking if they wanted to make them the constitution that there was no guaranteed right to an abortion. i voted no, i am pro-choice. another race i want to mention is my congressional district 6, where the democrats, he won the nomination unexpectedly. he has received criticism for his stances, i don't want to sell your program but the democratic party chart -- chair called him batshit crazy. on twitter he thought ukrainians were nazi -- were nazis and that he thought -- my moral

compass could not vote for him. host: who is the current congressperson in lexington? andy barr see? caller: yes he was originally elected in 2010 and is running for seventh term. i really can't support a republican especially with his stance on abortion. i wrote in another democrat. host: he has been one of those bellwether seats many times in the election cycles too. caller: it was supposed to be competitive in 2018 against mcgrath, but he ended up tall winning that one. but it will not be a great year for democrats. i would be wasting my vote. host: did you vote for rand paul's opponent? host: --caller: charles booker? yes. he is a very nice guy. i support his policies i did

vote for mr. booker. host: are you a student at the university of kentucky? caller: i am. . i am a freshman this is my first time voting. host: welcome to the voting world. what are you studying? caller: my family is the kentucky area. i grew up in the national area. i am studying linguistics. host: thanks for calling in. let's hear from chad in california, republican line. chad, have you had a chance to vote yet? polls are still open in california. caller: indeed, yeah. i am from riverside county, a conservative area of california. host: is it ken calvert who represents you? caller: he brings home the pork. i tried going to his office, he never called me back. host: all right. what are some of the issues that motivated you to get out and vote today? caller: i think, we use to in

this country, debate policy about what ideas work and what don't. that is on the table a bit. was nine years old in 1984. my father was campaigning in minnesota. it was good weather against walter. i would like to thank -- think the conservative side is what ideas work. when we look at inflation, people are understanding, do we spend money and do we pay higher prices? we all have to live through the experience to understand what we will vote for the next time and the fact that we can change governments very quickly is a blessing. host: that is chad in california. this is an independent in virginia outside of washington, a very contested area. which way did your vote go today? caller: i voted for jennifer,

against the retired captain who is a vietnamese american, which is where i came from. i voted against my own people, because he is against my values. i thought i should share that with you. host: we appreciate that. what are some of the issues that you disagree with mr. kyle on. caller: i disagree because first of all he supports the former president trump. i asked him personally will he accept the results of the 2020 elections and he thought it was a fraud he said there was some issues with that election. and he said that immigrants, undocumented immigrants had come in and voted for president biden.

he was spreading the propaganda of the big lie. for the u.s. representative, he was for the big lie he is unfit to represent me. host: as an independent, last year who did you vote for for government in virginia, glenn youngkin ort terry mcauliffe? caller: i voted for terry mcauliffe. i thought youngkin twisted what happened in the education award of virginia. virginia has a high standard of education board. we are always leading the nation with how much jefferson and many other schools, where i live, with education. i think youngkin had discussions

in the education board and he had links with merrick garland and twisted what the attorney general had tried to protect for education aboard of the county. i don't think he was very honest. i cannot trust a leader that is not honest and does not value the fact. host: is it a fair statement to say most vietnamese americans tend towards the -- bend it towards the gop? caller: that's not fair. that's why wanted to talk to you, to say that. even though a small portion of older vietnamese americans lean towards the gop, they do not represent vietnamese americans. because you know it. i hope everyone knows it.

the vietnamese americans came here to the u.s., after the vietnam war. we for lead -- fled communists. we detest and we do not want to be under communist rule. we do not want to be under one-party, one rule, or a dictatorship. that is why we are sticking to freedom and democracy. it is unfair to say that the vietnamese-americans are under one -- host: thank you for your time this evening. peyton is out in iowa. is a chuck grassley going to win reelection? caller: i reallthink so. k h's got a strong base across iow and his career in service, i just don't see a way he loses tonight. host: i know it wked about

as may be a tougherace for senator grassley than in the past because the retired admiral was running against him. perhaps because of his age well. call: i think his opponent, ' a really interesting candidate e democrat party. way more libertarian than a lot of people are used to in iow i don't know, that may attract vi i'm a freshman it's my first time voting so that was a cool rien a lot of people don't like how old grassley is. i think a lot of rural iowa that grew up on the farms see what he is doing in his career. host: you're at the university of iowa but where you from originally. caller: i am from martel, iowa it is a bit different in iowa city than in by rural community.

host: who is your representative in iowa city? or martel, iowa? caller: and martel it is ashley hinson. currently -- we all remember that election last year. host: something like that. peyton, thanks for watching and calling in from the university of iowa. it's nice to chat with you. what you have for us? >> the redistricting that happen after the 2020 senses and how that favored republicans. what ended up happening in this election cycle as you have a couple of races where there's incumbent versus an incumbent. this happen more during the primary season were used on comments lose during the primary season -- incumbents lose during the primary season. one is in florida second district where you have neal

dunn versus democratic al lawson. he one thi northern florida se2016. he fai to keep it tonight. theinner is neal dunn. according to the tallahassee democrats it's because of a lower turnout in democratic stronger counties like tallahassee and gadsden county. neal dunn, the republican will go to congress in this term. in the state of florida and the republican victories that you have seen and you will continu to see tonight, zack anderson who covers florida politics tweeted this out this afternoon he says, wow, referring to the democratic chair, diaz, national credit groups spent $59 million in florida in 2018

compared to just $1.4 million this year. the national party pretty much abandon the state, he reports. host: let's go back to your calls. all evening we will be giving you results. you can see it at the ticker at the bottom of your screen. the balance of power on the side of screen, we will be doing results, analysis st importantly, hearing your voe and hearing directly from the candates live. kevin is in fort wayne, indiana, independent. d you vote for your current congressman? caller: i voted for the libertarian candidate, mostly as a vote to represent my frustrations wit botr political parties. congressman banks, as it has kno in the past and nationwide, has a greater ambition and aspiration for leadership position, should the

republicans take controlf the house. and most significantly, for me, my opposition to him has been and remains, that he is a sycophant for donald trump. trump today not surprisingly or unexpectedly, has once again raised the specter of unfair election processes taking place during this midterm. even before the polls had been closed in many states, including key several battleground states out west that he is accused election officials of conducting unfair elections. i don't want to say that democracy and the defense of it stands at the forefront of my concerns but, overall, my greatest concern is the selection -- of this election will not be concluded is the fact that even with as highly

contested as this was, both parties will emerge from the scenario still greatly divided on their points of view on major issues. as a number of voters have expressed through exit polls today, that i witnessed on television our political parties remain subservient to their own political interests and not willing to partake in an effort to find common ground and work on behalf of the american people. host: how do you feel about the election integrity of the voting systems that you used in fort wayne? caller: well, i would say indiana as a whole and fort wayne, to be included in that picture, i don't think that

we've posed any great difficulties in terms of irregularities or unfavorable voting patterns in terms of fraud or an issue. frankly, i think reflecting upon the past and in 2020 that even as we look upon the results to be brought forward in this midterm, they are again, donald trump continues to perpetuate the big lie and what is sad is that he has been joined in that effort by so many republicans, including our own worthless, pathetic congressman mr. banks. host: the kind of work do you do? caller: i am retired as a federal employee. i work part-time to maintain a sense of enjoyment out of a work experience but for 35 plus years

i worked for the veterans administration. host: thank you for calling in. gwen, from detroit, 150 miles from fort wayne. did you vote today and for whom did you vote? caller: yes, i did. i voted for straight democrat and i also voted on a -- on proposals. i also have three other questions, do not cut me off. a lot of people talk for a long time. one question is, why don't we hear anything about the absentee ballots? they say how many in person votes or early votes are still out there, but they don't say anything about how many absentee ballots are still out there. that's one question. the other question is why don't

-- the type of maps you use you don't explain -- i don't understand how someone can win, be projected a winner with under 50% reported. that is confusing. someone wins, 2%, 3%, 7%, they need an explanation why that has been projected a winner. host: third question? caller: i can't think of what the third question is. but thanks for letting me ask those questions. i appreciate it. host: what was one of the initiatives in michigan that you are interested in? what was the topic of those initiatives? caller: the main one, was women's rights to decide what to do with her body. that is the main one, because that has to do -- host: that's on the ballot this year in michigan? caller: to make it n the

michigan constitution. so that's civil rights. that's a human right. so it's that and also the economy and inflation. everybody's angry about it. but it doesn't mean it's because of joe biden. it's because of the situation we are in which is caused by the rollover from the republicans. host: you had both joe biden and i believe former president obama was up there campaigning for rich and witmer -- gretchen whitmer. caller: i watched all of them. i watch c-span all the time. i catch all the debates and everything. everyone before the election, i mean, there was over 4 million early voters in. georgia i don't see how -- you

don't see how many is left over, they don't say it. they projecting winners already. host: i got you, gwen, thank you for calling in from the troy. melissa from tennessee. caller: good evening. i just got back from working as a poll worker. in the district that i live in. i am registered democrat. they asked me to come in and work for them today. i'll tell you when people -- when you have 25 people waiting to vote when the doors first open you can't tell me that people are not interested in democracy, in the way the democratic process works. it doesn't matter who they voted for. of course, at the polls no one is allowed to discuss issues or

their political meaning -- leaning. whoever they voted for, you cannot argue that people, that people who want to say everything is fixed and democracy doesn't matter, they didn't see what i saw today. they are flat out wrong. you question this is a political figure. host: melissa, do you feel a bit of an outsider as a democrat in tennessee? caller: i do. i don't really discuss my politics with anybody else, because i know everyone around me is just bright red. almost ruby scarlet red. host: do you hold that against them, can you still be their friend? caller: i can still be their

friend unless we get into discussions of politics. i can deal with other qualities of people, besides who they vote for or what issues they support politically. caller: all right. that being said i voted straight democratic. my issues is the danger to democracy. the fact that we have republicans who will not stand up to other republicans. it's like the president said, this is not my father's republican party. he supported the right to john mccain and mitt romney. yet, those type of republicans will not stand up to the donald trumpers. the big liars. and call it for what it is, which is ally.

-- lie. it's a lie. host: melissa, thank you for calling in from cleveland, tennessee. we will continue to take your calls. we will show you the results you see on the bottom of your screen and on the side of the screen. , we will get some analysis here from the candidates and hear from greta. >> let's start with some bellwether races. we talked about them early on at 8:00 p.m. eastern. there's three in virginia that political observers are watching closely. virginia's second district, this wre the vote stands now, 44% reporting. these are bellwethers because people are watching to see what will happen with the balance of power based on a district li virginias a second. will it be repub triple kirk madea said earlier or will it be be a tsunami of

republican takeover? we want to give an update on that. the other one that kirk mentioned was virginias seventh district. this is abigail rger's district, she is vying f another term defending this seat agai trump-endorsed candidate, on october 28 ysil vega. abigail spanberger trailing by 27 points. any 9% reporting. -- 89% reporting. in the 10th district you have reporting. jennifer wexton hanging on slightly to the seat. this is the c2 that you heard analysts say, if rcans take virginia's 10th then we are looking at a republican tsunami takeover of the house.

another bellwether is new hampshirs first district chris pappthe lead, 5 49%. we will watch this. almost 30% reporting. is also a swing at district.is the incumbent, democratic candidate frank mrvan trying to defend the seatinst the republican jennifer ruth green. that's the other way around for that seat. we will see what happens in this swing district of indiana's first. more results you can find them on our website. host: were you saying that jennifer ruth green has the 50% and frank mrvan has a 43%? >> that is what ap is reporting right now. we're are going to refresh and come back and give people an update. host: greta also mentioned

virginias seventh, the abigail spanberger and vega race, $24 million has been spent on that race in the d.c. suburbs, 8 million by abigail spanberger and 3 million by yes lee vega. -- yesil vega. back to your phone calls. donald trump is that due to speak at mar-a-lago as well. we will bring that to you live on -- when it happens. from l, oregon on our others line. whyou te for? caller: i am sheila. host: you had three opportunities to vote for governor. who did you pick? caller: i chose tina kotek. i am normally a republican. but ot hpy with the republican party, actually ider independent, but i voted for governor out of pocket, let's say. host: why did you pick tina

kotek over christine drazen or ms. johnson? caller: i'm so glad you asked. when i go to look at what they tell us, what therefore, i check way back what they were doing before. i judge my candidates on their morals, character, honesty and the way they carry themselves. if i went into my job and started calling people names and doing things out of ordinary, out of disrespect, i would not have a job any longer. i think government people should be held to the same accountability if they are on tv putting people down. i also collect data i am a teacher and behavior specialist. i collect data. my data tells me when it say negative things about another candidate. that means they're trying to make themselves look good. i want the candidates that make themselves -- tell me what

you're going to do and how you will do it. that's the way i do my thing. host: in your investigation, what made you choose ms. kotek? caller: mostly the way she carried herself. and the fact that she is -- she is for working families. i checked into some of the areas that she worked in and asked people what they thought of her. a lot of them had said, this is how she helped us. host: thanks for calling in sheila. we appreciate your analysis. jim is a republican in california. what was your voting history today? caller: well, we vote by mail up here where i live. i voted for kevin mccarthy. i said, let's see what he can do a speaker. host: you're convinced he will be speaker? caller: it looks that way. i, have no special knowledge but

just watching what the networks are reporting. it would appear that republicans will have a victory or may be in the house. the senate is up for grabs i guess. host: jim, have you always voted for mr. mccarthy? board have you split your ticket in the past -- or have you split your ticket in the past? caller: i voted for his predecessor, thomas. that i voted for mccarthy. pretty much republicans since i moved. i voted democratic in the past. host: who did you vote for for governor? caller: for the republican. i can't remember the guys name. he's not going to win. partly because it's a democratic state. i don't think the republicans in california have any magic answers. a lot of the democrats have gone too far to the left. it's gotten -- it's a split

state as i am sure you know between the inland areas especially the san joaquin valley area and the coastal areas, l.a., san francisco. you've got the split. there's a super majority in the state legislature. i would like a bit more balance. host: have you considered as a republican in california moving out of the state? caller: gosh, no. i moved here over 30 years ago. i would never leave. it's the greatest date, that i know of. it's a wonderful place. i live in the hills, in the mountains. it's a different part of the world than most people think when they think of california, which is coastal california. but i love it here, i would move. host: tim, thanks for spending a few minutes with us. rose is in allison park,

pennsylvania on her independent line. rose, as an independent, break it down for us. caller: [laughter] is that a trick question? let me clarify, i have been living in the state of pennsylvania for five and half years, i am from ohio. i believe politics are much different out here in pennsylvania. when it comes to the senate race, i voted for dr. oz. i wasn't really a big supporter initially. but, when it came to the debate between and fetterman, i dr. oz impressed me.n. jo fetterman, i really concerned about his health, based off of that debate. host: when it comes to governor? caller: mastriano. host: really?

are you really an independent or a gop leaning independent? caller: i would say i am probably middle right, like a little on the conservative side. but i can't say i am far left or right. the reason i voted for mastriano is becaused a democratic governor for years. moving into pennsylvania and hearing a lot of the people i live around, their very frustrated with the democratic people in power in the state. host: where there any democrats in the cycle you voted for? caller: i voted for those two. i wasn't -- i didn't keep up with the other ones. i didn't feel it was fair for me to vote. i am just being honest. host: why did you move from ohio to pennsylvania? caller: i married the man of my dreams. [laughter] host: rose, thank you for

calling in. we appreciate it. darrell is up next. darrell is in south carolina, simpsonville, democrat. caller: how are you doing? i voted straight democrat. i live in a red state as you probably already know, in south carolina. i think the problem with this country is 30 years ago, 40 years ago, we didn't have these independent news agencies that put their own spin on things. we had three networks -- television stations that had their own news agencies that reported the truth. now, we have all of these cable networks that spin what they are paid to suspend by all of these rich people to try to get people to think the way they want them to think. and it's -- most people don't

spend their time to do the research. they think -- listen to what fox news says or cnn says and they believe the news agencies instead of having a mind of their own. i can see and read through the bs, i get sick of it. like abraham lincoln said a house divided will not stand. this country has gone way too polarized. we're all americans, most people go up and get to work, they have bills to pay, whether they are democrats or republicans they are struggling to get by. to divide the country, to maintain your own power, whether you are a democrat or republican, sickening. we all need to come together. don't put your party first, put the country first.

host: two things. can you mute the tv? i want to ask you why you were a democrat and why do you think the country is more divided than it was? caller: because my great-grandparents they were democrats. they grew up -- i grow poor. everything i have ever seen with democrats, they have tried to keep the middle class and a safety net for the people who have fallen to the cracks. from what i have seen of the republicans, they appealed to the corporations and the rich. there's -- not everybody has grown-up with money. i've always learned, you go to work, you try to make better for yourself i am not for someone who is to take the tax system and take advantage of it like trump has done.

he has bragged about taking advantage of the tax system. the taxes let me do this, no. everyone should pay your fair share of taxes whether you are a person or corporation. everyone should pay their fair share to keep the country going. i believe in hand up not a handout. host: what kind of work do you do in south carolina? caller: i would rather not say. i'm a voter that voted democratic. i have worked my whole life. i've never counted on the country to pay for my bills or do for me. i have always done what i felt was right for me and i've always got up and had a strong work ethic. i never look to anyone else to take care of me. but i believe in the country. i love this country. is the greatest country in the world but we need to come together not be debated. -- divided. host: connor, virginia, independent line.

caller: good evening. host: what you want to tell us about voting today? caller: yes. so, i only had a boring ballot. i had a u.s. house rate. -- race i am in a pretty deep red district. host: who was in your house a race? caller: it's the valley district. ben cline is the incumbent republican and expected to win. the district is from da 10. host: did you support it? caller: i captain a vo -- capped in a vote. a local businessman. he didn't have an organized writing campaign but i am a

committed to third-party voter. when there is a third party on the ballot i will vote for them. i vote for republicans and democrats sometimes. i research the candidates to see what they are curating -- curating. i like to vote third-party because a lot of people will say it is wasting your votes but if enough people vote third-party, then a lot of those winners will have less than 50% of the votes. it'll starts undermine. they won't have the majority. mandate they won't have the mandate. host: good. last year, -- connor is gone. let's go back downstairs. >> we have some wins tonight for some names. folks people will recognize. let's start wi t arkansas governors raised.

-- governors race. the former white house press secretary is elected to serve as arkansas's fiman goverr, she has never held an elected office before. thflorida was first ct public in commerce and matt gaetz secured a fourth term in congress. heading to georgia's 14th district, the most expensive of race the cycle, marjorie taylor greene easily sends off a challenge from marcus flowers and is declared the vic then, finally in texas 13th district, here's a name that some of you will recognize, ronny jackson, he served as former president trump's dr. at the white house. he wins, sales to victory 75% votes for ronny jackson. he is declared the winner. host: jaden, waukesha wisconsin.

a lot of television commercials this year for y'all in wisconsin. caller: quite a bit. more than just a bit. every single time, any station there's political ads on their. host: what is you vote today? caller: mainly republican. the -- host: mr. michael's for governor for you? mr. johnson for senate for u, correct? caller: yep. host: do you know who your congressman is? caller: i don't remember at the moment. host: how was turnout? how was the experience voting today? caller: the experience was great.

it was simple, walk in, show your id, walk out. host: do you believe you should be required to show your id? caller: you should always be required to have authentication saying you are you. host: why do you live in waukesha wisconsin? caller: i was in milwaukee, then i moved here when i got out of high school. host: jaden we're going to let you go and move on to frank in new york. independent line. a lot going on up there. caller: well, i voted late this evening, i voted on totally independent, but all republican this time. host: why? caller: the crime is out of hand and i don't like inflation.

everything is so high, gas, food, everything, like the yogurt i used to buy. honestly it was $5.99, i went to the market today and i thought it eight dollars and $.99. seller hasn't gone that much up. i -- my salary hasn't gone up that much. i'm about maybe a quarter of a mile in queens. right on the door. host: you are out on the island a bit? caller: yeah. host: who is your congressperson? caller: i know there's a couple of representative speier. -- representatives here. they are democrat and i voted for them. . i voted -- there was one

congressman i voted for him i can't remember the name. host: when it came to governor and senate you voted for lee and senator -- the senator's opponent as well? caller: yes. i can't remember his name. i watch the debate with schumer and him. zeldin, ihink he seems to have a hold, because when he gone the subways, it is kind ry. and on the buses and walking around the city. host: it feels different to you? caller: absolutely. i will tell you one thing, i went into the office for the first time. i've been into the city a few times but last week i went into the office and i did notice multiple police officers on the platform. i didn't see any on the train, but on the platform, yes, at

almost every other stop. host: what kind of work you do? caller: i'm a software engineer. host: thank you for calling in this evening. neil down in texas, democrat. whereas richardson, texas? caller: north of dallas. host: how was your experience voting today? caller: it was my first time. i am 19 and this is my first time voting in a major election. host: welcome. welcome to the voting world. how did it go for you? caller: i went democratic. it went all right. i went down to the cavalier center at the university of dallas. it it was a 30 minute walk, took me 10 minutes. host: how was the turnout? caller: it looked good. there was a line.

people were ready. there was a lot of help with election workers, giving a shout out to them, they did well. they were very helpful. host: why are you a democrat? caller: well, i was not allowed to vote but i had witnessed the trump presidency and let's say that party sort of went downhill from reagan. host: neil, thanks for calling in, what are you studying? caller: unfortunately nothing. i am in between schools at the moment. host: what are you doing? caller: well, i used to work at -- but recently i got terminated. host: that his neil in richardson, texas. let's check in with eliza in indiana. good evening to you, how was your voting day? caller: it was pretty good. host: tell us about your vote and some of the issues you care

about. caller: absolutely. with voting today, it was my first time in the midterm. i am from indiana, a rural area, i care a lot about women's rights. i am married, 21 years old and i have a wife i care about. just to see her rights stripped away like they were nothing, it's kind of upsetting. that is what pushed me to vote. host: it was the abortion issue that got you out to the polls? caller: oh, yeah. when roe v. wade was overturned i was so inspired i got involved in the local democratic party. let's say we have been doing big things. host: who represents cordon, indiana? caller: who exactly are you referring to? host: when it comes to your congressperson? caller: i believe it was trey

owens worth. i am not too updated on that. host: what kind of work do you do? caller: i am a blue-collar by trade. i am in the appliance industry. i service people in my small town. caller: --host: we appreciate you spending a few minutes with c-span this evening, thank you for calling in. let's check back in with greta. >> let's start with some senate races, the ones people are watching closely. look at how expensive these senate midterm races are. this is from wikipedia, the data is from open secrets. you can see the total amount of spending outside spending in the pennsylvania senate race, $343 million. the orgia senate race is $255 million followed by arizona's senate race.

ohio, most constant, nevada, those are some of -- wisconsin, nevada, those are some of the most expensive senate races. let's look at where the senate georgia race now. is tight. there is still a lot of votes to come. but herschel walker is in the lead right now, just a narrow lead, 49.6%. let's go to the pennsylvania senate race. john fetterman with around 53% of the vote right now. that is 30% reporting. there is a lot of voting to go, a t of counting to do in the state of pennsylvania. they could start counting the mail-in ballots until today. there's a lot of counting to do in pennsylvania. in colorado, michael bennet was defending his seat. the incumbent democrat there

against joe o'dea. some thought that this could be a sleeper race but michael bennet was a s lead right now. is only 1% reporting. this is just an update. in the state of new hampshire. maggie hassan trying to fend off a challenge from donald bolduc, this iwhere it stands at almost 10:00 p.m. eastern time. let's go to north carolina on this open seat, the eighth most retiring senator richard birds a seat -- richard byrne seat. wi the republican in the lead. in ohio, j.d. vance backed by trump, he has the lead. it's updated by the associated press, they goin more results. he is in the ver

congressman tim ryan at this point. for a third term. johnson vying he is trailing. but this is very early, two percentage points against modelo barnes -- mandela barnes. is was called earlier this evening to give you some final -- the percentage will change but a win for senator marco rubio, the republi incumbent. he is unable to -- he is able to unseat rubio. host: we will be listening to the candidates all evening, getting analysis and results. we have the ticker at the bottom of the screen and the balance of power on the side of the screen. we will be checking in with greta for more results, more importantly we want to hear your voices. an independent is calling in

from los angeles, gary, tell us about your experience and some of the issues you care about. caller: thank you. i am so excited that you guys are having this program. i never call c-span because you guys are on at 4:00 in the morning, our time. it's very nice to see you. i am an independent but i vote democratic primarily. i voted for gavin newsom. and padilla for the senate. host: why are you -- why do you trend democrat what has governor newsom done that you appreciate? caller: i was a lifelong democrat. i became completely disillusioned with the democratic party, so i switched independent. it seemed like on important

issues the republicans were able to outsmart the democrats. i just got fed up so i moved to independent. as far as gavin newsom goes, we have a $90 billion surplus in california. when i watch the news and see people in west virginia or tennessee struggling to put food on the table, it drives me crazy. it drives me nuts. so, this is one of the reasons why i voted for newsom. the other things that are -- women's right to choose it's a woman's right to choose. it surprises me that mostly male government officials are the ones making the most noise

against a woman's right to choose. they have no idea what it is like to carry a baby to term, no man does. that makes no sense to me. republicans constantly, constantly, are good at it, they are always trying to turn the clock back, making it harder for people to vote, that to me, is the worst of all of the things that republicans do. republicans in society, in the legislature. host: how did you vote for the mayor of los angeles? host: karen bass. host: --caller: thanks for calling in, gary. another californian, from lancaster, california, this time a republican. caller: how are you today? it's nice to speak to you. thank you so much for accepting

my telephone call. i voted republican today, all the way. as far as my experience, in this day and age, i am originally from new york. i have been living in california for 30 years. i came out here because my husband was recruited years ago , to build the d2 bomber. he was working with the company to defend our country, and it felt like every time the democrats got into office they cut funding, it was them -- detrimental to our safety, our country and pockets and to our spouses who are giving their lives for a good cause. i was very disappointed in the fact that i went in and i wanted to show them my idea and they told me they don't need to take my id. come on, this is ridiculous. i am also -- we face the

difficulties we had to go through during this whole covid situation. i just feel that it is common sense in this world, what has transpired in the last couple of years when the last gentleman talked about -- host: i am going to ask you to mute the tv. caller: why don't you ask me a question? host: you answered most of the questions i was going to ask you, where are you from, what you do, why do you vote the way you do? caller: i want to tell you something. i never voted for what my parents voted for. i'm sure we all want democracy in this country but, the republicans in the past offices, they were more democratic than those who call themselves democrats. host: when you hear candidates

or politicians say that democracy is in danger what is your reaction? caller: i think it is all a smoke screen. because, i am a greek american, a lot of the language we use in today's day is democratic is for the people and these people have not been for the people of this country. when the gentleman before says he voted for gavin newsom -- that's another thing, i didn't see anything for -- no ads, i didn't see anything pushing for control of the state to make it a better place. he was talking about so much surplus. how come there is so much homeless people living on the streets? take care of american people in this country. host: terrific. -- a reminder that it is now 10

p.m. on the east coast, we will probably be hearing from some candidates throughout the evening. we have cruise in pennsylvania, ohio, nevada, etc., and we will be bringing those candidate speeches to you live. later in the evening, as the results keep coming in, but we will bring all of that to you live. we still need to take your calls, matthew in sweetwater, tennessee. please give us your comment for election n . caller: a little bit aboute, i was born and raised a de. i have voted republican since obama'nd term. one reason i voted republican, and i am not going to say don

trump is the first, but do exactly what you're going to do -- what you are going to say. i am a blue colored wker -- ollaworker and i feel e policies in my state. democrat policies time and time again have almost bankrupted states andhere are also more taxes. i cannot say i am a reblican. i am more independent because i am basically a social conservative but the government shoue no choice on what n iny life. host: matthew, thank you for calling in.

martin from los an on e democrat line. >> hi there. sorry, what was the question? host: we are asking who do you vote for and why, and what issues are important to you. caller: i am a democrat so i voted for gavin newsom for governor and i voted for alex padilla for senator and for my congressman, jimmy goldman and i support him and what he does bed i supported them because i think their policies were a lot stronger than their opposition. padilla as senator did really well. he campaigned and vowed to support others. i think we filled the void of what barbara boxer used to do. host: martin, what are some of the issues you care about? caller: some of the issues i

care about are definitely education, the economy, and supporting the union. i feel the democratic party over the last decade have looked out for the blue-collar worker and the working men and women, whereas i felt within the state of california the republicans that were enacted -- elected like arnold schwarzenegger not do anything like that. those three things are what influenced me to vote democratic this time, although i do not think gavin newsom is perfect by any means. but i thought he could be an effective governor and he did survive the recall last year pretty strongly. host: thank you, martin, for calling in. our next caller from palm beach, florida. donald trump has entered the

ballroom and we are expecting him to make some remarks. [applause]

[miscellaneous crowd noise] host: that was live from mar-a-lago in palm beach. the former president is expected to make some remarks and if he does, we will bring those to you. in the meantime, we will check on results and continue to take your calls this evening.

david in virginia, the republican line. go ahead and tell us what you voted for and what some of the issues are that are important to you. caller: i switched districts and i cannot remember who i voted for, but i pretty much voted against pelosi. i voted for congressional house seats and voted republican. a lot of things. i cannot understand why people continue to vote for the democratic party because they support things that are not -- nuts. first, that the economy can operate without fossil fuels and being replaced by wind and solar panels, basically we will shut down all of the coal firing plants. to which extent they tried to tax us. in a winter storm, the windmills would not even turn because they

froze, and you cannot even make windmills without coal. you need to make the steel to make the windmills. just think about all the things around you that are made of steel and plastic. and machinery that is used to make those things. we wouldn't have any of those things, so that is one crazy thing. the other thing is this madness that there are more than two senses. new york city passed a law that said there are now more than 50 senses. if you offend anyone of them, it is a six-figure fine. that is nuts. i think it is crazy to say we have a $31 trillion national debt. we are facing the prospect of paying interest at that debt at $1 trillion. that is more than what's the entire federal budget was one

jimmy carter left office. and democrats are not worried about that. they are not going to get anything for it. they are going to cut social security, you have the trillion dollars you're paying in interest on that debt. the other thing i want the democrats to know, they did not want to listen to me, tom -- tell you what family i am from. my brother's godfather was charles schulz. he was part of the economic council advisors during the administration of jfk. my father's brother sued richard nixon. i am now a republican and i agree that the democrats' plan is crazy pre-i cannot believe people are still voting for this. host: we will leave it there but thank you for sharing your views.

joshua from california, independent line. how did you vote today? caller: i voted democrat for the state, but i voted republican at my local level. i voted republican for my congressman. in the past, i have not supported him, but this year he stood up for gay marriage, something that the minority leader, kevin mccarthy, was against. and i really do respect people who vote on their own conviction. a couple of things about the previous color. -- caller. one thing i want to point out for young people like myself, we do not have the ability to complain if we do not go out and vote. and what struck me today as we

were being asked if we were going to vote, a lot of people did not even know what were the options. they didn't know who to vote for, anything about the props. that last gentlemen scented like he was of considerable age, but he saw himself both -- saw himself voting against nancy pelosi and the previous woman saw herself voting against nancy pelosi and governor newsom, but they did not know who they were voting for. encourage people to go out and look at the platforms of the people. host: thank you. back down to florida, mar-a-lago, former president trump. >> i understand that very well, so we are doing combinations of both. i would like to welcome the fake news media who are back there. a lot of people back there. that is a big group.

they might be expecting something big tonight. the numbers have been amazing so far. this is just up until this point, but as of this moment on endorsements, with the nominations, we had a total of 330 endorsements nominations. and of the 330, we won 200, 324. if you think -- and some of those were longshots. they were down to fifth place, a lot of people in fifth place, but it was 224 out of 330. is he good on the general election? as of this moment, we are 80

wins and three losses. isn't that good? wouldn't it be funny if we had more on the general elections than the nominations themselves? north carolina, we are now leading. in missouri, very good guy, eric schmitt is now up 55-43. he is against anheuser-busch. that is a different bush. you tell me which one is the real bush. ohio's j.d. vance is now leading 52-47. had an incredible rally last night in ohio. and we had an unbelievable rally than the night before with the heaviest rain i have been involved with.

it was beautiful, this is the tropics. it is the most beautiful night and all of a sudden it turned deadly dark and it was like you had massive pails of water that fell on top of me. but we gutted it out. we had 45,000 people at their, no teleprompters, and i said i wonder what biden would do right now. but we gutted it out and it was amazing. marco had a fantastic evening at 58-41. that is really tremendous. that is as of this moment. katie grant, i want to congratulate her. we endorsed her and she did fantastically, 68-30. she is the future and a fantastic woman.

a great football player played for alabama. and we have other good ones going out. herschel is leading right now. so we have a lot of big races going on right now, so enjoy that. enjoy the food and enjoy everything. it is a great honor to have the media with us and we hope you enjoy yourself and this wonderful group of people. these are the people that you read about. they are brilliant financially. we will not see any great football stars, but we do see brilliant people. great people and very successful people and they want what is good for the country and that is why they are here. i want to thank you all for being here, and to the media, thank you for being here. good night. [applause]

host: that was live from mar-a-lago at the trump election party talking about some of the results. we will continue to take your calls. we will hear from the candidates and the winners and get more analysis and results. right now, let's hear from ron desantis, who claimed victory in tampa a little over an hour ago. here is governor desantis. ♪

[applause] >> thank you. thank you very much. [applause] thank you so much. over these past four years, we have seen major challenges for the people of our state, for the citizens of the united states, and above all for the concept of freedom. we saw freedom and our very way of life in this country with her on the vine. florida held the line.

we chose fact over fear. we chose education over indoctrination. we chose law & order over rioting and disorder. florida was a refuge of sanity when the world went mad. we stood at the citadel of freedom for people across this country and indeed across the world. we faced the task, we took the hits, we weathered the storm, but we stood our ground. we did not back down. we had the conviction to guide us and we had the courage to lead. we made promises. we made promises to the people

of florida and we have delivered on those promises. and so today, after four years, the people have delivered their verdict. freedom is here to stay. [applause] [chanting] >> thank you very much. now, thanks to the overwhelming support of the people of florida, we not only won the election, we have rewritten the political map. thank you for honoring us with a win for the ages.

i want to thank all of our campaign staff from campaign manager generic pectin, this was the best run campaign in the history of florida politics. i want to thank all of our wonderful volunteers who worked so hard to get out the vote. your support means the world to casey and i. god bless you and thank you. it is a lot easier to run a good campaign when you have a great record to run on and i would not have been able to see the level of accomplishments we saw unless i had outstanding people working in the executive office of the governor as well as state agency. these folks worked hard to implement our agenda and they believed our agenda. the results have been historic. thank you for your support and work.

thank you to miami-dade county. thank you to palm beach county. we are still tallying the votes, but it is clearly apparent that this election, we will have garnered a significant number of votes from people who may not have voted for me four years ago and i want to let you know i am honored to have earned your trust and support. and most important of all, thank you to the greatest first lady in all 50 states.

for being a great wife, giving unwavering support, being a tremendous mother to her three young children, and serving as an example for women throughout this state, especially going through the battle of cancer. she is remarkable. [applause] now today -- [chanting] now today is a combination of the 2022 fall election, but in reality americans have been voting for many years now. they have been voting with their feet and the result of that behavior has been just as stark as our victory today.

states and cities governed by leftist politicians have seen crime skyrocket. they have seen their taxpayers abused. they have seen medical authoritarianism imposed and they see american principles discarded. the woke agenda has caused millions of americans to leave these jurisdictions for greater pastures -- greener pastures. this great exodus of americans for those folks, florida has served as the promised land. we have embraced freedom. we have maintained law & order. we have predicted the rights of parents. we have respected our taxpayers, and we reject woke ideology. we fight the woke in the

legislature, in the schools, in the corporations. we will never surrender to the woke mob. florida is where woke goes to die. people have come here because our policies work. leadership matters. we refuse to use paul's and put our finger in the win. leaders do not follow, they lead. we set out a vision, we executed on that vision, and we produced historic results. and the people of this state have responded in record fashion. while our country flounders due to failed leadership in washington, florida is on the right track. i believe the survival of the

american experiment requires a revival of true american principles. florida has proved that it can be done. we offer array of hope that better days still lie ahead. i am proud of our achievements in this state paid i'm honored by your support, and i look forward to the road ahead. i have fought the good fight. i have finished the race in this first term, and i attest. we have accomplished more than anybody thought possible four years ago, but we have got so much more to do, and i have only begun to fight. god bless you all. thank you very much. thank you for a historic landslide victory. [applause] ♪

host: that is governor ron

desantis of florida being reelected by a substantial margin. this was about an hour ago in tampa. we will continue to bring you speeches from all of the winners this evening around the country. we will continue to take your calls. we will ask you who you vote for and what are some of the issues that are concerned -- of concern to you. you canlso send in a text message. we would like to hear from you. please include your city and your state in your first name, if would when you send in a text message. back to your calls, linda in antioch, california, democrat, is with us. what are some of the iyou care about and who did you vote?

caller: i votedrat wn the line. host: could you mute your tv to gin th? ill be a lot easier for all of us and go ahead and talk into the phone. d get it down. because you will get a delay. go ahead and tell w you are a democrat and some of the issues you care about. caller: i have got to go back my parents. my parents were democrats, i have always been my own person. that is my famy. ioted for republicans in past, but i do not like what they are standing fo anymore. what came out of kevin mc's mouth, that he will cut secund micare and everytng, that was it for me.

i was so upset, fact i did start crying. i live on that is lucky that my daughter, i am living with her, otherwise i would out on the street. and all of the other stuff that they wanteo and take more women's rights, we will not have a democracy with them in there. all they are concerned about is power. power, power, power. host: linda, thank you. a reminder to all viewers, please turn down your volume once you get on. herschel walker is doing an early speech down in georgia. please listen. >> as much as -- there is in this room, there must be an opponent at the bottom of it.

we have got the end of this right here. i can tell you right now. i am telling you right now i am like rick and bobby. i do not come to lose. he is going to be tough to beat. but let me tell you, he has got the wrong georgia here. i want to tell you all, if you can hang in there a little bit longer, just hanging on a little bit longer, it will take a while for him to get better. and it will get better, so i wanted to thank you guys for hanging in. if you wanted to go home and wake up tomorrow morning to see the news. it will be that the governor of georgia is herschel walker. i want to thank you guys for coming out. thank you guys for being here,

thank you you guys for all of your support. i am not leaving. i am going to come to the war room and say it is a blessing. in this room, i have been blessed. i am ready and you guys are ready as well. god bless you guys. let's keep it going. [applause] ♪ host: that was herschel walker down in atlanta but as you can see, 59% of the vote has been reported in georgia. herschel walker currently leads 49.4% to 48.6% for senator warnoc and georgia would be a runoff if you do not get 50 plus one in the vote. nobody has called this race.

you can see the results are not finished, but herschel walker came out and gave a short thank you speech to his volunteers. we will go back to your calls now. our next caller on the democrat line. caller: i voted democrat all down the line. i just got on medicare in august and i am worried about the republicans are going to cut medicare and medicaid. i am older and low income. thank god i own my own house, but my deceased husband and i, we voted republican a few times and during that time, i had no insurance. insurance was so high we could not even afford to get insurance for me, and think god i did not and up in the hospital.

but i am just worried about social security and medicare. my current mom is a widow, just lost my dad. she is the wife of a vietnam veteran and i am worried about her too. she told me she has had it and she just do not want to vote. she just don't want to vote. host: thank you for calling in from ohio. carrie is out in washington, independent line. you have quite a senate race going on out there, don't you? biden: -- nine caller: we do. i am an independent and i voted for derek kilmer for congress

and patty murray for senate. i am not worried about either of them. if they are elected, they will help stop the republican agenda, although we do not know what that is because they are never upfront. host: when you say you are a radical and progressive, what does that mean? caller: i am not a progressive. i am socialist and i support democratic socialist positions, bernie sanders. i a little further left than bernie sanders as well. the democrats i think are absolutely failing to adopt the winning agenda, and the winning agenda is bernie sanders' agenda.

i do not understand -- no, i do understand because the democrats like the republicans are democrat -- are indebted to corporation all money. they are actively working to stop the quote unquote progressive agenda in the congress because that is not what their billionaire supporters want them to do. host: what kind of work do you do in washington? caller: i am a retired history professor. u.s. history. host: wonderful. caller: my fields were radical and anti-radical labor movements . so i am not a mainstream viewer. years ago, we used to joke that the republicans were reading the phone booth, and now they are in

the stadiums. things have changed here. what democrats, they have not kept their promise up to the unions and union workers in our area have gone over to the republicans, and it is not hard to blame them. host: that is gary from washington. greta is in the studio. what do you have for us? >> we are watching the vote for district virginia seventh. abigail spanberger looks set to poll virginia's seventh, a substantial victory for the democrats. the campaign had a legislative acevement. then you have chad burke am of fox ns eeting out that the

president made congratulatory news to several projected winners, including abigail spanberger. she is in that list. this is a tweet from caleb collins from cnn. abigail spanberger defeats her republican challenger inhe virginia seventh district. however, the associated press, take a l the results right now. they have not called this race. abigail spanberger is in the lead with 97% reporting, but associated press not calling this yet. we do have some recent calls by the that is in the senate coloradoace. michael bennet secures another term in congress. people were watchis race to see if possibly job a day could be the incumbent. chris christie was even dismissing it that this could be

a closer race d that did not apar to have been paid in the senate missouri race, you can see the republican e schmitt is the victor tonight in their and the oklahoma race, the incumbent, republican kevin stitt, he wins a second term. joy hofmeister was challenging him for this she is a republican turned democrat. we were watching this race as a possible sleeper race tonight, but kevin stitt with the victory there. host: mr. beto, you have some updates on the congressional races for us. if you could, certainly the virginia seventh with the race that read it was just talking

about. -- greta was just talking about. the race is aittle too close to call for the ap right. however, if spanberger does hold onto this seat, it will be a huge win for the democrats. it does not mean that they are necessarily going to keep the house, but their losses could be minimized. we look at the other virginia races we have been keeping an e ye on, their election opponent conceded already. if jennifer can hold onto that, it looks like the worst fears for democrats will not be realized. we are in a tougher condition right now, trailing right now to the republican challenger. that is going to be a tough keep for democrats. that one is expected to lose

tonight and it is kind of on our watch. it looks like if things hold on right now, republicans are in for more of a red ripple. but a ripple might just be enough. host: when it comes to virginia, the three republicans challenging the three democrats, right now it is one out of three wins, correct? >> is looking that way right now. we are relying on ap, but as we said, jennifer wexton's opponent has conceded to her. president biden has called jennifer -- abigail spanberger and is looking good for spanberger and the democrats right now. host: we have a race we talked abouew hampshire. what was that race?

new hampshire's first race with chris pepin who is a erable democrat and a relative newcomer wiolyn levitt. caroline levittatively young. she was viewed as a litt bit too to the right than her gop challenger in the primary. but when she came through, she raised a lot of money. we are still a little too early to call on this race, but it is looking good for pappas right now and that was when we were keeping an eye on earlier. host: when you go back to the ripple, wave, and tsunami, what is that looking nationwide for the house of representatives? >> i would like to put on my

meteorologist hat right now. i would say we are looking at downgraded what looks like a wave, for now it is still early. we look at other races like connecticut, rhode island two, the final call in new hampshire as well, but based on the results in virginia, it's just like we are in for more of a red ripple than a red wave. we will see more results coming in later tonight. host: thank you. let's go back to your calls and next up is donna in newport, washington on our republican line. did you cast a vote today for tiffany smart? caller: i did. i voted republican pretty much the line except for the people that were running in single races. then i picked people like donald

watson. but anyways -- host: why are you are blic? caller: because i feel like publicans are going to protect us more than the democrats. democrats believe in op borders, g ridf our energy. i do n know if you are aware of this bty mray wants to getf state river dams and ill rt the economy. governor inslee is just taking us way down and i am afraid for america because they are going to stop our energy. what is going to happen when we cannot go to the grocery store and buy food? i have never in my lifetime gone to the grocery store and seen empty shelf after empty shelf. that is communism and you can get your little stimulus check on social security in a

communist state and you will barely be able to eat bread so people are worried about their social security checks but not worried about not being able to get food. we are slaves to the government and i do not think that is right. republicans at least are still protecting us. i do not feel protected with democrats. i feel like they are ready to poison us with all of their vaccines, ready to just kill us, and nobody seems technology what is going on. host: do you think tiffany smiley has a chance against patty murray? caller: i hope so because patty has been in there for 30 years and she has not done jack. host: joseph is next, the democrat from nashville. tell us about your issues, who you voted for today. caller: thank you so much paid i did vote early, but as you know,

national -- nashville has been gerrymandered and it is difficult to see the urban core respond to that with so many districts. so it does not really represent the core of the state. every three dollars spent in the state, one dollar comes from nashville, so it is disheartening to see us split down the lines in nashville. host: what is it like to be a democrat where all of the representatives republicans? caller: jim cooper is retiring and that seat looks like a push out for heidi campbell. i hope she does come out. it is no longer a red tsunami, so i appreciate that comment. i am hoping that we see that come through in tennessee. host: what are the issues that concern you? caller: for the most part, human

rights and especially women's rights are on the table with this vote and is important for us to realize that there is a lot of debate going on. democrats, especially tennessee, have the best interest of voters at heart. we do not believe in having a super majority in the state. it does not allow for the priorities we need here. host: thank you for calling in from nashville. david is next, also from tennessee on the republican line. go ahead. caller: thank you for taking my call and for what you do. we voted in tennessee today and of course we are totally red. i think that is a good thing. i think california earlier was talking about how great california was and talking about

how bad of shape we work in tennessee pretty needs to look at our budget and how we are doing here. i wanted to say a couple of things. seems like when the democrats come out and talk about this is an election for democracy, some of the ladies said that was a smokescreen and i do not believe -- i do not agree with her. i want to take the emphasis off of what i consider to be the unimportant things and right now, the important thing is inflation, one of the biggest issues. that will just continue to get worse. that will be the trajectory when we have the democrats continuing to stay in total control. i am a fiscal conservative and social liberal. it seems recently that a number

of people in washington have forgotten who they are. when they get up there, we are all americans, not democrats or republicans. you go back to the reagan years and that is when i first started trying to get involved in politics. when reagan was president, jim was the speaker of the house. when there were major issues, those two guys got together and worked something out and came through. that was a very positive moment and the democrats just seem to want to move us to socialists. herschel walker, i hope he holds on in georgia. it is a shame the way they tried to criticize and abuse him over something that he did not do. what was it, 30 years ago?

so who knows. host: david, if the republicans take the congress or at least one house of the congress, what would you like to see them do? what kind of legislation or political action would you like to see? caller: i do not think they will have the power still to accomplish much, but i think they can slow down a lot of the democrat policies. particularly on spending. we are up 30 trillion in debt now. somebody sometime is going to have to pay for that, and i think they will at least slow down some of that excessive spending. host: thank you for calling in this evening. let's hear from marion out in maryland, an independent. how are you? caller: good, how are you doing? thanks for taking my call. what i wanted to say was the

voting experience today was really difficult for the first time ever, and the counting machine did not work, and we waited for more than an hour, way more than an hour. and they had to pick up the machine and jostle it and beat it like it was a vending machine and get the thing to count our vote. i was like, what in the world? people left because they could not wait. what we need to do is fix the problem with our voting. our voting is not secure, it is a mess. host: does that make you feel suspicious? caller: i do not know

suspicious, i just felt it was incompetent. it did not work. i did not want someone beating the machine to make it work. it just kept jam and jam to count the votes. we have to find a better way to vote securely. i do not know what that is, but it is not a good way. host: which way did you vote today? as an independent, which way did you vote today? caller: mostly republican. not totally. i am across-the-board. in maryland, we are a really blue state, but that is not why i'm calling. why i am calling is to get a wake-up call. arizona had a problem with the counting, i saw that earlier is a video on youtube.

we do not have a secure way to vote. that is the problem. host: appreciate you calling in. let's get an update from greta. >>ssociated press has called virginia's seventh race for abigail spanberger. she is the victor tonigh she will get a third term in congress and republicans hope the flipping of this seat has flipped away. some other bellwethers. indiana's firstistrict, the to serve a second term, you can see where the race stands right now with 34% o vote that is in right now. the newand army veteran, the republican challenging him for that swing district. let's go up to nework's 17th

district. this is where sean patrick maloney, the chair of the democratic campaign congressional committee, the one in charge of recruiting candidates and spending money to help democrats pull a majority if they can is looking unlikely. he was also facing a tight ection race. you can see right now with 70% reporting, the republican challenger with the wide lead. we will keep watching that one tonight. host: back to your calls. we will continue to get updates from the candidates all night long. from brooklyn, new york, on the independent line. omar, who did you vote for and what are some of the issues you care about? caller: good evening, america. i did not vote today, but i am american and i have been in american for several generations.

the reason why i did not vote is because none of the issues that affect me are on the ballot. one of the representatives were speaking about the issues. abortion is important, the economy is important, but what affects me personally is the fact there are no jobs in new york. they have all of these jobs they are talking about across the country, but when i try for thousands of jobs, i am on my third interview for the city of new york, but at the same time i am struggling. it is hard to survive out here, and i listen to the people who call on the line. rather than speak about these issues, all they speak about is the economy, the debt is going up, and the debt went up during

trump when he was in office. trillion dollars worth of debt. i do not understand why people can say that the democrats are just doing that or the republicans are just doing that. both of them are not doing the right thing. people might leave and yet they are allowing foreigners to come into the country, get the jobs that most black americans are not going to tape -- take because -- the people from other countries do not have a --, so they will take that without a problem. food and rent is going up, so we need to find jobs that can couple that bit unfortunately i know a whole bunch of people who are working that are in the

shelter. so how is it that things are not affecting everybody across the country? i know that it is, but the only thing the republicans want to talk about is how the democrats are raising the debt and the democrats wants to talk about how the republicans just want power. at the same time, where is the black agenda? none of these candidates are speaking about the black agenda. the only one issue for black america is to get reparations. and i'm surprised that they did not cover the reparations for the rally on november 5. every five minutes, all i hear is trump is doing this and that, but don't you think that black

people, thousands of people who deserve reparations, over a thousand people went, and yet nobody had coverage. nobody is speaking about it and nobody has anything to say about reparations for black americans. why is it that our ancestors who were taken vantage of during slavery, and everybody comes here to take advantage of black people because we built this country and yet we are last on the totem pole. black americans last on the totem pole. host: thank you for making those points. we appreciate you coming in and spending time with us this evening. jessica is with the cook political report. she is the governor and senatorial editor. i wanted to give you updates on some of the races. jessica? >> the early results we were looking at, when we were looking to see if this was going to be a

red wave in the senate, we are not seeing those necessarily now , things we expected that the republicans would have a hold. both in north carolina and ohio, those seats are in republican hands, but new hampshire is when i was watching for early signs with. the democrats sending off a stronger-than-expected challenge over republican dr. bowman who was definitely not the first republican for this race. we have not had a call on this race yet, but it looks like -- is set to win. it is the most endangered republican on the map aside from ron johnson. edge looks like johnson has the better path to win at this point over lieutenant governor mandela this is a place where we could see this coming, democratic governor tony evers is looking

like he could narrowly win over republican tim michels. you are seeing him running ahead of his lieutenant governor. georgia, we are still waiting and watching. democrats feeling a little better about that race tonight. walker felt like he had the late momentum in the race and i even thought that a runoff was the most likely possibility, perhaps we could see herschel walker, the republican and former footba star wiight. it is notable because brian kemp looks like he will hold on in that governor's race rematch against stacey abrams, but it looks like -- it looks like some says to the quality of walker as a candidate. democrats have been feeling a

renewed hope that even though warnock could win this with 50% outright, i am not sure we will know this tonight or even tomorrow. now we are just waiting on those western states. we have not seen any states coming in yet from nevada. the most in danger senator there is cortez pesto. if they flipped the seat from red to blue, again, they have got to win back two republican seats and they will have to at least win nevada and one other one. we could still see a 50-50 senate and even a pickup of day. we still don't know enough about these races out west ultimately right now. host: jessica taylor, we were looking at those results from brian kemp. stacey abrams and herschel walker and rev. warnock.

and there was a five point difference between the brian kemp stacey abrams. the senate race is less than a point. >> we believed there would be some kemp warnock voters. in some places walker is running so far behind camp. it looks like a lot of people again just did not vote in that race and that doesn't speak control of the senate would be on the line in a georgia runoff. what happened back in 2020 that decided the senate majority, but i long thought there was a little bit of danger there and really just coming back out for the senate race, particularly if

you are a voter that wasn't super enthused by walker. host: how much time do you spend looking at where the votes still are not counted? the walker-warnock race had 71% reporting. so where are those 30%? atlanta or the rural areas? how much time do you spend looking at that? >> somewhat. but the hard thing to determine is if they are early votes or day of votes that lean more republican. it does look a little bit better for warnock. he is sort of beating some margins in metro atlanta and where biden had margins in metro atlanta. he is still outpacing that and there does seem to be some atlanta area votes outstanding. and we do see this happen in the rural areas that have not been expected.

this is what we're seeing about which votes are coming in and the absentee and early votes are. you're getting a lot of information on election night and we try to process as quickly as we can but it is very fluid, ultimately. host: why do some states not allow the counting of early votes until the day of the election? do you know? >> the state legislatures decide on this. and in pennsylvania, the republican led legislatures have not alwethat to happen. i'm not goingo ascribe a motive or anything but it is certainly somethinghat if the balaen begun to be counted earlier, we would have quicker results. but ultimately, those absentees typically lean more democratic so it could be good news for people or's in wisconsin, but in the senate race, johnson seems

to be out pulling where trump even was in the suburbs particularly around milwaukee. we're still waiting on absentee ballots around philadelphia and those counties. that looks better for federman in pennsylvania right now. host: will we have the results from pennsylvania anymore tonight? >> it seems like they may hold a press conference perhaps lat on and give us an idea. but if couldn't even be started to be counting until today. st: theest coast polls have now closed.

alex padilla has been declared the winner in california. the smiley race is happening up in washington state in the sena. and the governor' in oregon is one that will soe keeping a close eye on. we will co to ke your calls and hear from the candidates, show your results and get analysis throughout the evening. you can see the phone numbers on the screen. that line is set aside for text if you send a text, please include your first name in your city if you would. and all our social media sites and election focus t evening. republican line. what was the process like for you? what are the issues you care >> it was go

i care about the economy, drugs and the cost of things so. there's no common sense anymore. neither party has any common sense. and i think representative should have a time limit on their stay in washin and also i think all of our problems started when biden shut down the gas lines and that's itost more to ship food, cost more to grow food. everything cre tmake. open the borders and bring all the people here and i believe the pharmaceutical companies run washington.

i was born and raised a democrat but i have seen over the years how the corruption on both sides and neither one of them, neither party is perfect. caller: thank you for having me. i am a reagan democrat. although i was born when ronald reagan was president. i see myself as a reagan democrat. host: who did you vote for? caller: i am a reagan democrat so i will just leave it at that. i think what is happening in n york is that they putoney

into education and into pre-k, rit? universal pre-k which was done by bill de blasio. i think it was phenomenal and a great idea. now we have to do the same with asylum-seekers. that billion dollars invested into our public education. i don't understand that. i understand it is law of the land. i get it. but this is our education. we have to bring the city up. i really don't get it. i'm sorry, i don't get it. i am grateful for this great country to support ukraine. we have to be safe in the subway.

we can't just go on the subway in fear. i am a proud democrat, but i'm a reagan democrat. host: this is mark in oregon on the democrats line. how do you pronounce the name of your town? and who did you vote for for governor? caller: tigerd, oregon. host: who did you vote for? caller: for teedo because she has the solution to the housing crisis and a few other things. host: mark, we appreciate your call this evening. mark is in oregon as well. you had three candidates to choose from. who did you choose?

host: -- caller: thank you for pointing out we had three candidates which was unusual for this race. we had an independent that threw a wrench in the thing because we have been a democrat governor for a long time. we just closed the polls to see how it shakes out. everything tomorrow, the numbers will be what they are and we will find out. host: what was it about christine grayson that got your vote? >> she was on the radar and i lived in the district she represented in the house. kotek was speaker of the house. she did things which actually got worse in oregon.

it seems to highlight for the last few years. i am independent and i will go with the best candidate and i thought she was the best candidate. >> there are 51 rematches tonight from 2020. 51. angie craig right now in the league. this is only 7% reporting. people are watching this race very carefully tonight. 48.2%.

ght now, there is a slight lead over his challeng he won in 2020. over hisent. he won with 1%. we will go to new york's 11th di. you remember he challenged her in 2020, he lost let's go to pennsylvania's seventh district.

in pennsylvania's eighth district, it is anothe rehab -- and finally, i will end w kansas the third district. right now, 55%. that is with 96% of the vote re. those are just a handful of the 51 rematches in 2022. host: eric is virginia beach, the flip of a seat down there. >> with jen and she is our champion.

the reason why the republicans, they want medicare and medicaid to stay intact. the thing about medicare and medicaid is it is getting less and less funded because of all the spending. that is the point the republicans make. republicans are all about capitalism. what i mean by that is capitalism that's good. and what i mean by that is it is profitable and it is not regulated and it is held accountable. and the reason why we are so rich in this country is because we have had capitalism. and that has made us powerful. that made is able to protect ourselves from enemies, from foreign enemies. and if we stop that, bets are off. a democratic-socialist. it's about control.

republicans want less government, less control, more freedom. that's what we are all about. we want to have freedom and not be bothered by government. when you control guns, i believe that guns -- there should be licenses and so forth. when you control the media and you try to control and control, that is where the fascist government is all about. >> we will leave it there. thank you for calling in. henry, did you vote today? for whom did you vote? what are the issues you cared about? >> and want to thank the election workers. host: for whom did you vote and

what are the issues that you care about? >> i voted for dr. mahmoud in congress. because of inflation and the high cost of college. and abortion rates. host: where do you go to school? >> this is my third year. host: is this your first round of voting? and why do you vote democratic? >> i vote democratic because they care about issues that -- they care about issues that i care about. some republicans only do photo ops which i don't like.

host: really fun to do an evening show because we get a lot more california, oregon, and washington calls. how is the experience? are you tired of campaign commercials on the air? >> i cut cable and i stream a lot. and i flip back and forth off of a streaming service. host: you have avoided a lot of that. >> i have seen them on instagram and facebook but not as much as any others. no hiccups along the way. >> i voted republican.

i voted to wine and j.d. vance. i'm not 100% always republican, but this time, for me, and i think to quote the james carville, it's the economy, stupid. that's what led me to vote straight republican this time. host: mike dewine wins by 20 points. j.d. vance is in the lead but the race hasn't been called. why the difference between the two? >> i think in ohio, there is still some -- and i understand that we went to trump in the last election. i believe j.d. vance was more aligned with donald trump this go around even though they did have their hiccups and some bickering along the way.

whereas the wind total aligned very well. i also think he handled covid very well. i think he gained a lot of respect from both sides on how he handled covid. a lot of my friends who are democrat respected how he handled that situation. i think he has been tested and proven. host: what kind of work do you do in akron? >> i work in health care. >> jacob is in aotsp. independent line. all right, jacob. talk to us about your experience and what t issues are. >> right now i'm going to school at arizona state in phoenix. so little bit just up the road. i really wt to talk about

something on the ballot here in which increases voter idy 309 requirements for mail-in ballot. quir voter id. and also gives the dmv the right to get free photo id to those who don't have a license and can't pay for it so that they can vote early. i do support that. host: do you support han id when you go to vote? >> i think it is the bare minimum that we have. i don't really believe the elections were rigd. going through security at tsa

ar, but i hope it is next year i voted early buthen i was walking through the school, i saw the line of those of us voarli today. i saw pol groups outside theine and they were giving ou domoes to the people that would talk to them in the just trying to influence them. en they were standing in line waitg to vote, there is quite a long line to get in. i don't feel that it's right. i don't know where the food has been. it take that at your own risk.

host: you see that as electioneering? >> i think it's a little bit off. people can convince other people. you obviously can't pay anybody to vote the way that they do. if you are using food or water to start getting up there to vote, i think that's a little bit of a problem. we already have laws where you can't put political signs so far out from the election polling place. i think the next logical step is not influencing anyone in the long run. host: we buried the lead. for whom did you vote? >> for governor and senator, i voted democratic. i voted republican for the house.

i really just think that the blican governor -- i don't like the rhetoric. i don't like how she talks. i don't like how extreme her policies seem toe. i consider myself a very mo person. i'm not a fan of the democrat candidate hobbs. but really, i just feel the for senatei el a lot better voor mark kelly than i did for masters. moderate.e is a lot more and really, wwas voting, i looked for someone who i thought would bridge the dividen though i don't really know if that's voted for.

that was my goal going into the building. host: is this your first voting experience? >> it is. host: congratulations on that. have you enjoyed the political season? i have been in a hotshot -- hotspot. >> they won't stop texting me political ads. i wish they would stop. host: jacob, maricopa, arizona. [applause] ♪

>> i love the shit out of you g uys. i just want to say to all of you that i am filled with gratitude. i am an extremely lucky guy. and i am grateful for a beautiful family. i have the most amazing wife that you can ever imagine.

i will let you all in on a little secret. you saw the commercial. seven out of 10. that was a lie. we crack a bottle of wine if we hit four out of 10. we hit five out of 10. we hit six out of 10. seven out of 10, we get the good bottle of wine. that is the truth. but my wife is the most amazing mom. she's the most amazing schoolteacher. and she is an amazing wife. she quit her job. you wonder if you get support

that -- from people that care about you but she put her job to jump on this campaign because she felt like it was that important. and we in the ryan clan, we have one rule. no regrets. . my wife quit her job and stood by me and she traveled with me and she was amazing, those of you that got to hear her speak towards the end of the campaign. she's amazing. she's my best friend and i'm a lucky guy. we have three beautiful kids that have just been amazing. someone asked us during the campaign, they said the commercial with the two kids, the two older ones.

were those yours or were they actors? i said no, that was really them. once a disgusting the other said that's gross when we kiss each other. they were so good at that because that's what they say to us. mason and bella have enriched my life since i met them when they were four years and five years old. they have made me a better dad, a better stepdad, and a better congressman. and our little guy. he brings so much joy to us, and not just the football games on

the weekend. but every single day. and he's just a great kid that ended up speaking during the campaign. he had a two minute speech he kept delivering. he delivered it five times in a row and he said i want to change this up a little bit. i don't want to say the same thing every time. i've been saying the same thing for 18 months, brady. it's driving home the message, bro. he has been terrific and brady, we love you so much. and to my mom and my dad and my stepmom and my brother al and his kids, i love you guys so much. this fight was for all of you to try to make this country a better place and i will never forget one second of that. it was for you guys.

i have gratitude for my entire team. by any measure, the most for sit -- sophisticated experts in the country. this was the best run campaign in the united states. my whole team, if anybody is hiring, give them an opportunity. but i will tell you, i am very grateful. what i said during this campaign, i meant every word of it. and this is why i love my team so much. they let me be me. and what i said, i meant. in this country we have too much hate, we have too much anger. there's way too much fear,

there's way too much division. and we need more love. we need more compassion. we need more concern for each other. important things. we need forgiveness, grace, reconciliation. we have to leave the age of stupidity behind us. and i have a privilege right now. a privilege. as someone who is the democratic nominee, i have the privilege to concede this race to j.d. vance. because the way this country operates is that when you lose an election, you concede. and you respect -- you respect the will of the people. right? we can't have a system where if you win it's legitimate and if

you lose, someone stole it. that is not how we can move forward in the united states. this is an essential country. and i have said it throughout the campaign. this is a country built on freedom. this is the essential nation versus china and russia. countries that don't have freedom of speech, freedom of press. they have ethnic cleansing and they put their political opponents in prison. host: you can see the rest of tim ryan's concession speech online at c-span.org. stacey abrams have -- has conceded in georgia. >> our state has experienced one soul crushing crisis after another. but even during these trying times, the fighting spirit of georgia has prevailed.

we see what's possible when we stand up for our neighbors and protect each other. we've made sacrifices. we've pitched in and seen each other's fight as something we never thought we could. it is in the spirit of that endurance and that persistence that i decided again to run for governor. [applause] but look, i got into this race for one reason and one reason only. to fight. a fight to say georgia. a fight for people, whether they know it or not. we should struggle to hold onto it.

and a fight for valleys that we hold dear and we may never sacrifice. a fight for what we know. the people of georgia deserved more. and living rooms and classrooms across the state, i have met thousands of people face-to-face. we come from different backgrounds, different religions , eight different languages. we feel passionate about different issues. host: that is the beginning of stacey abrams concession speech. mamet oz has just stepped to the podium to talk to his crowd in pennsylvania.

>> went all the ballots are counted, we believe we will win this race. we would be closing the gap all night and we have a lot more ballots to go. i entered this campaign with lisa and pulled the family into it because we wanted to bring balance to washington. as a heart surgeon, i spent my life focused on big problems. in my case, broken hearts. and we address them. we united people together, not dividing them. that's what we're going to do in washington, right? and i've said to you many times -- what's the problem? are you able to hear me? have you heard what i said so

far? just making sure. i have told you many times that i believe in you. i've traveled all over the commonwealth to make that message clear. we will heal america. god bless you. ♪

host: that was men and oz doing an early speech up in pennsylvania. 57% of t vote has been reported whn fetterman the democrat leading6% to minute oz 48 point sent -- 48%. we cut out early of tim ryan and stacey abrams and their concession speeches in georgia and ohio. you will be able to see those very shortlyn e website in their entirety at the span.org. let's get back to yourls. we have more results coming, more candidate speeches and more analysis. right now, we will talk to jimm and dobson, north carolina.

>> i went budd republican. host: we will come back to you if you hang on. j.d. vance just stepped to the podium in ohio. >> a very fun night of celebration so i will keep my remarks pretty brief. i am overwhelmed with gratitude. really, i can't say thank you enough and i cannot ask rest possibly in words how grateful i am. first of the people on the stage with me. i want to say that you can't do this without your family pot support. and especially my beautiful wife. [applause]

and the great thing about having three young children, they are upstairs asleep and have no idea what the hell is going on. it's great to have everybody here. uncle jimmy and aunt donna, my family helps keep me grounded. my aunt said to my uncle, aren't you glad that he one? that would be a terrible ride home. that's what we're thinking in the vance family. we are on top of the important stuff. i could not have done this. i could not have won this race. the governor and the lieutenant governor crushed it. every other statewide office crushed it. i am so grateful to mike dewine,

i'm so grateful for bob in helping us cobble together a unified republican team. and we won big. what an incredible thing. i had so much incredible experiences getting to meet people across the state of ohio. but thank you to the ohio republican party. we just got a great chance to govern and we need to use it. and i promise to all my friends who will be at the statehouse or the state capital, we need better leadership in washington, d.c., and that is what i promise to fight for every single day. the last thing i want to say, the last couple words of gratitude here, i have been

blessed with an incredible campaign season. when i won the primary, i forgot getting us to where we need to go. our great campaign manager ryden -- brian who was a first in our campaign. our incredible comms team taylor and luke. and you guys may have noticed but the national media was very interested in our race and taylor had the hands full. they did everything we ask them to do it did it very well. couldn't have done it without

you. nick morgan. and they kept us on time. now that i am senator elect of the great state of ohio -- we've got a solid foundation. joe and thomas are incredible

field directors. angie schrader, chris applegate, and anna. and the three guys that were constantly in my ear about what we needed to do. welcome to ohio. there's the thank you's.

we will see what happens across the country. if i'm being totally honest with you, i think we will continue to have some good victories across the country. we have to see the returns come in. but we have been given an opportunity to do something and that is to govern and make the lives of the people of ohio better. that exactly what i aim to do and because of you, i get a chance to do it. i got a call from him seating the election and i appreciate him making the effort. i know tim ryan we disagree on a lot of issues, the guy loves the state of ohio and i appreciate the gracious phone call and appreciate the effort his campaign put in. thank you.

one incredible honor it is to love this campaign. the people of ohio have given us a job. whoever's in the majority, whatever the president looks like, we have a great job. the single moms struggling to raise babies just like my mom raised me. we have got a great state and we

have a great country. because of you, we want a great victory. whether you voted for me or not, the united states senate and fight every single day. [chanting jd] thank you. i can't help but offer some reflections. the woman who raised me died right before i left.

you guys have heard me talk about her. what an incredible woman she was and what an unusual woman she was. she would drop about five f bombs with national tv looking at us. she was a proud product of working people. she believed in the american dream and she believed in the promise of this country. you are not always going to agree with every vote that i take her every single amendment i offer, but i will never forget the woman who raised me. i will never forget where i came from and i will never forget the great people of ohio. thank you for this honor to serve you. thank you. it lets have some fun now.

good night, guys. ♪ host: that was senator elect to in columbus. he won a seven point victory with 90% of the vote reporting in. raphael warnock has taken to the stage in atlanta. >> listen.

i just wanted to drop by because i'm coming back tonight. we got more to say. but i heard you all were having a party down here. listen, i wanted to drop by and say thank you. thank you. georgia is showing up in such an amazing way. in this moment. i can't even tell you how proud i am. i am a proud son of georgia.

i am grateful for all the work that you all are putting in. i will save more for later. i will try not to talk too long. we always knew that this race would be close. and so that's where we are. so you all just hang in there. it feels good. i feel good. just hang in there.

i'm with you. we know how much is at stake in this election. so thank you for being with me and we are together every step of the way. if you can hang in there for just a little while longer. i will come back and say some more. but in the meantime, i'm going to say to you what i say to my church every sunday. keep the faith. and keep looking up. ♪

host: that was senatorck. herschel walker came out earlier to thank his supporters. no conclusions in this race. it is 49% to 49%, 81% of the vote in. chances are we wil hearing from senator warnock at herschel walker again later this evening we continue to take your lls, get resget e ysisand we are goingack to your voices. kenny and dobson, nor carolina. who did you vote for in the senate race? >> i voted for ted budd. host: whyid you vote for mr. budd? caller:e stds more for the values that i do.

host: what are some of the issues are values that are most concerning to you? >> the average family is spending over $7,000 more per family then two years ago under trump. he says he will work to bring down gas prices, food, groceries , drugs, the drugstore. host: jimmy, are you retired? caller: yes i am. host: what kind of work did you do when you were working? caller: i worked at henry don furniture, building furniture. host: is it still built? that factory is it still open? caller: it is not. host: thank you for calling in

and think you for holding on so we could hear your views and your voice. mike in new york, republican line. how did the day go for you? what are the issues that got you out to vote? caller: crime and illegal immigration. i'm very proud to have voted for mike lawler. i also voted for lee zeldin. i thought he had a strong message on crime in the economy also. i think the defeat tonight is symbolic of the entire evening going for the democrats in the house. host: have they call that race? caller: several outlets called it for hogle, but they haven't officially called it for waller

yet. i figure he will wind up winning. host: have you experienced crime or illegal immigration personally? caller: i retired from the nypd four and a half years ago. i am very familiar with the crime issue. i also served in the rapid deployment army. i think it is an absolute disgrace of biden as president. as the commander-in-chief, it's the number one duty to keep americans safe and he has done the exact opposite.

and the borders being intentionally undefended by the president. i hope he gets impeached for it this coming january. host: where is the three to precinct? caller: it covers central harlem from 120 seven st up to 1 55th street in manhattan. host: what have you heard from your fellow officers who are still working as far as what it's like working the last year? caller: the last year and the last two and half years, there have been thousands upon thousands of nypd officers. the city is just completely out of control. it is back to the way it was before giuliani was elected.

totally out of control. the morale has gone down a lot. officers are resigning without getting their full pensions. and other police jobs throughout the country. i think crime in general in this country is really out of control and i think people are fed up with it. host: thank you for sharing a little bit of your experience with us this evening. what do you have for us? >> an update on recently called ey were watching this to see if it was indication of a republican ripple a republican takeover of the house and republicans indeed did flip this seat.

hampshire's senate race has been called for the democratic incumbent maggie hassan. let's goo iowa. 89-year-old chuck grassley has won an 8th term to the u.s. senate. and challenging greg abbott, beto o'rou losing that race. he challenged ted cruz back in 20 18 and one-time presidential candidate as well. he's unable to unseat texas governor greg abbott. host: we will get results and analysis as we go this evening. carlisle pennsylvania on the

democrats line. what was today like. >> it is crazy. host: have you enjoyed it? caller: i can't say that i've enjoyed it. it's been a nailbiter all day long. all season long. i would like to remark on some of the consensus. tim ryan, stacey abrams, that is the democratic wave and you should do it. you should concede an election when you lose. i have always been a democrat but i also vote for republicans on my ticket. i voted for scott perry five times to take him to washington.

i watched him every year. i liked what he stood for but i did not like what he stood for on january the sixth. i watched it all from beginning to end. and it was terrible. and he talks about biden and dereliction of duty with the sentinel. i think the dereliction of duty is when trump sat there and watched it happening for three hours. that was a dereliction of duty. i'm so glad that josh is out ahead. he has been a wonderful attorney general. he takes on everybody. and he fights. that is what i like about him. and as far as men met oz, when he stepped up to the microphone going to concede. we're not going to