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 see

concession from republicans like we do with democrats. host: michelle is next in roseland, louisiana. what got you out to vote today and what are some of the issues you care about? caller: americans should follow their laws. nonetheless, we are barely surviving, we are barely getting back. it does not matter what side is spent on. our lives, our children, our homes, all of it. it is not about politics. so i voted with who i felt

personally. we are one under god. host: daniel is in richmond, california on the independent line. go ahead and share your views with us. caller: thank you to michelle for trying to talk about a unifying message when we should beg toeduce the division in our count there is no one to getthing done collectively when we have su divided positions. thank you for taking my call and doing a late-night thin californians can get a voice in. i am from tennessee, i grew up inhe south. my mother was at thery 6 rally, but i have a wildly diffing view than her. the reason i amn inpendent is because not enough people are talking about the only real sue in this country and a

world of climate change. there is not a single candidate. who thought about this. . they say that it is all about inflation and crime. crime is down half the rate it was since 1990, but they talk about inflation as well and blaming it on a single person. we have a pandemic, and that has not been an issue in the campaign? i cannot believe how has not been anyone who -- good intentions to get through a crisis and instead lay blame. if we do not address climate change, the refugee crisis that will result will exacerbate the immigration problems we have now. if we do not address these problems, people will have to move for economic livelihood. if we do not see that collectively, it is against our own interest.

in the fight between two sides like a baseball team, this simply deflates our collective energy that can work together to solve large problems. this election, i am pretty depressed about the entire thing because not a single candidate i heard made climate change there front and center message. host: up next is dan in florida, republican line. a big night for republicans in florida, wasn't it? caller: yeah, we are pretty proud of our results out here. host: what were your experiences voting like? caller: it goes back to the pandemic like a couple of colors earlier. -- callers earlier. the government overreached. the countries and the states

telling the people what they wanted them to do and not what people thought they should do. i think desantis leading us through that kind of shows the path, it is kind of a template for how to handle future situations. i am proud of our state of how the result ended up. i was pretty happy with what the results of today and looking forward to -- if you look at the results from pennsylvania, just to see where the fetterman and oz thing goes, i cannot see anyone backing this fetterman guy. host: if you had a choice for 2020 for in president, where

would you go? mr. desantis or mr. trump? caller: i would go with mr. desantis. shots fired. i heard the speech from pennsylvania and the additional comments that were made by mr. trump later, but here in florida , we are 100% dissent to spit he took us through the whirlwind of years -- 100% desantis. he took us to the whirlwind of years. host: we have jim in tampa on the democrats line. caller: they give for taking my call and i appreciate the program. i would like to congratulate the republicans because -- and i hope they are happy with what they get. you have got to believe on

someone tells you that they're are going to do something, they are going to do it. they have been telling us for a long time they will do away with women's rights. it took them a long time, but they did it. scott and the rest of them were saying, rick scott voted it out. he said that they are going to cut social security and medicare. they will do it i have no doubt about it. the only way that they will not do it is possibly with biden because if they take over the house and the senate, then it is over. desantis is running around bullying everybody. he is in tampa and trying to get fortune 500 companies to come into tampa. because of what happened at disney, there is a solar company

that was put in. the whole thing over there between orlando and the coast. they were going to bring in jobs. the minimum job would have been $100,000 a year, and it is gone. when they went through disney, i put that on facebook. i said, we are going to lose fortune 500 companies that we cannot afford. we need better wages here. host: we are going to have to wrap it up at this point. let's go back down to greta brawner and see what she has for us. >> we start with a tweet who reports for nbc. this is a bit ago. mccright greg landsman wins ohio's first conessional district, defeating eve shabbat. this is a democratic slip. look at the associated press reporting, the.

they have not called this race. 99% of the vote is in and steve shabbat is drilling 52-48, so it looks like he is headed for defeat. longest-serving woman in the congress, she is returning to congress. with this reelecti becomes the longest-serving woman in congressional history. the north carolina senate race has beend for ted budd, the republican. karen lake is out in arizona. let's listen. >> we had a big day today and do not let those cheaters and crooks thank any different. -- thank any different. we have a movement. we have a movement and we know it. did you feel that movement?

i did a lot of praying to god. i have been praying to god all day today and i said to him, you make this victory come whatever way you want pit if it comes decisive on election day, ring it to us that way. if we have to move through the bs and the garbage, then we will do so. but how do you get there -- get fair and free elections? you have to fight and win to make them free and fair. we needed another stark reminder that we have incompetent people running the show in arizona. who is ready for a change? [cheers] we had great patriots show up around the states today. they showed up at the polls

early this morning only to be told the election equipment did not work. two minutes into voting, we had people being told, you're going to have to put your ballot over here into another box. guys, the big media back there tried to tell us we were wrong for asking questions about our elections. yes let -- guess what? we are going to win this. we are going to win this. how many of you remember a couple of months ago on august 2, the primary election. it was not that long ago. we came out and the fake news was asking us to concede. we kept climbing. we turned 50 points around and we won by five points. i just want you to know it is early.

it is very early and if we have to take this fight through, we will. if it takes hours or days, we will. the great news is that every single drop of election ballots that have shown up as 85%, 87%, 81%. i just want the propaganda back there to know, do not embarrass yourselves. do not embarrass yourselves. don't do it again. you have done it too many times, but i will -- i want you to know that the same movement we had last night at that rally, the same movement we had at the rally with the rallies we have had before is the same movement we have right the second. nothing has changed.

and i want you to know we are going to monitor the ballots. we have got to work in the system we have right now, and as they continue to come in and our numbers go up like they did last time, when we win, first line of action is to restore honesty to arizona elections. [cheering] god did not put us on this fight because it was going to be easy. not one thing we have had to go through has been easy. we beat back a billionaire of the establishment. we have had everybody come against us, tens of millions of dollars in spending coming against us. nothing has been easy.

when corruption has risen to the level it is at right now, it takes tough, strong people. are you tough and strong? are you willing to continue this fight? are you willing for incompetency to play itself out and the victory to come out of it? i am willing to wait for that and when we win, and i think it will be within hours, i think it will be within hours, we will declare victory and we will get to work turning this around. no more incompetency and no more corruption in arizona elections. i love you. [chanting]

i kind of feel like it is groundhog day. we had november third, 2020, that was called incompetency 101. then we had august 2, 2022, incompetency in elections 202. now we are at incompetency in elections 303. we need honest elections and we will bring them to you, arizona, i assure you of that. the system we have right now does not work. we, the people, deserve to know on election night the winner and the losers. we will bring that kind of election back to arizona. i will assure you of that. i love you, too. i am looking at -- i am looking out here at these beautiful faces of children. put your hands up if you are a young one in this audience.

this is what it is about. we got involved for our children, and we will not stop fighting until we have every legal vote counted. we will be patient. we will be patient, we will wait. right now the votes that are coming in are going our way. and we will take the victory when it comes and we will turn this around. thank you, everybody. let's the partying begin. we know this movement is just beginning. i love you, arizona. i love you, arizona. i love you. thank you, arizona. ♪

host: that was kari lake in scottsdale coming out with an early thank you for her vonteers and staff. the democrat is up 56.7. very early in the voting there. we will continue to take your calls, shoyu results, and you analysis -- show your results,

and give you analysis. we want to hear your voices. carlos in lancastlifornia, republican. carlos, did you vote today, and what are the issues thcern you? caller: yes, i voted yesterday. a lot of ourues, we had the economy climb, but originally i wanted to give an open talk. it is kind of funny how e country has become soed and it hurts my heart. what really hurts my heart is hearing how people are ignorant. we forgot and we forget that the government. works for us. . these people have beein office for sevenrs, years, 40 years. if they have not gotten it done and say they need more time, they need toon.

it is ridiculous they go to our cocktrs and do what we do. it is fuy ey are altogether. they act like their enemies. imion uld bed in this country in three hours over a couple of meals. i cod do it with you and some of colleagues. why can't some of thespeople do it? cause the money keeps rolling they need to move on. this election becomes a joke. we are bicri with each other when we do not need to be doi that. we need to move on and unite as a country. our caller -- a caller talked about climate change earlier. let's work together to figure out how we do it. host: carlos, let's leave it there. let's talk to shane in florida, the independent line. how did the day turnout for you? caller: how's it going?

i am just happy you took my call. it turned out the way i expected. i am just happy i went out and voted. the biggest thing i appreciate is for everybody out there like me, it was only my second time voting. do not wait to get out and vote. you have to do your research and then you get out there and they complain -- it is all those up in office. it is like hollywood sometimes and the biggest problem as it is all predecided no matter what generation you are. you tend to lean towards democrat or republican and i feel like you need to take your time and he even have that right in option. the two-party system has failed this country. it is two parallel lines that will never connect.

you need a polygon to go in there and make it connected. you need a balance, and maybe it is just me, i have always seen two sides of the story, but he cannot balance it out without the medium. the big thing this country is missing -- host: did anyone you vote for today win? caller: unfortunately not for am going to pray the ones who are still in office are here for us people. florida is a largely republican state, but i have also been born and raised in pennsylvania which many would consider a swing state. after i graduated high school, i moved out to oregon, which is very democratic. now i live in florida with my family. i swore to myself i will never pick one. host: thanks for being with us

this evening. we appreciate it. todd in tucson, arizona, independent. as an independent, you are faced by all of those campaigns, warranty? -- weren't you? host: that is putting it mildly. host: what are you hearing from the news out there? caller: we just heard from kari lake and she is not exactly pleased with the current status of our government. all of inflation, crt, you can go down a list of things. on the inflation issue, first of all, the border is a mess. we see people with signs and from all kinds of ethnic backgrounds and appearance, do not speak english, trying to get somewhere, and they just have a

piece of cardboard and assign. it is kind of a mess. i think if you do not live on the border, it will not affected, but you do not see it like that. i have friends from all over the country saying that in the middle of the night, people were being bused in to all of these little towns. this has been going on for a long time now. on the issue of inflation, i am stuck with paying 25 bucks a stake, but if you want to take away oil, that is kind of like sitting down before dinner without going to the grocery store because we do not have the infrastructure in place to magically get off of oil. i think a tax incentive to encourage people to do that would be great. in arizona, you would have

plenty of sunshine, but it is not just oil, which everybody needs. we won world war ii because we were dominant in fossil fuels. host: todd, what do you do in tucson? caller: a public agent. host: we heard a little bit of what you do. where do you go on the candidates? caller: with mark talley, it was tragic what happened. it was a bad situation, and that is motivated by rhetoric to cut someone off. host: -- you neglected to vote against

policies of just opening the board -- border. host: where do yogoith the governor? caller: on the governor, katie hobbs,e do not know where she stands. she is currently the secretary of state and will not recuse herself from that position and she's granted herself favors. even the other day, what she reflected hisp people was that her in-laws that are hispanic, she likes to have dinner with them, but she cannot come up with anything. host: assuming again that he went towards kari lake on that one, yes? -- caller: yes. host: thank you, todd in tucson. earlier, we heard from stacey abrams who conceded the

gubernatorial election an hour or so ago. brian kemp, here is his victory speech from atlanta. >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the governor of the state of georgia and his family, brian kemp. [applause] [cheering] ♪ >> how about some dogs?

thank you also much. it looks like the reports of my political death have been greatly exaggerated. listen, it is a great night to be in georgia. i want to thank you guys so much for coming to be with our family tonight. let's hear it for the best first lady and the best first daughter in the nation. [applause] as you all know, this has been quite the team effort for us and it wouldn't be without these four ladies who have worked so hard and supportive me and everything i have ever done. i cannot thank them enough for their support. listen, there are so many people to think, many of who are width -- thank tonight, many of who

are with us tonight. thank you for those who put up yard signs, made phone calls, knocked on doors, got their friends and families out to vote. we would not be here without you. thank you so much, you all. also i just want to thank all of the other statewide candidates in our state legislators who are here. thank you and congratulations. i know you all have worked incredibly hard over the last few months and i look forward to working with each of you over the next four years to keep our state moving in the right direction.

[cheering] [chanting] you all are great, thank you. and all of the hard work in georgia across the state who came out to our rallies, our meet and greets, those who helped lucy philip are diesel fuel cans. you remember when lucy was holding the diesel fuel can and we told you all across the state, we have got all the money we need. it is just in your pocket. and i appreciate your support and the girls with your contributions paid this is also strong grassroots supporters we have had. finally, i want to thank the campaign staff and our official

staff for all of the work they have done over the last several months. we love y'all. as you all know, we did not get distracted on this hardball campaign. just like we have stayed focused on putting you first throughout my first term, we woke up every single day talking about how to build a safer, stronger georgia for you and your family and help your family fight through joe biden's a 40 year high inflation. and we did that by focusing on common sense solutions to put more of your hard-earned tax dollars back in your pocket. like passing the largest state income tax cut in history,

returning over $1 billion back to you, the taxpayers. and suspending the gas tax in this state. and we are not about to stop there. we are in tight turning three, we will spend -- send another $1 billion back to the taxpayers. and we are also going to give you relief on your property taxes as well. but we also focused on how resilient georgia's economy has been despite the disasters we are seeing in washington, d.c. and across the country thanks to joe biden.

but in georgia, -- that is right. but in georgia, we have record low unemployment. the most people ever working in the history of our state. historic investment in rural georgia in the two largest job projects in state's history that were announced in the last year. but this campaign was also about keeping you and your family safe. and by backing our win -- are women and men in law enforcement. continuing our fight against gangs and human trafficking and

standing up to the pro-criminal, anti-law-enforcement policies of the far left. and it was also about making sure our kids recover from pandemic learning loss and get the best education they can in a safe, welcoming environment free from politics or divisive ideology. as long as i am your governor, where going to continue to stand with our educators and put our students and their parents first. and as you all know, we took our campaign to voters who normally do not support republicans. because no matter where you live, from what neighborhood you are from, hard-working georgians

want their families safe, their streets safe, and they want good paying jobs and a quality education for their children. our message to voters was about making sure they had the opportunity to achieve the american dream right here in the peach state, no matter their zip code. each day of this race, we talked about how the girls and i think we live in the best state in the country, to live, work, and raise our families. and we all know that my opponent disagrees. but looking at the results tonight, we made sure that stacey abrams is not going to be our governor or your next president.

the people in this room and hard-working georgians all across our state, these last four years have not been easy. because of the global pandemic, loved ones were lost, jobs are cut, businesses struggled, and lives were uprooted. nearly overnight, americans from all walks of life were made to feel anxious. maybe even frightened for their future, their family's feature, and the future of our country. this was an unprecedented challenge we had never faced before. there was no playbook. there was no widely accepted path forward. no silver bullet that could bring back our normal way of life. on top of that, you add in the 2020 election, pandemic politics, and a lot of people

that did not live or vote here think they knew what was best for our state. at one point or another, the national media, stacey abrams, the health care pundits, far left activists, liberal donors, presidents both current and former, they were all attacked in georgia. they opposed our measured approach to predicting lives and livelihood. according to the pundits and the so-called experts, if you wanted to keep your barbershop open, you were a threat to public health. if you did not want a government forcing you and your families to get vaccinated against your will, you are probably -- you were part of the problem. if you wanted to keep your job as a waitress at a local restaurant, they told you it was too dangerous.

if you wanted to go worship in a church, they said no. but you should go gamble in a casino. when parents wanted their kids back in the classrooms instead of behind the screen, they listened to the national teachers union and the health care pundits who said no. but as you know, they did not stop there. we expanded days of early voting and made it easier to vote with senate bill 202, georgia's election integrity act. do you remember? they called it jim crow 2.0. according to the media, president biden and therefore left allies -- their far left

allies, if you wanted access to secure ballot dropbox and more opportunities to vote early on the weekends, they brought in the department of justice. and when you wanted to go to the major-league all-star baseball game right here in atlanta, right here in atlanta, they put politics ahead of america's past time and called our small businesses mean. they attacked georgia, but i'm not sure they realized how hard we would fight back. they didn't know we were not going to be lectured by people who had no idea what it is like

to clock in to a hard day's work. they came after us, but the truth was on our side. they attacked us but even when times were tough and decisions were hard to make, we did the right thing for hard-working georgians and their families. we did not waver. we hunkered down. and by god, we kept shopping. and as you know, i didn't listen to the pundits, the so-called experts, the media, or the president. i listened to you. i listened to you, the hard-working people of this

great state. because that is what i was elected to do. there is no doubt the challenges we face together over the first three years of my term prepared marty and the girls and i for this campaign. just like i told you on primary night back in may, we were outspent with over 90% of my opponent's money coming from outside states. just like in 2018, stacey abrams still had the big donors, the magazine covers, and the left-wing media. she had the talkshow hosts, hollywood celebrities, president biden, president obama. and she even had oprah, again.

but they ran into a big problem, folks. despite all of the fanfare, the money, and the fame, they didn't have you. as a construction guy from athens who started his first small business with a pickup truck and a shovel, i cannot tell you how honored i am to be a governor for the next four years. you have honored us beyond measure with your vote, with your support, with your time, and with your resources.

most importantly, you have honored us with your priority, and her whole family is grateful for that. -- our whole family is grateful for that. i will tell you just like in 2018, this family and i, we are all in together. as you all know, there was a lot of people in high places who thought tonight's victory would never happen. but just like so many times before, you all in team kemp proved them wrong. the media, the national democrats, those billionaire donors, the left-wing activists, joe biden, barack obama, obra --

oprah, and stacey abrams threw everything they had at us for a second time in a row. and you know what we did, y'all? we kept shopping and tonight, we stopped stacey and saved georgia. let me also make this clear. the media here and around the world watching this race will try to make this victory tonight about a lot of things. they will say it is about joe biden, stacey abrams, donald trump, or even brian kemp.

that will generate a lot of website clicks, but here's the truth. this election is about you. it was about you, the people of georgia. the people who weathered the pandemic and emerged stronger than before. the people who came together and rejected the politics of division and hate. the people who stood up for what was right when everyone was watching because that is who we are as a state. regardless of politics, we want to live in a state where our dreams for ourselves and our families are possible. where a good paying job or a ool college is not hundreds of miles away. it is next-door. when the entrepreneur can easily start a business to provide for themselves and their family.

where you can protect and serve your community wearing a badge and know that you citizens have your back. host: and the entirety of brian kemp's remarks can be set -- can be found on c-span.org. catherine cortez masto has set the stage at las vegas. >> all of the democrats running down the ticket. our governor. he has been relentless in his fight for the people of nevada and we are better off because of his service to the state. that is right. and we need steven horsford, and yes, we need susan back in congress.

they have always stood up for us and i have to think -- thank our constitutional offices who are running. they are phenomenal. our state legislators who are running, and every democrat who put their name on the ballot to defend our communities across the state. i am so grateful to all of you for being here and for standing with us here in nevada. we are not done yet. if there is one thing i know, our positive energy got us to where we are today and we are going to make sure that positive energy continues to flow this week. we are going to get this done. in the meantime, i want everybody to stay here, celebrate, keep positive thoughts, positive energy going, and we are going to get this done.

thank you, everyone. [chanting] and now i welcome governor steve sisolak. [cheering] >> good evening, everyone. good evening and thank you so much for joining us this evening. we all knew this was going to be a close race. we set it in every campus kickoff we had. all of the rallies we have had, all of the tv efforts we had, we said it was going to be close, and it is. we ask you to please be patient.

we need to make sure that every single vote is counted because we need every single vote and we're going to count every single vote. we believe strongly when the job is done, we are going to win this thing. right now at this moment, i want to thank nevada voters for doing their part. i want to thank each and every one of you to do your part to help us. making your voice heard, being part of our democracy is so important, now more than ever before. and thank you for being here tonight and doing everything you can to support kratz in the state of nevada. -- support democrats in the state of nevada. you did it from knocking on doors to fund banking, emailing, texting, all of these social platforms that i did not even know what they were a couple of months ago.

you helped us every step of the way. thank you to the democrats who ran on the ballot with us tonight. inspiring leaders like ccm. representative susie lee. steven horsford. we need to get them all back in washington, d.c. to hold the democratic majority in the house. and lisa kathy who has been so supportive of us. lieutenant attorney general, eric gordon, who has just arrived for us. future secretary of state aguilar. treasurer zach conine. and future comptroller, ellen spiegel. and are incredibly talented senate assembly members who are

going to go get this across the finish line tonight and in the future the next couple of days. as i said, at this moment our race is certainly too close to call. accounting could go on all night and will stretch into the next few days as the mail in and drop off ballots come in. there is a lot left to count and that is a good thing for us. in fact, ballots that are postmarked today will be coming in the next few days and will help us all achieve victory. we need to be patient. we need to be patient and make sure everyone's voice is heard the next few days. as we have always said, battle for the battleground states, and we knew this would go down to the wire. i truly believe that when we

have the final count, when it is finally done, the votes will be on our side and i will be going back to carson city with all of my friends to represent all of you. and i know that ccm and our congress people will be going back to washington, d.c. to represent all of you. finally and most importantly, i want to give a special shout out to our election workers who have undergone the tremendous amount of stress, worked an incredible amount of hours, taken a lot of criticism that they were not deserving of, and kept coming to work to make it easier for us to vote and to count all of these ballots. spending hours counting and processing those ballots in the next few days. thank you to everyone of them for helping us in this process. and finally, to all of you here

tonight, each and every one of you, if i could shake everyone's hands and give you a hug, i would be the person to do it, but it would take a little too long for that to happen. i want you to have a good time, stay here and enjoy yourself. we are not going to have final results tonight, it will be a couple of days. i encourage you to go home, get to sleep, and lets the counting continue tomorrow and thursday. we will be celebrating the next few days. god bless each and every one of you and thank you. [applause] thank you. ♪ host: catherine cortez masto and

governor steve sisolak in las vegas. our live coverage of election night 2022 continues. jessica is with the cook political report. she is the senate and gubernatorial editor there. we just heard from democrats in nevada. what did you hear? >> i think ultimately they are projecting confidence but the truth is we do not have enough votes in right now to tell anything. because some polling places were open later, we were not expected to start getting votes in until 1:00, which is where we are at this point. there were a lot of mail in votes that still need to be counted as well as the postmarked received several days later. we do not know what will happen. everyone can go home and get sleep and we will know more tomorrow. host: that is what governor sisolak said, we will not know

the results until the next coming days. >> yes, and that is what you see democrats trying to stress is that there is nothing nefarious going on. sometimes these things just take time to count and you want to make sure they are counted right in such a close election. what i am not sure we would see jill embargo seeing this necessarily, but other republicans, we have not heard as much from trump what he would say in that regard. the nominee against catherine cortez masto, he was one of the lawyers trying to overturn the nevada results for the presidential election. i am watching the messaging coming out of there from the republicans the next few days. it certainly feels like these western states, we were warning from the beginning that we were not going to have a clear enough picture of what is happening in nevada and arizona to tell us

definitively who wins the senate and that may not come tomorrow or thursday. maybe by friday, but these things take time even with fewer absentee ballots than we saw in 2020. but again, there is certainly a newfound watching of these ballots than there has been. it has certainly been stoked by trump and his supporters. host: that's turned to arizona. -- let's turn to arizona. we heard from kari lake who says that the elections are not well-run and she told her supporters to hang on. the early results of arizona showed her down a little bit. >> my understanding from sources in the state, that seems to be the early vote, which is

significant. it can often make up over half of the vote. but the question is what does election day turnout look like? it does not seem like we have got to those ballots yet of course, this is very fluid of what we are understanding coming in. democrats i talk to expect that margin in both of those races to tighten, but democrats are feeling ok about where their. again, nothing is decided. democrats felt like they had a good handle on absentee ballots and early voting in that state but the big question mark is what republican turnout was like because we know most republican voters typically vote on election day. host: in washington, it looks like patty murray will be reelected, correct? >> yes. i'm not sure if the ap ha officially called that one, but this was a reach states that we we saw some of the ground

shifting towards republican and we did move from solid democratic to likely democratic, but still showing murray with edge. she got about 52% in the primary in august. that was a lot of ground for murray to drop and for smiley to make up. every election she has had, murray has built on the percentage she has gotten in the primary. it looks like that was true again tonight. host: and what is happening in utah with mike lee? >> it seems like he is ahead but it is still a close race we are watching. again, utah is a state where we are not sure how many votes have been counted yet. another late closing state

closer to the west coast. again, if melinda doesn't pull this thing close -- does pull this thing close, there is some dissatisfaction for lee from moderate republicans, and that would be good news for mitt romney if he decides to run again in 2024. there is speculation he could face a primary challenger, although utah operates under convention rule as well, and that is how lee got to the senate in the first place. host: is it safe to say we will not go control of the senate tonight? >> operatives from both parties i have been texting and emailing with, that is what we think. but i can say this. this is a far better night then democrats were hoping for in some of these states.

the worst case scenario, the republicans were going to pick up three or four more seats. that is not coming through. at this point, it is a one seat margin or either way, no net change. perhaps if something happens in arizona or nevada to flip that. but because you have democrats feeling a little better about pennsylvania and where that stands, that is one of the key states. it comes down to nevada, georgia, and pennsylvania. democrats feeling pretty good in georgia, it is razor close their. where some of the outstanding ballots are could favor warnock a little bit, but again that 50% number if either of them get there. this is far from the worst case scenario that democrats were fearing. for a midterm cycle were so many fundamentals were against them, they had over performed expectations.

to me, it comes back to -- you heard mitch mcconnell say this over the summer with him and other republicans close to him echoing this. if you think back to the 2010 midterm, it was such a republican tsunami and the waves and obama's first midterm election. and in 2012, there were multiple we could see that be repeated tonight it is too soon to tell. >> back to the east coast, the showdown was not as close as i people were thinking at the end. >> right it does seem like democrats took some of the turnout margins they needed to, bottom line it was a salient issue. you saw a lot of money poor in their from democra the democratic governors association , spending their and there were a lot of republican dark money

groups that re really heavily helpingthey were able to balance the playing field. bottom line new york is a blue state and we are seeing democrats across the board and that held there in new york. >> what is going to happen in alaska? >> we are not going to get anything there for a while in the question is as markowski hit 50% on the balance there, i've seen because of course this is a different election cycle and election style than we have seen before. we saw this happen in the special election in the house race in alaska certainly with mary peltola ended up winning their over palin. if it has to go to a second round, this is the top four people that advance and that has to go to -- if no candidate gets 50% then ranked choice voting. we would not see those number

two votes and they would not be released for at least a week or more. >> jessica taylor is the governor and senate at a tour for cook political report with amy walter, we appreciate you being with us. >> thank you for having me. >> we will come back and take your calls and hear your voices in just a minute after we check in. >> i want to follow up on what is happening in nevada, this is a longtime political observer of nevada politics, his tweet after 9 p.m. eastern time, it appears to be a research issue that will prevent clark county, the biggest county in nevada, 74% of the population in clark county. officials fromabating the dropbox mail and any mail that comes in today he is told they only have the personnel to tabulate the early male votes before today and in person today

, this is not good. and then a local reporter there saying in washoe county theyre not counting mail-in ballots opped off at polling locations they are -- there are just too many. they will be processed tonight but counted in the coming days, the mail-in ballots dropped off through sunday will be counted. that gives you an idea, it is a resource issue with counting these ballots. we won't know tonight. t state of georgia, quoting ralph reed who is speaking to the room athe walker campaign at around 1223 a.m., we are unlikely to resolve this tonight. several georgia counties ve suspended vote counting for the night, neither walker nor warnock are at 50% threshold. separated by less than 900 votes. they have been tweeting out that the walker campaign headquarters , folks are starting to head

home. just an update for you on what is happening in nevada and why we won't know the outcome of those senate races in the governor race as well in the state of nevada. there are some races in nevada people are watching as well. >> and for ourrs in 2022 and who you are voting for republicans: at independence call 2028 92 two, send us a text message at 20203. for xt messages only please inyourirst name and your city if you wou and you can ue t conversation and make comments on all or social media sites at c-span for facebook and for twitter as well

. levi is in ventura california. republican line you have been holding for quite aligned we we really appreciate it. caller: it was duller than i expected, i moved to california about six months ago from washington i was a democratic state and now i am here. i expected the exact same results and it is disappointing to see my vote getting canceled out by millions of others who disagree with me. economically and politically. host: why did you move to california? caller: it's beautiful here. a lot of people like the politics side of everything, affecting where they live, and this is really a beautiful place. i love it here, i have to drown

out, excuse my language but the 80 accuracy of what goes on around me. in my opinion it all comes down to common sense. i paid five dollars a gallon under biden -- obama and 187 under trump. now i am paying at 540 a gallon under biden and to me that comes down to common sense. here in california, i have to accept that not everybody has common sense. host: that's levi in ventura. this is ramona in alaska. democrats line. ramona was it busy today at the polls? ramona we need you to turn down that volume or we can't talk to you. can you do that? let's go ahead and move on to brooke in orlando florida. republican line, brooke good evening. caller: it's brooks with an s,

but it happens a lot. i just wanted to call, i am a 20-year-old republican voter, this is my second time voting, last time was in 2020. i really want to call in and make some observations, i think a lot of people echoed the similar sentiment. someone from florida too. about what's going to happen going forward. everybody's going to say this was a referendum on biden, especially a lot of republicans have been saying that. i think what we are really seeing is that this is very much an election on trump, and the influence he has on the party. specifically with the battleground states so we are going to look at georgia, pennsylvania and arizona. all of the senate candidates there were major trump backed candidates right? dr. oz,

herschel walker, masters. it does not look too good for them right now, i think we have to ask ourselves what that looks like for the 24 election. if we do not get florida, governor desantis was supposed to win by 10 points, and one by almost 20. the same goes for marco rubio, he was only supposed to win by eight and one by 16. i think those two people are potential future leaders of the republican party and i think we have to look at the selection, there are a lot of questions. i remember back in 2016i was in middle school, i knew who the president was the next day. when this stuff happens where we have to wait days on days, it looks bad on the party because people start asking questions about when these votes are coming in and it doesn't look good.

i think we need to take the party in a different direction and i think we will see what happens with the selection. but it is not looking too good especially in the senate. >> brooks what you do in orlando. >> i am a student and also on the board of the florida state college republicans. >> we appreciate your insight this evening, thank you very much. while speaking of insight, kirk is the managing editor of the hotline. kirk is there a chance that the republicans don't take the house? >> i don't think we are in that territory quite yet, it still seems republicans are favored to win the house at this point. but that margin that we are projecting a little earlier, maybe 25 or 30 plus seats, i think that's gone up in smoke with these early returns.

republicans are still favored to win the house at this moment, but we are looking at maybe single digits, almost like speaker pelosi entered in. >> what are some of the races that you have been charting now and let's start with new york's race? >> new york washen we talked about a little earlier toni democratic seat in long island that bid cried by about 10 points, that race has n officially been called zimmerman has conceded to the republican in that race. or is at least on track to concede that is going to be a nice pickup for republicans. what is interesting about the race that has flipped so far or are projected to flip in favor of republicans, new york is third as well, they are all in blue states. democrats are really out taking

the coverage in these midwest rust belt states in keeping all their seats in ohio. it might flip one in the cincinnati suburbs, it's just been a really interesting performance and a little scattered performance by republicans who are really underperforming expectations coming into tonight. >> speaking of ohio, steve shah but he lose tonight? >> i don't know if that race has been called yet but the democrat was leading the last returns i was looking at an republican strategist that i have been texting with an emailing, are almost writing that race off. that is going to be a big flip for democrats right now, steve has been on the radar for a little bit especially the past two cycles, a little more favorable map in the cincinnati suburbs. it looks like they're going to pull it off tonight. >> minnesota, what is going on in minnesota? >> it is a really

interesting race and now that we have gone out of virginia, that's another suburban -- that'll be paying attention to as returns keep trickling into ni it's in the minneapolis suburbs that is held by democrat angie craig, she's in a rematch with leading.nd right now angie is it's a su district that democrats flipped in 2018 on their way to the historic majority, y can hold onto it here that's a good sign for the other suburban districts that are still out right now. >> let's go back to new york and new york 17. guest: that is the race for se patrick maloney that is the chair -- he's charged with defending the democrat majority and noinds itself charged with def his own seat. he is trling right now to his republican opponent and it's

ys the shiny trophy to go after the campaign chief, but republicans tried to that. they had a solid chance of doing that here in new york. republicans have invested upwards of $10 million forcing maloney and his allies to put some skin in the game. it's going to be very competitive and what could be ironic is that maloney could lead the democrats to the best midterm performance of a first-term president's party since 2002. not necessarily going to defend the house but minimize their losses. but might end up losing his seat that's the dialogue we are looking at right now as we get more returns throughout the night and probably tomorrow. host: i don't think you're old enough to remember this but guy vander -- was head of the republican at one point, he was a republican from michigan that

lost his seat during one of these cycles. i think he represented the grand rapids area were peter mayer lost his primary to john hobbs. have you seen any results from that race yet. >> it looks like -- first of all i don't look as old -- i appreciate that at this point my life. it does seem like the democrat there is leading, what's really interesting to hear as well is it looks like of the townhouse republicans who voted to impeach president trump and only one is guaranteed to come back to congress. the only other house republican who voted to impeach trump, who did not retire -- like liz cheney he is in a very competitive rates in california and i think he might be the most vulnerable republican on the map. we'll have to wait until we get

more results from california but those southern califraces there, katie porter to michelle field, those might make or break the house majority right now. how much room kevin mccarthy with about half the vote int: katie porter isad 57% over scott bought 242.7%. do you spend much time looking at where these votes come from or the mail and? separate precincts. guest: we do a lot here, just to tell the story of what the election is looking like right now. for example in 2020 a bunch of these battleground races you saw how americans really got election counting 101, were some things were counting the same

day votes, election day votes on election day first. and now republicans in the last election tended to vote more in person on election day the democrats who took advantage of early mail-in ballot -- balance they counted later. so they opened up with a bigger republican lead up with we slowly start chipping away at it, that's what we call it the red mirage. in california that's a healthy lead for katie porter but we're still waiting for more election day votes to be counted before we can say she is in the clear. host: so how many flips do you see on each side right now? guest: right now it's interesting because we are coming off a redistricting ground, there are some automatic flips for example, retiring rep jim cooper decided not to run for reelection after republican in the state legislature --

three letter seats. that's going to be an automatic flip republicans. there are handful of seats in florida where the republican-controlled legislature there, those are automatic flips. in terms of the more competitive races we are watching on the republican side we are looking at new york's third, which we talked about virginia two. in new jersey -- that's three right there for republicans. the democrats we are looking at taxes 34, -- who won a special election earlier this year and lost to fellow representative gonzales, hobbs from the 15th over to the 34th and it looked like democrats were on track to win north carolina's 13th district as well. just outside of raleigh. it's looking like a pretty even night right now, we are waiting

for much more results so don't read too much into this yet. trading seats like this especially in a redistricting cycle, it does look like any sort of republican majority might be camped out at about a net gain of maybe 15 seats. cracks managing editor -- i apologize kirk -- governor federman just came on stage to talk to his supporters here he is live. federman: yeah i mean -- so i am so humbled, thank you so much. what is it, 1:30 in the morning and you are still here? we

launch this campaign almost two years ago and we had our slogan, it's on every one of those signs right now. every county, every vote. every county, every vote. and that's exactly what happened, we jammed them up. we held the line. i never expected that we were going to turn these red counties blue but we did what we needed to do and we had that conversation across every one of those counties. tonight that's why i will be the next u.s. senator from pennsylvania.

thanks to all of you, all of you thank you so much. i am grateful right now, i want to thank of course all these supporters, all across pennsylvania all in this room all across the nation everyone that shipped in 10 bucks to help us get here. thank you. [applause] and also i want to thank my family. my mother, my father carl. susan. my brother greg.

where is he? where is giselle. everyone is here, giselle. who is six months ago she my life. walking out of a bathroom but she recognized what was happening. and also my children, carl, grace. august. [applause] so everyone thank you and i also want to thank my team as well, so many names, brendan my campaign manager.

rebecca, bobby, joe, jason, everybody on my team. so money that were a part of it, and also thank all of my supporters, i am just so proud of the race we ran and this campaign has always been about fighting for everyone. for anyone who has ever been knocked down and got back up, this race is for the future of every community all across pennsylvania. for every small town or person that ever felt left behind, for every job that has ever been lost, for every factory that was ever closed, for every person

that works hard but never got ahead. i am proud of what we ran on. protecting a woman's right to choose. raising our minimum wage. fighting the union way of life. health care is a fundamental human right. it saved my life and it should all be there for you when you need it. standing up to corporate greed. making more things here in america and here in pennsylvania. and standing up for our democracy. 20 years ago i came to start a ged program and i spent these

last two decades fighting for the forgotten communities. because no community deserves to be left behind, no one deserves to be abandoned. and every place matters. i want to again thank all of you amazing supporters, all of you that are watching and -- we bet on the people of pennsylvania and you did not let us down. my promise to all of you is that i will never let you down. thank you pennsylvania, thank you so much. [applause]

the mother and me wants to tell everybody to go to bed tonight and get some sleep. host: several news organizations have declared federman a winner of the senate race, what else to have for us this evening? >> one of the networks that did call that race tetjohn fetterman wins pnsylvania, now gop has to win at nevada andeorgia which looks likely to go to a decemb roff. to take back the majority, mark

kelly is up by -- with 52% reporting than there is this from nathan gonzal of inside elections, 31 of 87 comtive health races have a projected winner, all have broken according to our inside election ratings. de he won six of 20 tossup's, gop zero of 20 so far. it democrats likely need to win 19 of 28 to maintain control. let's just give you some results from interesting house races. this is from north dakota's 13th district, this seat was left open by ted -- when he ran for the senate seat he won it. wiley nickel is the next member of congress, democrati congressman wiley nickel will be serving -- was unable to win that. at the 27-year-old endorsed by trump. in california' 40th district,

here is a familiar name, adam schip, a member of ngss since 2d impeachment manager, he has been elected f the 34th district in texas,ct. this is an incumbent versus an incumbent matchup. however florez -- has only been an incumbent since she wonhe special election's primary -- special election in june i should say. she was unable to defeat vincente gonzales tonight. in new hampshire's first district this was a tossup, people watching thisly. the democratic congressman pulls it out and will get another term in congress. host: we will continue to take your calls and share results with you throughout the evening, for another half hour or so.

our -- we are expecting republican leader kevin mccarthy to speak here in washington shortly. we will bring that to life as well, but now back to voices. bill in eureka california on the independt ne. it thank you for holding. caller: thanks for having m and my 56 years on planet earth i have been an independent g right down the middle calling it like i see them. way, i don't like the democrats but the modern republican party makes my guts go nuts. i don't like them one b. onehinghey continue to go on about is the economy, but our governor newsom has built an economy that recently passed the country of germany in size. despite being an indep, i voted for newsom based on the economy he has built and even then it we hear from republicans that continue to slander this

great state and slander the economy he has built, still moving forward. i am going to continue to keep a watchful eye from the center where i have always sat. i don't have a lot of other options. i agree with one of the recent callers we need to move beyond the two-party system. i am too libertarian to be a libertarian, who i think are glorified republicans. green party has not done anything interesting since dennis kucinich. moving forward i am going to vote for based on three distinct issues, that is black lives matter, trans lives matter, and jeffrey epstein did not kill himself. thanks for coming out. >> lets bill in california, this is jay in georgia a democrat. how has election day 2022 turned out for you as a democrat in georgia? caller: it's been a bit

strange, i myself wanted -- and then brian kim won. it is looking good for warnock and that is a good thing. i had to vote for my pastor i am a proud to say i am a member of that church, there is one thing i want to say. for the last caller who said california is economy is bigger than germany, at 1.i did live in germany and it is an interesting point to make. at the present time that is the statistic, it is only because germany is having a rough go at it in relation to the ukraine war, but i would say are you ready in case there is a runoff in the georgia senate are you ready to get out and vote again? caller: absolutely i support

k more than herschel walker. he is a strange fellow, a great football playerut a strange guy. i don't think he is ready to be in the senate. even if the republican strategy was let's get football people out there, it works in alabama but herschel walker is not that guy. you can take his personal life aside but he is not ready for the senate of the united states. host: thank you for calling in from georgia, chris and california. a democrat. chris how was election day 2022 for you and what are some of the issues you care about? caller: election day went well for me, i went in and dropped off my ballot. i think the biggest thing is noticing how things were this year compared to how things have been in the past. to me no one talks about polling data.

i feel like younger people even millennials, are not giving pulls the results -- i think they are making pulls less predictive is what i'm trying to say. i don't know if you agree with me, but i have seen totally skewed predictions here. for a lot of different pix across the country. host: what are some of the issues you care about, some of the legislative issues or social issues? caller: i think the legislative issues that i really have concern for our climate of course, i think some of the social issues i have a deep concern for honestly -- host: thank you, lester in new jersey, republican line hi lester. caller: how are you doing, host:

how was election day for you? caller: it was good i am happy that my boy tom kane, i don't know if he is a winner or not, but i think -- host: i apologize for those a reminder to her viewers please turn down your volume on your tv you will be able to hear everything through your telephone. rosemary in san antonio independent line it is your turn. caller: thank youccepng my call. for me i am happy that greg abbott here in texas'sne j i could not vote democrat there no way, i took things

personal. i kept an eye on the house speaker and how she has been handling things and i personally did not like the wa handled trump. when i voted for him, i did not like tay s did it. escially the state, i took that personally anr that i kept an eye on her and somethi about her i did not like. anythe iinvolved and i don't trust her. i am also first-generation here in america, i was born here and my dad was from mexico and he came over here doing things right. there was no hand outs when it comes to the border issues. there was no handout for him and in the 70's it was unheard of for a father to handle two kids on his own. we do not have that help it also for me to see what's happening in our nation with open borders,

it terrifies me. not knowing who is coming in and do a 911 again. we don't know that. my grandma always said -- it's kind of scary and i'm glad that texas right now is still red. host: prior to the election there had been talk that it was going to be a lot more red than it had been tonight, so are you surprised by that? caller: no actually i am not i am glad we are still red because of the policies coming from this administration. i will share with you in 2003, my husband and i -- we loan our truck and at that time we were just training. we got out of -- host: rosemary are you still with us? caller:

we applied for food stamps, this is a true story. i was there when my husband and i were filling out the application and we saw a couple that you could tell they did not belong here and the lady was holding onto this box. they ended up qualifying for food stamps and it was $800 and i could see her face where she was very ungrateful with 800, keep in mind i was there for only $20. i just wanted to buy the bare necessities because at that time i had my young boy, i had to end up calling rick perry and he's the one that told me what these policies have been implemented and he said since i'm here from texas i will go ahead and help you. if it was not for that help i don't know where i would be today. i don't know if he remembers me but i played -- prayed for the whole nation. on how divided we are. on these issues that have been happening for such a long time.

it's perfect timing for trump to come in to expose all of this. host:osemary in san antonio, w earlier tonight we heard from the republican nominee for governor. here's katie hobbs, the democrat nominee for governor of arizona. >> please welcome your democratic nominee for governor of arizona, katie hobbs.

katie: hello arizona. thank you so much for being here, thank you for your support throughout our entire campaign. i'm going to keep this short because i know we are expecting a long evening. we have seen the first results come in and we are doing good. that's because of all of the hard work that everyone in this room has put in. you all made calls, you knocked on doors, you talk to your friends, your friends, your family and neighbors about what is at stake in the selection.

most importantly, you got out and voted. now that the campaign is over and polls have closed, the county election officials are hard at work tabulating those votes. they're going to be tabulating them for the next few days. i note that we are all eager to find out who won each of these incredibly important places, but we need to be patient and we need to wait for every vote to be counted. because every single vote matters, and every single vote counts equally. whether you voted by mail, dropped off your ballot in a secure dropbox yesterday or voted in person today. we know my opponent and her allies have been sowing doubts and confusion throughout this campaign. it's unacceptable that they were spreading this information today while people were exercising their freedom to vote. i have every confidence that the

counties administrating -- administering the selection conducted free and a fair election. there results will be accurate. it will take time so prepare for a long evening and a few more days of counting. for now let's go enjoy the evening. [applause] >> that was democrat katie hobbs, gubernatorial candidate in arizona. she came out just like kari lake did a little bit earlier to talk to her supporters, let's go back to your calls we are still waiting for kevin mccarthy to come out and speak. he's here in washington, let's hear from a shell poughkeepsie new york. republican line, show how this election day 2022 turn caller: on for you? caller: i t it was a meaningful

experience to go in and by my tingnd not be obstructed. the machines poughkeepsie it seemed to be worng ok but we don't know until all kinds of investigations occur. i willay tt what motivated o leave the democrat party, all my parents were all democrats, and professors in academia, and their parents were democrats, but the democratic party started to appear to me to be no longer for the common people. but started to have some other agenda attached to it, and when -- were notes in the fourth estate and the trouble we have with the press has been co-opted by big pharma, big telecom, etc., we are in trouble from my point of view. i believe that 45 exposed us, then we started having a real

big issues with radical freedom, medical mandates, experimental therapies being imposed on our children and whether we wanted to work or school. we are ignoring the nuremberg code. it makes us feel like there are forces within our country that want to weaken our country to force this global reset that has been planned. host: working to leave your comments there and talk to eileen in florida. democrat. hi eileen. caller: i was dating a democrat in the state of florida, i was disappointed but certainly not surprised. however originally being from pittsburgh, very glad to see john fetterman and shapiro get

their nominations. i was also very happy to see kari lake lose and i'm very disappointed in republicans and their hateful talk. even governor kemp when he gave his victory speech, he had to bring in all his opponents and had to talk about trump -- not trump, had to talk about biden and talk about what they didn't like about him and what they didn't like about stacey abrams. they are just not republicans have lost civility or i don't know how else to say it but i think democrats -- i'm glad to

see things working out. even in the state of florida. host: that was eileen up next is paul who is calling in from washington state. is that it washington paul? please go ahead and make your comment about caller: election caller: 2022. first i would like to thank you for offering this service, it is a blessing so thank you. one of the issues that concerns me is the rampant divisiveness that i feel is surrounding us and inside of us. it is a poison. i would like us to think about perpetuating ourselves kinder all of us. we are all one family that is largely forgotten this truth.

we need to heal us and our planet it is talking and many of us refused to listen. there is nothing we can do but listen and come together and heal and hopefully save our future, my children's future in their children's future. so that's basically what i wanted to say, i would just like to say i would like to see us perpetuating our self -- host: how did the senate race turn out for you? caller: i did vote for patty, because i felt the other ticket was more divisive. was ideally what i was lookinghe for,er i believe she has a good heart and is working hard for this state. and its citizens. host: thank you paul for calling

in, up next is charles and charles is in peach creek west virginia. democrat. charles go ahead and make your comment. caller: i'm glad to be on, host: charles can i ask you to turn on your tv. caller: oh i am sorry, yeah. host: you can hear it through your phone just tell us what you want to talk about. caller: what happened to the big red wave? people are not crazy. they realize it was not prudent to be voting republican right now. i don't think that america is that crazy that they would be voting republican to the extent they thought they were going to be voting. most of the polls were showing that they were way underwater. but it did not turn out that way.

host: why do you think that is? caller: i just think people realize that the deniers, the election deniers, that democracy was truly on the ballot. that was not what the voters were asking for, they were more worried about the money in their pockets. but what voters don't understand is the president doesn't have anything to do with the economy. and what little bit he does, it's because of previous administrations laws and rules that they have passed. but the economy is based on supply and demand, it is that simple. with the problems with the whole world right now, is in a situation where inflation is up. it has nothing to do with biden and i am tired of hearing beau

biden this, bite in that. that is all i have heard here in west virginia. host: speaking of that we had a collar earlier say this was not a referendum and this was a republican caller, say this was not a referendum on president biden but a referendum on former president trump. what do you think? caller: i think they give trump way too much credit, he was not on the ballot and i don't think they were voting for him. their votes did not have anything to do with trump i don't believe. host: we have to leave it there raphael warnock is back on the stage in atlanta. >> maybe i should say good morning. here is where we are. we are not sure if this journey is over tonight or if there are

still a little work yet to do. but here is what we do know. we know that when they are finished counting the votes from today's election, that we are going to have received more votes than my opponent. and we know that once again, the people of georgia showed up and said loud and clear it that you want a senator who is going to do the work for georgia. that you want someone who every day is going to wake up and work for all of georgia and that is the work i have committed myself to doing from day one. somebody who understands that we in the words of dr. king, are tired to a single garment of destiny caught up in an inescapable network of mutuality's. what affects one directly

affects all indirectly, in other words we are all in this together. i understand that at this late hour, you may be tired. i may be a little tired. but whether it is later tonight or tomorrow, or four weeks from now, we will hear from the people of georgia, we will hear from the people who have given me a great honor of my life. representing you in the united states senate. and we will move forward together. i remain as committed to this work as i have ever been. i look forward to continuing on that journey together over the next six years.

god bless each and every one of you. good morning. keep the faith. keep looking up. thank you. st: while 81% of the vote in georgia senate is in, senator warnock has 49.4%. herschel walker 48.6% about a 30,000 vote difference. it is a 50% plus one state, so if neither gets 50% we get to do

it again in december. back to your calls we have a few minutes left here, kathryn in new york. democrat good evening catherine. caller: i think you have a platform where you give freedom of expression to the people and i adore your show. my vote was stolen today. i was not informed that the machine was broken. i ended up calling up the election board and what have you. and i get told -- i say is that right. i say i was not informed that the machine was broken. i was not given the opportunity to hold onto my vote until the machine was fixed. we could have that because then -- the lady in the polling place when i went back -- she said well you see what happened with that was people will start stacking up and then it would be like 10 people and there's a building code and all you group

of people standing around for the machine to be fixed would be considered loiterers. that's aggressive intimidation and harassment. they did not have the right not to inform me there was a broken voting machine and there was no explanation of whether this thing was going to get fixed. they did exactly what trump said, they slid it into a slot it went down, there was a plastic thing to make sure the thing was secured to never get it out again, i got my vote stolen today. these need to get fixed at some point and i was like why is this machine locking up and they said because this machine is broken. host: we appreciate you sharing your experience letters from darrell in oregon, how's that gubernatorial race looking out there? caller: i think it may be going to democrats, i'm a retired officer in the army.

i don't understand -- and i'm not picking on the democrats because all my relatives are democrats -- how the democrats can be so -- as to have federman and pennsylvania -- when we were in the military we had to be on top of things and do it correctly. 100%. and what gets me is they brought in obama, obama was a product of an atomic -- where he was taught as a child to hate america. hate israel and you can hear that by whenever he came out to talk, host: we are trying to talk about election 2022 this evening. eli and washington a republican, what are your comments about

today and election 2022. caller: it was pretty good, i think i'm not a big fan of what the republicans have done, but then i don't know, i'm just on a big democrat guy either. i think biden is an idiot. i think he can go to hell. host: it looks like kevin mccarthy is going to be coming out in a minute to speak to the crowd, we will go to that live. here he comes.

>> while we are waiting for kevin mccarthy to come out let's check in. >> while we wait let's go through some leadership results.

if you in the senate, new york senator schumer with a fifth term, the democratic leader in e state of south dakota, john thain who is the second in command for republica he was also reelected tonight. in california's 11th district, the current speaker of the house ncy pelosi with another win for her. 82%. in maryland, the number two democratic leader, 83 years old, wins another seat there. jim clin south carolina, 82 old, he also wins reelection. in california'th district, this is kevin mccarthy's district, he also gets a check in the w column tonight. and finally louisiana's district, the first district -- ther two for republicans in the house.

he gets 73% of the vote, that is in right now. host: back to your calls as we wait to hear from kevin mccarthy. chris and west virginia, democrat please go ahead. caller: i am having a very difficult night. i truly believe that the democrats are spineless and that the republicans are worthless. that's where i met. host: winston from new york, republican. were going to have to put you on hold because kevin mccarthy is now out. [applause]

kevin: thank you all very much i know it is a late night but first i want to start by thinking every single candidate and their families for running. i also want to thank the staff in the volunteers across this country that supported this movement. thank you to everyone who voted republican for the very first time. i want to thank the millions of supporters across this country, two years ago when i became leader republicans had less than 200 seats in the house. that cycle we picked up 14 seats when every single person said that would be impossible. if you believe in freedom, hard work, and the american dream, these results proved that there was a place for you in the republican party.

>> now tonight we built upon those gains two years ago, it is clear that we are going to take the house back. in new york we defeated the democratic campaign chairman, sean patrick maloney which will be the first time in over 40 years the d triple c chair lost his reelection. not only that but on long island anthony macedo won a seat that joe biden carried by 17 points. we're on the verge of historic gains in new york and florida we gained four seats alone.

we are poised to sweep the entire state of iowa. i will tell you from the southern border of monica de la cruz to virginia beach, to detroit in houston, we are expanding this party. let me tell you, they are linked. but when you wake up tomorrow we will be in the majority nancy pelosi will be in the minority. the american people are ready for a majority. that will offer a new direction, that will put america back on track. republicans are ready to deliver. it's a new direction towards an economy that is strong where you

can fill up your tank, feed your family and where your paychecks grow and not shrink. a new direction towards a nation that is safe and more communities are protected, law enforcement is protected and criminals are prosecuted. a new direction towards the future that is built on freedom or children come first and are taught to dream big. and a new direction towards a government that is accountable, or government works for you instead of against you. republicans will work with anyone who is willing to join us to deliver this new direction. that americans have demanded. there is no time to waste, our work begins now. let's get america back on track. thank you, god bless, good night. [applause]