chairman, there was a whole campaign to vote because we want to tell the people we are not interested in these people going on television. we want a vision, we do not want you to go after all of the ambassadors, we want crime to be low, we want our taxes to be low. if you're going to raise our i'm from new york. you go to the city right now and you get harassed, i this or that. i pay a lot in texas, i get a lot of services. right now it feels like we are paying a lot of taxes and not getting a lot of services. host: we will be back here tomorrow morning at 7:00 a.m. eastern. it is 4:00 a.m. specific. have a great thursday. -- pacific, have a great

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that's why we are providing lower income students access to affordable internet so homework and just be homework. cox, along with these other television providers giving you a front row seat to democracy. t is facebook.com/cspan. . we want to look at the balance of power on each chamber. in the u.s. house, there are 44 races yet to be called. republicans have 207 races called for the gop, races called for the democrats. 218 needed for the majoritin the house. in the senate, three races yet b called in arizona. nada, georgia, democrats rrently with 48 states, -- seats, republica wh 49 seas. each party needs to into at a

three to get the majority in the nextoness. the postmortum beginning and this is how the new york times put in the headline, a nation hold his breath after a red wave fizzled. now control of congress rides on a few tight races. the front page of the washington times. republicans wonder what happened to the tide. some blaine trump for putting control of congress in question. to the front page of usa today, their headline, gop victory are less than sweet. -- victories are less than sweet. gop nears a slim house when. here's a bit of president biden had to say. as bang our democracy has been tested in recent years but with their votes, the american people

have spoken proving once again democracy is who we are. the states across the country's record voter turnout and the heart and solve our democracy, the voters, poll workers, election officials, they did their job and fulfill their duty. apparently witout much interfeer -- without interference. i think that's a testament to the american people. while we don't know all the results yet, i don't know, here's what we do know, while the press and pundits are predicting their giant red wave, it did not happen. i know you were's -- were somewhat myth by my optimism but ifo good during the whole process. i thought we would do fine. whiny c loss is painful, some good democrats did not win last night, democrats had a strong night. we lost fewer seats in house

representatives than any democratic president's first midterm election in the last 40 years area -- ears. we have the best term for governor since 1986. we also know voters spoke clearly about their concerns. about raising costs, rising costs and need to get inflation down. there are a lot of people hurting, very concerned. it's about crime and public safety. they want to preserve our democracy and protect the right to choose in this country. host: president biden speaking from the white house. we will show you more about what he had to say threat the course of this three-hour show. a three-hour show where we focus mostly on your phone calls as we ask what message did voters send on election day. on lines, democrats (202) 748-8000, republicans (202) 748-8001, independents (202)

748-8002. more postmortem analysis, this coming from senator ted cruz of texas, the republican on sean hannity show last night. this is the message he said voters sent. [video clip] >> if you look across the country at the republicans winning, they are the ones standing up and leaving as conservatives. ron johnson who just won in a purple state has been a strong conservative, mike lee in utah has been a strong conservative, he won. you have governors like desantis and greg abbott and brian kemp all of whom one big victories. i think there's a lesson that we standing governance conservatives, we win. that is what we need to be doing. why do the democrats do better than expected? because for two years they governed as liberals, as whacked out lefty not jobs and that excited their base. that excited yvonne's of young voters came out in massive numbers because when you

actually stand for something, your base gets excited. there's a lesson for republicans. when we have a majority next year, we better hold and use it. we need to be happy warriors. if we do that, that leads to victory. if we do not stand and fight, we do not win. host: senator ted cruz last night on sean hannity show. give you more reaction from folks who work in that building behind me. we mostly want to hear from you this morning, what message did voters send on election day? katie is out first out of, ohio, line for democrats, good morning. caller: good morning. i was very upset. i am a democrat, i was very hopeful that ryan would at least get in. our ohio supreme were judges, democrats did not get in, and because of the redistricting and gerrymandering we are going on

in the state, we don't really have a chance here as democrats. it's getting to the place for me that why would you put a man in light j.d. vance? he's not ready for the senate. this is what happened. i'm keeping on. i'm knocking to stop voting and we've got to do better as democrats in the state because in the house, senate, we got 27 republicans and only six democrats. so we gotta get busy. this is not working for us. thank you. host: that is sandy out of columbus. jim, you are next. caller: good morning. the lesson here is the democrats have to get their act together. you gotta go more to the center.

we are being disenfranchised because there are climate change puppeteers and they don't care about the rising cost of goods and services. we are suffering high inflation, increasing ageist rates, food insecurity, and all this talk about abortion, climate change, they need to get off course and get back to the american people, especially as moderate democrats we have been disenfranchised and high that -- hijacked by the radicals. the message to the democratic party, get your act together and get back to the center like bill clinton. host: lines for democrats, republicans, and independents as we talk about the midterm elections. the midterm elections are not over yet. still a runoff race in georgia that a lot of attention will be paid to because it could decide

control of the united states senate. senator rafael warnock with 100% reporting out of georgia. herschel walker, the republican 40 5%. the, you need percent plus one vote to win that election is talking more about runoff later today yesterday was georgia's secretary of state brad raffensperger talking about the state with for the runoff election. here is one had to say. [video clip] >> our office is beginning the behind-the-scenes work to build balance. pallets are being built as we speak. and counties are making preparations. process this ethics, voters can request absentee ballots now through monday 20. there are 100,000 voters on our absentee ballots list.

these people are the 65 or disabled. early voting must begin no later than monday, november 28 in all counties. we do anticipate some counties are likely to have saturday voting following thanksgiving as well as november 26. we are working with the counties to find out what their plans are on this front and as soon as possible so voters can make the best plans. this will be a heavy lift for our counties because it is a four-week runoff period but i've confidence they will take all the measures required to rise to the task. host: brad raffensperger, secretary of state from georgia, he won reelection tuesday and now has to run an election for the united states senate, a runoff election december 6, all eyes go to the peach state again. your phone calls this morning,

what message did voters send on election day, elizabeth in maryland, independent. what you think? caller: we want democrats in office. we do not want trump ever again because democrats and biden have helped the american people so much over the last four years. bidens can run in 2024 and game a similar -- covid package, child tax credit for women and children, and all kinds of wonderful things and now he's a the conference in egypt. we want democrats, we don't republicans. we don't want trump ever again. host: are you still gonna feel that way if has these dozens of house races come in if republicans and up taking the house? caller: that will be terrible but i will still vote for biden in 2024. i will keep being a democrat and independent. host: that is elizabeth on our

line for independents. this is kathy in arkansas. good morning. caller: good morning. host: go ahead. caller: our elections in arkansas were pretty bad. we are going to be the lowest state for education again. we are also going to be considered one of the where states in the country if you ever want any rights or laws passed or anything for the voters. our state is so full of gerrymandering that it is so horrible a lot of people are considering leaving just because it is a horrible place to live now. after these elections, even my family and the rest of the people in my community are considering leaving the state because it is just not worth staying here, especially when the democrats are not even listed as maybe 20% of the vote but we are more than that but we don't have enough people voting against them to stop it.

so it looks like arkansas is going to be in the pits of hell again for another year -- another four years so hopefully we can get out of it and get democrats elected. host: that's kathy out of arkansas, asking you to give us a call and send us your thoughts on social media about what the message was from election day tuesday. what the midterm elections mean. here is foxley writing in this morning, saying the message was 177 more mega republicans endorsed by president trump are in government now then were last week, thank you, beautiful america is what foxley rights. opec saying i'm grateful to the young people for voting. i've lots of them see collect -- i hope lots of them seek elected office in the future. kathy in iowa, we americans take our democracy seriously and are not ready to go any further down the path of crazy conspiracies was the message she said.

greg saying we want checks and balances that our country was designed to have. we do not want either party to have total control. vote purple is what greg writes on facebook. a few of the comments via social media, also looking for your phone calls. democrats, (202) 748-8000, republicans (202) 748-8001, and independents (202) 748-8002. also showing you results from yesterday and as we wait for more results to come in, we will keep you updated as the associated rest calls these races -- because these races. those are the numbers we usually use here on the "washington journal". the associated press making the call yesterday they got a lot of attention in your, their 17th -- in new york, 17's district. sean patrick maloney was beat at 49 part 4% for the congressman.

the congressman also the head of the democratic congressional campaign committee this cycle, it was his job to run the races and consider the strategy for democrats in this midterm election cycle. he ended up losing his own election, a victory republicans were celebrating yesterday and it was sean patrick maloney who discussed tuesday night's results at a press conference yesterday from the trip was a in washington, d.c.. [video clip] >> a short while ago i spoke to my opponent, michael lawler, and congratulated him on a good win. and i pledged my support to him in transitioning this congressional seat so people we serve in the hudson valley don't have any interruptions in the service they deserve. i also took a call from the president and expressed our appreciation for his leadership

on the issues that matter to the american people, and i said to him what i hope every american will see that last night, house democrats stood our ground. we believe november 8, 2020 two will be a signature day in american political history. and we hope the high watermark of some of the anger and division that we have dealt with this entire cycle from january 6 on through, and we hope for something better for our country because that is what all americans deserve. we are still working and any fair person and responsible

observer should understand it will take time to understand all of the races and their outcomes. i just told you what happened in mine and we will tell you what happens in each of them, fairly and each of them, transparently, but we don't know what the outcome will be in the minimum of a couple dozen reasons. -- races. we do not know where the dust will settle but i can tell you there will be a to handle and probably a lot better than that. host: sean patrick maloney there yesterday after calling his republican opponent, beating the race, and with that as steve connect he of msnbc notes, with his concession, sean patrick maloney becomes the first campaign sheep to lose reelection since the year 1992 when the national republican congressional committee chair

guy vendor chat was defeated in a michigan republican primary. a little history there from steve core nike. taking your phone calls this morning asking you what message did voters send on election day. dylan, line for republicans out of south dakota, good morning. caller: good morning. say we got a governor -- our governor back. we voted on the campus about two years ago and it passed then and now it did not, 47 to 43. then they went ahead and voted bang her back in has the governor. i do not understand that. i'm a disabled that and i know a lot of veterans that use cannabis, so i don't know what to think about this mass we got here, and during a bike rally,

nobody wore a mask or anything else and she was acting like it was not a big deal. but a lot of people have died in south dakota too of the virus. but i appreciate everybody in their comments. i watched c-span all the time so i appreciate y'all, god bless you. host: calling in from south dakota. mentioned cannabis, there were several ballot measures yesterday in various states on the issue of marijuana and specifically recreational marijuana, missouri one of the states that approved recreational marijuana, maryland another one. this is the story from the washington times in maryland, the law said to going to fact july 2023 for those 21 and over, just a couple states that had recreational marijuana on the

ballot this year. andrew out of new jersey, independent, good morning. you are next. what was the message voters sent tuesday? caller: we hope that the message we vote that we will have an open government, more transparent because our founding fathers created checks and balances so that nobody could be above the law and that includes the president of the united states. they work for us. we do not work for them. somehow they forgot that message a long time ago. there is too much money in politics. there is dark money in politics, and where we the people are represented, that is what i would love to know. host: andrew out of new jersey, this is veronica out of pennsylvania, democrat, good morning. caller: good morning. i can't agree