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48 each. you need 51 for a majority for the republicans, democrats just need 50. because they got the vice president. >> brian: listen to this. this is s what you should be focusing on and unfolding throughout our show. four key senate races still not called. georgia looks like they are heading to a runoff. no one is getting 50. we don't know for sure yet. about 95% are in. nevada, looks like laxalt surged since we got up this morning. he now has a lead there but not everybody is counted. arizona struggling to come up with their tallies. but it looks like masters is still far behind, and wisconsin ron johnson has not trailed but he has just got half a point lead. we are closely monitoring all those races and ron johnson said he is depressed that it's even close even though he expects to win. >> ainsley: house is also still for grabs 218 seats needed for control. you can see republicans are inching closer to the majority. >> steve: many tight races ending with some major upsets and some crucial wins for both

parties. >> brian: right, and we are watching these race boards move while we are speaking. so let's go to kevin corke who is in washington and recapping it all. hey, kevin. >> good morning, guys, you are right. we continue to await several pivotal races to wrap up especially those out west. but as we keep an eye on that, we're talking about senate races from arizona to georgia to nevada to wisconsin as you pointed out, obviously, that's going to determine the balance of power in washington. and that is, of course, despite a fact that we have already seen a results come across and still we don't know which party will lead the government going forward. we do know in pennsylvania there was no red wave to speak of as john fetterman, the man who struggled to speak throughout his lone debate still somehow managed to ride the wave of a massive lead thanks to early balloting and mail-in voting to beat dr. oz. >> we jammed them up. [cheers and applause]

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. that's why i'll be the next u.s. senator from pennsylvania. [cheers and applause] >> wow. cannot wait to do the autopsy on that race and find out exactly how that all went down in pennsylvania. meantime, over in ohio, j.d. vance, as you know, pulled off the victory over tim ryan claiming a much heralded senate seat in the buckeye state. >> whether you voted for me or not, the thing that i promise to do is go to the united states senate and fight every single day for the people of ohio. thanks for you, get an opportunity to do just that. i will never forget the great people of ohio. thank you for this honor to serve you. i will fight for you every day. god bless you guys and thank you.

oh-io. meantime barring any major surprises on the house side kevin mccarthy and g.o.p. do seem poised to usher nancy pelosi right out of the speaker's office. >> when you wake up tomorrow, we will be in the majority and nancy pelosi will be in the minority. [cheers and applause] the american people are ready for a majority that will offer a new direction. that will will put america back on track. republicans are yesterdayy to deliver it. kevin mccarthy speaking there meantime democrats actually lost a number of high profile gubernatorial races across the country. brian kemp, for example, knocking out stacey abrams in georgia again. beto o'rourke losing yet another bid for political office in the great state of texas falling to greg abbott ases he remains in the state house in beautiful austin, texas. the news wasn't all bad for the democrats last night. kathy hochul and gretchen

whitmer both edged out their republican opponents despite much tighter than expected races in both cases. while down in the sunshine state, ron desantis won big, i mean really big, look at the vote total there by a million and a half votes over charlie crist. so much so was the impressive victory there at the "new york post" is calling him defuture which i thought was pretty clever guys, back to you. >> ainsley: we have a picture of his whole family defuture. >> brian: three little kids came running out wife beside him. >> ainsley: cancer survivor. >> steve: thank you dekevin. >> brian: so that's where florida is. obviously a positive point for the republican party. we were just talking in the break. how the pollsters got it wrong, tiffany smiley closer. bolduc within one point that wasn't indeed the case.

j.d. vance, wow, the republicans were so nervous only 1 or 2 points. tim ryan what a great candidate. >> ainsley: we thought tudor was closer to gretchen whitmer. >> brian: and kari lake is trailing by a point in arizona. >> ainsley: we thought they were going to be a clot closer when they were. it was a shocker when we all learned that because they are such blue states but we didn't expect the republicans to trail by as much as they did. >> steve: right, historic live the republican party should have picked up a whole bunch of house seats and they may still because the balance of power is hanging in the balance regarding that it's still too close to call. >> ainsley: 71 seats still at play at the beginning of our show. >> steve: all the polls and the polls got them wrong for the most part. in the polls, in the run up to the election, the primary photograph can you say was inflation, that's what people said. but, the national exit polls, run by nbc yesterday where people came out in the polls and said okay, what do you think?

abortion and democracy were the two of the biggest issues with voters. when it comes to the state of pennsylvania, why did dr. oz lose? well, it looks like, according to the exit polls, it's because fetterman won. fetterman got 57% of the independents, fetterman got 67% of the hispanics, he got 57% of the women. and, remember, it was just last week we were talking about that "wall street journal" story that showed that there was a 27-point swing from suburban women from republican -- or from democrats to republicans. he, fetterman, won 57% of the women. and in the state of pennsylvania, most important issue, by far, was abortion, with 35% followed by inflation at 29% and crime was 11%. and that is what drove people to the polls. then when you look at the exit polling regarding herschel walker, in georgia, herschel

walker got only 8% of the black voter. got 42% of the independents, and 39% of hispanics. so he did not wind up with any majority in those. >> ainsley: when you look at new york zeldin didn't win. he hasn't come out and said that covid-19 hochul. >> steve: he hasn't conceded. >> ainsley: looks like he is not going to win. the republican refugees have flocked to florida. have gone to tennessee. have gone to texas. to these states where you can be a republican and you're cheered, conservatism just works down in the state of florida. look at desantis. florida does not have a single democratic holding statewide. marco rubio swept that area. he is the first republican in florida to win a third 6-year term as a senator. he was outraised and outspent by val demings and still did well. republicans have flocked to florida. it has now turned to a red state. you remember when george w. bush was running and he only won the

presidency by 500 votes. >> steve: went to the 1340ur9. >> ainsley: exactly. it has changed dramatically in florida. >> brian: i would add this: the house may go to republicans, likely to go. because of new york. they flipped about five or six, it looks like, major seats including taking out the chairman of the democratic congressional committee. so new york is fed up they maybe had the benefit of having a legitimate contender as a governor. nothing against rob mass styrene no but he never got the support 3 to 1 got 47% of the vote that helped everyone down ticket. about a half hour ago. mayor of miami joined us helped fuel the republican of florida. here is what he said. >> look at the trend of what happened, 2016 donald trump lost

miami-dade county by 30 points to hillary. in 2020, that 30-point margin was just an 8 point margin in favor of biden. and now now seeing miami-dade go completely red. and the governor. you win miami-dade county, you have a great chance of winning florida by a huge margin and see that also last night. a 20-point margin in florida heard of i think it sets a template how we can win nationally. steve: the thing about miami-dade county is joe biden won it by 85,000 points so for ron desantis win by double dignity that says something. we saw kevin mccarthy soundbites from kevin corke. as it turns out, he was going to take the stage in the d.c. hotel last night at 10:00. wound up eventually speaking, i think at 1:00 or 2:00 in the

morning. and predicted the republicans would win the house. jacqui heinrich from our white house unit said that a republican source told her that the knives are out for kevin mccarthy. if he is under 225 house seats in the republican column, expect scalise to make a move quickly for speaker. >> brian: which is unbelievable because he has raised so much money for some candidates and mccarthy brought the republicans to within five seats in 2020 of the house when no one gave him that shot. i have would be shocked if there was a legitimate run at his power. >> ainsley: i would, too. mccarthy is predicting that nancy pelosi will find herself in the minority this morning and hopefully we will find out quickly. >> brian: maybe within our show. we will go over to carley shimkus. we will find out what she is doing with the news. >> carley: start here with america's crime crisis. police in georgia searching for two suspects in a deadly

shooting following an hours long swat standoff. a 25-year-old man was shot and killed in a residential area. and authorities believe the suspects barricaded themselves in an apartment complex nearby. but there was no sign of them heavily armed officers breached the building. to say a fox news alert now. thousands of florida residents told to evacuate as tropical storm nicole approaches the state's east coast. residence are filling sandbags to prepare for the storm which has top wind speeds of 70 miles per hour. many people are lining up at gas stations and panic buying food and water leaving some store shelves already empty. you can follow this developing story by down loading the fox weather app. for the latest on the storm. the man accused of throwing a hard seltzer can at texas senator ted cruz is now charged with aggravated assault. prosecutors reveal he blurted out i'm an idiot as officers took him into custody. cruz was targeted while celebrating with a houston

astros at the their world series victory parade. this shows a white claw skimming his face. luckily, he was not hurt. and tiger woods will be back on the golf course next month. woods will team up with rory mckel roy to take on justice thomas and jordan spieth in the match on december 10th. woods hasn't competed since missing the cut at the open championship in july. the 12-hole made for tv match also raising money for hurricane ian relief efforts. so a great cause there, guys. >> steve: a lot of people are going to watch that that will be great. >> ainsley: i will be pulling for him. thank you so much. >> brian: history made. sarah huckabee sanders becomes the first female elected governor of arkansas following in her father's footsteps. >> steve: the former governor and very proud father -- there is he beaming, mike huckabee is going to join us next to talk about his daughter's big win

last night. >> brian: did he shave hisards beard?

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♪ >> it will be the honor of a lifetime to serve as arkansas' 47th governor and the first female governor the state of arkansas has ever had. i think my my dad is the best governor arkansas has ever had. one of the best governors the country has ever seen. i'm hoping to take that title away from him pretty soon. [laughter] >> ainsley: sarah huckabee sanders makes history as the first female elected governor in arkansas. an office that was no stranger to the family. once being held by her father. you heard and as you know that proud dad mike huckabee joins us now. how are you feeling this

morning? >> well, i'm feeling pretty excited. it was a great night for the huckabee family. a burial night for sarah, she worked really hard. it was a tough race. she had a very formidable opponent. but, when it was all settled, over 63% of the vote. i would call that a landslide. i think anybody would take that kind of margin was very, are very, i think, just indicative of a state that has decided that sarah is going to be a great governor and her dad agrees with that by the way. >> ainsley: she was able to watch your highs and your lows as governor. what advice do you have for her? >> be true to the state of arkansas. love the people. serve them regardless of whether they voted for her. in fact, spend more time trying to serve the people who didn't vote for her. and prove that she is a governor for everybody. but, main thing, make every decision not based on the political consequences. just make the decisions that you

think are right and that help the most people, especially the ones who can't pay you back who have nothing to give you. make sure you never forget them. >> ainsley: we interviewed her yesterday, and she says she believes this is the first time this has ever happened in our country where a father was elected governor and then his daughter is elected years later. and she lived in the governor's mansion. i don't know how old was she then? little or a teenager? >> yeah. she was in junior high when we first moved in there. so she spent a good deal of her growing up there and most of her life she spent growing up in politics, you know, in various races that i was involved in. so, it's been an exciting thing. it is historic. first time ever for a father/daughter in the same state. it's also going to be historic in that the lieu ten governor is female. first ever in america governor and lieutenant governor who are both women. >> ainsley: that's great. women are stepping up to leadership roles. look at the history.

dana and kayleigh mcenany here. very successful. now your daughter is becoming governor. is it going to be a little interesting or a little weird when you walk into the governor's mansion and your daughter is living where her parents used to live? >> it's going to be a little strange. i think the funny part is when her children try to hide from her on that 9 eric campus. >> she knows where the hiding places are. >> she knows where they are. it's going to be fun for knee watch that as the grandfather. but i'm excited for her. i'm excited for this state. i think she will bring some fresh ideas and most of all, she will bring the heart of a mom. that's something that will be different and new. i think it will be a wonderful opportunity to show that there is, you know, an instinct that she has about children, about their health and their education. >> ainsley: yeah. >> she is going to take to the governor's mansion in a very strong and powerful way. >> ainsley: she is relatable. sweet to see ron desantis' family love to see the little kids on stage and know he is

raising little ones and sarah is doing the same. god bless you. please tell her congratulations. thank you for coming on this morning. >> you bet, ainsley, thank you. >> ainsley: you are welcome. coming up, ohio is sending trump-backed candidate j.d. vance to the senate in one of the biggest wins of the night for the republican party. our political panel shares their biggest takeaways from the night coming up next. ♪ ♪ i may be close to retirement but i'm as busy as ever. careful now. nice! you got it. and thanks to voya, i'm confident about my future. oh dad, the twins are now... ...vegan. i know, i got 'em some of those plant burgers. nice! nice! yeah. voya provides guidance for the right investments and helps me be prepared for unexpected events. they make me feel like i've got it all under control.

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♪ ♪ >> brian: we're still awaiting results for arizona's gubernatorial and senate races but election officials say they won't have all the votes counted until friday. what is with arizona? kelly o'grady joins us live from phoenix with more. hey, kelly. we know there is a problem in maricopa county. are there other problems? >> you know, we're not hearing that right now. you know, there was that voting issue in maricopa county with the printers. but really we are waking up to a lack of clarity in what is now becoming really important when it comes to the senate. i heard you mention that we

won't receive that clarity until friday. that's because we don't expect 95 to 99% of the vote to come in until then. i want to take a look at what is happening in the senate race right now. so about 63% reporting. democratic incumbent mark kelly leading by roughly 6 points. now, kelly heavily won there in the early voting but masters has been closing that gap overnight as day of voting data trickles in. and we are seeing the batches skew heavily for the g.o.p. but with just about 100,000 votes separating them unclear if masters can make that up. on the governor's side. it's a lot tighter. kari lake inching closer to opponent katie hobbs just about 30,000 votes separating the two right now. i do want to highlight that lake has been winning the last few batches by 70% to 80%. one of the big story lines i mentioned off the top has been that voting issue. 27% of the counting machines in maricopa county were down for a period eddy. now officials identified the problem with the printers. they were apparently not

producing dark enough ink to properly mark and have those ballots counted. nonetheless, the rnc losing a last-minute suit against the county to keep the polls open an extra three hours last night. the judge didn't find evidenced that the issue impacted residence from voting. now, those voting snafus mean a lot of maricopa ballots are outstanding. they are going to start tabulating in a little bit and have more coming in pretty soon, brian. >> brian: thanks so much. we will follow that obviously as kari lake closing rapidly. go over to carley shimkus. carley, you have more breaking news and break down the other races. >> carley: we will start here with this though, brian. on the news a serial burglar arrested 10 times last year in florida is back in custody after police say they were caught red-handed. the suspect is accused of striking a detective after fleeing the scene. police say he hit at least nine homes where tourists were sleeping after serving what police say was a brief sentence. north korea test-firing another ballistic missile overnight. this one landing in the sea off

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pecan will he lemon cream and dutch apple. donuts are available now in 16-count packs. those are your headlines. brian, over to you. >> brian: get into it now. it's the buckeye state. let's start there, sending trump-backed senate candidate j.d. vance to a substantial victory. he wins in ohio and he takes senator portman's seat. >> whether you voted for me or not, the thing that i promise to do is go to the united states senate and fight every single day for the people of ohio. thanks to you, we get an opportunity to do just that i will never forget the great people of ohio. thank you for the honor to serve you. i will fight for you every day. god bless you guys and thank you. >> brian: let's break down what we know so far and see where it's going. political panel is here and they are great. fox news contributor. former wisconsin congressman sean duffy is with us now. fox news contributor and "wall street journal" journalist reilly. to my immediate right lives

close to me in real life laura kern. as a democrat for you laura, tonight, are you surprised that democrats aren't trying to explain a red wave because it never happened? >> it never happened. and i know a lot of democrats were expecting. this i think we were all expecting this sort of cleansing thing to happen. and we're going to have some kind of answer about the direction of the country. and we just didn't get that it was a mixed bag everywhere. a lot of close races and kind of a big mess. >> brian: main reason, do you believe is abortion? >> yes. i think we were talking about this before the fear of trump and fear of government overreach with abortion was a motivating factor for voters who might have been concerned about crime and the economy. these two things kept them from saying i'm going for the safe bet. >> brian: a trump backed candidate in arizona. we know j.d. vance was a trump-backed candidate in ohio and he did win a substantial win. but, jason, you know who didn't win? mastriano didn't win the governor's race in pennsylvania. you know who didn't win don

bolduc picked on monday. dr. oz didn't win with fetterman. >> it was a mixed bag for trump-backed candidates. that's going to be part of the postmortem. we shouldn't under estimate what republicans accomplished. it looks like they are going to take back the howmps. house ofrepresentatives. that's going to be a huge check on the biden agenda. no big or small the majority is. if they control the house and subpoena power they can do investigations and make sure that the biden agenda doesn't really go anywhere for the next two years. that's a very big deal. the republicans didn't have the night they were hoping for but they accomplished what they needed to do at a minimum which is to take back at least one houshouse of congress. we don't know about the senate yet. had for in terms of trump and his candidates, yes, it was a very mixed bag. >> brian: two big winners no doubt about it is kemp and desantis. >> yes. both of them have been in trump's crosshairs recently and they have very big night.

i don't think donald trump is happily about that. particularly desantis. what he did was quite amazing in florida last night. >> brian: great speech. >> we will see what he does with those victories going forward. >> brian: very interesting what's happening to florida. one of the fascinating stories. successfully clues maybe republicans should go to school on that. sean duffy in wink. ron johnson went to bed listen i didn't win yet. that's gressing. i'm up by one and likely win why people don't. how could mandela barnes be close? >> sunny side egg. he can be a downer. third term in wisconsin as a u.s. senator. this is a big night for wisconsin and for ron johnson. make no mistake of that. going back to this issue, i do think it was trump and abortion on the ballot. i think a lot of pro-lifers would say listen, i'm so happy with the dobbs decision. if we don't have a great red wave midterm and abortion issue the dobbs decision. we will take that every day of the week. it's still a win for pro-lifers. and to jason's point, to have the house is a really big deal.

we're firing nancy pelosi this morning. kevin mccarthy is going to be the speaker. and the power of oversight. i thought we were going to have legislative problems if republicans take the house and the senate. how do you get a pathway moving forward to get legislation done. with only one chamber, they are going to focus on oversight. they would hold this administration accountable and that's a big win for republicans. >> voters wanted a check on biden's agenda. i think that is a big lesson of what came out of last night. i will also say that according to the exit polls, the g.o.p. continued to do well with minority voters. they increased their numbers among blacks, among hispanics and among asians. it wasn't the night they wanted to. >> and the working class. 4 # 47 independence did go to democrats who are interesting in new york. new york might deliver the house for the republicans? >> it could happen on rhode island. all four seats went republican. two blue now four red. so, while the governor won, god bless the governor hochul won,

but the messaging that national narrative about democrats being terrible on crime and the economy all of this, smeared some very good moderate democrats on long island, robert zimmerman and laura were painted with this broad brush. they are not what you want to call crazy progressives. moderate, sensible, fiscally responsible democrats and they were swept out. >> lee zeldin, you know him. suffolk county guy. but he did surprisingly well for a guy affiliated with trump known as a conservative. it looks like he has got within four points. >> yes. that's right. and that was -- i kind of guessed it would be about that but is he a long island guy. he comes from a regular working class family. and he ran -- i have to hand it to him he ran a flawless campaign. >> brian: real quick, your prediction on the senate. do you think it's going to come down to georgia? >> georgia and nevada it looks like will be the two states. >> brian: nevada and laxalt up. >> two years ago with the

runoff. one other point. sean patrick maloney may lose his seat. dccc chair in new york city. that is the biggest of the night. highest democrat to lose a seat. >> brian: great panel. i owe you extra money. [laughter] meanwhile you can catch me on the road. i'm going to mississippi, catch me in brandon mississippi. and then i'm going to tulsa, oklahoma and then to oklahoma city the next day. on the onstage talking about all red, white, and blue stuff and the president and freedom fight tore close it out. go to brian kilmeade.com. fox nation is co-produce go ahead it too. you might be getting something free if you arrive in person. coming up straight ahead. control of congress still hang in the balance this morning. but republicans are seeing some victories in deep blue new york as we just discussed. one of them, congresswoman elise stefanik won her race handily. she will join us next and talk about her leadership role.

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♪ ♪ ♪ >> steve: a couple of races still too close to call. as of now, the u.s. house of representatives still up for grabs. you can see republicans are inching closer to that majority where, as you can see, 218 seats are needed for control. right now the republicans have 200. they need 18 more. >> ainsley: some races seeing major victories including next guest who won a fifth term beating her democratic opponent by 20 points despite millions spent against her. we have joining us now house republican conference chair new york congresswoman elise stefanik. good morning. >> good morning, great to be with you this morning. >> ainsley: great to have you on. how are you feeling. >> i'm feeling great and so

grateful and humbled by the overwhelming support in my district. as you all know and as viewers know we just went through redistricting in every congressional district across the country. it was a particular battle in new york state so i had new constituents that i'm honored to earn the support and of course constituents who i have represented for a long time. we ran on our r0rd of results. also proud to help lead the effort to pick up a number of seats for republicans in new york state. >> steve: right. congratulations. the republicans did pick up some seats in new york state. but, what happened to the red wave, congresswoman? we thought this morning we would be talking about how clearly the republicans had the majority in the house. didn't know about the senate. but we thought for sure in the house and still it's unknown. >> well, steve, as we're looking at some of these races, we feel confident that we're going to win the house. and we will fire nancy pelosi and there will be a republican majority. and that's really important. that was my top priority as the house republican conference chair. and, look, we are going to win

the majority in new york state alone. if you look at the four seats we picked up on election night, firing sean patrick maloney, a democrat in leadership. mike lawler, of course, won that seat in the lower hudson valley. we picked up two in the hudson valley. two on long island. anthony d'espisito former nypd officer was a pickup. george santos was also a pickup. and then we have races like the connecticut race with our amazing candidates george logan. we think that goes our way as well. you can build a majority just out of our inroads in the northeast. there is positive news across this country. we elected more republican women. which that number is going to grow in the next congress, which i have been very focused on in recruiting and supporting those women in florida. we picked up four seats. and, of course, our top of the ticket did very well and we flipped miami-dade county, which is really really important and shows the inroads we are making among hispanics. let's wait until these races are called, but we will win the majority thanks to the american people. >> brian: by the way, one of those seats that did flip george

san tosantos, he joined "fox & s first." listen. >> i kept the entire race about the people. i kept it about the issues that were hurting americans here in the third district whether it's inflation. whether it's crime. whether it's the high cost of energy and education for our kids. that what my campaign was all about. while my opponent spent his entire campaign smearing me, when you run a campaign and you don't offer real ideas or solutions to the problems at hand, you can't win. >> brian: you know, part of the reason i think long island drastically different and staten island and upstate so drastically different from manhattan. but manhattan carried the day in new york. elise, are you running for to keep that leadership position among the caucus now that you are in the majority? >> i am running for re-election as house republican conference chair. we have been disciplined in our message. and we successfully prosecuted the case against joe biden multiple crisis, we won if you talk to voters on the issues of

inflation and we have to stop that reckless spending, we need to do strong work to support the border. only leadership who flipped the district. my district voted twice for obama and we now win historic republican victory we have to win for the american people and i'm committed to doing that. >> ainsley: want to be chair of the house republican conference again and not considering a run for house majority whip. >> steve: and she is predicting as win for republicans. elise, thank you very much for joining us live. >> thank you. >> ainsley: thank you. congratulations. >> steve: a quarter before the top of the hour. janice dean is keeping an eye on a storm that is bearing down on florida. >> janice: yes, indeed we are. i will get to that in a second. where are you from. >> bobby from new jersey. >> janice: who do you want to say hi to. >> hi to my wife jamie. i love you, baby. >> janice: very nicely done. take a look at florida because we have a storm system that's going to move into eastern florida. the coast there. and we could have a hurricane in the next 6 to 12 hours. we are expecting an impact later

on this evening overnight tonight and then we could see the storm move into the gulf of mexico and then go up towards the panhandle. eventually towards the mid-atlantic and the northeast. hurricane warnings are in effect so hurricane conditions and this storm is huge. 400 miles from the center of circulation at least tropical storm force winds. this is going to impact much of florida in the next 48 hours and then it's going to visit us up towards the northeast as we get into the weekend. so, all eyes are on florida. we will certainly keep you up to date throughout the day today. fox weather.com for your latest details. all right, steve, ainsley, and brian over to you. >> brian: thank you very much. good to see that navy veteran. meanwhile, coming up straight away. >> ainsley: who loves his wife. >> brian: yes he does. georgia governor brian kemp wins re-election big time. different story in the senate. neck and neck race between herschel walker and raphael warnock. >> ainsley: newt gingrich on the latest on the speech state. ♪

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mr. warnock. connell mc/sshane is live from atlanta with more. connell? >> hey there, steve, it's interesting looking at a conversation we had yesterday with a gwinnett county georgia governor just voted for governor brian kemp but didn't vote at all in the senate race and clear from those numbers you just showed. not the only one who is thinking in that way or doing something like that in the race. a tale of two different republican performances. governor kemp. a lot of guest in the next hour winning re-election and certainly out performed what we saw from herschel walker on the senate side. and look again at those numbers. that was a relatively easy win for governor kemp at least by recent georgia standards and certainly a wider margin than what we saw the matchup that he had with stacey abrams four years ago. compare those numbers and percentages though to the senate side. here again the key is that both warnock and walker are below 50%

and do appear headed to that december 6th run off. so we all just hang in there. i'm feeling good. we always knew that this race may be close. >> i'm not ricky bobby. i don't come to lose. and i told you he's going to be tough to beat. he's going to be tough to beat but, let me tell you what, he has the wrong georgia head on him. >> warnock for what it is worth has experience in runoffs how he won the seat first place january the 5th of 2021. just point out one note from our fox voter analysis we come back 93% of voters that we spoke to say they considered senate control when they were making their decision. he might get to make that very same decision all over again. steve? >> steve: all right, connell, thank you very much. let's talk to fox news contributor and former speaker of the house newt gingrich.

newt, good morning to you. >> good morning. looks like down in georgia ticket-splitting because people presumably republicans or independence, the people who voted for brian kemp did not also vote for herschel walker or else herschel would be further ahead. right? >> yeah. i think, first of all, governor kemp, like many republican governors, had a big night. probably spent the end of stacey abrams clear if politics. i think that herschel did not get all the votes that the governor did obviously. that race would be over. so, it looks like it's going to go to a run off. governor kemp has a huge ability, i think, to influence that runoff. and this will be the second time that warnock has ended up in a run off. i don't know what that says about how narrow the margins are in georgia. but everywhere in the country governors had a big night. kemp is an example. look at the scale of the republican governor victories.

that's something, you know, we did not do as well in the house and senate as i thought we would do and as i said on this show i thought we would do so there is a lot to study about what happened. we did very well with governors? that sense a huge night for republican government at the state level. >> steve: newt. you are absolutely right. the big red wave that was predicted has not happened yet and the balance of power balance of power still hangs in the ballot. exit polls, look like abortion and democracy were two big issues with people who actually voted and right now republicans are at 200 in the house from need 218. it abortion and democracy. in the run up everybody was just talking about inflation i thought with the inflation rate and price of food and price of gasoline with the crime rate that we have seen with the

border as open as it is 4 million coming across illegally i thought all of those things would have made for a really big republican night. i have to say as much as i think it's despicable the biden strategy of demonizing republicans and attacking republicans and defaming republicans, i think did have an impact and will probably become part of the definition of the democratic party. >> steve: sure. there was a red wave though in the state of florida. ron desantis is going to wind up winning by close to 20 points. >> i think governor desantis is the single biggest winner of the night and almost certainly become the rallying point for everybody in the republican party wants to move beyond president trump. remarkable race. desantis did well and so frankly marco rubio who did almost as well and president trump was in miami with rubio two nights before the republicans swept

dade county, which, as you know, is unheard of. governor bush once did it. but other than that, republicans have never had the kind of margin in dade county that both rubio and desantis got. i think desantis is the biggest single winner of the night and that's going to resonate across the whole country. the republican governors in general, like governor kemp, like sununu, like dewine, abbott, all of them did very, very well last night. >> steve: all right. newt gingrich joining us with the post game show, newt, thank you very much. >> thank you. >> steve: still ahead, as we were just talking about sunshine for republicans in florida with victories all across the one-time swing state. we are going to hear from anna paw lena luna who flipped a house seat red and talk about ron desantis big win in miami-dade county.

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