work begins tomorrow. but for now they celebrate. he took the stage and called his wife jennifer a wonder woman after she took the podium and thanked the crowd. he thanked his campaign and the crowd of 1,000 supporters who gathered here tonight. he didn't use trump's name but spoke directly to him, touting the california dream and importance of inclusiveness. >> the true genius of california isn't the value we work for. it's the values we fight for. this is a state where we don't criminalize diversity. we celebrate diversity. we don't reject, we protect the most vulnerable. we don't put profit and loss ahead of clean air. we don't put profit and loss ahead of clean water and clean coastlines. we don't regulate a woman's body more than we regulate assault weapons on our streets. we don't demean, we don't

discriminate and we don't demoralize. we don't separate families and we don't lock kids in cages. >> a historic moment, as well since 1886, california now has back-to-back democratic governors. gavin newsom tonight saying the best is yet to come. reporting live from downtown los angeles, dion him, abc7 news. >> thank you. republican businessman john cox ran on a plan to fix the state's high home prices and rent and called out special interests in sacramento and had a message for his opponent gavin newsom. >> i hope the lieutenant governor has a success but you know what? he's not going to have that much success unless he deals with the influence peddlers and the people that would bend policy for their own profit. >> john koch tonight. senator dianne feinstein has won

her race against kevin deleon. the numbers coming in tonight, 57% for her. she is the projected winner. abc news projected that. 43% for deleon. >> let's go to abc7 news reporter kate larsson live at the campaign party for senator feinstein tonight. kate in. >> dan, am marks apologies for my voice. we are at the fers club in the presidio. senator feinstein was here tonight, extremely humbled saying she was surprised after so many elections how many people showed up to her event. the crowd treated her like a rock star. look at this former san francisco mayor willie brown was here at the event. he's a long-time friend of the senator's. her grabbed daughter was also here and introduced her. when senator feinstein took the stage, she spoke about joe biden asking her to be the first woman on the senate judiciary committee after the anita hill hearings and she also spoke about barbara boxer and "how

they both broke the lock on power for women in the senate." i asked her a few questions myself including what bay area residents can expect when she heads back to washington. >> you need to do an immigration bill. we need to do a health care bill. particularly to provide a public option and to enable people to buy into medicare at age 55. and i believe to allow medicare tore negotiate request the price of drugs. those are three things in health care i'd like to get done. >> what about homelessness which is a problem across california. >> yeah, i think that will we're trying to put together legislation that would provide federal monies for therapeutic homeless communities that had necessary therapy.

>> now, when asked if she had anything to say to president trump tonight, she said she did not but did say she would like the divees ibanez any washington to end. i'm kate larsson, abc news. >> kate, thank you very much. feinstein's challenger was california senate senator kevin de lee xwron. >> he lost despite the endorsement of the state democratic party which is a clear mess and, they wanted a more combative approach to handling the trump administration. he spokes minutes ago. >> day one, this was a grass roots, people powered effort. we knew it would be an uphill battle. i don't have the personal riches nor do i have an incumbent's name i.d. and i've faced long odds all of my life. >> now to other races for donald trump governor, the race between two democrats, elenny kuhn lack kiss and ed hernandez. here are the results. you saw that you kuhn lack kiss

was well in the lead. >> more than $50 million was spent on the state school superintendent race between marshall tuck and tony thurmond. you see the two men there. 572% are voting for marshall tuck, 48% for tony thurmond. relatively close with 34% of precincts reporting. >> the race for insurance commissioner, saw advertising about this one. if steve poisener gets his old job back, he could become the first state independent elected officials. his of opponent is the ricardo l app ra. steve poisener has 52% of the vote with about a third of the precincts now reporting. >> alex padilla facing mark user. padilla has 59% of the >> javier becerra is the incumbent with 58% of the precincts -- 5% of the vote, 35%

of the precincts reporting over steven bailey his chaler. >> oakland mayor libby schaaf is expected to keep her job. rank choice voting could delay the outcome for days. >> cat brooks and pamela price are contends in the race. libby schaaf is the projected winner and that was the expectation going in. rank choice voting tends to throw a monkey wrench into the system. cat brooks and pamela price have 16% of the vote and 11% respectively to incumbent mayor libby schaaf's 65% of the vote with 17% of precincts now reporting. > lyanne melendez has more. >> reporter: i can tell you that libby schaaf has described oak han as a feisty city. but i can also tell you that voters here will have no problems letting her know whether or not she has done a good job when it comes to two

major issues here which are the homeless issue and, of course, affordable housing. what mayor schaff have voters told you? >> absolutely. homelessness has been the number one issue i've heard about on the campaign trail this year. and while we traditionally count on the county to take care of it, we can't do that anymore as steps i was proud to get together with my mother big city mayers in california, 11 of us went up to sacramento and got for the first time direct allocations to cities to deal with the emergency crisis of getting people off the streets and into safety and services. but long-term it, the ultimate solution to homelessness is permanent affordable housing. that is what everyone in the bay area needs. >> they go hand in hand. you've dealt with these two issues for the past four years. what you do differently this time if you win? >> absolutely. first of all, we finally have

some resources to do the emergency interventions on a much bigger scale. we just got our check from the state. the city council just approved a series of interventions that we propose that should take nearly 1,000 people off of the streets over the next three months. but i'm also really proud that i've gone out to philanthropy to set up a homelessness and displacement prevention fund, keep oakland housed. as far as what i'm excited about doing for a second term is really approaching this on a regional basis as well as statewide. there's no public funding to actually prevent homelessness. and we've seen just in the first ten days of keep open house, 60 families were saved from becoming homeless. that is something i believe the state or federal government should be doing. >> as you say a long-term issue. i have to ask you this because

you confronted trump and you gave -- people were talking about you. is this something that helped your campaign in oakland as people -- did they see you in a different light? >> you know, i definitely heard on the campaign trail a lot of gratitude and pride that as an oakland native, somebody born and raised who has lived in this community all my life, that the pride and fierceness that we oaklanders have about the diversity of our community, about our belief in justice, that really did resonate with people. and so i was so proud to stand up for my city and our values. >> thank you mayor schaff. if she wins, she will be the first mayor since jerry brown to

be elected for a second term. live in oakland, lyanne melendez, abc7 news. >> you thank you so much. now to san francisco's proposition c. it would impose a new tax on hundreds of san francisco businesses to pay for homeless services. right now, taking a look at the measure, you can see it is projected a yes win. 60% of the vote, no 40%. right now 99% of precincts reporting on this proposition c. >> abc7 news reporter vic lee is live in the mission district with more on this tonight. vic? >> reporter: well, as you can see and hear, people here very optimistic they will win this particular -- especially after hearing an the early returns you. might say the party is in full swing here at the supper club in the mission. i think it's safe to say that prop c was probably the most hotly contested and watched

ballot measure in san francisco. it would take big business and use that money to fund homeless and mental health programs and saleamonthe he gave millions to the proposition and he spoke to abc7 news earlier this evening. > my biggest surprise in this campaign for prop c is that the people who have pushed back the most are the ones who understand the homeless the least. >> well, twitter's yak dempsey, dorsey, excuse me, twitter's jack dorsey, another tech biggie was as opposed to this ballot measure saying that he thought better policy rather than spending more money would be more effective. also against this ballot measure mayor london breed and state senator scott weiner. prop c if it passes would raise

about $300 million a year. and that's actually doubling what san francisco spends a year on the homeless. that's the very latest from the yes on c party here in the mission. vic lee, abc7 news. >> quite the party there. >> definitely. >> now to proposition 6 the effort to overturn last year's 12 cent gas tax increase. >> prop c, proposition 6 i should say 55% of the vote is the projected winner. . % of the precincts have been counted. 55% of the vote now going to proposition 6, the repeal after the gas tax. it is projected to win tonight. >> news reporter amanda del cas teeio has more on that. amanda? >>. >> reporter: we're watching as california's gas tax repeal is slipping in the polls. you'll remember that will senate bill 18 passed last year

increasing california's gas tax by 12 cents per gallon and increasing registration fees by about $50 per vehicle. these taxes and fees have paid for the construction and improvement of thousands road, highway, bridge and transit repairs. at stake tonight wasn't just the estimated $5.4 billion a year from sb1 money but also how california could raise money to pay for future transportation improvements. prop 6 supporters told us while it's easy to see the price at the pump has increased it's harder to identify where any of that money is going. gas tax support others have noticed a difference and maintain sb1 is the answer to repairing the state's crumbling roads and bridges. we spoke with voters on both sides of the gas tax debate. >> i didn't see any reason to repeal what was already approved by the voters, what was it, just a year ago. >> i have seen no change at all.

i mean, i'm driving my car and i'm going bumping down the road. where did the money go? >> the state's transportation commission has already approved than 9200 projects across the state funded by the money. 6500 are already under way with half the projects at risk of being delayed or even dee funded if prop 6 passes. that does not seem to be the case tonight. reporting live in walnut creek, amanda del castillo, abc news. >> stay with us. the control of congress is at stake tonight. a look at some of the key races next. >> plus, will california help flip the house? we are live with the critical races being watched right now. >> forget location. it's urnout, turnout, turnout. we're live with the latest numbers and what it means for both democrats and weren'ts. >> and the latest on the bralt measure to get rid of

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your voice, your vote, live from abc7 news. >> tonight the balance of power in the house has shifted with democrats declaring victory. >> republicans have held onto the senate but as expected, democrats made gains in the house right now the taking 219 seats. republicans have 196. >> news anchor kristen sze has a look at some of the key races. >> about 20 seats are still undeclared. democrats needed to pick up 23 seats to win the majority tonight. they picked up it says 27 seats already, 32 is the projection. look at this election results map on abc 7 news.com. democrats have 219 lined up . republicans 196 races. now, house democratic lead area nancy pelosi says tomorrow will be a new day in america. >> today is more than about democrats and republicans. it's about restoring the constitution's collectionance

balances to the trump administration. >> democrats were able to take control without final results from california where we had six republican seats, democrats were hoping to flip. let's look at a few. district 10 in stan i slaw and san joaquin counties jeff denham and democrat josh carter locked in a tie right now, 51-41%. district 25g covers parts after l.a. and ventura. 50/50 for katy hill and steve knight the republican. orange county, republican incumbent retiring. young kim currently leads we 54% over gill cisneros the democrat. it covers can orange and san diego counties. republican incumbent retiring there. republican. >> dean: harkey is trailing right now with 48% and mike 11:has 5%. that's a real opportunity tore democrats to pick up a seat that

was previously republican. i'm going to zoom in for you on the california map we have on our website. that is district 42, can yo remember republican. as more get populated you can see kap may yield one or two more seats to the democrats. it's not going to cause a difference in terms of whether or not the house is flipped because democrats have already done that even without california. it could expand the democrats' lead. >> interesting. kristen, thanks so much. >> president trump called nancy pelosi congratulating her on what will become a democratic house majority. >> we want to talk more where this and california's influence on it. political science professor dr. melinda jackman. does nancy pelosi have a mandate here if she resumes leadership in the house? >> she does have to be re-elected as speaker. that he looks very likely. the democrats would have liked to have an even bigger wave

tonight. they did what they set out to do which was gain a majority in the house. she's very likely to be the next speaker again. >> whether it was a wave or a ripping, they still got it done. >> they goit it done. >> talk a little bit about the net gain. 30 or more seats wat the projection. california democrats account for one in five seats in the new caucus. >> it's interesting because president trump was demon mizing it california running against california setting up california as you know, the of heart of the resistan resistance. and california's congressional delegation has a chance to push back now. they have some power now to perhaps push back against the president and lead that would resistance. >> but then let's go two years down the line. what are the odds that thinging will swing back the other way republican? >> well,ing that all depends on the presidential race, as you

know, in a presidential election, a lot of that has to do with presidential coat tails. i'm sure there will be some strong challengers on the democratic side. we'll see how that plays out. >> let's talk about the presidential race. obviously the incumbent has an advantage but he's a treschel incumbent if he doesn't run again as expected. look at the democratic potential front-runners cam ma lahair ris, our new governor gavin newsom. everyone expects him to be very interested in the presidential front. what do you think will happen? >> california will be a big part of the story, whether it's harris or newsom or both of them, are are other strong candidates from the east coast, cory booker, we don't know yet what the field will look like. >> it will be rebust. >> it will be rere we might see a challenger or two

take on president trump. and as kristen mentioned democrats took back control of the house but republicans held on to the senate. >> one of the closest races was in thames. ted cruz, former presidential candidate, challenged president trump, of course. was challenged by democratic congressman bait tait o'rourke. >> texas has not elected a democrat to a statewide office since 1994. >> missouri flipped to the gop tonight. republican state attorney general josh haully defeated claire mccaskill. that seat had been among republicans top targets something they thought of. >> and there were big cop tests for governor in florida. ron desantis beat andrew gillum in a close race. >> kemp is leading stacey abrams.

it's very close. if she wins, she would be the nation's first black female govern. >> a lot of election history is being made tonight. new york democratic kong greggs kel capped has become the youngest woman po be elected to congress. he colorado elected the first openly gale governor. and omar from minnesota has become the first muslim woman in many congress. deb hallen are the first native be american women elected to congress. >> remarkable circumstances around the country. very interesting election in so many respects. this is bringing out voters in record numbers. some of the races and candidates reflect that. san francisco hasn't seen figures that high. >> i abc news reporter david louie is live in san jose with more.

>> reporter: it's been surprising here in santa clara county because there was a surge of people showing up on election day to register to vote. about 1200 people did so on berg erg road in a line that tooking about two hours to get to the front of the line. yet they persisted and eventually got to the cast provisional ballots. the renl strarl here has been projecting between 60% and 70% voter turnout today, up from a typical 20%. that translates into more ballots seen arriving from all over the county from 1 thought 098 precincts. many were young people. i asked one of them why. >> i think they care about their future and what the future holds for them. >> we've had more than 3,000 people come to city hall to cast ballots. over half the people were not registered to vote. they were registering today getting their ballot and voting

all in the same trip. >> so that resulted in one of the busiest election days in history at city hall, certainly at least for four decades. no one is complaining about the additional workload. voting is the kind cuff civic engagement that is a hallmark of democracy. the flood of ballots means there will be strong erl tabulation timelines especially here northeasterly santa clara county. shannon boucher doesn't think it will be extra narrowly long and hopes to have all the results available by 10:00 toom. david louie, abc7 news. >> you david, thanks very much. a state proposition 7 would start the process of ending daylight saving time in california. we just set our clocks back one hour this past weekend. it is the projected winner by the "associated press" with 62% of the vote and 40% of the precincts reporting.

it looks like proposition 7 will pass. keep in mind that just begins process of ending daylight savings. it has to be approved by state lawmakers and then the federal government, as well. >> mountain view's measure b is being watched closely by neighboring cities that would tax businesses up to $149 per employee raising millions. most every google. you can see yes votes are winning 69% of the vote to 31% voting no. 66% of precincts are reporting. >> measure k makes rent control laws part of alameda city's charter. right now it is projected to fail, no, 56% of the vote with 2 hearse of the precincts reporting. measure k in al meed idea county to make rent control laws passed in 2016, make them permanent. >> affordable housing. with moore than $6 billion on the line, we'll look at what's winning and what's losing when we return.

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your voice, your vote live from abc news. >> welcome back to our special election night coverage. californians are voting on propositions that could bring a lot more affordable house together state. prop 1 would provide $4 billion for construction and home loans. right now, here are the numbers. 38% of the presipgs are reporting. yes on prop 1 has 52% of the vote. it is projected to pass. >> proposition 2 would authorize $2 billion to build housing for people with mental illness. right now you can see yes votes projected to pass 60% of the vote. no votes 40% with 38% of precincts reporting. > measure v would provide a 450i million bond to fund affordable housing in the city. here are the numbers, 28% of precincts reporting yes on measure v and has 60% of the vote. >> berkeley $135 million housing bond.

right now measure o is projected to pass, 672% of the vote for yes, 28% voting no. 5% of presixths reporting. > from housing to rent control, proposition 10 would change state law to let local jurisdictions impose their own respect control policies. >> and right now you can see there, no votes 64%. it is projected that it will not pass. yes votes 36%. 41% of precincts are reporting. > over $100 million was poured into proposition 10 by the way. mostly from landlords trying to defeat it. prop 8 would cap the profits of dialysis companies. you saw up with add after another about prop on your set. those companies spent $111 million to defeat it, the most spent on a ballot issue in the country since at least 2002. you see proposition 8 looks like it's going to be voted down. the projected decision at 62% of the vote going no.

3% yet with 48% of precincts reporting. > san jose state political science professor dr. melinda jackman back to talk about this. what is driving this amount of funding for this proposition? >> interests. this is how propositions work in california. you have money it pay signature gatherers to get things on ballot. >> that's an inordinate amount of money. >> it is. there were several props this year i think voters maybe felt like why do we have to decide these things that these are business regulations. >> we say this every election. why the respect lawmakers deciding some of these? >> why not sacramento. >> that's what we elected them for. there were all always propositions on the ballot in california that voters question. >> while we always complain about all the homework we have to do to sort through there it, at the same time, polls show californians do like having that direct power that,

accountability, that check. >> we like our say. >> we like our say, exactly. >> can you talk a little bit about the controversy over prop and die al sis? >> the controversy is that the unions were backing prop to put put it on the ballot partly because they've been trying to unionize at dialysis clinics. this was seen as a way of putting pressure on the companies by trying to limit their profits in this case. the voters you know, looked like have not approved it. but again, i think votes are feel pretty uncomfortable voting directly on regulating private businesses like this. >> okay. thanks, melinda. let's look now at proposition 3g. that authorizes bondston fund projects for water supply and quality, waet shed projects and other water issues, as well. proposition 3 has 38% of the vote counted. looks like 52% of the vote is

saying no to proposition 3. >> and taking a look at proposition 4 it authorizes it bonds, funding construction at hospitals providing children's health care. currently you see here projected to pass 58% of the vote for yes, 42% voting no, with 38% reporting. > prop 5 offers a property tax break to older home own others in california, 38% of the precincts are reporting. 57% this votes counted so far say no to proposition 5. >> you probably saw ads for this, too. prop 11 would require private sector emergency ambulance employees to remain on call during work breaks. it is projected to pass 62% voting yes, 38% voting noing. >> i've heard so many people say to me they saw the ad for prop 12 with the anything anyhowing at its cage. a powerful ad.

it calls for sending minimum sizes for stock and birds in california projected to pass with 59% of the vote. >> all of your election results on our website abc7.com. there's more news to cover. pg&e may once again shut off power because of fire concerns. plus