the cheer went up. and you finally saw mark warner's name posted on the signs back there. but there's still no word on whether mark warner is going to come speak to these supporters yet. this race is obviously still too close to call. we saw signs that this race had tightened, but his team did not expect one of virginia's most popular politicians to be involved in a race that goes down to the wire like this. he was helped earlier in the evening. fairfax county voting strongly for mark warner. and as we speak right now, he has a very small lead over ed gillespie, but nobody declaring victory yet. but as these numbers stay as we see them right now, this is another race that could be headed for a recount in virginia. >> julie, thank you.

ed gillespie is senator warner's republican challenger. northern virginia reporter is at his headquarters. what's the mood over there? >> reporter: as you can imagine, a lot of happy people here. the most narrow of polls going into the race didn't even have it this close. the fact that it's neck and neck, a lot of smiles. think ten months to january. that's when ed gillespie launched his campaign. he september an e-mail blast out followed by a twoet. they admitted it was name recognition. they had to get out in front of the question, who is ed gillespie. tonight that question has been answered, and it's making waves across the nation. now we did catch up with senator mark obenshain. you recall that he ran last year. he's not surprise the by what's happening tonight. >> ed gillespie's done a great

job of running on the issues. and people in virginia have reacted to that. >> reporter: with each projection that comes across the screen behind me, this crowd gets very quiet, and then will cheer loudly if the republican is projected to win. but the race that they're all waiting for. the one that they're holding their breath for is still too close to call for senator right here in virginia. >> it could lead to a recount as joey just noted. we are going to explain the rules for that. >> election might be too close to call, but the losing candidate, whether it be ed gillespie or mark warner will be el general to ask for a recount. if the margin is less than 1%, the losing candidate can request a recount. about 2 million votes cast. the difference now is a few,000, well beneath the one percent margin. and if it's close enough, if

it's less than one half of one percent, the margin between gillespie and warner, local taxpayers have to foot the bill for the recount. i'm scott mcfarland. >> thank you, scott. critical senate races around the country are close to shifting the balance of power in congress. at the beginning of the night, republicans needed to pick up just six seats to take control of the upper house. >> the republicans have now netted five of the six seats that they needed to take control. and here is how it's all stacking up. republicans now have 48 seats. that's thanks to wins in west virginia, arkansas, montana, south dakota, and most recently, big wins in colorado and georgia. and most of those seats were held by democrats. democrats hold 40 seats. but the problem for the dems is they didn't take any seats from republicans. instead, incumbents have been

reelected. there are still two independents who caucus with the democrats in the senate. and there are still ten undecided seats left open. but with republicans needing just one more seat and georgia now firmly in the gop's hands, senate control is not far off. it will be the first time since 2006 that republicans have had control of both houses. back to you. >> maryland is electing a new governor tonight. we talked for several weeks now about larry hogan, the republican candidate, and his momentum late in the race. >> we want to go live to both campaigns, but let's start with chris lawrence in annapolis. are they sell baiting over there yet? >> reporter: they are celebrating, doreen, perhaps a little prematurely, but every time someone gets on the podium and announces a new round of numbers, the cheers are getting louder and louder. what sounded out as hopeful is now sounding with a little bit

of confidence. the latest numbers put larry hogan up by nearly 90,000 votes total. and when you drill down on some of those numbers. when you look at frederick county where he is winning, they point to that as a real sign of success. now the only republican to win, to become governor of maryland in the last 50 years was bob ear early. i spoke to him a few hours ago to get his take as he was watching some of these numbers come in. he said the key is going to be in montgomery county. he knows that no republican is going to win montgomery county, but he said larry hogan has to get close to 40%. he was down near in the low 30s. that has inched up now to 35. so he's getting closer to there. he also looked at p.g. again, the republican is going to get destroyed in pea ge but he said he to get to 20%. he had been at 12. that number going up as well. so over all, people here very,

very hopeful that they will do something that's only been done once in the last 50 years. jim, dorine? >> thanks. right now, lieutenant governor anthony brown is watching this race. he is neck and neck receiight n with larry brown. chris gordon is at the watch party. >> reporter: good evening. an aide to anthony brown told me moments ago they are hoping to pull out a victory in prince georges and montgomery counties, saying only half the precincts have been counted in those two counties. but as you look around the university of maryland here you see no sign of celebration or defeat. people are waiting for some direction, and they have not gotten it. you can see that the brown campaign is trying to put a positive spin on it. just moments ago i spoke to u.s.

senator benjamin car than. >> we will set new priorities for our state, continue to build on the excellent education. the jobs that we've been bringing to maryland. >> reporter: right now we don't know whether that new governor will be brown or hogan. no lieutenant governor in maryland has ever been elected governor. that's from the watch party at the university of maryland, back to you. now to the race for d.c.'s next mayor, and there is some breaking news here. independent candidate david catania has just conceded the race to muriel bowser.

let's go live to the historic theater where supporters are already celebrating. >> reporter: they're just starting to. they're waiting for bowser to make an appearance because the concession was just made moments ago. slow counting. we only have 30% of the vote in. the bowser campaign privately has been saying that they would win by 15% to 20%. and that's what they're doing tonight. they're ahead 54% to 34%. and the independent couldn't overcome her organizational and fund-raising abilities to be so far ahead tonight. she's not here yet, we talked to the campaign manager for muriel bowser. here's what he told us moments ago. has it played out the way you expected? a disciplined campaign? >> i think it has. the council member put together a plan early on that relied on a

grassroots contact strategy across all the wards, talking to every single voter that we could talk to in every neighborhood that we could go to, which i think at this point is all of them. and i think that it's going to show or has stronger dividends than we expected. >> reporter: bowser has won five of the eight wards so far tonight. that will probably hold up with carol schwartz, the third strong candidate the in the race. now here at e bowser campaign we're waiting for her to make her victory appearance. in downtown washington, tom sherwood, news 4. >> we'll get back to you when that happens. in the meantime, we understand that david catania is still at the micro phone. >> reporter: you can still see him over my shoulder, just congratulated his opponent muriel bowser. he said he wishes her well.

he knew it would be a tough road to run against her and run for mayor, but he's thanking his supporters. you can see him on stage right now. he is flanked by the former council member from ward six. sharon aim broes. and the former head of the d.c. chamber of commerce. and here's what he said to his supporters just a moment ago. >> this campaign did not end the way we had hoped. and so i want to begin by saying to ms. bowser, congratulations on a well-run race. >> reporter: so now he continues thanking his supporters. he's in very high spirits, about 200 people in this art museum. he's thanking then. he's poking a little fun at some of his council candidates. but once again, he's conceding defeat to muriel bowser. and you hear the crowd going

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a broader mix of energies, world needs to move, to keep warm, to make clay piggies. that's why we are supplying natural gas, to generate cleaner electricity, that has around 50% fewer co2 emissions than coal. let's broaden the world's energy mix, let's go. turning now to a vote that's been somewhat controversial. and that's the matter of legalizing marijuana in the district. it is expected to pass.

>> reporter: a lot of people homing to celebrate this one in the distribute tonight. it has polled with overwhelming support in recent months. you can see from the numbers right now, 69% support. it looks like the measure will pass. supporters of the cannabis campaign were already celebrating tonight on 11th street in columbia heights. this is what it means if the measure passes. anyone over 21 years old will be allowed to have 2 ounces of marijuana and can grow up to six plants in their home. but there is a catch. the law does not allow for commercial activity. so you can't sell marijuana. but if you grow it, you are allowed to give someone up to one ounce of pot. if this initiative passes, it will undergo a 60 day congressional review period before it becomes law. congress can block it, but only with approval from the house, senate and white house. we'll be watching this and let you know as soon as it's called.

>> thank you, jim. republicans are holding onto the seat in virginia's tenth congressional district. >> barbara comstock declared victory over john foust. that seat is the one being left vacant by republican frank wolf who is retiring after 34 years in congress. we begin with kristin wroiiegts with the comstock campaign. >> reporter: many thought it would be a close race, but it really wasn't. joining me is delegate comstock. thank you for joining me and congratulations. >> thank you, thank you. >> reporter: what do you think won this race handily? >> i can't thank my team and staff enough. we go out, talk to everybody, be on the ground, have a really

grassroots effort and focus on their priorities. what i said is i try to listen to people, learn from them and lead based on their priorities. and also my staff, they're very grassroots oriented. and i think we focus on the economy, turning the economy m resonated, and the very serious place we find ourselves in the world on the international stage, people from leon panetta who served in the obama administration and across the board are very concerned with our foreign affairs and what's going on. so i think people wanted to have a change, and i think you're seeing that all across the country tonight. >> reporter: thank you so much and again, congratulations. and barbara comstock becomes the first woman to serve the 10th district of virginia. >> thank you, kristin. meantime, foust has conceded

that race. >> reporter: the main ballroom here at the dulles marriott was crowded with people watching the results not just from the 10th congressional race but throughout the state and country. but it was just after 9:00 when john foust came downstairs. he took the podium, addressed the crowd and conceded the race to republican barbara comstock. you'll remember, this was a race that was categorized by a very robust tv and radio commercial campaign. he talked a little bit about that and thanked all of his supporters. >> if i measure in terms of votes i come out short. but if i measure it in terms of new friends made, and i'm sure life-long friendships we have been able to create over the past year, this has been an amazi amazing, amazing year, and i'm

really, really glad that we made the run. so thank you all very much. >> reporter: despite the extensive kpap of tv and radio commercials, in the end, it was about the issues that both comstock and foust say. to the latest now on what we've heard directly from our viewers throughout the day and tonight. reports of problems at the polls. tisha thompson has been tracking all that. >> there were two main problems we heard about throughout the day, starting with virginia's voter i.d. law. voters in virginia say they were asked to present a driver's license or an i.d. with their home address on it after they had already presented passports, employee i.d.s or student i.d. cards. election officials say that shouldn't have happened. the ishlts d.s should have been

enough. 763 voters were issued provisional ballots, because they didn't have what was considered an accepted ishlts d. we also received a flurry of complaints about vote flipping. this video was shot in virginia beach. when he tried to vote for the republican candidate in virginia's second congressional race. he said the machine kept changing his vote, but he was eventually a lually able to vot candidate. they took 32 machines out of service because they had calibration issues. we also heard about vote flipping in maryland, but they say it was due to voter error. they did take out about 15 machines. out of 18,000 machines, the magnitude of the issue was very small. we're just hearing that the associated press has called that d.c. mayor's race for muriel

bowser. we're expecting to hear from her any minute now. but in the meantime, doug -- >> the only guy not involved in politics tonight. >> my side of the room is very, very calm across the area. >> it helped voter turnout today. >> temperatures today were on the nice side. 70s to upper 60s, the weather could not have been better, 61 degrees, winds out of the south about 9 miles per hour under cloudy skies. we're going to continue to see the clouds which means the temperatures will stay way up. at 11:00, 61 in gaithersburg. 66 in winchester and 64 down forwards fredericksburg. these close to our average highs for the time of year. storm team radar showing things all clear right now. we're going to continue to see clear skies as far as the radar is concerned. but look at all of the cloud cover. that's the blanket that will keep it very warm tonight.

the rain back towards the west. but this rain, as it's moving in will quickly die. and we're looking for this system to give us more rain. so your future weather on wednesday, here's wednesday afternoon. 4:00, nice and mild. plenty of cloud cover during the day. but i'm not expecting any rain. the best chances for sprinkles toward the blue ridge. then look what happens early on thursday morning. this will happen wednesday night into thursday morning. the potential for reain, maybe heavy rain. right around 6:00, 7:00. rush hour could be a problem there. thursday at 11:00, before the noon hour, the rain moves to the south and east and is out of here by 1:00, 2:00 for the most part. then we turn rather breezy. most of thursday afternoon may end up on a nicer note as temperatures again to rebound just a little bit. tomorrow temperatures rebound again into the upper 60s across

the area. 70 in fredericksburg with plenty of cloud cover. breezy on friday and cool, a high of only 53. we get to 54 on saturday after a very chilly start. but it does look like we're in for a very cool weekend. we just came off a cool weekend. >> we remember all too well. >> we're staying on top of some other news, including the abduction of a 22-year-old woman. the search has expanded into maryland. and we'll report the reason for a traffic tiup. and our live coverage of decision 2014 it continues. muriel

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it's a party at muriel bowser headquarters tonight. she has just taken the podium to thank her supporters and to claim victory in the race for d.c. mayor. >> i think washington, d.c. has spoken. and i want to thank you, residents of the district of columbia! [cheers and applause] i'm proud to be here today. thank you. a fifth generation washingtonian, someone who grew up in north michigan park.

i came home shortly after college. i dedicated my life to serving my neighbors in riggs park in ward four in this city. i'm humble. and i'm grateful. to stand here, the next mayor of my hometown. [cheers and applause] i stand here like so many of you on the shoulders of all of those who sacrificed so that we might be here. i stand on their shoulders, and i take a great sense of responsibility in doing my best every day to never let them down. i start with you, joan bowser. [ applause ] i start with you, joe bowser.

my parents. my entire family. my sister, my brothers, my cousins, my aunties, my neighbors, my uncles, my friends. thank you for sacrificing with me, pushing hard with me to make sure we get this done. let's hear it for my family. i thank those, and i'm looking at probably a few thousand of them. of all of you who stood shoulder to shoulder with me over these last 20 months. you told me then to carry a positive message. you told me to speak about my own vision. you told me to conduct myself with integrity. to be a woman of my word. to work harder, longer and

smarter than anybody. you told me to go out in the heat, the snow, the rain and the sun, and you told me to make sure that we assembled the best campaign team in the history of the district of columbia. so i want to thank all the good people standing behind you. and all the people out there with those green shirts and hats. now some people call you a machine. i just, i just call you team muriel. so thank you, team muriel. because team muriel, for 20 months, has campaigned. and all they wore to the district of columbia, and all they wore as you cast your ballots to ensure a clear message that to the we will ensure that all washingtonians, whether you've been here four five generations like us bowsers

or you've been here like five minutes, like so many people who are making d.c. strong, i don't have the words tonight, nor could i say thank you enough to express my appreciation. so thank you, again, to the residents of the district of columbia. >> muriel bowser, the next mayor of the district of columbia who tonight beat her council colleague, david catania in what was a little bit closer race than normal. the person who wins the primary usually walks right into the next office. also, though, not quite the same in maryland. the governor's race there has been really, really unexpected in terms of its results. larry hogan, the republican candidate got into this race only about ten months ago, certainly less than a year ago, is winning with 75% of the vote in now. larry hogan has 53% of the votes that have been cast so far over

the democrat, his democratic opponent, anthony brown, the current lieutenant governor. that was not expected. >> and in virginia we're watching election results that nobody was predicting ahead of time. incumbent senator mark warner is tied or just barely ahead of his republican challenger, ed gillespie, with 98% of the votes insofar. let's go live to julie carey. she's been at headquarters all night. what's their sense of what's going on, julie? >> reporter: well, boy, there have been a lot of emotions. it has been a hand-wringing type of night for mark warner supporters. they are still hanging in here. no word yet from when we might hear from the incumbent senator, but nobody expected a political scare like this one. long, one of virginia's most popular politicians thought this might be a close race. polls indicated that in recent

days. but for the first few hours after the returns came in, mark warner was trailing. finally, at 10:30, the folks in this room had something to cheer. mark warner took a slight lead that at this hour has grown to about 19,000 votes. what's made the difference tonight for the democratic senator, fairfax county. they came in big for mark warner. he won in fairfax county by some 53,000 votes, also won in prince william county. those two voting blocks very crucial to statewide victory. the two men are running neck and neck in louden county. we're hearing the word re-count being uttered. but as the gap has widened, one long time analyst has said that he thinks that mark warner is able to maintain a lead of 10,000 votes or more, there may not be a challenge or a request for a recount by ed gillespie, but that is something we'll continue to watch.

from now live from arlington. i'm julie carey. it is still very close in that senate race. and from gillespie headquarters, what's their sense of things? >> reporter: for a lot of folks watching at home, they may be surprised. but for many of the people i'm talking to in this auditorium here in springfield, they're saying they expected this all along. these are very fervent supporters of ed gillespie. they're watching a lot of the republicans who are projected to win other races across the country and are watching on a screen here and are screaming and cheering. but the race they're still waiting to be called, this virginia senate race is too close to call. but for some of the folks i've spoken with, regardless of the outcome, it says something about ed gillespie, it could say something about where he stands in virginia politics in years to

come. back to you. >> thank you, david. let's go to our live desk now. we have breaking news about the marijuana initiative. >> that's right. initiative 71 just passed. anyone over 21 years old will be allowed to have 2 ounces of marijuana and grow up to six plants in their homes. but there is a catch. the law does not allow for commercial activity. so you can't sell marijuana. this is a celebration, by the way, in northwest d.c. columbia heights tonight. if you do grow it, you are allowed to give someone up to an ounce. the measure must undergo a 60 day congressional review period before it becomes law. congress can block it, but only with approval from the house, senate, and the president. we're at the live desk. back to you. >> we're bringing you the latest results of the congressional races in our region. republican