presidency, the oval office weighed heavily over voters' decisions. >> trump and the republicans have gone a little bit too far. >> we've got you covered from d.c. rginia, west virginia and news4, too. >> you'rein wat "news4" coverage of election night 2018. the american government and the nt two years of the trump presidency will look different after tonight. i'm doreen gentzler. >> and i'm jim handly. >> nbc news is projecting the house of representatives will move intooc demtic hands in 2019. democrats post be big gains wheh lps from female candidates. >> democrat tim kaine was oneirf the calls of the night,

beating republican coreytewart to win reelection to the u.s. senate in virginia but it's not engh. nbc projects republicans will hold on to control of the senate. >> in maryland, larry hogan became the first republican governor to win reelection since the 1950s, fenffng o a big challenge from democrat ben jealous. >> the big story in that state, voti problems in prince george's county. at least 13 precincts there r out ofballots, forcing some to stay in line for hours to vote and delayed results all across the state. >> we have a team of reporters tonight. theig ten, in fact, ready to atest from across our region. >> we want to start with the voting resultsnmaryland. shomari stone is live atbr dywine elementary school in prince george's county with. mo shomari? >> reporter: good evening.

it was very busy here. but not without exhaustion and frustration. more than 1,500 people were in line wrapped around this school waiting to vote. now, the s problemrted around 4:00 when brandywine elementary ran out of otherpo polling places in princ george's county the new baledts arrround 8:00, shortly before the ballots closed. everyone voted but people were exhausted. one woman took offer high-heel shoes and said forget it. >> been at work since t7:00s morning, get here, thought we were going to get out soon. they run out of ballots. everyone's frustrated. you can talk to t allhese people that's around me. it's been longday. we've been waiting a long time. >> reporter: you rea y have to

admire the people who waited in line. they were understandably tired, somebody donated pizzas to the polls and judge patricia johnson asked me to help pass them out. and some other people. they wer really happy to have something to eat after waiting in line for so long. back out here live, hats off to the volunteers who were actually working at this polling site since early this morning. many of them are relieved and happy that it's over. live here in prince george's county, i'm shomaristone, news4. >> let's go back to virginia now. the 10th congressional district flips from red to blue tonight. >> jennifer wexton is now the congresswoman-elect from northern virginia. here's how the results shake oue this r called very early in the night tonight. >> northern virginia buru chief julie carey is live at headquarters. julie, this was a pretty significant race. >> repter: very important. it was going to be one of the first signs of whether there would be a blue wave. democrats had a chance to

celebrate early here tonight. by 7:45, they had learned that nnifer wexton had made good on her promise to, quote, repeal and replace barbara comstock, flipping this seat from red to blue for the first time in four decades. the crowd erupting into cheers when wexton and other elected leaders tk the stage. the stay senator and former prosecutor now headed to congress. wexton's camign was fueled by dozens of grass roots groups like moms demand action and indivisible. she had an arm oy out there knocking on doors. >> i've been saying since the beginning of thiha campaign change is coming. americans deserve a nation where our children are safe, sick people get the health care they need, immignts are welcome, schools are successful and it's no longer easier to buy a gun than it is to vote.

>> reporter: jennifer wextoner lives in loudoun county and her home county delivered big for her turnout in loudoun and fairfax county sw y swamped the. >> news4's david culver reports tonight from the comstock campaign. >> reporter: within minutes of barbara comstock's concession speech, the balloons and banne d camen here in ashburn as republicans gathered and came to the realizationhe that for first time in nearly 40 years virginia's 10th district would be represented in congress by a democrat. comstock stepped out around 8:45 in the eveni surrounded by supporters o manyf whom had been with her for her wins in 2014 and 2016. > these great victories will continue. look at our supreme court.

we'll still hold our senate. >> reporter: we noticed during eecomstock's concession , she did not once mention her opponent in the speech. a comstock supporter tells me that wexton's win is proof that the blue wave is alive and well. >> the virginia senate race was called for tim kaine. >> our wdy rieger takes u to kaine's election-nig headquarters. >> reporter: that's right. tim kaine learned he won a little bit after 7:00 tonight. they say vots chose hope over here and they want a community

of compassion and decency. they also said this president needs to be hbled and this a start, rejecting trump's messages of hate and exclusion. he said this was appropriate tonight because this is the start of the hindu festival of light. >> it is the celebration of good over evil, t celebration of light over darkness, the celeation of understanding over ignorae. that's not an accident either, that in 2018 good over evil, light over darkness, understanding over ignorance is right now. it's right now. >> reporter: senator kaine wrapped it up by saying the mocrats voted, the democrats led and now they have to keep it going. back to you. >> thankyou.

a major headline is the number of women challengingal incumbents, especially in virginia. >> we've been following three house races v with thisy dynamic. another major shift in the making of virginia's 7th district. abigail anberger apparently the winner. >> and eelae luria beat incumbent republican scott taylor. >> and denver riggleman takes over the seat from republican tom garrett, who pulled out of the race after ethics concerns surfaced. >> in maryland's 6th district, johnndelaney opted not toun and instead to make a presidential bi

>> and he was replaced by candidate trone and had a big win. >> leon? >> reporter: things really beginning to come into focus now. i want to show you where things stand at the moment now. this a cha based uponnbc's projected winners. the key word here is projected. far nbc news is projecting democrats will take 229 seats and that republicans will come back with 206 tonight. now, we told you at the ginning of theight democrats needed to pick up 23 seats if they were to retake control of the house. it april peers they have met at mark, but yet there were still lots of races to be decided,specially outwest, as polls are just closing out there. but once again, democrats are ojected to take control. and that's significant because thtt're going to have com control now and could start reigniting some of the vestigations intohe president which have been put on ice undn republi control. now, let's turn to the senate.

as predicted, now the republicans will maintain control there. ted cruz won in texas, apparently guaranteeing republicans to at least get the 50 seats they need. right now there are still a number of seats on the side and this is a representation of what e believe is going to happen, republicans projected at 52. these are people who will beit caucusing the democrats. we'll have a look at the big high profile races and getting a clearer picture coming up in just a few minutes. >> thankyou. in maryland, governor larry hogan will stay in annapolis. voters easily reelected him tonit over democratic challenger ben jealous. >> and now hogan is the first governor re-elected in 64 years. >> hogan fans have had a lot to cheer about nit. tracee? >> reporter: they have in fact.

they're wrapping things up here a little early because the party started here early, shortly after the polls closed. we had the pollsha saying larry hogan had won this race. hogan has beenhr sayingghout these last few days that if there is a blue wave coming ross this tionf, h eboard. let me show what you it looked like earlier had he came out. he was like a rock star to folks in thisho audience w have supported larry hogan. hee took time to thank the independents and the democrats, who came across the aisle to pb mansion.he alled on some of the words of former president john f. kennedy. hear now from larry hogan. >> ladies and gentlemen, tonight hundreds of thousands of democrats refirmed the wisdom of john f. kennedy who said "sometimes party loyalty demands too much."

>> reporter: governor hogan went on to say that what unites this state is greater than what divides it. he says that the way that he has been governing these last four years have been working in maryland. his plan is to continue to do that. aot of folks were concerned about what will this republican governor do in this blue state if he got a second term. he's saying he's going tco inue with business as usual. reporting live in annapolis, tracee wilkins. back to you all in the studio. >> thank you. >> the crowd thinned out pretty quickly inen jealous headquarters. darcy spencer, have they clearer thm out yet? >> reporter: yreen, t haven't just yet. ben sealous took thege just a few minutes ago to give his concession spee o. he is in the crowd. he is speaking to voters andnt vors, shaking hands and thanking them for their vote.

he did concede. hogan, d governor larry congratulating him on the win tonight. some of his voters and volunteers were not happy about that. they began chanting "count the vote, count the vote, count the vote" because so many people had problems votinght ton but jealous said it was the right thing to do, to go ahead and concede the election he did say how proud he was of this campaign. he knew he was the underdog. he called himself an insdgent e mounted a progressive campaign with a progressive and gressive agenda, pushing for big teacher pay increases, transportation and health care. agn he said he was proud. let's hear a little bit more what he had to say just minutes ago. >> it's easy to figure out what we can disagree on. what is tougher and more important in a democracys to figure out what we can agree on and to go again thatdone. >> reporter: the very last thing he said in his concession speech, he said if you don't see

me for the next severaldays, i'm going to be at an amusement kids.ith my he has a lot of family time to catch up on. that's what he's going to be doing, reconnecting with his family after this very difficult campaign. back to you. >> they've all been going 24/7, that's for llsure. deserved break. darcy, thank you. >> let's turn to doug kammerer. are thing going to improve tomorrow, doug? >>, big ti doreen. tomorrow we're looking at a pretty good afternoon. as a matter of fact a couple of really nice days out there. we'll see temperatureseack into 60s tomorrow. yes, we're tking about rain, returning back on friday. and the coldest air yet moving in. i've got it all for yo the ten-day forecast right after the break. d.c.'s mayor wins reelection, the first to do it in 16 years. >> but muriel bowser also fought to oust a sitting council member. tonight what voters decided.

>> and a race for county executive that should favor democrats, this year a third caidate made it anyone's race. >> you're watching "news4" coverage of election night, december 2018. here's to the stair takers, breakfast makers, step counters, outdoor explorers, faith restorers, appointment keepers, fantastic creatures. farmer's market goers,

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to vote in favor of judge brett kavanaugh. >> what west virginia said loud and clear tonight, mr. president, we want our senator, not your senator. >> reporte senator manchin spent the day before the election trying to win voters on the eastern panhandle, including those d.c. area commuters who make the long drive or train commute from martinsburg. t bayou. >> thank you, scott. in montgomery county, democrat markelrich will be the new county executive. >> elrich took 65% of the vote in a race split three ways d.anks to nancy floreen's independent chris gordon joins us live.

chris? >> reporter: there's a celebration going on mark elrich saying his opponent said he's anti-development and anti-business. he says he is not and he can lead. nancy floreen split withhim, challenged him as an independent race.ate running in this he said after a bruising primary, this victory is very, very sweet. >> going from a 77-vote landslide to 200,000 votes and 65% of the vote. my opponent claimed she was going to unify the county. she probably d. she unified the county behind me. >> reporter: he said there is an emergency he wants to address as

top priority and he said that is the achievement gap in education fing minority students. he says it is unacceptable and he is going to stress early childhood education. that's the latest from the elrichtory party. back to you. >> chris gordon, thank you. >> weoi are to turn back to the big national races of the night now. >> there w e some highhopes, perhaps too high for democrats in florida and texas tonight. t's go back to leon harris with a look at some of those results still coming in. >> reporter: let's start in texas. nbc news is projecting ted cruz eon over beto o'rourke. now let's m to florida. boy, is it close in the senate rate down there. a take look at these numbers. rick scott and bill nelson neck and neck. rick scott with a lead of less than a percentage point. we're d talking aference of about 50,000 votes in that state.

99% of the vote is in and still ing counted. we'll keep an eye on this raceu for right now it is too close to call. back over to you. >> leon, thank you. >> doug, more about our weather. kind of rainy, nasty weather for an election day and still we had record turnout. >> absolutely. you saw the lines and everybody had the umbrellas out when it was still coming down this morningut still got out to the polls. as far as our weather is concerned, great ws. tomorrow's great. that's about it. tomorrow we have some really nice weather. right n beautiful night, current temperatures still very mild for this time of year, 56, degrinds out of the south miles an hour. tomorrow a lot different. we'll see a few clouds b a lot of sunshine, too. 52 degrees in the ty. by noon looking 65od. degrees and even pretty nice tomorrow night, too. how about as we make our way through the next couple of days. cooler on thursday, more clouds

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. no surprise tonight that d.c. mayor muriel bowser has been reelected. >> there were four people onhe

ballot, but she easily won. she's now the first mayor of d.c. to win second term since 2002. >> as for the d.c. council at larg seat, mayor bowser and community activist dionne reeder with the hope she would defeat elissa silverman. but both silverman and bonds holding on to their seats on the council. >> markas the news for it. rarz tha >> r that's the bad news thatlissa lverman was re-elected. take a look at the partyhat's going on here as people are stillcelebrating. mayor bowser becomes the first woman mayor re-elected and first mayor re-elected since 2002. we also know that voter turnt was incredibly high.

more than 200,000 people went to the polls to vote in this mayoral election, the most since 1994. just a short time ago, mayor bowser talkedo her supporters here and here what's she had to say. >> sometimes it mns that i'm going to ask people to do what's in the best interest in the district of columbia, because that's the oath that i will take on juary 2nd. >> reporter: again, a big victor for mayor muriel bowser, and the other big headline out of today's voting was voter rnout, more than 200,000 people showed up to vote in this latestmayoral election. live in northwest, mark graves, news4. dp

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as we wrap up our coverage, we leave w you tonighth four things we've learned from the results on this election night. >> the nation remains bitterly divided. nbc news exit polls suggests nearly half the electorate, 47%, strongly sdispro of president trump. >> republicans will retain control of the senate, but democrats are projected to take control of the house. that means democrats will have the power to conduct investigations in the new year. >> in the governor races, so far

democrats have flipped three seats. that could impact how congressional districts are drawn after the2020 census. >> and democratic candidates will hit the road very soon for 2020. nothing shows that president trump will decide to tone down his rhetoric. >> that does it for us. now back to network coverage. you want "the best wifi you can pause with a tap." see? easy. you want xfinity because it makes your life... simple. easy. awesome. get a special offer on xfinity internet, tv and voice for just $79.99 a month for 2 years. plus, get dvr service free for a year. click, call or visit a store today.

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