wasn't really a red wall either. fast approaching 4:00 a.m. good morning, everybody. i'm aaron gilchrist. >> and i'm eun yang. the house of now in control of the democratic party, but republicans held onto the senate.ea that a to be enough for president trump who took to twitter late last night ith this simple message, quote, tremendous success tonight. thank you all. but with so many new democrats coming to washington, what does that mean for president trump's agenda. >> we are digging into that question this morning and looking at all the races from last night. we want a to beg we always do with that all important check on your commute and your forecast helissa mollet standing by with a view on roads. let's start with storm team 4's chuck bell and a look at theay ahead. >> good morning, aaron and eun. he ripeful hopefully you are out. a little chance of sunshine coming back. a little wave of low pressure

will pass through in the south. mostly cloudy the farther south yo live or travel today. rain is out of the forecast for today and for tomorrow too. temperatures this morning typilly cool. 44 now at dulles airport. 48 montgomery county. 54 in prince gorges county. 58 here in washington. forerst then for y commute, sun's up at 6:423. temperatures mostly in the 40s for the ride in. plenty of midday sunshine. temperatures in the s. that will feel nice. falling into the 50s by early evening. asthis will be the day in the 60s for a long time to come, melissa mollol. air is on the way and winter is coming. >> very, very scary. rockville westbound by hill road, ear crash thismorning. probably going to be closed through the morning commute. just a warning for yo northwest, northbound rock creek parkway at the kennedy

center, lanes blocked because of flooding. northbound ohio diverted to 66. taking a look at the beltway. two left lanes get by. b outer looween 66 and gallows. one right lane gets by. >> 4:02 right now. this morning t balance of power in congress is split after a dramatic mid ter showdown. >> democrats now have control of the house but republicans were able to hold onto the senate. here's a breakdown on the numbers. democrats will take 229 seats. 206 seats have gone to republicans. democrats need to pick up 23 seats if they were to retake the house. democratic t congresswoman nancy pelosi back in control as house speaker. >> but republicans will retain control of the senate. texas senator ted cruz managed to hold on to his seat. missouri's claire mccaskill lost to josh hawley. democrats came out on top in indiana, north dakota. >> democrats were able to take control of the house with victories such as the one we saw

in esvirginia's district. news 4's julie carey was at the congresswoman elect's victory party. >> jennifer wexton's opening li was she wanted to repeal and replace barbara comstock. well, she has done just that. state senator jennifer wexton now representative elect jennifer wexton. the sta senator and former prosecutor now headed to congress. >> i've been saying sce the ginning of this campaign, change is coming. americans deserve a nation our children are safe, sick people get the health care they need, immigrants are welcome, schools are successful and it's no longer easier to buy a gun than it is to vote! >> reporter: jennifer wexton lives in loudoun county. it was the record mid term turnout there that gave her such

a convincingwin. >> wexton's win means for the first time in 4 nearl years virginia's tenth district will be represented by a democrat. barbara comstock gave her concession speech last nig surrounded by many supporters. comstock never mentioned her opponent but did encourage young republicans to stay involved. >> these important f are about improving our community and that commitment and you all have improving this country. our common sense conservative c values, wetinue to fight for, and we'll continue to get all of these great successesaror to come. >> no word on what the former congresswoman plans to do next. the wexton win was not the only flip in virginia last nigh what was once a purple state is firmly blue, first in the seventh district. ab game spanberger beat dave brat 50% to 49%.

in the second district democrat elaine luria defeated repubcan scot taylor. this is the area surrounding virginia beach. >> prince gorges county saw plenty of problems at the polls. we spoke to frustrated voters in brandy wine. >> reporter: it was very busy here on eleion day. everyone voted not without exhaustion, aggravated and frustration. 1500 people waited in line for five hours. the trouble started around4:00 when they ran out of ballots. the new ballotsro arrivedd four hours later at 8:00, shortly before the polls closed. everyone in line voted butwi no out problems. they say that it took a very long time for them to vote. we're now going to hear from one of those voters. >> everyone's frustrated. talked to all the people around me. it's been a long we've been waiting a long time.

>> someone donated t pits soo pizza to the polls. judge patricia johnson asked me to help pass them out. many people were happy to eat and they were also pleased that they were able to cast their ballots. they wan to know what took so long for the new ballots to arrive. i'm shomari stone, new 4. maryland governor larry hogan easily secured a second term. he's the first replican to pull that off since the 1950s. yesterday he thanked the voters and crossed party lines to secure his win. >> to all of thoseoc dts and independents who crossed over and cast their votes for me, see some of them out there tonight, let me -- let me assure you that i will continue to be a governor for all rylanders. many democrats hoped the blue wave of strong outurnout

carry ben jealous to the governor's office. during his concession speech he congratulated hogan and called unite. marylanders to >> general colin powell told me a long time ago it's easy to figure out what we can disagreen it's tougher, more important in figure out is to what we can agree on. >> jealous also called out the media for calling the race too soon, but he said his team look at the numbers and the rightful winner was hogan. innd maryla sixth district david trone ran against amy. last night he wasri vs and posted a big win over his challenger. this morning we're tracking the results of several races in other states that garnered national attention. in florida, tallahassee mayos

loss, andrew gillum lost to ron desantis. the results were close with desantis earning a little or 73,000 votes more than gillum. desantis received strongpo s from president trump who held multiple rallies in the state over the course of the campaign. many of you went to bed without answers to top races in this mid term cycue, parrly georgia's race for governor. angie goff is at the live desk fth the latestm georgia. angie, what are you seeing? >> eun, thatace for the georgia's governor's mansion is still too close to call. the race's top candidates incle stacey abrams who is seeking to become the first african-american governor in history and her republican challenger brian kemp spoke people overnight. >> i'm here tonight to tell you votes remain to be counted. there are voices that are waiting to be heard. across our state folks are opening up the dreams of voters in absentee ballots and we

believe our chance for a stronger georgia is just within reach. >> we are waiting on the final results, but i'm confident that victy is near and together we wille conti to work to put hard working georgiansrs >> let's show it to you now taking a look at the current polls. kemp has e51% of vote, abrams, 48% of the votes. ted metz had only 1%. this is a key thing. georgia,f no candidate wins more than 50% then you're looking at a runoff election. that runoff will be held in less than a month, december 4th. itill be the first ever general election runoff for governor in the state of georgia. now back to you. >> angie, thank you. 4:09. earlier we mentioned texas senator ted cruz held on to his seat but he faced a tough challenger in beto o'rourke.

the race was considered one of the closest in the country. democrats have not won a statewide election in texas since 1994 but texaseemocrats he popularity of o'rourke that voters might not fully approve of the trump agenda. one of the least suspenseful races was for mayor in c. >> mayor muriel bowser easily won. we haveore from the mayor's victory party. >> reporter: the party went on unti late lastight here at muriel bowser's campaign party in northwest washington celebrating her re-election as mayor. the first woman ever to be re-elected mayor and the first mayore-elected at all since 2002. as a matter of fact, every wa incumbent tha up for e-election in the district last night wonhandily. there was a record turnout, more than 200,000 people cast their vote, more than 50,000 cast them

as early ballots. here's what mayor bowr said t her supporters last night after the election results came yin. >> a going to stick with me? today over 120,000 of you said we've got your back, bowser, all e way! >> reporter: insiders do expect some changes inside the bowser administration as she prepares for her second term as mayor of her hometown. in the district, mark seagraves, news 4. 4:11. decision 2018 coverage is far from over. coming up, how the election played out over social media. ig> and he faced one of the toughest campa in the country. joe manchinulled off the win in a race that did not play out as you would expect it to. b we'lak that down coming up next. chuck. good morning, everybody. finally t rain has been pushed out. we get a dry day forhump day we get a dry day forhump day this week, but

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welcome back to our coverage of decision 18 it is 4:15 right now. running as a democrat in trump country is a challenge, but it's one that west virginia senatorc joe m rose to last night. senator manchin was able to retain his seat in what s expected to be a competitive race. he handily boasted patrick rr mosey. manchin was the only democrat to vote in favor of confirming repreme court justice kavanaugh. after his victory he said the win was aessage for president trump. >> what west virginia said loud

and clear tonight, mr. president, we our senator, not your senator. >> senator manchin spent much of the election day trying to wint in the state's eastern panhandle including those d.c. commuters who make the drive every day. r> social media may have played a hugee in this year's mid term election. you may have seen your family, friends, co workers posting their i voted selfies all day long. social media companies took notice. facebook included an election day message in the news feed. instagram users added an i voted sticker to post. c snt added polling locations. while some took to social media, others took time to celebrate a er.ing rights trail bl this is how voters pay visit to susan b. anthony in rochester, new york. she helped lead the movement eventually giving women the right to vote.

voters left their i voted stickers on her head stone. in 1872 anthony illegally cast her vote and was arrested. she died in 1906, the 19th w amendmench guaranteed a woman's right to vote wasn't ratified until 1920. now w want t check on our forecast with storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell. good morning, chuck. >> good morning, eun. i don't know about you, i vote for ne. let's get a little fine weather back into the region after two soaking wet days. finally a little chance to dry things out. national airport has had nearly two -- or two inches of rain in the last two days. we need a little bit of sunshine back in our lives. t hasn't turne cold. temperature still 58 degrees in washington with a light west wind. it will be a ratively mild day. don't confuse the mild weather. it is coming fast. i can't promise you a bright blue sky start to finish, but no

rain chances for today and most if not all of tomorrow will be dry, too. radar shows nothing but the mid level high cloudiness rolling it here f second half of the day today. what should be a mostly sunny morning will aartly sunny afternoon. then for tomorrow, again, a fairly nice start to the day. clouds will gradually be on the increase late tomorrow afternoon and tomorrow evening. this is 11:00 tomorrow night. nce for a couple of sprinkles in west virginia or the shenandoah vaey. rainhances really go up fast for all of us on friday.r anot rainy friday in washington. temperatures this morning are in the 40ed and 50s. it will be a mild day to the outside. kids g ready to dress t this morning. nothing more than a fall jacket. i think you can get away with your sunglasses. a plus weather today. 65 degrees. no more 60s though after this. 58 tomorrow. a chilly low 50s withain on

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decades. 4:30. i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm eun yang. people stayed up late t watch e returns. we've been working for you through the night on all the races y been watching. >> back to politics in a moment. d.rst, let's take a look at the day ah melissa will have a check on the roads but first chuck with more on a return for the sun. how about that, chuck? >> we all voted for a little sunshine back in our lives. e sun's not up just until 7:00. you have to wait a little bit longer. skies haveg been clearut tonight. the rain is over for now. our next chae for rain rolls in on friday. temperatures, a big, big range of temperatures thismorning. nearly a 20 degree spread. 39 now in massas and warring ton. 58 in arlington county. 48 for gaithersburg. 53 in the panhandle of west virginia. mid 40s in fredericksburg. so your planner then for your hump day today, sun's up at 6: