pretty excited. 99% of the vote, as you can see, is now in. 47% for charlie rangel. 44% for adriano espaillatcharlie rangel. but as you correctly point out, alexandria, two years ago espaillat lost by only about a thousand votes. every vote counts in these elections. it's very, very clear. it was very close in mississippi. very close in new york. we have not yet projected a winner there. but presumably, we're getting closer and closer and 99% of the vote is in. we'll see what happens when the remaining votes are actually counted. alexandria, stand by. we have gloria borger. we have dana bash. we'll take a quick break. much more of our election night in america coverage, right after this. okay, listen up! i'm re-workin' the menu. mayo? corn dogs? you are so outta here! aah! [ female announcer ] the complete balanced nutrition of great-tasting ensure. 24 vitamins and minerals, antioxidants, and 9 grams of protein. [ bottle ] ensure®. nutrition in charge™. ♪ yeah, girl ♪ you know, i've been thinking about us ♪ ♪ and, uh, i just can't fight it anymore ♪ ♪ it's bundle time ♪ bundle ♪ mm, feel thos

and 84-year-old democratic icon charlie rangel has defeated state senator adriano espaillat. >>> here's a twist on current events. the irs in trouble for providing too much information. grapevine is next. fighting constipation by eating healthier, drinking plenty of water, but still not getting relief? try dulcolax laxative tablets. dulcolax is comfort-coated for gentle, over-night relief. dulcolax. predictable over-night relief you can count on.

adriano espaillat with 44%. alexandra field is in harlem watching this. 40% of the vote now in., 571 votes. doesn't look like there was a huge turnout in new york for this race. but, you know, a win is a win is a win. if charlie rangel can eek it out. it's by no means guaranteed. half of the vote is now in, alexandria. . >> >> wolf, no one was expecting a strong turnout for this race. that's why it's been so difficult to peg who the likely winner of this race would be. this is a primary race, obviously. it's the only race on the ballot in this district today. but turnout is low. it's certainly tougher for the pollsters to predict who could come out ahead. that said, the mideast recent poll it came out that actually put rangel 13 points ahead of ep espaillat. we are seeing a very tight race unfold here. if we see a change, if rangel is not elected, it would be a major change for this district. he was first elected to this seat in 1970. he has served 22 terms in congress. he has said that this campaign would be his last campaign. but he has also said he very muches wants the next

back in 2012, rangel barely defeated adriano espaillat, a state senator, by just by about 1000 votes. it was a very bitterly fought campaign. there were a lot of charges of voter suppression in the latino community and many staff as an accounting of the votes. so not two years later, adriano ,spaillat challenged him again attempted from the left with the democratic party come accusing charles rangel of being in the grip of a lot of the banking interests in the city. and then again it was a close vote once again with just 1800 votes separating the two men with a lot bigger voter for dissipation this time around -- participation this time around. rangel prevailed once again. the lion of harlem, even though his district is now largely a latino district, majority latino population, and he got most of his support -- the popular support from the black community while adriano espaillat clearly gothic support in the latino community and won a majority of the white vote, but rangel was able to pull away a significant share of the puerto rican vote and was thus able to barely eke out a victory

district has a large dominican population, which rangel felt was very important to his challenger, adriano espaillatmorning and found out there were more doe minute kansas in the bronx and his ambitions allowed him to believe he should be first dominican. just what the heck has he done besides saying he's dominican? [laughter] >> jon: like most old men, charlie rangel is racist. and i'm assuming likes soup. rangel won. he beat espaillat. but, of course, he apparently didn't know that last night when he wandered out onto the stage in front of his supporters to find out what was going on ... for about an hour. >> what percentage of the vote have you had reported that's in? what precinct location are they? i'm at what? >> 48. >> 48. so that means 20%... >> 49%/42%. and i'm up. we're up. >> 49% to 42%. >> 49% to 42%. >> i'm up. what should i do? >> jon: i don't know what you should do. well, i think now we all know what it's like... [cheering and applause] we all know now what it's like to go to the movies with charlie rangel. "what? why? wait. who is this? who is this sith lord and who is the... why is

with 99% of the votes counted, rangel leads with 47%, compared to state senator adriano espaillat with almost 44%. in oklahoma, james lankford won the gop nomination to succeed tom coburn. he avoided a runoff by defeating six opponentrs including a tea party candidate with over 50% of the vote. >>> former president bill clinton came to his wife's defense after critics said former secretary of state hillary clinton is out of touch. it all began when hillary clinton said she and bill came out of the white house dead broke. today business insider ranks bill and hillary clinton as the wealthiest of the living first couples at over $30 million. in an entire with "meet the press" moderator david gregory, mr. clinton said it is true they were several million dollars in debt at that time. >> do you understand as a political matter that that could strike people as being out of touch. >> yeah, but she's not out of touch, and she advocated and worked as a senator for things that were good for ordinary people and before that all her life, i remember, she was working on trying to -- believing in pa

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you see the gentleman on the left, adriano espaillat. whether rangel can hang on this time.americans think of harlem as the center of african-american culture and business in the case. it is now plurality latino and white voters have moved into that district. we'll see if charlie rangel can hang on one more time. >> that will be a fascinating one. and the fact that you have two african-american republicans in the senate to one democrat, i think that's something that would shock a lot of people and not something that democrats usually talk about. thanks very much to john king. dana bash is in jackson, mississippi, with much more on that contentious race john king was just talking about. >> reporter: it may be a republican runoff between gop incumbent senator thad cochran and tea party challenger chris mcdaniel, but to these democrats allowed by law to vote, party doesn't matter. >> i voted for thad cochran. >> reporter: have you ever voted in an primary before? >> i have not. >> reporter: why do you like thad cochran so much? >> he's tested. i just like what he's done for thi

his opponent, state senator adriano espaillat, is not ready to concede. >> we think it is prudent toait for the final results before we make any announcement but i want to thank all of you for the efforts that you put into this race. this is an historic race, and one that we should all be proud of. >> all right, here are some of the other results beginning with oklahoma's republican primary for a vacant senate seed. james lang ford easily coasted to victory. opponent t.w. shannon was backed by sarah palin and ted cruz. in colorado bob beauprez beat back a challenge from anti-immigration activists. in maryland, lieutenant governor anthony brown easily defeated two challenges in a governor's race that was often ugly and bitter. john avalon is a cnn political analyst and editor-in-chief of "the daily beast" and larry sabateau, welcome back, gentlemen. >> good morning, carol. >> good morning. let's start in mississippi. according to "the washington post," runoff turnout in the 24 counties with a black population of 50% or more was up almost 40% from the primary, and all other counties tu

rangel's opponent, though, the state senator adriano espaillat, is not ready to succeed, at least not yet. in oklahoma, endorsements from palin and cruz were not enough to help former speaker of the house shannon. and help from outside conservative groups actually may have backfired. representative james lankford easily defeated shannon in the republican senate primary. we may not have heard the last word from the bitter runoff in mississippi. the tea party candidate mcdaniel is hinting at a possible court challenge. after his loss to senator thad cochran, mcdaniels said he wanted to make sure, quote, the sanctionty of the vote was upheld, and he blasted cochran for courting democrats. our chief congressional correspondent dana bash has more on the race. >> reporter: wolf, voter turnout is usually way down in runoffs, but not here. this has been such a high-profile, nasty and bizarre republican fight, people were fired up. 60,000 more voters turned out in the runoff than in primary day three weeks ago. that's in part because cochran supporters aggressively tried to get out democrats t

the polls close jud just a mome ago, his challenger is adriaadriano adriano espaillat. the polls are closing in the west as well many in colorado, tom tancredo the incumbent is favored in that race. joining me is brett baer. is he really 84? that's not really the headline. but thad cochran, if you were the same age as thad, we were one-year-old babies in our cribs when thad cochrans went to washington, and now we're old 43-year-olds who may be sitting on the anchor desk when he goes out. >> that's a good sign looking at the turnout numbers. he has been trying over the last few weeks, to put together a coalition. some of them may be democrats, some of them may be moderate republicans. some may be independent. anybody can vote in mississippi's special election runoff primary here, except the 86,000 democrats who voted in the june 3rd democratic primary. and basically cochran is trying to tap into all of those folks to say, hey, listen, i can take care of bringing federal spending back to mississippi. and it is so interesting to see this battle, because on the other side,

with state senator adriano espaillat. probably the last african-american that will represent this district. question is, is that this year or next term? ranghe felt l got into trouble, after charging espaillat's only credential was his ethnicity. rangel called it a subjective question. then he said this. >> most of the states that they represent were confederate states that fought the union? were they slave-holding states? and when they come to washington you see more confederate flags than american flags. >> well, okay then. we'll get to the rangel fight in a minute. first i'm joined now by joe nasaf. good morning to you, sir. >> thanks for having me. >> let me ask you a few questions. you think this party can unite if mcdaniel is the nominee? >> i do. i think we'll be able to unite, regardless of who the nominee is. we've got to. mississippi is a conservative state. the last thing we want to do is to have a senator that doesn't reflect the values and the positions of mississippi voters and so i'm confident that right no

in new york, charlie wrangle is leading challenger adrian adriano espaillat.he empire strikes back? >> this really becomes sort of of case of how out of state super packs, many aligned with the tea party came to a state, made a big stink and it backfired on who it was intended to benefit. over the course of the last month, polls changes, shannon had a lead at one point now, it's gone. oklahoma has said they didn't want to be told what to do it's not just here, it's in mississippi. it's a big win for republicans and casts a lot of negative press on the super packs for these set backs >> karl, we'll watch. thanks for watching this election news update. stay with fox news channel for the latest election results. back to the o'reilly factor. thanks forever staying with us. bill o'reilly in the is it legal segment tonight. three hot topics beginning with the memo me explaining why presidents have the authority to kill u.s. citizens. this off the drone attack that killed anwr al in yemen. he had ties to al qaeda and some americans believe the president, mr. obama mu

on the ropes tomorrow is in new york, where charlie rangel faces a former supporter, now foe, adriano espaillatict is much more divorce, much less african-american than it was. it's more hispanic, actually. rangel got in a little trouble that his only credential was his ethnicity. espaillat's show cases a calculated get out to vote effort, much more sophisticated than what we've seen from rangel. also tomorrow, a race for senate isn't oklahoma. given james lankford and t.w. shannon is the statehouse speaker, can it really be billed that way? there's a crowded field vying to take on the democratic governor in colorado, john hakickenloope. joining me now, sam hall, assistant managing editor and dan balz. sam, let me start with you. this issue of the cochran campaign reaching out to african-american voters, do you see any evidence that it's going to work? >> we've seen a lot more activity in the jackson area, predominantly black precincts, and they have a huge push in the delta. whether or not it's going to work is the million dollar question. it's hard to get turnout in midterm elections. it's ha

district in favor of veteran democratic member of congress charlie rangel, but stayed senator adriano espaillat to concede. he trails by 1800 votes. there won't be an official final vote from the board of elections for at least a week. >>> down in mississippi, our tea party challenger there, chris mcdaniel, is still refusing to concede to republican senator thad cochran after what was an extremely divisive primary fight. mcdaniel hinted he may go to court to challenge what he says are alleged voting irregularities. several establishment republicans are saying that won't happen. >>> south carolina senator lindsey graham survived a primary rather easily, but could he have a more conservative opponent in the fall? charleston businessman, one-time office holder and one-time famous name to a political family, now a reality tv star, thomas ravenel, confirmed wednesday he is out collecting the 10,000 signatures he would need to get on the november ballot. he says if he gets them, he plans to run as an independent. ravenel's first career ended when he was caught in a federal cocaine bust. this year he

more concerned about them and the press than i was about anything else. >> rangel's opponent adriano espaillato close to call. >> colorado may boast the best names in congress, congressman bob beap re-z within over immigration hard liner tom tancredo and he gets to face john hicken lo eenlooper and t. shannon was defeated by james lankford. >> and lieutenant governor anthony brown won the state's democratic gubernatorial primary and in florida republican businessman curt clawson won the special election to replace former republican congressman tray raidle who had to resign after his arrest earlier this year. >>> more now on the big primary in mississippi. let's get to chief congressional correspondent dana bash in jackson, mississippi. dana in, mississippi, that race probably the premium race, the highlight race that everyone was look at. what does it mean going forward? chris mcdaniel, he's suggesting that this fight isn't over yet for him. is he going to succeed -- is he going to concede? what's the next step? >> reporter: we don't know. he hasn't yet, and when i talked right before going to

he leads adriano espaillat, 47 to 44%.gel says if he wins a 23rd term, it will be his last. >>> this morning the irs is accused of not following the law. that claim comes from the nation's top government awe kooif -- archivist. nancy cordes is on capitol hill where republicans are investigating the failure of a computer used by irs executive lois lerner. nancy, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the head of the federal archives told california's darrell issa that the irs should have notified his office three years ago when lois lerner's hard drive crashed because some of the e-mails that were lost may have constituted official records, but he and a former irs lawyer also testified about just how antiquated the irs' computer system was. >> yes or no, please. you're a hostile witness. yes or no. >> reporter: jennifer o'connor was brought into the irs for six months last year to help oversee the collection of documents for congressional investigators. she says the team only discovered after she left that a swath of lern

predictions say charlie rangel has won that race against adriano espaillat who would have been the firstpresentative if he had won that general election but looks like charlie rangel is going to win a 47-44. thad cochran winning by a slim margin by 6500 votes or so. >> caller: hello. i think there is a pattern in this election cycle with all of these tea partiers running against the incumbent republicans and i think they appear to have not such a good margin like lindsey graham and mitch mcconnell and such as that cochran. i think they don't really do that well on the national platform if they campaign that well. >> valparaiso indiana next up on our democrat line. >> caller: my question is what do you think that cochran -- would you think that cochran will pass away. you think you will live that long? >> he has served six terms in the senate and is on his way to winning the seventh in the runoff against chris

adriano esp achlai. there are 2,000 absentee ballots still outstanding, all of which need to be returned by next week. espaillat has not conceded and the associated press has yet to call this race but last night rangel was happy to declare himself the winner. >> we have reviewed the results as they continue to come in and we feel this race is too close to call. >> the chairman has won! the chairman has won! >> i want each one of you to go home and know that this was your victory. this is your congressman. and you can rest assured all i will be doing is thinking about you and bringing these resources home. thank you. [ speaking spanish ] >> there you go, charlie rangel talking to the more diverse district that he now represents. now he gets to go out on his terms. >>> from coast to coast, last night was a bad night for conservative insurgents and a pretty good night for incumbents and establishment republicans. bad night for democrats. republicans got the candidate they want in colorado -- in the colorado governor's race, former congressman bob beauprez. he got 30% of the vote. he'll take on john hickenlooper in