before we let you go, you mentioned angela alsobrooks, the democrat candidate for senate in maryland, running against former governor larry hogan who is running against the republican candidate, and larry hogan is counting on split voters. cast it for kamala harris and then for me. >> it's a thing. >> i want to know what the governor of maryland, mr. chairman, thinks about that. >> and if democrats in maryland, you think, are willing to give control of the united states senate to the republicans? that's what is going to happen. >> i don't. i do think that it's rich that larry hogan is asking people to have political courage that he doesn't have. it's fascinating to me. he is asking people to be split ticket voters, but asking who he will vote for, he repeatedly says people who deceased. he says he will not vote for kamala harris. i find it fascinating. i think the people of the state are over it now. you can't say that you will defend reproductive rights when you don't have a history of it. you can't say you will go against donald trump when you're running for senate. i think angela a

your state senator elect angela alsobrooks, and lisa blunt rochester in delaware.e representative of millions of black women in america who remain steadfast in their support of the democratic party. how should they use their power? >> well, look, first of all i think that black women are getting a little bit tired of trying to save democracy in the absence of other people joining. but i think it's really important for senator elect also brooks and blunt rochester to work together to elevate issues within the party that not only represent the interests of people in this state, but folks around the country. i think their voices are going to be really important in the future of the democratic party. i think it's really tough to operate, even in the senate, in the minority. so they will have to find their voices in the minority, challenging some of the institutional politics that are going to come out of the trump presidency. >> david, your home state of florida is very much the center of republican politics right now. trump has tapped susan wiles, a veteran of florida

delaware's lisa rochester, maryland's angela alsobrooks and elissa slotkin. will no doubt feel the weight of that job and the unfortunate added weight of trying to do that job as a woman in a place that has always been a men's club. claire mccaskill has been there. senator mccaskill served in the senate with senator harris. like kamala harris, she was a prosecutor before working her way up to the united states senate. and like most women in the senate, she never talks about how hard a climb that was. but today, claire mccaskill cracked. for just a minute, about how hard it really is. >> that purpose will determine -- are you okay in. >> i'm okay. i'm so proud -- i'm so proud of her. i don't think people realize how hard it is to get to where she was. as a woman getting elected d.a. is not easy, guys. people don't trust women to be in charge of making decisions about life and death and crime and being frankly, a supervisor in some ways over police. her fighting through the primary california politics to become attorney general, really hard. this is really hard

angela alsobrooks of maryland, lisa brunt rochester of delaware. and, still, so many black women voted to protect the democracy of a country --late make it plain here -- that for centuries denied their grandmothers and their great grandmothers full participation in it. so, yeah, i sat with this painting this week. "grandma's glory" now hangs in my home. and as i listened to the black women who voted for vice president harris and say they voted for democracy and are frustrated and hurt, i understand it a little bit more. black women, needle and thread, mending the flag. >> we did our job, so we really, really, really, really have to stop going above and beyond for these other women that are just going to disappoint us. >> i'm tired of coming to other people's defense and protesting for other people and standing up for other people and giving a helping hand to other people, and then when it comes time where i need that helping hand, you don't stretch your hand far enough out for me. >> black folks, black women especially, your job is to rest. kick up

chuck schumer met with the new senate democrats, andy kim on the left and ruben gallego and angela alsobrooks adam schiff and lisa blunt rochester and elissa slotkin from michigan. the senator elect andy kim joins me now and he's a democrat from new jersey representing the third district. senator elect, congratulations. >> thank you and thank you for having me. >> i think when you won the primary, there was a sense, it's new jersey, a blue state and he will be in the senate. kamala harris only won new jersey by five points. the state swung pretty far to the right this time. you represented a state that was elected donald trump before. you have been someone who's task is representing voters of different politics than you are vote for different people. how do you think about there? >> yeah, you are right. i represent a district that trump won twice. in 2020, was only one of seven democrats in the country to win a district that trump won. it's important. the way i say it is if you're only having comfortable conversations, it means you're not talking to the people you need to be talking to. havin

angela alsobrooks from maryland. you see her there on the left part of your screen.unt rochester from delaware. they will bring the number of black women to have ever served in the united states senate to five. in addition, democratic congressman andy kim of new jersey won his senate race, making him the fist korean american elected to the upper chamber. in the house, democrat sarah mcbride won delaware's only congressional seat, and by doing so she became the first out transgender member of congress. my next guest, oregon state representative janelle bynum, could also make history if elected. she would become the first african american to represent the state of oregon in the u.s. house of representatives. now, several news outlets have already called the race for bynum, including the oregonian, the hill, and emily's list, but nbc news has not. joining me now is state representative janelle bynum, who is getting ready to attend her son ellis' college football game. he's a running back for the mighty and undefeated oregon ducks. representative bynum, great to see you

angela alsobrooks and lisa blunt rochester are going to be the first two black women to serve in the.s. senate at the same time. ever. andy kim, i guess he's still a congressman, he's going to be the first korean american ever elected to the u.s. senate. bernie moreno, the first south american born senator and sarah mcbride, the first transgender to serve. joining us now, sarah m cbride. are you a former state senator? have you resigned that already? i want to be technical. congratulations on your win. >> still technically a state senator until probably january 3rd. >> i'm going to call you congresswoman elect because you've earned it. you won your race with almost 60% of the vote and i have to ask, you're running your campaign at a time, and as a philadelphian. i know the media market you're in. you were swamped with, your tv stations were swamped with television ads. more than $60 million of ads going after kamala harris on the issue of transgender americans, including in sports, tax funded, taxpayer funded prisoner surgeries and all that. and that must have been a really weird pos

angela alsobrooks from maryland, she is on the left.hey will ring the number of black women to ever serve in the senate to five. congressman kim won his race making him the first korean american elected to the upper chamber. in the house democrat sarah mcbride won delaware's only congressional seat. and by doing so she became the first out transgender member of congress. my next guest oregon state representative janelle bynum could also make history if elected. she would become the first african american to represent the state of oregon in the u.s. house of representatives. now several news outlets have already called the race for bynum , but nbc news has not. joining me now is a state representative janelle bynum who is getting ready to attend her son ellis' college football game, running back for the mighty and undefeated oregon ducks. representative bynum , great to see you again [ laughter ] i know that this was for your son, but was this also for you? first, a bunch of other outlets have said, they have already called the race. nbc

yes, vice president harris was unsuccessful in her bid for the presidency, however, angela alsobrooksa rochester now the jr. senator from delaware, two black women in the united states senate. thanks to the naacp, should mari figures who will be joining our show sometime this weekend is now a congressman going to the united states house of representatives. two new black members of congress and united states from louisiana are going to the house of representatives, thanks to the work of people organizing and demanding their voices be heard and i just think a lot of things are happening. so, there you go. >> she dug deep. she dug deep on that one, michael. >> she did. this one came from under the table. right on top. i appreciate all that, but it is still belies some fundamentals. the fundamentals of this campaign were right for kamala harris. people discount now what she did in 107 plus days. i think the second-guessing is not helping because it clouds the conversation. you've got to look at those elements that did not align themselves around the 10 million people who did not show up.

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angela alsobrooks was the first black senator to represent maryland. first woman and black senator from delaware. that meaning in the year of our lord 20 and 25, for the first time in the senate's 236-year history, two black women will serve at the same time. there will also be some democratic history makers joining the u.s. house of representatives. texas elected julie johnson to become the first openly lbgtq percent to congress from both texas and the entire south. and sarah mcbride will represent delaware as the first openly transgender member of congress. they will be joined in the house by another historic figure who stood up to trump. eugene won his race in virginia. as a national security council aide, he raised concerns about donald trump's 2019 call to ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy. vinman's twin brother, alex testified in trump's first impeachment and their immigrant story born in ukraine. they came as an immigrant. it serves to donald trump of people that he denounces, immigrants, people that uphold democracy, not their chosen lead

. >> reporter: democrat angela alsobrooks of maryland winning a seat.women serve in the senate at the same time. andy kim now set to become the first korean american to serve in the senate. republican bernie moreno first latino and south american born senator from ohio. >> the people who come to this country are invited here. >> reporter: in the house, a shoe of firsts, republican julie fedorchak representing north dakota. sarah mcbride first openly transgender member of congress. and emily randall, the first lgbtq la tina served in congress. democratic representative rashida tlaib and ilhan omar winning re-election. according to the congressional research service, the last class of lawmakers make up the most diverse congress. yet it's still falls short of the overall ethnic diversity of the u.s. population. president-elect donald trump. >> this forever be remembered as the day the american people regained control of their country. >> reporter: now the oldest person elected person in u.s. history. former president also the first to be elected while conv

we are going to do our job in maryland with the election of angela alsobrooks. i know we have competitive races. we also have republicans that are up for election and we hope to make progress on it. take no mistake about it, control of the senate is the ability to control the agenda of the united states senate and we saw under republican control, what they did in regards to president obama's judicial selections including merrick garland not getting a vote in the united states senate for the supreme court. so we know it is at stake and i think the people of this country knows what's at stake and if you believe in the democratic agenda, if you want president harris to be able to get her agenda through, we also need to keep control of the united states senate. >> i'm sure you are following this closely but which of your colleagues that is locked in tight races, do you think will end up surprising us most on election night? does a name stick out for you? >> i think we have challengers. what's happening in texas, what's happening in florida, what's happening in other

so the maryland senate race, we have for you next, democrat angela alsobrooks defeating larry hogan andever really was able to move past her. he was obviously a difficult race for the former governor trying to become a senator. bret: that sticks with the u.s. senate and still on track. there's a one pickup for republicans and again looking to ohio and west virginia. maybe a couple other races and still waiting on michigan and pennsylvania about where # that goes. martha: and montana, that's not closed yet. obviously a very helpful pick up for -- hopeful pickup with republican tim sheehy. bret: kaylee, what are you think something >> the map and supporter bushes and it seeps to be breaking more like 2016 than 2020. but we'll see. when you look at supporter bushes, the kamala harris team is making much of the fact that the supporter bushes of indianapolis and donald trump underperforming and they point to fayette county in georgia and get fox news vo voter analysis d not hitting the marks that joe biden did and hillsborough county, florida and that's tampa and almost urban and hillary won

the democrat angela alsobrooks will defeat larry hogan. he never really was able to move past her.s obviously a difficult race for the former governor as he tried to become a senator. >> bret: that sticks as far as the u.s. senate goes. we are still on track. there is a one pickup for republicans and again they are looking to ohio and west virginia. maybe a couple of other races. still waiting on michigan and obviously pennsylvania about where that goes. >> martha: montana isn't closed yet. obviously a very hopeful pickup for republicans with tim sheehy. >> bret: what are you looking at? what do you feel? >> kayleigh: the map is early but seems to be breaking more like 2016 than 2020. we will see. when you look at the suburbs, the kamala harris team was making much of the fact that early on we saw the suburbs of indianapolis. donald trump under performing. they have point to fayette county in georgia. then we get our fox news voter analysis. you see in pennsylvania that kamala is not hitting the suburban marks that joe biden did. you look at hillsborough county, florida. tampa, alm

in maryland it's too early the call the race between democratic county executive between angela alsobrooksnd former governor larry 40 michigan -- hogan. as we wait for the raw vote total. martha: and a too early to call, missouri's senate race between josh hawley and lucas coontz, republican senator march marsha blackburn will win once again in the state of tennessee the, another reliably conservative state. bret: longtime gop senator roger wicker in mississippi will take home another victory. the fox news decision desk can project democratic senator elizabeth warren will win her third term. martha: connecticut's democratic senator chris murphy will also win a third term. not enough data to project the maine senate race quite yet. bret: and andy kim in new jersey, this is the bob menendez seat. lisa blunt, proare chester, will win her first senate race. martha: in rhode island, sheldon whitehouse will return for a fourth 'em de, and let's take a look at the balance of power and how it shapes up, 818 d -- 8:18 on the east coast, 43 republicans securing their seat. senator jim justice in wes

maryland elected angela alsobrooks while delaware elected lisa blunt rochester.ats. >>> international leaders are weighing in on donald trump's historic election victory. french president emmanuel macron post on x that france is, quote, ready to work together while nato's secretary-general wrote that trump's leadership will, quote, again be key to keeping our alliance strong. >>> victories in four pivotal swing states helped propel donald trump to president-elect. a projected victory in wisconsin gave him the final 10 electoral votes that he needed to push ahead of vice president kamala harris. >> even before that he carried north carolina, georgia and pennsylvania. so how much of an impact did these key states have on this election and where did the harris campaign lose traction? nbc news senior business correspondent christine romans is here to break down how it all happened. so christine, democrats wanted to win those blue wall states, michigan, wisconsin, pennsylvania, but did they underestimate how much the economy would matter to voters in these swing state

that's after maryland elected angela alsobrooks while delaware elected representative lisa blunt rochesterble the number of black women ever elected to the senate from two to four. >>> and andy kim is now the first korean american elected to senate after winning the seat vacated by disgraced new jersey senator bob menendez. >>> as predicted, the presidential race boils down to several crucial swing states with former president donald trump turning some of them red to secure the presidency. >> trump flipped georgia, pennsylvania and wisconsin, all in his favor. minutes ago nbc news projected he will also win michigan. biden had turned it blue in 2020 after trump won them in 2016. now, by losing those states this election vice president kamala harris missed an important path to victory. luckily, we have nbc news senior business correspondent christine romans here to break down the fight over those battlegrounds. it's interesting, christine, what we saw because while trump had already gained enough electoral votes to become the projected winner, of course, we are still waiting on results from

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angela alsobrooks is likely to win by double digits.is hard for a well-liked republican like larry hogan to be competitive for federal office. mike kelly jessica taylor has a good overview of the race -- my colleague jessica taylor has a good overview of the race. with regard to the polls we are seeing on hispanic voters, the short answer is no. we don't have enough national polling to capture reaction to the msg rally among a small subset of voters, puerto rican voters. they make up a substantial share of the vote in pennsylvania. yet when we look at our most recent national crosstab average that estimates the support levels among particular groups, kamala harris was leading hispanic voters 54-41 in our most recent crosstab average. that is down 11 points from the 24 point margin exit polls said joe biden won hispanic and latino voters by in 2020. look, it's a comedian at the trump rally made -- the comments the comedian made are a godsend for harris. they can motivate a group where she's been struggling to match past democratic perfor

larry hogan was defeated by angela alsobrooks. near what we saw in 2020. four and five points below. that's the same in prince george's county in maryland. you push up into new jersey, which we just called. this was another thing. i've been tracking this throughout states we normally don't spend a lot of time looking at. where democrats traditionally run up big numbers. traditionally a majority african american population. joe biden won this. kamala harris is underperforming. this is an issue in urban population centers. democrats usually blow out the vote on throughout the country right now. >> we're going to continue that fascinating conversation you're having. this had me looking at pennsylvania early in the night. it was clear those counties, we've talked about them ad nauseam for months. bucks, chester, montgomery, delaware. those were places harris needed to run up the score if she was going to have a shot here. trump making gains elsewhere in more urban areas. african american black voters. she really needed to get things g

we should also note there is one other black woman running for the senate, that is angela alsobrooks prince county in maryland. even though the state has been called for the vice president, still waiting to see whether more history is made tonight. geoff: it was president biden who encouraged lisa blunt rochester to run for the seat, because he knew she would win in large part and make history. can we return to something katie meier set about the degree to which abortion is an animating issue in pennsylvania? i race it because talking to a harris campaign aide over the weekend, they said there are three things driving this race. donald, democracy, and dobbs. how do you see it? faiz: i agree with that and hopefully we will learn what a motivating factor it continues to be when you look at democratic victories over the last couple of years. almost all of them can be tied directly to the dobbs decision, and the intensity of turnout and the persuasion affected is having. you have conservative leaning women, conservative leaning men saying, i might be conservative but this issue is too im

democrat angela alsobrooks against republican former governor larry hogan. race in maryland, too early to call right now as of nbc news' latest projection. the senate at this hour, republicans hold 42 seats. there is one flip thus far. and not a surprising flip, but it is a flip in republicans' favor in the seat that is held in west virginia, previously held by joe manchin, now held by republican jim justice. democrats held 31 seats in the senate at this hour. steve, in georgia, we have a third of the vote in. >> a third of the vote, you see donald trump up by about 200,000 here. i say there's a few layers. the first i can tell you is one thing we were looking for here, and are looking for in georgia, i was describing it earlier, there's a lot of very small rural counties that are going to be deep, deep red. and one of the questions coming into tonight, would there be any slippage for donald trump in those counties. those core republican trump counties. remember, he's trying to make up a deficit he lost by about 12,000 votes last time. we've got about ten no

there democrat angela alsobrooks will defeat larry hogan. she becomes the first african-american person ever elected to the senate from the state of maryland. another projection to bring you. this one prosecute state of delaware. congresswoman lisa blunt rochester defeats eric hanson, a former walmart executive. a democrat here becoming the first woman and the first african-american person ever elected to the senate from delaware. a projection to bring you in the northeast, this time, incumbent democratic senator kirsten gillibrand, a former presidential candidate. she'll win her third term in office. let's get you some updates on the republican side, beginning with the lone star state of texas. going into the night, democrats had optimism about potentially flipping this seat from red to blue instead. republican incumbent ted cruz wins re-election, cruising to his third term against colin allred, a congressman from the dallas area, a former tennessee titans linebacker. cruz winning by a substantial margin in the lone star state. an update no

first, i'm thrilled to welcome sen senator-elect angela alsobrooks, who becomes the first african american senator ever from the state of maryland. she's the kind of leader people of maryland deserve, born in maryland, educated in maryland, and has spent her entire career serving the people of her state. our new member from delaware, senator-elect lisa blunt rochester will also become the first woman and first person of color ever to represent the first state in this chamber. she's had a fabulous career in the house, and is going to do really fine things for her state and for her country here in the senate. senator-elect ruben gallego of arizona will become arizona's first ever latino senator in a state where nearly one third of the population is hispanic. he joined the marines and served in iraq. like the other members of the house who are coming here, all five have done great jobs in the house and certainly deserved elevation. he was a fabulous member of the house and become a leader on so many different orbits. senator-elect andy kim of new jersey will be the first korean american to se