he beat jack trammell. brat won twice.e will finish the remainder of captainer's term and begin a new two-year term in january. in the 8th district now. don beyer defeated micah edmond. moran held the 8th district seat since 1990. >>> hundreds of students could be barred from class in prince george's county because they didn't get their vaccinations. news 4 angie goff joins us from green belt with more. angie. >>> good morning, eun. the situation for up to 400 students here at prince george's county, including many who attend green belt middle school. they failed to do this. they failed to turn in in. a vaccination fom. it shows they got their shots for the mumps, measles, whooping cough. parents, take notice. your child is within this group. know that from today on. your child will get five excused absences. after that truancy proceedings could ultimately end with court action against you. in a statement cool districts have said they have made extraordinary efforts to reach every student. but now parents need to be the on

they are republican party candidate dave bratt and democrat jack trammell. both are procedures. >>> crossing the border into the district who will be the mayor? the race is much closer than years past. >> reporter: hello, i'm bruce johnson. key to the d.c. mayoral race is now the turnout. bowser is the overwhelming favorite in a town where eight of ten registered voters are democrat. she's got close to a half million dollars in the bank to move campaign workers around where they need to be. david ketanya is counting on independent voters and needs a third of the democrats to look his way. he is trying to become the first openly gay and the first white mayor in d.c. home rule history. as for carol schwartz she has practically no money left, no strategy, and according to most observers almost no chance of winning. >>> now, in addition to the mayor's race voters in the district will be deciding whether or not to legalize possession of small amounts of pot. if approved, d.c. would follow in the footsteps of washington state and colorado, and the city council vot

he goes off against democrat jack trammel. the seventh district runs from the west end to parts of fredricksburg. in west virginia, the winner of the u.s. senate race will make history. either candidate will become the first woman elected to represent west virginia in the u.s. senate. both are trying to fill the seat from senator jay rockefeller who is retire this year. poll in west virginia close at 7:30 tonight. aaron gilchrist breaks down which ones could change the balance in congress. >> there are 36 seats in 33 states up for grabs. seven in states where democrats are retiring and president obama lost in 2012. wf is the one closest to us. shelly is the favorite to win there and become that state's first republican senator many more than 50 years. in order for democrats to win, they'll have to hold off republicans in new hampshire, north carolina and a majority of the other eight battleground states you see in purple. if it's close, they have a built-in advantage, too. the two independents in congress, currently caucus wit

next, a debate in virginia seventh congressional district race between jack trammell and david brett.

brat is running against democrat jack trammell. both are professors at randolph macon college. district runs from the west end of richmond, north, including culpeper. >>> our decision 2014 coverage is just getting started here on nbc 4 and nbcwashington.com. we'll be cutting in throughout the evening as the results come in, and don't miss a special one-hour edition of news4 at 11:00. >>> saw some clouds today. what's the night hold, veronica? >> it's going to be dry, but we're talking about that transition already as we go from jackets this week to umbrellas toward the end of the week, and, yes, back to coats again. the roller coaster ride conditions. so a cloudy sunset for us as we look forward again, rain toward the end of the week, and another cool to cold weekend for us. first thing tomorrow morning, what to wear as the kids go back to school. a lot of them that had a couple days off here, just a light jacket in order for tomorrow. but again, talking about plenty of cloud cover still across the area. here's a look at high temperatures across the area for your wednesday goin

next, a debate in virginia seventh congressional district race between jack trammell and david brett. the rothenberg political report's rollcall report indicates republican. the debate took place at randall college. [applause] you, mayor. it is now my pleasure to introduce our candidates. is both an economics professor and a chair of our economics business department. wife have two children. tran -- drama -- tra mmell serves as an associate professional -- professor of sociology. he has been an indispensable resource at the college. reside nearife virginia. six of their children are in college. --m also delighted [laughter] delighted to be sharing the stage with heather sullivan, in bestie twelves news anchor extraordinaire. 12, ourl thanks to nbc media sponsor, for its generosity and support. i will now ask heather to review the format, ground rules, and a corm. >> thank you. thank you to our audience members. thank you to our candidates for being here. you have been given the rules and the format for the debate. i will give up quickly cap. both candidates will each be given two minu

dave bratt and jack trammel. >> and now to the district where election officials say turnout has been moderate and improvement over the april primary. the mayoral matchup puts david catania and carol schwartz. bruce johnson has been visiting a number of polling precincts. the only poll that matters is the one today. >> we have been canvassing the city. right now we're in northeast washington off of south dakota avenue. this is the udc community college campus. its precinct, 66. and as of 3:00 p.m. this afternoon, some 873 votes have been cost here. they say as many as 1800, 1900, as much as 2,000 votes could be cast here before the polls close at 8:00 tonight. of course they are voting for mayor, two seats up on the d.c. council. they are voting for the first time for an attorney general and also legalizing marijuana. that's getting a lot of people out to the polls today. >> i want somebody that knows d.c. and also has a great plan for his future. >> he went to all the schools and talked to us and explained how he would fight for us. >> i voted for murrell bowser. >> i voted for mayor

they are dave brat and democrat jack trammell. boat are professors at randolph- macon. >> if they will legalize the possession of small amounts of marijuana? >> now if it's approved d.c. would follow in the footsteps of washington state can colorado. the city -- and colorado. the city council voted to decriminalize marijuana this year. that means people who are caught with small apartments of pot -- amounts of pot face a fine instead of a 8:00 charge. >> this other key decision has to do with who will run the city for the next few years. >> bruce john man has a look -- johnson has a look. >> reporter: hello, key to the d.c. mayoral race is now the turnout. muriel bowser is still the favorite and a democratic new mexico knee in a town -- nominee from a town where eight out of ten registered voters are democrats. she gets 65% of the democratic vote and probably wins. the guy close a half million dollars in the -- to a half million dollars in the bank where they ned to be. and independent david catania has less money and his get out

him, dave brad in the primary in that stunning upset, he has won this election against democrat jack trammel. so that seat. >> turning to new hampshire, congressional district 2 here, maryland garcia is a rice can g.o.p. star. she was not able to turn it out against representative ann custer who keeps that seat for the democrats. in illinois, 12, mike abas. you might remember him from a 20012 viral video he is especially known for his temper. he as ousted the democrat in that seat, bill enyart, mike bost. in new york, you heard david shuster mention this one. representative mike grim from stat event island, a district that tends to lean republican. he is facing a 20 count indictment on fraud. yet he wins tonight against his democratic dominic recchia. a couple of raises open, ron barber country leading martha mcselly. this is gabby giffords' former seat. ron barber was critically wounded alongside gabby giffords. he had a close case against mcsally. >> race is a 4 point spread at this point. in uta, mia love, another rising g.o.p. star right now, she would become the first african-american r

trammell has been an indispensable resource here at the college. jack and his wife, audrey, reside near mineral, virginia and six of their seven children are in college. [laughter] i am also delighted to be stage this evening with heather sullivan, nbc 12s news anchor extraordinaire. and a very special thanks to 12, our media sponsor, for their generosity and support. i will now ask heather to review the format, ground rules, and the court for tonight's debate. >> thank you so much. candidates ou to our for being here. now candidates, you have artie the rules for our debate. candidates of the will be given two minutes for an opening statement and two minutes for a closing statement. there was actually to coin tosses last week. the first coin n toss and he chose to speak first and to close last. dr. brat chose for dr. trammell to ask the first question first. then what we are going to do is reversed the order for each question. now the candidates will both be asked the same question and they will each get two minutes respond to that question and, german,

next, a debate in virginia seventh congressional district race between jack trammell and david brett. the rothenberg political report's rollcall report indicates republican. the debate took place at randall college. [applause] >> thank you, mayor. it is now my pleasure to introduce our candidates. david brat is both an economics professor and a chair of our economics business department. he created our highly successful ethics minor. david and his wife have two children. rmcjack trammel joined the college in 2000 as director of disability servicessance serves professor of sewsology having focused his people withlping disabilities, doctor tram has been an indies penceible resource at the college. wife reside in near minutial virginia and six of seven children are in college. [laughter] i'm also delighted -- of i am also delighted to be sharing the stage with heather sullivan, nbc12 news anchor extraordinaire. a special thanks to nbc 12, our media sponsor, for its generosity and support. i will now ask heather to review the format, ground rules, and a -- and decor rum for tonight's deba