he has the lead over katherine cortez masto. if you were a betting person hearing las vegas, and there were a lot of them, you would have a bet that it would be this close in the race. it is razor thin. over the course the last few days, this is what we have seen. the mail-in ballots are being tabulated here in the county. that includes wash account. that is where reno is. the mail-in ballots have been breaking heavily for cortez masto. at the end of election day, this is adam laxalt with a substantial lead. that league has been shipped away every single night with these vote drops. now, if they continue in that direction, cortez masto could have the lead. potentially by thousands of those by the end of the day. this is in the last couple of hours. adam laxalt tweeted out. he tweeted to his supporters. they still have a chance. we are looking at these vote counts. he says that if they are gop precincts, if they are slightly democrat leading, we can still win. if they contribute to -- if they trend heavy democrat, she will overta

cortez masto. this is a pretty incredible story, i mean when you think about it, what the -- which went out and said they were going to save katherine cortez masto during a mid term, in which there were great headwinds in the state and nationally and you have all of these stories written about how the great machine, erected by harry reid that included the culinary union was faltering in the wake of his death last year, i think those stories were a bit premature. >> it struck me listening to senator schumer john that you actually had him referencing harry reid, the legacy of harry reid, not only in nevada, but to the u.s. senate. >> chuck schumer knows, he knows about the machine, the harry reid belt, in fact we brought the architect of the harry reid machine, he and others had rebecca lamb who is the name most people don't know, but she is the one who was the architect of the harry reid machine for a decade and a half, and she went back and talk to the democratic senators a few cycles back, because they all wanted to know where the magic came from, and the magic is still there, but the magic is really quite simple, they just have th

katherine cortez masto declared by our decision desk the winner of the nevada senate race with katherinectory in the nevada senate race, democrats now have control of the united states senate in shirt. they have their 50 seats with kamala harris tests being the tiebreak in both that guarantees democratic control of the senate for the next two years. >> steve, i was about to ask you what else were expecting of nevada, but it does not matter at this point. we are now calling that catherine cortez masto has been reelected to the united states senate in the state of nevada. this now gives the democrats the 50 seats they require to maintain control of the united states senate. there still is one son settled race, that is georgia, which will go to a runoff on december six, but this becomes a very different discussion in a midterm election with a deeply unpopular president running a 44%, a whole lot of issues that otherwise we're supposed to give disadvantaged democrats. a historical precedent that causes democrats to lose seats across whatever party controls the white house, to lose seats in a

cortez masto. and extended into tonight. so we are in a position, come 11:00 tonight, when we get an update from washout county tonight, and katherine cortez masto opens up a lead on the exit for the first time. and then you're just staring at the vast, vast majority of remaining votes being in clark county where the trend insist is established. there are still some to come in these rural pockets of the state. and you see it, when they do come, and laxalt can pick up a little bit. but they pale in scale compared to what is left out of clark county. the bottom line is, we see the maricopa county update. we just got a another one of those rural updates in arizona. to uc, it can happen. there we will -- like masters can make up a little -- the bottom line is, we get a big and telling maricopa county update. probably a little bit less than an hour from. now if mark kelly does win arizona, and if katherine cortez masto does catch adam laxalt, it does win nevada, the democrats will win control of the senate. and that won't even involve the georgia runoff. the georgia runoff will just be to see if they can get a 54 seat. but that will give

katherine cortez masto could be ahead by so much that those votes may not matter. but, i'm not so sure that that is going to happen, alex. >> it's funny, what i want to vote i was standing beside someone who is casting about. it's funnit did take some timet was worth the wait. let me ask you about this week. trump said that count county nevada has a corrupt voting system and needs more time to cheat. and then you had senator lindsey graham suggesting a fraud is the only way adam laxalt could lose. john, have there been any legitimate concerns over the fair counting of mail-in ballots? >> no, alex, of course not. those comments are completely outrageous. yes, there is frustration, i am frustrated, everyone is frustrated by how long it takes. but these counters have to follow the law that was set up to count these mail ballots. it is a labourious process, it is enshrines in state law. there is no evidence of fraud. as i keep saying, alex, think about it. a republican has just defeated an incumbent governor here in nevada. this cheating scheme by the democrats, as don

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>> katie hobbs and katherine cortez masto. please, is that what people think the election about? no. it's new abc poll. economy, 80%. inflation, 77. education and schools, 75. threats to democracy down there at 74. what is interesting to me is that it's even between who has the best message on threats to democracy? same poll, 43 republican, 47 democrat. so it's even. relatively even. so why are the democrats doing this? i don't know. it's not the issue that is top of mind. the economy and inflation and crime rank higher. not only that, i guess the reason that they're not talking about those issues is the republicans have the advantage on all three of them. >> martha: you make an interesting point about people's understanding of the election and whether or not it will be fair. it's split between both sides in terms of caring about that as an issue and it's not a high ranking issue. it's interesting to see this poll that we talked about yesterday, which said eight out of ten voters said they think the election will be decided in a fair way, that they can digest and accept. here's c

cortez masto declared by our decision desk the winner of the nevada senate race, with katherine cortez's victory and then by that senate race, democrats now have control of the united states senate in short. they have their 50 seats, with kamala harris casting the tie breaking vote, the guarantees democratic control of the senate for the next two years. >> joining us now in the winners circle is white house chief of staff ron klain. ron, jen psaki said that win would put a skip in your step. so, thank you for skipping over to our microphone this evening for this discussion. >> and thank you for not showing me skipping. i appreciate that. >> we have that video for later. we'll show that later. ron, what was that moment like for all of you in the white house for waiting for it? >> well, obviously, enormously significant. historically, this is something no president has done since john f. kennedy, to hold senate seats and potentially even go up one senate seat, pending the outcome in georgia. took control of the senate, which will indeed allow the president to pass legislation in the sena

if democrats can hold on to arizona, and if katherine cortez masto can overtake adam laxalt and win in nevada, then democrats will have control of the senate. they won't even need the georgia runoff for that. that would be 50 seats, if they get arizona and nevada, and then you would add in kamala harris as the tie breaking vote, they would retain control of the senate in the georgia runoff, it would be to -- and maricopa county, and the second now, with what i think will be very meaningful set of votes. and then to set this up, about an hour from now, at 11:00 eastern time, we are expecting in this nevada senate race, about 20,000 votes from washington county, where reno is. and again, this is the votes here, mail-in ballots, they have been favoring cortez masto every time that we have a batch of them counted here, also from calk county, they have been gaining votes. so there is a possibility for it to be released at 11:00 eastern, right around there, there is a distinct possibility that cortez masto will more than a race that 1915 vote deficit, and overtake adam laxalt, take the lead

nearly a week after election day, with katherine cortez masto's

katherine cortez masto receiving about 14,000, or 60% of the vote. xalt received about 8,000 votes, about 35% of that batch. that put catherine cortez masto in the lead, and cnn called the race at that point in time. her campaign taking to twitter saying, quote, what did people get wrong about this race? the first latina senator knows her community better than anonymous sources. the daughter of a teamster knows how to fight for working families and ccms -- katherine cortes mastos -- a former ag and crime attacks couldn't stick. the democrat here, catherine cortez masto, keeps her seat and stays as senator as nevada. rosa flores, cnn, las vegas. >> as republican fortunes fade following the midterms, donald trump and his supporters continue to try to cast doubt on the integrity of the voting process. the former president posted on his social media site a baseless claim that election officials in nevada were, quote, finding all sorts of ballots to steal the election from adam laxalt. nevada election officials dismissed the broadside as nonsense. >> we're

fox news decision deck has called nevada mail bight senate race in favor of incumbent katherine cortez mastor adam laxalt they maintain majority control with vice president kamala harris still at the helm to break any ties. joining us no i by phone to break down all of this fox news senior correspondent, a congressional correspondent chad whack you tell us about what's happening on capitol hill. >> well there's a vote to tally done tonight in nevada, and this, you know, went heavily in favor of katherine cortez masto who had been behind adam laxalt behind here so far. just the fact that she, you know, pulled this off. this gives us at minimum and they have tie breaking vote of vice president harris. this is key because it means that democrats can still going to be trouble getting bills through and overcoming filibusters things like that but they can get nominations through from president biden for cabinet positions or even if there's a vacancy for the supreme court. that is a paramount importance to democrats in a vac city were to occur there. this makes race in georgia the runoff that's com

and in nevada, public challenger adam laxalt is still leading katherine cortez masto. reports of a narrowing in the gap. good news for democrats, and joe biden, in bipartisan. here he is. >> i'm prepared for to work with republicans. but the american people made it clear, they respect republicans to work with me as well. >> cnn is on the scene at both critical states out west. we'll hear from gary tuchman in las vegas, nevada in just a bit. but we begin in phoenix, arizona. >> here, in maricopa county, the tedious work of democracy continues. counting the vote, hanging in the balance is control of the u.s. senate. some 78,000 votes results were released this evening by maricopa county. didn't really change the races percentage wise, but the democrats who are currently in a racy razor-thin lead, they got just a bit more vote pad. this is a slow process and it is a careful process, what we are hearing though, on the edges, are some of the republicans on this ballot who are frustrated, have been talking about some of these election officials might be doing this on purpose

in nevada, republican adam laxalt inching ahead of katherine cortez masto.n, mandela barnes

in nevada, republican adam laxalt inching ahead of katherine cortez masto. in wisconsin, mandela barnes trailing ron johnson. and in maricopa county officials say they're done reporting votes until later tonight. you're looking at a time lapse of votes being counted in maricopa county. democratic senator mark kelly is in the load as it stands. and in georgia, herschel walker and raphael warnock neck and neck. if no one hits 50% plus one, we could be in for a runoff. that could take time. despite all of this, republicans in the senate and house are feeling optimistic. >> what i hope is i'm going to wake up tomorrow morning and all of you are -- maybe even late tonight and we'll learn there is a new republican majority in the senate. >> we need to remember, we don't come together to celebrate the concentration of power. we come together to rejoice in the dissipation of power. >> tonight we built upon those gains two years ago, and it is clear that we are going to take the house back. >> but here is what the house speaker is saying. she's waiting on the votes t

so, those ballots could favor katherine cortez masto.hen, just to put one more group of ballots into this messy makes, there are provisional ballots, saying the registration, people come and they have to check, to make sure that those ballots have not been duplicated in the system. that will take a little while. so, if cortez masto wins overwhelmingly tomorrow in clark and washoe, it's probably over. but if she does not, stephanie, we're gonna have to wait until next week. >> all right, tell us about joe lombardo, the republican who won the race for governor. what do we need to know about this guy? >> well, lombardo was a new -- he assembled a tremendous team around him. to run his campaign, and he is running against the governor, who essentially was saddled with a pandemic. had to make some very difficult decisions, and economies crossed. as you know, stephanie, it's all tourism here. you shut down the las vegas strip for a couple of months, you are gonna really hurt people's lives, there were problems with the unemployment system, prob

but katherine cortez masto also has the main thing and maintain that 60% edge never trump. tens of thousands of ballots left. maybe as many as 40. she's got open those by a pretty sizeable margin to. so, we will know a lot more. there's gonna be washed county results released later tonight, alex. that will tell us something. >> we are becoming experts in these various detailed stated thumps. and behaviors of voters as they vote on election day, at dropbox is, at the precincts. it is a whole new form of election psychology. john, ceo of the nevada independent, who is great to thank you and talk to you tonight. up next, we have a look about pennsylvania's-elect john fetterman beat the odds to flip that seat in the keystone state red to blue. one of the lead strategist from that winning campaign joins us live to tell us about what went down, how they did, it onset, next. next you need a bed that's smart enough for both of you. the sleep number 360 smart bed senses your movements and automatically adjusts to help keep you both effortlessly comfortable. our smart sleepers get 28

namely for senator katherine cortez masto who has served since 2017. she's now locked in what you call a dead heat with republican challenger adam laxalt. the latest poll has the two candidates tied. laxalt kicked off his bus tour. he said this a short time ago. >> everything we're experiencing today is a direct result of policy. $6 gas is not an accident. >> gas prices around $5 with inflation, crime have been major focus points for republicans. democrats continue to stress the issue of abortion here. last week senator bernie sanders came here to offer his support for democrats. >> nevada is right in the middle of that fight. so you guys can play an extraordinairy role in american history. let's win this election, let's go forward together. >> now earlier today, we spoke with a voter that is not a registered democrat or republican. he submitted his vote early. he did so yesterday. he told us this. >> i just had to make that decision yesterday because i'm not partisan. i chose not to vote for either one of them because i feel that both parties have maj

so, those ballots could favor katherine cortez masto. and then, just to put one more group of ballots into this messy makes, there are provisional ballots, saying the registration, people come and they have to check, to make sure that those ballots have not been duplicated in the system. that will take a little while. so, if cortez masto wins overwhelmingly tomorrow in clark and washoe, it's probably over. but if she does not, stephanie, we're gonna have to wait until next week. >> all right, tell us about joe lombardo, the republican who won the race for governor. what do we need to know about this guy? >> well, lombardo was a new -- he assembled a tremendous team around him. to run his campaign, and he is running against the governor, who essentially was saddled with a pandemic. had to make some very difficult decisions, and economies crossed. as you know, stephanie, it's all tourism here. you shut down the las vegas strip for a couple of months, you are gonna really hurt people's lives, there were problems with the unemployment system

. >> you and i talked last, night before katherine cortez masto was declared the winner in nevada.culation was it if she did not, when it all came down to georgia, for control of the house, everybody, democrats and republicans, with through the kitchen sink at that. raise money and resources. you are do last night's of katherine cortez masto, did win which he, days and this is no longer about control of the senate, there is going to be some republicans who are not all that interested in supporting herschel walker. because he such a unusual candidate. >> i hold to that this morning, being than i am glad -- maestro one. now, the republicans cannot crusade and get a big republican turnout. it will give you u.s. senate. there's some arsenal i'm sure, we were trying to add some reason for rolling the troops, but it will not in my opinion resonate into -- and master had lost. on the other, hand i think that raphael warnock's troops had to be energized to say we need to try to maintain the majority of the senate, we need to have that extra one vote. because if we have what we have in the

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nbc news projects that katherine cortez masto will defeat her republican opponent adam laxalt, delivering the majority in the senate that they need, a majority that could be expected next month after voters in georgia and the polls show that state senate runoff election. moments ago, senate majority leader chuck schumer spoke about it. >> the election is a great win for the american people. whether race is now called in arizona and nevada, democrats would have a majority in the senate, and i will once again be majority leader. this election is a victory, a victory and vindication for democrats, our agenda and for the american people. >> although control centers finally become clear, it may take weeks for us to find out which party will control the house. the latest nbc news projection has republicans at 209 seats, democrats 219 seats to democrats 216 seats. but that estimate also comes with a margin of error of four hundredths -- means democrats are in the game for house control. if you want to sign of how competitive things are right now, take a look at this result i came in the last hou

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that is after nbc news declared democrat senator katherine cortez masto will win reelection, defeatinghen democrats a majority, a majority that could be expanded next month when voters in georgia head to the polls. for that state's senate runoff election. meanwhile, it may take weeks for us to find out which party controls the house. the latest nbc news protection has republicans at 219 seats, democrats, 216 seats. remember, 218 is what you need in order to have majority. so this is close, and this estimate you're looking at, this is a projection, because there are still 19 seats not filled yet. this is our projection, and it's got a margin of error of four seats, plus or minus. it means democrats are still in the game of possibly, actually controlling the senate. symone? >> let's bring in christian grier to this conversation. she's an associate professor at -- and the politics editor for thegrio. it's very good to see you here. we have been talking a lot tonight about what has made a difference in this election. we talk about the issue of roe and abortion, but we haven't talked about

the question of which party controls the senate was decided over the weekend when katherine cortez masto was projected to hold onto her seat, giving democrats at least 50 votes in the senate. there is one seat left to be determined in georgia with raphael warnock and republican challenger herschel walker headed to a runoff. that will happen on december 6th. you can stay up to date on the latest election results as they continue to come in. kpix is the place to be and also streaming cbs news bay area and online. >>> still ahead, more tech layoffs come day by day and we are hearing from tim cook in an exclusive. how he says the economic conditions are hitting his company. >>> a nail biter at levi stadium, how the 49ers came through. >>> and a few clouds floating through but no moisture. we will experience gusty winds >>> police have made an arrest in last night's fatal shooting on the university of virginia campus. the victims are deshawn perry, devin chandler and leval davis jr. two others were wounded. if those names ring a bell, that is because they are football players. police are work

after katherine cortez masto came from behind to take the nevada senate seat today. the candidate basking in the glow of a hard-fought win. >> i will always fight for you no matter what. because it is about our families. this election, nevadans rejected the referral politicians working to divide us. we rejected the conspiracies, their attacks on our workers and their efforts to restrict our freedoms. >> this now makes the door to runoff getting them a chance for democrats to expand the majority in the senate. an opportunity to pass items of that every single member being -- a potential game-changer for legislation. it's not over yet in the house. democrats still have a path to hold on there as well. they're not giving up. >> whatever the outcome, we're on the path to taking our country to a better place than it's being dragged down by the other side. so we'll see. i'm disappointed of what happened in new york. that four votes could make the difference at the end of the day. but we had not given up. we >> have correspondents covering all of this for us olivia right to

over the weekend, nevada's katherine cortez masto's victory helped seal democrats control of the senate, and earlier tonight majority leader chuck schumer described what that means for the president, and the entire democratic party. >> it will mean appointees and judges will get appointed much more quickly. you can get different bills out more quickly. it is a lot easier to get things done. >> meanwhile, the former president is promising to announce his 2024 plans tomorrow, and his club in florida. several republicans -- i will say again and underline, are now publicly blaming trump himself for the parties less than stellar performance in the midterms, i.e., no red wave. tonight, political reports the influential conservative -- that group as pulling, out against florida governor ron desantis a double digit lead in both new hampshire and iowa. funny they are putting that out the night before trump speaks. and the texas tribune says that people from the state republican party also shows gop voters prefer centers to trump by more than ten points. while he plans future, trump is now facing

democratic seven are katherine cortez masto's victory in nevada late last night secured control for her party. she's expected this week in las vegas later on this hour. the win in nevada now gives democrats 50 seats and republicans 49. there's still a chance for that majority to grow next month senate runoff in georgia between democratic incumbent raphael warnock and republican herschel walker. it could give democrats 51 seats. earlier today on and be seen as, senators on both sides of the aisle acting to the result. >> when democrats deliver, democrats win. we got out there, we thought for working people. that's the heart and soul of the democratic party. and, the voters said, yeah, that is what we want. >> you know, elections are about winning. and so, if folks want to look at these election results and decide that's where you want to continue to be, then we are not gonna do well. >> meanwhile, control of the house is still up for grabs as 20 races remain on call, republicans between seven of these twin back control the house. democrats need 14. it comes as yet another trump backed re

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well abc news projects democrat katherine cortez. masto is going to win her race for re-election in nevada. this means democrats will remain in control of the senate regardless of what happens in next month's runoff in, georgia. in 2016 cortez masto became the first latina elected to the senate control of the house remains undecided tonight. house speaker nancy pelosi will be one of the guests on abc's this week. she'll be discussing the midterm elections. that is tomorrow starting at 8:00 in the morning. suspicious person trying to visit the man accused of attacking paul pelosi was turned away by san francisco county jail officials. the person requested a visit with david depapp on october 31st the san francisco sheriff's office tells abc 7 the person claimed to be an immigration employee and provided a business card, but had no government credentials the department of homeland security says to pap is a canadian national and was in the us illegally, and he may face deportation. dabap is accused of breaking into house speaker nancy pelosi'

he is saying that katherine cortez masto has a real shot. sounds like he does not think that steve sisolak has nearly as good a shot. we have to look at that secretary of state race. there are outstanding count race there's, too. i don't know when we're going to get all that ballot. i don't know how the counts are going. nevada and arizona are really going to be down to the wire. >> nevada has this almost wisconsin like quality in the last few elections. it's interesting to look at cortez and sisolak. you have two incumbents. they're only running 18,000 votes part. we should be clear about that. i remember having grofrn sisolak on my show. it is shutting down las vegas. >> yeah. >> like truly one of the -- and he had to do it. you could tell he was tortured. you could tell people were ticked off about it. and he tried to navigate what was incredibly difficult situation. i think arguably the most difficult in the nation. that is very, very crucial. that explains some of that difference. >> but there was a bunch of pieces of good news for demo

aishah: katherine cortez masto facing thin-close race as thousands of ballots still being counted atthis hour with control of the senate still up for grabs. jonathan hunt is live in las vegas with the latest on that nail-biter, hi, jonathan. jonathan: hi, aishah, republicans are increasingly pessimistic that their candidate adam laxalt can pull out a critical victory here and here is why. as you take a look at the score card, he's only just about 900 votes little under 900 votes ahead and the majority of votes are still to be counted are going to come from here in clark county where 75% of the population of nevada lives and which is a democratic stronghold and always has been so. so mr. laxalt himself, in fact, even tweeting today that the path to victory for him appears to be narrowing and seeming to accept that it is going to be very difficult although not completely giving up hope as the counting goes on. now, that counting will continue through today and if they don't get a definitive result on these last mail-in ballots and drop-off ballots it can go next week to provisionals co

and about, come democrat katherine cortez masto is closing the gap on republican adam laxalt. with tens of thousands of votes still to be counted. and, in arizona, and come democrats mark kelly is expanding his lead over republicans like masters. cnn estimates about half 1 million votes are yet to be counted there. arizona's governor race was always so too close to call. republican candidate, kari lake. is openly using election officials, that evidence. deliberately slowing down the vote count. cnn's kyung lah has lights from phoenix. >> they're in maricopa county the tedious work of democracy continues. counting the vote. hanging in the balance is controlled the u.s. senate. some 78,000 votes results were released this evening by maricopa county. it didn't change the races all that much, percentage wise. the democrats are currently on a razor thin lead. a razor thin lead. they just got just a bit more vote pad. at this is a slow process and it is a careful process. what we're hearing though, on the edges. are some of the republicans, it's -- some of these election officials.

we have fox team coverage upink lates after the break.hing ♪ ♪ ♪voya mike: with senator katherine cortez mastolection run for nevada seat the democrats have secured the majority in the senate but as of last night the house remains very close with 21 races still undecided. for more on this fox team coverage with alexandria hoff on the latest of the balance of power in the house and c chad pigram. >> vice president harris will break a tie. they will have to go to 51 votes. democrats will still be able to confirm cabinet nominees probably most important if there was a vacancy on the supreme court, president biden will be able to get that through but the problem, without, unquote, from the democrats, pressure from the left going into a second term to get rid of the filibuster. keep in mind how tight it's going to be in the house and senate. president biden won't be able to get much done and that's why the left will continue that pressure to eliminate the filibuster. the votes aren't there just yet. mike: we heard about a red wave, never materializes and republicans are asking what went wrong. >> t

adam laxalt continued his bus tour hoping to propel past the polls and marking him even with katherine cortez masto. she wants to retain her seat replacing harry reid. but the democrat machine that recure rated is at risk of coming undone. democratic voters say issues like abortion and voting rights need to take precedent here. >> women's rights is important. the full democracy thing, the voting, is incredibly important. we need to stay blue. >> the race for governor in the state also locked in a virtual tie. current governor steve sicilac won in 2018. now he faces uncertainty against joe lombardo. he cast his vote this morning and said voters concerned with public safety and issues like the economy are siding with him. >> i fancy myself as a subject matter expert in that space. there's been some bad legislation that is coming forward in previous sessions that need to be repealed. >> voters that want to cast an early ballot have until tomorrow to do so, neil. >> neil: thanks very much for that report. meantime, let's go to jacqui heinrich. the president will be in albuquerque, new mexico, which is

. >>> democrats officially locking up control of the senate when incumbent katherine cortez masto defeatedm laxalt in the nevada senate race. >> i am so grateful to every volunteer who knocked on doors, who made phone calls who wrote postcards and letters and who had the courage to publicly stand up and fight for our state. so when far right republicans said they knew better, i knew we would prove them wrong. >> with 98% of the votes counted, cortez masto's margin of victory is just over 6,000 votes. the win by car tez mast toe gave democrats 50th senate seat controlling the chamber for the next two years. in georgia warnock and walker are ramping up their get out the vote efforts. they're trying to inject interest and stir up voter engagement ahead of the december 6th runoff election. >> if you voted last time, go vote for me again. but tell the people that didn't vote for me they need to vote for me because they didn't vote for me they're going to have the government running their lives. i tell you what, the government can't run its own life. don't have them running your life. >> people

adam laxalt up 49.4 to katherine cortez masto. catherine cortez masto leading. that is well below the base line of joe biden who won that county by 9.4 points back in 2020. there was a late slew of mail votes. a lot of mail votes. last night masto did very well. they have until the end of the week to get the votes in. so close. >> watch your language. >> that made me smile. that made me smile. >> for the second time in less than two years, georgia is preparing for a runoff election that could decide the balance of power in the senate. democrat raphael warnock and herschel walker failing to secure 50% of the vote. eva mckend in atlanta for cnn this morning. again, here we are. four weeks away from the runoff. how is the state preparing? what will this look like? >> reporter: well, poppy, right now the state is prepping ballots to be sent to counties so those can get signed off on by november 14th. the absentee ballot process also open if people want to vote that way. lastly, we have learned that early voting could begin here as early as november 26th. so people a

katherine cortez masto is trying to hold off adam laxult. one of the three true toss-ups in the country and could determine which party controls the upper chamber we're joined now from las vegas at the issues at play. i was just looking at the national average on gas prices, a dollar cheaper than what it costs in nevada to fill up a tank. >> reporter: that's right. here in nevada, it has the highest gas prices of any swing state in the country there has been a little bit of relief lately. gas prices have gotten just below $5 a gallon here, to be about $4.97. it's still higher than what we're seeing in arizona, ohio, pennsylvania and in georgia. when we've been talking to voters, they've told us that they've had to change their behaviors because gas prices are so high. in some cases it's asking friends for gas money when they go out or maybe not filling up your tank all the way. we did talk to one voter who said she's even thinking of leaving the state because she can't afford to live here anymore. this is something top of mind for voters dur

katherine cortez masto has been trying to erase that lead that laxalt has statewide. netted about 4600 votes, it was about of over 10,000 votes, she got more than 60% of it. she next more than 6600 votes. that brings adam laxalt lead at just 8054 votes. we are inside of 1% right now, that is the difference between these two candidates. 0. 9%. where from here in nevada? there are more ballots to come, we believe out of washoe county. they may be left favorable to cortez masto than what we just saw, maybe, based on some of the information about party registration, but there are still more ballots to come out of washington county. the big deal of what it all comes down to is clark county where las vegas. we think there is about 56,000 votes here. these are ballots that would have been dropped off and drop boxes on election day that have yet to be counted. there is still a small number of provisional ballots there, as well. so basically, there is an opportunity for cortez masto, which is still to come in the county, but it exists that the rest of that vote will not be as

nevada, new numbers shows that katherine cortez masto is closing the gap on adam laxalt, there's still tens of thousands of ballots yet to be counted from clark county, the biggest county in the state, which includes las vegas, and the states only county that leans democrat. cnn's gary tuchman has the very latest in from las vegas, nevada, first of cnn -- 's from phoenix arizona. here in maricopa county, the tedious work of democracy, continues counting the vote, hanging in the balance is the control of the u.s. senate. some 78,000 vote results for releases, were released this evening by maricopa county, didn't really change the races all that much percentage wise, but the democrats who are currently on a razor lead, a razor thin lead, they got just a bit more vote pad. now this is a slow, process, and it is a careful process. what we are hearing, though, on the edges, or some of the republicans on this ballot, who are frustrated have been talking about some of these election officials, might be doing this on purpose, releasing the slowly, on purpose. and we've got strong pushback by e

the daughter of a teamster knows how to fight for working families and ccms or katherine cortez masto keeps her seat and stays a senator of nevada. rosa flores, cnn, las vegas. >>> as republican fortunes fade following the midterms, donald trump and his supporters continue to try to cast doubt on the integrity of the voting process. the former president posting on his social media site a baseless claim that election officials in nevada were "finding all sorts of ballots to steal the election from adam laxalt." nevada election officials dismissed that as utter nonsense. have a listen. >> we're taking ballots in that we're required to take in according to the law. there's no way that we could find ballots. they're brought here by the united states postal service. as long as it's postmarked, we process those ballots and put them in the count. >> earlier i spoke with cnn senior political analyst david gurgan to get his thoughts on the election. >> this has been a remarkably good election and i think americans are exhausted with the polarization and poisonness in our system and they unders