ken calvert won reelection in the 41st district spanning riverside county, michelle steele won reelection in the 45th district spanning orange and los angeles counties and new york republican brandon williams was declared winner late monday night, along with two era zona house seats. that brings the total to 217 republican seats in the house, one away from a very slim majority. republicans are going to be divided, and it will be mayhem. charlotte hill, director of the democracy policy initiative at uc goldman school of public policy, says she sees two takeaways for republicans from the tight midterm election. most republican politicians and strategists have taken away that extremism does not sell across the country. trump had a bunch of handpicked nominees who broadly lost, but hill says the gop has deep divisions, with trump supporters winning in the most conservative districts reconcile ng those two takeaways is going to be the central challenge for the republican party moving into 2024 signs of a divided gop are already emerging as california republican congressman kevin mccarthy appea

that's very interesting because congressional district 41 is currently held by ken calvert who is onethe architects and main proponents of prop 8 to ban gay marriage, but then the redistricting commission put a little trick on him and put the community of palm springs a very heavily lgbt community in his new district. he immediately reacted he actually voted for a bill in congress last year to codify the supreme court decision that legalized gay marriage so he has been working hard to try to hold this district as it has changed, but right now it's within a couple percentage points calvert in the last couple updates that we got has gained a few points. so that's one that is leaning towards republicans right now, but the 13th likely to shift into the democratic lane and 41st likely for republicans to hold on. those are probably going to come down to the wire so in the end do you think california will be a net gain for either party? well in the end, i think that california the democratic seats are going to stay democratic and the republican states are going to stay republican california

brandon williams won in a deep blue district and ken calvert won by three percentage points and michelle steele, re-electioned to the 45th seat district. with the house nearly back in the hands of republicans, wellership votes could determine the next speaker of the house. chip roy believes now is the time for the party to inspir americans with a fresh agenda. listen. >> it is time for something different, status quo is not okay. the leadership of this party and country, we need to represent the people. >> the senate will also hold leadership elections this week, texas ted cruz believe the vote should be delayed. listen. >> it would be insane if we re-elect the same leadership two days from now, if we say nothing happened, everything is good, keep rolling off the waterfall, crash into the rocks, everything is awesome. the idea that we would have leadership elections on wednesday is insane. >> brooke: cruz believes senate vote should be delayed until at least december 6, when herschel walker will faying off against raphael warnock in the georgia runoff election. >> carley: senator josh ha

. >> republican ken calvert will win against will ronan. this is a republican hold. >> jim kosta will win the california 21st district defeating republican michael mayer. this is a democratic hold. this gives republicans a total of 217 seats in the house. that means they need just one more to take control of the chamber. >> these developments come as congress is back on capitol hill for the first time since the mid-terms. republicans are haggling over who will lead the party. in the wake of last week's disappointing election results some prominent republicans are facing challenging positions. >> reporter: after the first time since mitch mcconnell has been the republican leader, he is facing a challenge from within. this after senator rick scott, florida republican, someone who has been battling with mcconnell's allies for months over the handling of the policies plans to challenge him at a closed door meeting. scott is the head of the national republican senatorial committee. mitch mcconnell, the republican leader, someone who has an outsi

in california long-time republican ken calvert claimed re-election. the same with michelle steele. however, without the house results finalized republicans will hold leadership elections today. kevin mccarthy faces and i biggs of the freedom caucus. marjorie taylor green is aligned with mccarthy. >> for someone who votes for the president's conviction. you can go over to the area and see piles and piles of borrowed fencing. some welded together into panels getting ready to be installed. some of us just in the individual piping. >> that was not march or see taylor green. she stands behind kevin mccarthy. the bar is lower for him to win in the closed door meeting today. he only needs to score the most votes. if january mccarthy needs 218. outright majority of the entire house. >> i think you will see a critical mass say we want to turn the page. we want new leadership and fresh faces and new ideas. i stand here now and kevin mccarthy does not have 218 votes to become speaker. i don't think he has 200. >> she demand he implement rules changes to secure his support. they hold the leade

ken calvert on the riverside area yet in county katie porter alito for her republican opponent right now but the last drop that came out today her opponent cut her lead in half. these votes to keep dumping on rolling basis at some of them will widen or shorten it a lot of the races that will determin the balance of power it will be right here in california and that's what republicans will be begging on. >> if you look at the state of california california a lot of people don't realize that the coastal areas are blue but you could cut the state in half and go east whether nevada border and it gets very ready california. south of los angeles and orange county it is also i would not say read read it but it's redde than the rest. >> it used to be ruby red in 2018 it went full blue republicans lost everything the started taking it back. katie porter is trying to hold on and if republicans can flip it, then you're starting to tal about republicans getting into the low 220s when they eventually take control of that house majority. >> katie porter is a star the democratic party she was toute

>>t, yeah, big coil from the decision desk, california, we now project ken calvert, the republican candidate, three decades incumbent has survived the challenge from will rollins, this is a w win for republicans. again, we've been monitoring this dwindling list. with this victory, republicans now have 217 seats, they need 218 for majority. so republicans have moved within one seat of securing the majority. here's the list of uncalled races here. youd see a whole bunch of them are in california. there are several races in california whereve republicans e leading,ep that path to 218 is really opening up clearly for republicans. they find themselves one seat away with a number of different ways to geter there. >> steve kornacki, never receives well, it doesn't escape us that new york and california may ultimately be instrumental in handing republicans the control of the lower chamber however margins matter. steve, if we get any more calls this hour, please stand by and let usan know. we'll get right back to you. thank you as baalways. >>> we have much more to come tonight as we wait for the onc

ken calvert who served for 30 years only holds a one point advantage over democrat will rollins, 60%f the votes have been tallied there. north in california's 22nd district republican congressman holds a five point advantage over rudy salas. that's been chipping away from an eight point advantage and then in colorado's third district, there's a big name with potentially a big problem. lauren bobert is locked in with adam frisch, trailed and then continues and this could head to a recount as thousands have to be counted there. republicans are poise today achieve at least those seven seats need today reach 218 it will not be by the margins they had hoped for. >> taking a look at the house for us, thank you, alex. >> well, for more on the midterm results and the balance of power in congress. we're joined by republican senator by west virginia and the senate and environmental works committee. the science and transportation committee and shelly moore capital toe, thank you for taking time on this saturday. we're obviously closely watching this razor thin race out in nevada trying to figur

in california long-time republican ken calvert one re-election, the same with michelle steel, howevert the house results finalized republicans will hold leadership elections today. kevin mccarthy faces andy biggs of the freedom caucus for speaker. marjorie taylor-green is now aligned with mccarthy. >> if we don't unify behind kevin mccarthy we're opening up the door for the democrats to recruit some of republicans and they may only need one or two since we don't know what we'll have in the majority, how many seats we'll have. i will not allow that to happen. reporter: the bar is lower for mccarthy to win in the closed-door meeting today. mccarthy only needs to score the most votes but in january mccarthy needs 218, an out right majority of the entire house. >> i think you will see a critical mass say we want to turn the page. we want new leadership. we want fresh faces, new ideas. what i can tell you as i stand here right now, kevin mccarthy does not have 218 votes to become speaker. i don't think he has 200. reporter: members of the freedom caucus demand mccarthy implement rules chan

ken calvert's lead has expanded by 1,400 votes or so this evening. new york is one, california 45 is two, california 27 is three, california 41 is four, arizona 1 could be five, arizona 6 could be -- i could have just given you the six seats there that would get the republicans to 218. if the republicans go 6 for 6 in the seats i just showed you and they're feeling good about their standing in all of them right now, that's 218. so the democrats need to top them, need to win one of those six i just showed you and then democrats would need more breaks because you would look at the 22nd district of california. this has been extremely slow to count here. but the democratic incumbent, this is one democrats would need to pick up. we got the race out in colorado. but boebert does have the lead right now. getting all of those races actually called, especially been the pace of the vote count in california may be a different story, may take a little bit more time because you take a look at the race like the 41st in california, it's 5,400 votes, you still have

only about 25% reporting that's district 41 represented by ken calvert, a longtime republican kind of behind by 13 points at this at this point. still early. but that ballot measure was designed to draw out suburban women and voters interested, particularly those female voters interest in what happened with cops in california in key districts was just there. but we see that in a couple of other districts and in the central valley. so something to watch. i think as we start moving, do >> ok, real fast. the props, including the betting props to apparently going down or maybe they have gone down. people were tired of all the ads and it was an incredible amount of money spent the most. interesting because we talk about how much money was spent. >> on some of the races like 300 million and in arizona, we have 6 to 700 million dollars was spent on prop. 26 27. the only winners in this. there were some of the numbers, by the way. look at where that where where the media media firms in the media because all those dollars went some where they were all in tv to most expensive ballot measures ev

democrats need to wipe out gop california members mike garcia, ken calvert or david valideo. he voted for impeachment. house republicans are still set to hold leadership electioned tomorrow. some conservatives are trying to undermine kevin mccarthy in his bid for speaker. >> commitments were to him that this was going to be a red wave. a lot of things happen when you put down the current candidate, kevin mccarthy. >> nancy pelosi, house speaker, is vague about her plans. some democrats are counting on her to stay. >> the bulls would still love to have michael jordan. i'd love to have nancy pelosi. >> democrats don't hold their own elections until november 30th. charles? >> charles: maybe the 1985 version of michael jordan. thanks. a lot of finger pointing in the wake of last week's election. to aishah hasnie on capitol hill with more. aishah? >> good afternoon to you, charles. yeah, that's right. a lots of finger pointing on capitol hill. republicans are not happy with the way tuesday went in. so we're seeing a lot of division over who is to blame and how this party moves for

look at the new republican leaders and national security committees, mccall in foreign relations, ken calvertnd a people like that, i'm very optimistic that the national security element will overcome the drag that we're going to see from some of the isolationists in both parties so history shows that in divided governments we typically approach national security on a bipartisan basis. dagen: general, great to see you this morning. i'm glad you were able to share your thanksgiving with that family, they that displaced family from ukraine. i mean, kind of speaks to who you are as a human being and a general and leader and it speaks to who we are as a nation. >> dagen, let me make a kick quickpoint on that, we have 87,0 ukrainian families in the united states and twice as many american families offered to support them. that's the kind of great heart that our america has. dagen: general arnold punaro, great to see you, sir. >> thank you. dagen: coming up, president biden joking about his physical health just days after his 80th birthday. his response making a buzz this morning, next. you're watc

the 41st district, ken calvert leading here. the 45th district, michelle steel expanded her lead. 3rd district, the republican candidate with republican areas to come here, opening up an advantage of 10,000 votes. that's four right there in california where republicans have the lead in the tally. they only need three of them. democrats would have to win a couple of those, which would be a very big surprise at this point to prevent republicans from getting 218. it's moving from will republicans get to 218 to will they have a pad? can they get up to 220? 221? >> quickly on some of the california races, katie porter and -- >> the democrat actually was not a great update for her. this race tightened. scott baugh gained ground. this porter race is far from settled. if baugh can get another update like yesterday, he could be in the game. josh heard, he is doing well, but we see this in a few districts, slow count. >> they could be -- we, nbc news, could be calling the house relatively soon, but you could still have some of the races not yet decided in california for quite a few days mor

cnn projecting republican congressman ken calvert will win a another term in his southern california district. that puts the gop now, if you're keeping score, and we are, at 217 seats. that means just one seat away from getting the 218 number they need to now take control of the house. and there is more. cnn can also project that democratic congressman jim acosta will also -- ug mastriano, who can't run a campaign, he takes down the whole take it. it is not because they didn't have a platform, in a typical midterm election, i bet david would agree with me. you don't have to be with for someone if you're parties out of power. it's about them. it's about the party in power. but trump made it about himself. he came into the campaign's late, and states like pennsylvania and elsewhere, very late in the campaign, making this a choice more than a referendum. he did everything the republicans did not want him to do. they wanted him to go away, particularly in these swing states. they didn't want him to show up and make it about himself. he did it. and it was a problem. that's why they lost.

in riverside area, you see here this is a 3 percentage-point race with republican, the incumbent ken calvertotes basically ahead of the democrat rollins that could be the seat that sends republicans over the top, wolf. they are just two seats away, two seats away from the majority in the house of representatives. >> it would be a narrow majority. but majority is majority. david, thank you very, very much. i want everyone to stand by. we're going to have much more discuss. our panelists coming up next, including whether former president trump will officially announce a run for reelection in 2024. stay with us. >> tech: when you get a chip in your windshield... trust safelite. this couple was headed to the farmers market... when they got a chip. they droveo safelite for a same-day repair. and with theirnsurance, it was no co to them. >> woman: really? >> tec that's service the way you need it. >> singers: ♪ safelite repair, safelite repce. ♪ vo: the next time you fill up the tank, remember why it costs so much. because the biggest oil companies decided they need to profit even more. they make

red districts where the republicans are leading including down here, california 41st district, ken calvert is the incumbent in a district that leans republican, he's up by 5,000 votes with 77% in. republicans feel good about this seat. they also feel good about this one. i'm going to dig into california's 45th congressional district. michelle steel, she leads by 13,000 votes, 67%. and this is a democratic leaning direct. but it tends to favor republicans in turnout. one more california race that could be good for the republicans up here, the third congressional district, ken kylie, 9,000 vote as head and that leans republican. an that is three. and that would give them one extra just look at colorado. this is lauren lobe erboebert. all that is left is overseas military and absentee. again republicans feel good about this. democrats no the so much. so you could see how republicans get across that finish line and maybe even soon. >> good to have you here. stick by, because a lot to happen this hour. this afternoon house republicans will be meeting to vote on their conference leaders and kevi

you can see ken calvert in california's 41 only leading by 1500 votes, 47% reporting.crats were to hold every blue district that is still yet to be called and pick up those three and one more, they have a path at this point, wolf. >> the key number 218. that's what you need to be the majority in the house of representatives. john, stand by. we'll get back to you. control of the senate could be determined, once again, tonight. we're waiting for new votes in nevada that could come at any moment. it's election night in america, continued. which is a lot. so take care of that heart with lipton. because sippin' on unsweetened lipton can help support a healthy heart. lipton. stop chuggin'. start sippin'. hi, susan. honey. yeah. i respect that. but that cough looks pretty bad. try this robitussin honey. the real honey you le, plus the powerful cough reliefou need. mind if i root through your trash? robitussin. the only brand with real honeyand elderberry. little littles 7 be along with clearer skin, skyrizi helps with less joint pain, stiffness, swelling, and fatigue in just

this is california's 41st district, you can see ken calvert who's a three decades serving republicanthe house, he's ahead by some 5,000 votes at this point. 82% in, things look good for him, not terribly far away, south of los angeles you have this district here, this is california's 45th incumbent, michelle steele is leading jay ten, 13,000 vote margin hear, 78% reporting. this is actually a democratic leading district, but turnout often favors the republicans there. ask then you go to the border with nevada up here, and there's at district which actually tilts republican. this is an r plus one district, and kevin kiley is leading kermit jones by 9,000 votes or so, a lot of vote left to count, but leaning his way. i just identified three, three california races that would get republicans over the top they'd be fine. then you go to colorado right now, you have lauren boebert, the election-denying conservative. she is leading by about 1,100 votes, 99% reporting. almost everything counted except for overseas, ab sen tea. democrats are kind of clinging onto hope that maybe that will hel

ely pretty solace and district 41 in riverside county between republican incumbent ken calvert and democratl rollins for the first time that district now includes left-leaning palm springs, which has made it harder for calvert who campaigned against gay marriage in california to keep his seat even as this raises tightened. it's still a race that's within a couple percentage points in all of these. lead and mitchell says the latest batch of ballots show the path for democrats to overcome. those leads is becoming narrower. ultimately mitchell predicts. democrats won't pick up any new seats, but holding all the seats in california is somewhat of a victory for democrats. even if republicans hold the house as it currently looks like they will it will be the difference between them having maybe a three-seat majority or four seat seat majority or five seat majority. which for kevin mccarthy can be a very big issue if republicans do control the house it is california congressman kevin mccarthy that's once again poised to become the speaker of the house. monopolis on sunday current speaker nancy pel

expecting riverside county to release a new batch of votes tonight, this with the republican incumbent, ken calvertextended his lead over democrat rill rollins. rollins runs out of votes in this district, not another favorable release recover tonight. that math can be daunting for rollins there. that could be a number to 17 for republicans. also, the third district of california, runs along the nevada border, but the population is set in the sacramento suburbs going to the sierra nevada here. republican -- has a lead here. we do think another update in this district as possible tonight as well. again, we will see if it's a favorable one for kiley, the bat would get daunting for -- jones, the democrat here. potentially, those two, if it were enough reports that came in tonight, with particular trends we have seen, that could be to a team from republicans. i don't know if it will be tonight, but the 27th district, mike garcia, the republican, continues to lead there. there are plenty of pathways from republicans to head to 18, and i think a lot of washington's thinking about, do they get to 220, to 2

ken calvert who has been in congress for decades at this point, he leads by some 5,000 votes. this is actually a republican-leaning district. it's an r plus one district. he might be favored tat this point with 82% in. there are other republican districts or at least districts where there are republicans running as incumbents, michelle steele is up by 13,000 votes, 78% in now. this is a democratic leaning district, but turnout can often favor republicans there. then you go inland. you have california's third congressional district, ken kiley, 9,000 votes in. only 52% reporting. this is a republican leaning district. i just mentioned three congressional districts. those three alone could get the republicans to 218. and then there's colorado, and i'm putting this in there just for you, ana, your home state right here, this is colorado's third congressional district. lauren boebert, very controversial, a very conservative election deniers. she is 1,100 votes ahead, 99% reporting right now. they're waiting for overseas and absentee ballots. republicans feel good about that race. t

close solace and district 41 in riverside county between republican incumbent ken calvert and democrat. will rollins for the first time that district now includes left-leaning palm springs, which has made it harder for calvert who campaigned against gay marriage in california to keep his seat. even as this race is titan. it's still a race that's within a couple percentage points in all of these. republicans are currently in the lead and mitchell says the latest batch of ballots show the path for democrats to overcome. those leads is becoming narrower. ultimately mitchell predicts. democrats won't pick up any new seats, but holding all the seats in california is somewhat of a victory for democrats, even if republicans hold the house as it currently looks like they will it will be the difference between them having maybe a three seat majority or four seat majority or five seat majority. which for kevin mccarthy can be a very big issue if republicans do control the house it is california congressman kevin mccarthy that's once again poised to become. the sevenopolis on sunday current speak

you can see ken calvert he's ahead by about 1,200 votes, 43% in. so that would be three, three in california. let's write that down, i said they needed five. and that would be one, two, three, four, five. that would get democrats there. it's a very narrow path. they're yelling at me in the control room to talk about the senate. very quickly nevada, adam laxalt, the republican lead shrunk overnight as they counted more votes. 95,000 votes left to count. if the the percentages stay the same for catherine cortez masto within she has a chance to overtake adam laxalt. and in arizona, mark kelly leads by 115,000 votes blake masters trailing, about 540,000 votes left. we don't know. some 340,000 votes left to count in maricopa county, including votes handed in on election day which skew republican but mark kelly has a sizable lead there. >> i don't know how you keep track of this. can you imagine the scenario you had before, if the senate played out that way, that would be crazy. >> with the house. >> yeah. >> i wanted to show how democrats could do it. i

down here in california's 41st congressional district, you can see ken calvert ahead by 4,000, he has that lead has expanded over the last 24 hours as more votes are counted there. not looking good for the democrats there right now. but it's arizona where they have had some of the biggest difficulties in the counting over the last day. down here in california's 6th congressional district you can see the lead is 1,773 votes right now, but that has grown over the last 24 hours. actually picking up votes as arizona has reported more. the district, though, that might break democrats' hearts is this one, arizona's 1st congressional district. you can see the republican 894 votes ahead. that's a change. saturday -- saturday at noon the democrat was actually ahead by 4,000 votes but as more maricopa county votes have been counted, now you can see that has flipped, the republican david schweikert is ahead, we will have to see what happens tonight when more votes for maricopa county are released. the magic number of five for democrats, seems like it's not much, but it's a steep climb for them t

ken calvert, republican in the 41st district. leads by 4,000 votes. here's another one.s 22nd district. this is the syracuse area, and a republican with a lead. i gave you six districts where democrats are going to need a very late and dramatic reverse toll win any of those, and they have to win at least one of those i just gave you. because if republicans win all six, that's 218. that's the house, and there everyone are other districts, for instance, the 22nd in the central valley of california, where republicans lead so far in the tally and could win as well. the odds suggest the republicans are the favorites to get control of the house. democrats not mathematically eliminated and even if republicans get it, that majority could be very, very thin. >> that's the link between what your numbers are showing and what some of our guests said tonight. fascinating. steve will be at the big board where we need you. thank you, sir. >> you got it. >>> coming up, why cruz is being marked as the loseser of the midterms. the midterms powerful relief so you can restore and recover. t

but the republican on the bottom here, ken calvert, the incumbent, he's been in control since 1993. never had a problem. barely had the campaign. he which is when every 2 years just book at well, things are different. they reach or the district. and here you have democrat. we'll rollins says currently in the lead. still a long way to go. but rollins, yeah, he's a former federal prosecutor. he worked on prosecuting one of the january 6th capitol attack cases. so calvert can't say he's soft on crime. the other thing that rollins has going for him in this redrawn district. he's. a lot of palm springs. we have a lot of voters there and calvert has long been anti same marriage, anti lgbtq rights. he has come around on those issues in recent years. but that is a interesting race in southern california. again, that hasn't been called still a lot of votes to count. pam and catherine and you have all these, you know, races, house races, especially in the western part of the u.s., you know, that are still being tallied. arizona, nevada, california, even parts of new mexico and colorado. so th

ken calvert, a small lead but it is a lead and it grew yesterday by about 1500 votes with about two-thirds of the vote in there. and republicans also very hopeful about the third district of california, only about half the votes in, but again you see a lead there of about 10,000. and i just went through four of them. if they won just three of those four, they would hit that number. so democrats would have to pull a surprise in at least in a couple that i just showed you, they would have to win basically everything else on this board too. there are some left here that i think democrats are well positioned in, but in terms of getting to 218, there is a clear path at this hour fors to do that. and they would like obviously to get a little bit more than 218, you know, so they have at least a little bit of breathing room with that majority. but 218 is the bare minimum for majority and they just have to hang on in those three of those four that i showed you and that would give them the bare minimum for majority. but obviously 218/217 would be an uncomfortable majority. they certainty would like

and down here as well, california's 41st congressional district, incumbent ken calvert.ss for 30 years. he had the support of donald trump. he is leading by about 5,000 votes. this too is a republican plus one district. if the republicans just won these two, they would have control of the house of representatives, and anderson, that doesn't include colorado. lauren boebert's seat out here, she is ahead by 1100 votes. 99%. and just overseas an absentee ballot left there. if they win that, they would give them more of a cushion. right now on track probably around somewhere 220, 221 seats maybe for the republicans. 214 for the democrats. a very, very slim majority for the republicans. >> all right, john berman, appreciate it. thank you. >>> now to the republican leadership battles under way on capitol hill. joined by manu raju. undeniable trouble with the republican leadership. >> senate republicans in particular. mitch mcconnell for the first time in his 15 years atop the republican conference on the senate side facing a challenge from within. this after rick scott announc

ken calvert won reelection in the 41st district spanning riverside county, michelle steele won reelection in the 45th district spanning orange and los angeles counties and new york republican brandon williams was declared winner late monday night, along with two arizona house seats. that brings the total 2 217 republican seats in the house, one away from a very slim majority. republicans are going to be divided, and it will be mayhem. charlotte hill, director of the democracy policy initiative that you see goldman school of public policy, says she sees two takeaways for republicans from the tight midterm election. most republican politicians and strategists have taken away that extremism does not sell across the country. trump had a bunch of handpicked nominee is who broadly lost. but hill says the gop has deep divisions, with trump supporters winning in the most conservative districts. reconciling those two takeaways is going to be the central challenge for the republican party moving into 2024 signs of a divided gop are already emerging as california republican congressman kevin mccarth

ken calvert won reelection in the 41st district spanning riverside county, michelle steele won reelection in the 45th district spanning orange and los angeles counties and new york republican brandon williams was declared winner late monday night, along with two arizona house seats. that brings the total to 217 republican seats in the house, one away from a very slim majority. republicans are going to be divided, and it will be mayhem. charlotte hill, director of the democracy policy initiative at uc goldman school of public policy, says she sees two takeaways for republicans from the tight midterm election . most republican politicians and strategists have taken away that extremism does not sell across the country. trump had a bunch of handpicked nominees who broadly lost, but hill says the gop has deep divisions with trump supporters winning in the most conservative districts reconcile ng those two takeaways is going to be the central challenge for the republican party moving into 2024 signs of a divided gop are already emerging as california republican congressman kevin mccarthy appear

host: is it ken calvert who represents you? caller: he brings home the pork. i tried going to his office, he never called me back. host: all right. what are some of the issues that motivated you to get out and vote today? caller: i think, we use to in this country, debate policy about what ideas work and what don't. that is on the table a bit. was nine years old in 1984. my father was campaigning in minnesota. it was good weather against walter. i would like to thank -- think the conservative side is what ideas work. when we look at inflation, people are understanding, do we spend money and do we pay higher prices? we all have to live through the experience to understand what we will vote for the next time and the fact that we can change governments very quickly is a blessing. host: that is chad in california. this is an independent in virginia outside of washington, a very contested area. which way did your vote go today? caller: i voted for jennifer, against the retired captain who is a vietnamese american, which is where i came from. i voted against my own

ken calvart is up there. 41%. only 41% of the estimated vote is in. calvert is ahead by only 453 votes. quite a few close races in the golden state. democratic incumbent katie porter trying to beat back a challenge by the republican. 59% of the estimated vote is now in. katie is ahead by 1552 votes. the balance of power where things stand for the control of the house of representatives. you need 218 for the majority in the house. republicans have 209. they picked up 16 seats so far. democrats have 192. they've picked up 4 seats so far. 34 seats remain outstanding at this point right now. so here's the state of play. democrats must win 21 competitive seats. republicans must win 7 competitive seats in order to gain the majority in the house of representatives. let's go over to john king at the magic wall. these races in the house of representatives, they are very, very tight. it could be decided by a few hundred votes. >> in a word, wow. on day three of election week in america, this is not the map republicans had anticipated. let's be honest, it's not the map many democrats anticipated.