so looking for our first numbers. >> steve kornacki, making us understand as always, the kornacki catsansas where that critical abortion access vote is happening right now. voters across the state received this misleading text messages yesterday, quote, women and kansas are losing their choice on reproductive rights. vote yes on the amendment we'll give women a choice, vote yes to protect women's health. that is not true. the measure on the ballot does not protect choice. in fact, it would change the state constitution and do the exact opposite. one of the people who received that text is kathleen sibelius, the former democratic governor of kansas, and also the former secretary of health and human services under the obama administration. she joins me now. so secretary -- you've got this text message, what was your reaction to this? >> well i read it and then i read it. and that i was jazz frankly disgusted by the blatant ally's contained in the text message unfortunately the campaign on the guess at the ballot measure has been dishonest from the beginning. the ballot measure is very co

and i think kornacki is right. look, i didn't love the strategy and the democrats to boost gives in this race. we don't know what things will look like in 2024. we don't want a house at a senate chamber made up of people that would be willing to overturn the election eight donald trump ran again and lost again. and so i think it's concerning that somebody like gibbs could get it. even more concerning would be carry lake in arizona. so i don't know want to compliment carrie robson at all. she has played puts in -- but she is not anything like carey like, who has promised to not certify the next election. and who has said that she would try to certify the 2020 election. having carey like in arizona and doug mastriano in pennsylvania, would be a disaster. it would be a threat to democracy. so i think that is very interesting to watch. it's kind of bad versus very very existentially bad. in that arizona race. so i think we will see how that -- >> they were drawing that line because they're much out of the who is the re

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we are going right to state kornacki just a moment.atest numbers as votes are still being counted. but perhaps the most watched vote of the night happened in kansas where nbc news now projects that voters decided to protect the states rights to and abortion. this is a first date on abortion rights since the court overturned roe v. wade. in arizona, three trump endorsed election deniers are on the ballot. all three races, right now, too early to call. but that may change, while i am talking to you. in michigan trump endorsed candidate tutor dixon, is the projected winner of the republican primary for governor. dixon will run against the incugr

he joins us at 30 rock and even wearing kornacki khakis. claire, i have a feeling you're wearing your ruby sleepers when it comes to talking kansas tonight. what is your reaction? >> girl, i wish i had some ruby slippers right now. i was raised in missouri and taught that i kansas was not a great place. but i don't feel that way t tonight. something extraordinary happened, stephanie. this was not expected to be this kind of result.f they had a record turnout. what this shows in a state where republican registrations eg outnumbered democrats two to one, that women are really upset that a fundamental right and freedom has been taken from them. and ien think it is going to be very motivating issue and i think this should be a big, flashing signal to every democratic candidate out there especially in o states where th have done theseal very extreme things like no exception for rape oron incest. and even in states where they have just banned them after, you know, any time after six weeks, this really needs to be a motivating issue in the midterm

we'll see you again at midnight along with steve kornacki who's not going home tonight for a special live hour of the latest election results. time now for the last word really removes a leader maxwell in for lawrence good to see my friend. flag is so much ali thank you for the toss. its primary night in arizona, kansas, missouri and in washington. polls just closed in arizona with two trump deniers on the ballot. but the big, big story tonight is kansas. voter turnout is high and right now the pro-choice no vote to keep the right to an abortion in the kansas constitution is leading, which would be huge, really gigantic in terms of a victory in a very red state. let's get right to the big board and steve kornacki. steve what is happening there on the ground. this seems like a surprise. is it given the polling going in? take us what we're throughout we're seeing. >> there wasn't too much polling, one poll showed this very close, the yes leading 47 to 43. what's happening here -- there's a couple of things -- generally what you're seeing -- first of all you're seeing massive turnout. w

steve kornacki is with us all night. he joins us at the big board. i see once again you are choosing arizona to start with right now. we were talking to vaughn hillyard a few minutes ago. there was cheering in the lake headquarters. tell me why there would be. >> i think this is where they're is the most suspense right now, and think will be stuck in a state of suspense potentially for a few days. what you see here is the karen taylor robeson as a lead of eight points here statewide over kari lake. if you are watching an hour ago that was closer to ten points. so what's basically happened in arizona there are three phases to this vote. first, the county's report out, this is what happened in the 11 pm east our. all the votes they receive basically through yesterday. votes cast weeks ago. it was expected that big bucket of votes would be ten robson's best bucket of oats and will give her some lead and it did. then the question would be the next two buckets of votes. could she withstand what was in them. we are now in the second bucket of oats. we may

our best experts and steve kornacki are all here. and we know that some of the government's most classified material was recovered from the former presidents beach club, so says the national archives and now the question, who got to see the documents? plus, the shocking admission in the breonna taylor case. the former police detective admits she misled the judge to barge into taylor's home. the no-knock warrant that ended her life. as the 11th hour gets underway on the tuesday night. good evening, once again, i am alicia menendez in for stephanie ruhle. with just 77 days that goes until the midterm elections, this is a big primary night in new york and florida. the polls closed a few hours ago in both states. nbc news projects that former governor and congressman charlie crist easily won a democratic primary for governor. he will take on ron desantis in november. in new york congressman jarred nadler is projected to win the new 12 congressional district. among the candidates he defeated was his fellow incumbent carolyn maloney, we ar

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steve kornacki is here for all the results. from new york, florida and beyond. all in starts right now. >> good evening from new york i'm chris hayes. we do have a lot going on as you can see from the bottom of your screen there. it is primary election night three states, new york florida, and oklahoma. polls of just closed in florida and oklahoma, to be closing in for new york at 9 pm. new yorkers if he's still watching this 11 hour to vote. florida i can tell you that and d. c. news projects that former governor ankara congressman charlie crist as the project tick leader winner of the -- he will be then be running against ron desantis charlie crist for his old job as governor of florida. congresswoman val demings is the projected winner of the democratic primary for senate. she will face off in a row marquee senate race for against marco rubio since november. steve no he will be here to take us through all the races, to watch in just a little bit but, the news continues to break. two weeks now since the fbi searched donald trump's home at mar-a-lago, with ever

and let's bring in steve kornacki at the big board.ng at how this is going to go because it may tell them something about the fall. >> it is in the hudson valley, in the catskills, the 19th congressional district and the democrat is pat ryan and the republican matt mollin. and that was not supposed to happen. that was supposed to show you that this is the ultimate swing district. this went for joe biden by a small margin in 2020. had gone for donald trump by a small margin in 2016 and voted further back for barack obama. so in many ways it is tracked with the country over the most recent presidential elections here. and so we've been talking about these special elections potentially, especially since that supreme court ruling over turning roe v. wade. raising the question has democratic enthusiasm gone up. we have seen the generic ballot and get tighter in the special elections potentially offering us a clue. so we'll be paying attention to this one tonight. and then this is the back drop. these are the other recent special elections a

nbc news national political correspondent, steve kornacki joins me with the latest. so, steve, i just want to know first, i have this theory that we were going along with this issue of parental rights was going to win, and roe comes in and changes the dynamics of that. how much do you think roe changed what is going to happen in the midterms? >> i think tomorrow is potentially an interesting test of that question, because kansas is the state we are gonna have the first post dobbs decision referendum on the subject of abortion. what is on the ballot there in kansas tomorrow, is a constitutional amendment which would say there is nothing in the state constitution of kansas which enshrines the right to abortion. so, if this referendum passes tomorrow, it would then open the door, potentially, to the legislature into kansas having severe abortion restrictions, maybe an outright ban, something like that. so sort of a two-step thing that could potentially be initiated tomorrow. it's interesting, this has been on basically the same ballot measure, with four other state ball

steve kornacki at the big board for election night in america. all in starts right now. >> good evening from new york, i'm chris hayes. it is a big day here at msnbc. we have the debut of alex wagner in an hour. it is also a huge day for the country, the planet, for joe biden and the white house, for everyone. because today president joe biden signed well, the first as insane as it is to say, the first true climate bill in this country's history. it is the largest ever piece of american legislation aimed at reducing carbon emissions and fighting climate change. it will invest 370 billion dollars to dramatically reduce carbon emissions, and the law will as well, reduce health care costs, close loopholes on corporations, and reduce the deficit. this afternoon, president biden spoke about the long and really quite torturous path to get to this point. >> this administration began in a dark time in america. as jim said, a once in a century pandemic, devastating joblessness, clear and present threats to democracy and the rule of law, doubts about ameri

let's go back to arizona, steve kornacki, and look at that governor's race being watched very closely. the dynamic has changed a bit overnight. >> yeah, it did. it was the overnight hours on the east coast. basically what happened here was carrie lake, the trump backed candidate did extremely well in some of these counties in the same day vote, the election day vote. that is to say the folks who went out to the polls yesterday and voted in person. that's what was counted overnight. lake was trouncing karen taylor robson. that vaulted carrie lake somewhere around 4:00 p.m. east coast time into the lead over taylor robson. you see the margin at over 10,000 votes. if you were watching late last night east coast time in the 11:00 p.m. midnight hour, we got a huge initial batch of votes, like 60% of all the vote in arizona. it put taylor robson ahead of lake by about ten points. the sequence in arizona is a three phase process for reporting out the vote. that big batch last night were all the early votes that arrived at election offices by monday. that's always what gets reported out first

i want to go to steve kornacki at the big board. wow, it was a big night, kornacki.happening today. >> arizona shaped up as a real test here of donald trump, his appeal to the republican party in that state and specifically the appeal of his rhetoric and claims around the 2020 election. trump endorsed four candidates statewide in arizona in these republicans primaries who to some extent or another in some cases to a full extent echo his claims about the 2020 election. we can tell you three of them already have won. this is the outstanding piece of business here, carrie lake is the trump endorsed candidate. the margin is just over 10,000 votes -- >> steve, the president i believe is speaking now. let's go to the white house to take a listen to the president and then we'll come back. >>> the republican congress [ inaudible ]. as i said before, this is not over. incest or having a rape, this is just extreme. you know, even life of the mother is in question in some states. republican congressmen with extreme maga ideology are determined to go further, talking about natio

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joining me now, steve kornacki at the big board.of suspense in both races. we could pick it up with sarah palin's comeback attempt here. this is for the at-large congressional seat in alaska. special election to make this even more confusing. there's also yesterday a primary for the full two-year term that palin and these other candidates are all a part of as well. we will start with the special election right here. still have the votes being tabulated. this is a special election, as you say, being done by ranked choice voting. three candidates on the ballot. folks went to the polls yesterday. who is your first choice, second choice? you mark up your ballot like that. the key here is there were two republicans, palin and begicl and one democrat on the ballot. it looks like is happening -- some votes to be counted. it looks like peltola is on course to finish first in the initial round of tab ooh lags here. palin does have an advantage of over 5,000 votes over begich. we haven't called this yet. palin looks in good position to hold o

steve kornacki joins us at the big. board florida political girl, mark caputo is here as for the democrats choose their pick to take on governor ron desantis. plus, breaking news tonight about the top secret document trump had at mar-a-lago, information being called quote, among the most sensitive secrets the u.s. ole. donald trump reportedly wouldn't show some of the material, even to some top eight. one of the washington post reporters who broke that story, carol lanning joins us live. the jury finds two men guilty of kidnapping -- as the irs -- because of threats from the far-right. we start tonight with what you might call a quintessential new york moment. >> -- i will take you out. >> you can take me? out how are you gonna do that? >> watch. >> that would then republican candidate for new york governor, carl palladino threatening to take out a reporter way back in 2010. if you follow near politics over the last decade or so you may remember carl palatine oh, he became nationally famous during that race. thanks to a

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let us go now to steve kornacki at the big board.leading question, how about does it look for listing in wyoming? >> it looks bad for liz jamie. looks as bad as people were saying. it was in the run up to this, ten minutes ago, we started to get members out. what you see here is a 16-point lead right now for cheney's trump backed challenger harriet hageman. and the numbers may be worse than that for cheney. i'll show you why. what we're looking at right now, this is natrona county the second largest county in the state this, is where casper, wyoming is. what you see here is the absentee votes. it's a little less than half of all the vote from this county. one of the biggest counties in the state it's the absentee vote. and one of the things we've expected coming into tonight, and one of the things we have seen in primary after primary this year is that the trump backed candidates do much better in the election day vote. the folks who go out to the polls and vote on election day, that tends to be a very pro trump demographic. and thes

we have nbc national political correspondent steve kornacki. karen, let me start with you. you live here. you've been reporting here. watching it from afar, the secretary of state seemed absolutely shocked by the numbers of people that turned out yesterday. i mean, it was crazy! nobody would have predicted it. tell us how this happens in a very red state like kansas >>well, i think you're right. the secretary of state was absolutely stunned. his prediction was a 36% voter turnout. it turned out to be more than that from the unofficial results we have seen so far. closer to around 45%. nearly half of registered voters. that's a lot of people who say they care about the issue and went to the polls yesterday. >> amanda, the big question now is, is kansas a oneoff or tell us something about the country and frankly the energizing ability of the abortion issue? >> i think the numbers are so big. it's hard not to take a look and say wow, this is the first real data around how voters will react. it's been a long time. the democrats have been saying how important the issue is. now i

steve kornacki. thank you so much. still ahead on "morning joe," some veterans spent the weekend protesting in washington, d.c. after republicans blocked a bill that would help vets exposed to toxic burn pits. >> so they were against the vets. no doubt about that. republicans were against the vets. but mitigating factor, they say at the same time, they're for china. so gop senate leadership, against u.s. vets, for china, actually whipping their members to vote that way. >> we're going to take a look at. >> it's really, kind of, i gotta say, even for this republican party, it's kind of screwed up. >> we'll take a look at where the legislation stands. and the new back-and-forth fight, between jon stewart and senator pat toomey. plus, democrats have the chance to push forward president biden's economic agenda. but will everyone get behind the newreconciliation bill? so far, kyrsten sinema is staying quiet. we'll also have the latest from capitol hill, when we're joined by senator chris murphy. also, ahead, a look at the e

our big thanks to steve kornacki. and joining us now is nominee for florida governor congressman charlie crist. congratulations. >> thanks, it's great to be with you. >> thank you for joining us. i know you have gotten very little sleep. >> it's okay. >> you have a tough race ahead of you. >> that's true. i think it's very winnable. >> he's popular, florida has a registration edge for republicans. he has $140 million to spend. what's your strategy? >> the strategy is to be myself. you always need to be genuine in who you are. you're right. he has like a 50% approval rating. when i served as governor even in the great recession, my approval rating was 72%. i'll take those 22 points over him. and so i think we have a great shot. i really doo. resources are an issue. they always are in any political campaign. but i'm confident that people will go to charliecrist.com and give us a helping hand. we'll try to send them one of our new posters. i really think our chances are good. women are energized. fair minded men are jrge

steve kornacki is at the big board to break down all the results. >>> plus, china infuriated by speaker pelosi's visit to taiwan. the preliminarycations of her trip on that tricky relationship. >>> here at home, big movement on capitol hill. the senate just passed legislation to help veterans exposed to burn pits after republicans initially blocked that legislation. >>> and with august recess approaching, senator sinema under pressure to support her party's manchin backed bill. >>> suing over related to the shootings. his hearings slated for tomorrow. >>> we begin with the key primary results and the implications for november. voters proved donald trump's support still matters but roe's defeat could upend the midterms. in missouri it was the battle of the ericks in the republican race for senate. in the end state attorney general eric schmitt defeated missouri's disgraced governor eric greitens. in kansas, abortion rights sailed to overwhelming victory with voters voting down a constitutional amendment that would have eroded rights in the state. it was the first statewide vote on aborti

joining us from the big board is nbc's steve kornacki. today. >> i think the marquee race today is actually not a primary. it's the special election, the 19th congressional district of new york. this is a competitive district politically. obviously we've been asking that question in the last couple weeks and months. has there been a shift in the midterm climate in the democrats' favor in the wake of the supreme court decision overturning roe versus wade. the 19th district in new york, hudson valley, out to the cat skills and look at how the district has noted in presidential elections, went for biden barely in 2020 by two points. go back to 2016, it went for trump by seven, so it was a trump, biden district in a normal midterm climate it favors the out-of-power peat. this looks like a good setup for the republicans. normally the out-of-power party does well in midterms. republicans would look for things to go back closer to where they were in 2016 so it's going to be an interesting special election because if the case that democrats are m

and i think that we might be set up to have that test in november. >> steve kornacki, the best.lly appreciate you. steve will be at the big board throughout the evening with results from today's primaries. we'll keep an eye out on that. >> this is a state like arizona, this was a barry goldwater statement that's how republican the state was. this the was a john mccain state, two republican senators pretty much my whole life tirnl and i'm not that old but i'm not that the young, and now it has two democratic senators, not one, but two. this is a state that swung from all the way from the goldwater republican all the way to being a blue state right now in terms of its representation in the united states senate so what do you make of this idea that the republicans are still taking the knee and essentially nominating people who are so far on the trump wing that they could actually make it bluer. >> i think that the term is shand frayed, joy, which is democratic delight, right? but at the same time i think we -- it's important to step back and look at this in the context of america.

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thank you very much, steve kornacki. have you had any rest? i've been watching you all night. >> i think in about five hours i'll get there. >> please. okay. thanks, steve. >> you got it. >> and join meg now, cecile richlds, american bridge co-chair, former president of planned parenthood. well, what are your takeaways? >> well, it was an incredible night, andrea. and i think steve's numbers really did tell a couple of stories. one thing that wasn't talked about is the fact that after the dobbs decision, the supreme court decision that overturned roe vs. wade, we saw a 1,000% increase in people registering to vote in the state of kansas and 70% of them were women. one of the things you look at of course in a midterm election is enthusiasm. and clearly enthusiasm is on the side of people who are registering to vote. and i think the number i saw last night was about 20% of the voters who went to the polls yesterday in kansas actually didn't vote on anything except for this constitutional amendment. so i think that this is not a good sign for the

writer >> whenever steve kornacki understands describes it, i feel like understanding for the first 30 seconds. >> it's complicated and then it gets complicated. >> it is a job, this is a very special night for young voters especially, because you can go decades. i personally won about 30 years in the space between i've seen politicians lose an election over principle. liz cheney lost over a principle tonight. the last time i saw at it a prominent level, mario cuomo here in the state of new york 28 years ago he wouldn't change his position to favor the death penalty. and that was it, and he knew he was gonna lose if he didn't if he didn't do it. there is nothing more noble in politics and losing on principle. that is one of the reasons why concession speeches can sometimes be the best speech a politician is ever made. >> i think of ted kennedy's concession speech 1980, where he coined one of the most famous phrases. let's speak of liz cheney. and her concession speech she said. this primary election is over but now the real work begins. >> so that's what's so amazing about this concess

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lauderdale, and our steve kornacki is at his big board. also with us, jeremy peters, msnbc contributor. so, dasha, you just got a pull-aside with pat ryan who won that race in the new york 19th. tell us what he said and why he thinks he was victorious. >> i asked him about the secret sauce that all democratic strategists are now going to be looking to find here in this race. you know, the voters here in this district heard our friend, steve kornacki, talking about how significant this race really was. and it did fly under the radar for a while, but now, look, this is a swinging district, you mentioned it. it's reflected the national mood for many years now. it went from obama to trump to biden. it was republican held from its creation in 2012, until the blue wave in 2018. and this was far from a guaranteed victory from pat ryan. the republican party did have an advantage here because typically, in a year where one party controls washington, it is an uphill battle for the other side. but this really came down to issues. it wasn't about pers

i want to bring back steve kornacki at the big board. i guess a lot of the questions is, can all of these trump-backed nominees in places like arizona be successful in a general election? >> and this is setting up a very interesting test potentially this fall in arizona, in a very critical state. we have a united states senate right now that is 50/50, republicans need a net gain of 1 to get back control of the senate and arizona will be one of the most important races in terms of deciding who wins the senate. so let's just start here, and what vaughn was just talking about, the one uncalled race here in arizona, and you do see kari lake taking the lead here, and the expectation that those late-arriving ballots that will be counted today and in the days ahead will be beneficial to her. if that trend does continues and lake wins this, as vaughn said, that would complete a sweep for donald trump in these republican primaries. because you've got lake there in the governor's race, you've got fincham in the secretary of state's race. you've go

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steve kornacki is break it down lye for us in just moments. you see him there with the first polls closing in just two hours. voters weighing in amidst these very busy times. the issues range from this week's foreign policy breakthrough over al qaeda to the first midterm referendum since the supreme court struck down the roe vs. wade protections. indeed, i can tell thaw issue is live in kansas where republicans are doubling down, pushing that vote that would green light full abortion bans. we're tracking that. the outspoken liberals are fighting off challenges. that's on display, where progressives saw some losses in san francisco, which has known as a progressive place. then there's the future of democracy itself today, with the republican party, in some places like arizona, deciding through its voters tonight whether the party's nominees for top jobs are backers of the big lie of baseless election fraud claims, of attacks on the way we do nonpartisan democracy in this country, with trump encoursed candidates currently viewed as front-runners

. >> steve kornacki joins us this hour with the latest. we'll break it all down. >>> senate republicans reportedly cancel ad spending in several key swing states. what that might say about overall gop fundraising and the campaigns for dr. oz in pennsylvania, ron johnson in wisconsin, and blake masters in arizona. >> you know, willie, i'm not good at this politics thing. >> good to have the team back together again. >> i did see a couple episodes of the "west wing." is it bad when they take millions of dollars out of dr. oz's state, out of pennsylvania, the republicans, and cancel, what, $3 million? >> that's a bad sign. >> they're having trouble with donations. they're having trouble raising money. >> yes, joe. your viewing in re-runs of the "west wing" has served you well in this case. it is a bad sign. it is a good sign for democrats who, not so long ago, had written off the united states senate perhaps. now, when you look at pennsylvania, when you look at ohio, when you look at georgia. >> the "wizard of oz." >> arizona, they feel they'

steve kornacki, thank you as well. happy birthday, my friend. >> thank you. >>> idaho is the latest state to land in the middle of the fight over abortion rights. oral arguments start in a case challenging idaho's near total abortion ban. the justice department is suing to block the ban from taking effect this thursday. it would criminalize all abortions in idaho with the exception for rape, incest and to save the life of the pregnant woman. >>> coming up next, violent arrests and an investigation under way after video shows a suspect being beaten by police in arkansas. >>> plus, flash flooding in dallas swamps cars, forcing water rescues. we're on the ground next. new astepro allergy. now available without a prescription. astepro is the first and only 24-hour steroid free spray. while other allergy sprays take hours astepro starts working in 30 minutes. so you can... astepro and go. with powerful, easy-to-use tools power e*trade makes complex trading easier react to fast-moving markets with dynamic charting and a futu

steve kornacki says the vote is still out there.ere. top to bottom in the primary elections, not just supported by donald trump but people who explicitly have called 2020 still winning the election. and some are saying we're going to go back and decertify the results of 2020 and take it away from joe biden. >> you said good night for donald trump in arizona, also a good night for arizona democrats in arizona. you know, as we know, when we think about the electoral map, the two most important new swing states, new swing states are georgia and arizona, states that are changing dramatically in terms of demographic composition, in terms of ethics and composition, but suburban places why joe biden was able to win those states. what we've seen, the arizona republican party has been taken over by the nutjobs that is great for donald trump but it's not great for republicans. who are going to have to compete statewide, particularly in a state like arizona which is a purple trending blue state. not a red -- not a red state. so, i would say, l

steve kornacki breaks down the numbers. good morning. welcome to "morning joe.". 57% of americans believe the investigations into donald trump should continue. 40% believe it should stop. issues facing the country, threats of democracy has overtaken the cost of living. the poll shows a dissatisfied electorate. tracking with other numbers we've seen several months now, 74% of americans say the country is headed in the wrong direction. 58% believe america's best days are behind it. and 58% believe the united states is in a recession. republicans have a 2-point edge when it comes to which party voters want to control congress, though it is in the margin of error. tie game there. democrats significantly closed the enthusiasm gap. 68% of republicans express a high level of interest in the upcoming election, versus 66% for democrats. in may, that gap was 8 points. let's go to nbc news national political correspondent, steve kornacki, at the big board, and co-founder of axios, mike allen with us, as well. steve, take us through some of the numbers and what jumped out to

we have a lot to get to tonight, so let's get right to it with steve kornacki at the big board. steve? >> this is the story of the night, and i think this could be the story of the summer, politically, in terms of setting the stage for the midterm election. i am talking about the special election in new york 19 district, you mention pat ryan, the democrat defeated mark molinaro, the republican. ryan will go to fill the remainder of the antenna delgado seat. he will run in a different district this november. what mr. significant is several things. first of all, this is the last major special election tests before november election. it comes after a two month period when we had been questioning, folks have been questioning whether the political involvement in this country might be changing away from the republican favor and into the democrat direction. there have been a number of things that have been happening in the last few months, one, the generic ballot. when you ask folks in polling, which party would you like to see control congress, democrats or republicans, earlier this y

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here to give us the latest on these key races and help us break it all down is the great steve kornacki at the big board. steve, what are you hearing out of alaska? what should we sort of be expecting in this night of nights? >> i guess patience. you should be patient i think as we get results at the poll from alaska they are now close they've indicated it will be a veteran hour till we start getting the results. what we are gonna get than our votes that were cast in person today, votes that were cast in person at early voting locations in the run up to this election. what's gonna take some time are votes that were cast by mail. there's time for those that were postmarked today to come in, they can take a while to come in. the entire process here to get all the votes tabulated can take a while, and what's really gonna slow things down in terms of getting it out come here, this is a ranked choice voting election here. what happened they had the initial race, or a bunch of candidates, and the rule in alaska is that the top four go to two to the final round. what happened in this race one

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let's get right to it with steve kornacki back at the big board. steve? >> yeah. well, this is the story of the night. i think really thisst could be e story of the summer politically, just in terms of setting the ng stage. the special election in new york's 19th district. pat ryan the democrat defeated malinaro the republican. ryan will go to the congress to fill the remainder of delgado's term. what makes this such a significant result. several things. this really is the last major special election test before november's election. and it comes after a two-month period when we have been questioning, folks have beenbe questioning, whether the political environment in this country might be changing away from the republican's favor and in the democrat's direction. there have been aem number of things happening in the last few months. i one, the generic ballot. which party would you like to see control congress, democrats or republicans. earlier this year, republicans had been winning on that question. now it's essentially a tie when you average theen polls togethe.