republican candidate, kristi noem, welcome.emocrat candidate south dakota state senator billie sutton, welcome. we will begin with our opening statements, names were drawn to determine the order going first is congresswoman kristi noem. you may begin. noem: we did not have money for death taxes. we had to get innovative. we started a hunting lodge, cut efficiencies and these were all lessons i will bring to the governor's office. i have big ideas for this. and move people off of assistance and into higher-paying jobs, address affordable housing and healthcare, go after mental health care crisis and make sure we are waging a war on addiction. we don't have to grow the size of government to do these things are raise taxes to do it. all we need is genuine accountability, experience and leadership. i look forward to the discussion today. >> moderator: mister evans, share your thoughts with south dakota. evans: my name is kurt evans, i grew up in western springs, the elder son of kyle evans, country musician that older folks will re

kristi noem the first woman elected in south dakota, defeating billy sutton.

for this occasion, we are excited to be joined by governor elect kristi noem, a real friend of ours. stand up kristi. congratulations. she just ran a very, very great race against a very capable opponent and that was really something special. congratulations, kristi. we are also happy to have wyoming congresswoman liz chaney a good friend of mine here, that was a great victory. they know what they're doing in congress, liz. peas and carrots were raised by a farmer from riverside, pottersville colony. this is something he is very proud of. ruben waldner. i want to just think ruben for doing a great job. stand up, ruben. great job. that is a good-looking turkey. great job. peas and carrots are two out of a group of 50 exceptional turkeys raised for this event and you can see that. they are known as the residential flock. after their good fortune today, peas and carrots will live out the rest of their days at gobbler's rest, on the cam poufs virginia tech, good place, where they will enjoy a beautiful enclosure under the care of poultry science students and veterinarians. they will be we

we ares occasion, excited to be joined by governor-elect, a real friend of ours, kristi noem. stand up. congratulations. [applause] present come: -- trump: congratulations. have wyomingpy to congresswoman, a friend of mine, liz cheney with us. she just had a big victory also. that was a great victory. they know what they are doing in congress. these turkeys were raised by a wonderful farmer from riverside. this is something that he's very proud of. i want to think ruben for having done a great job. where is ruben? rubin, stand up. great job. that's a good-looking turkey. thank you very much. peas and carrots were two out of a group of 50 exceptional turkeys raised for this event. you can see that by looking at them. they are known as the presidential flock. after their good fortune today, peas and carrots will live out the rest of their days at gobblers rest on the campus of virginia tech where they will enjoy a beautiful private enclosure under the care of poultry science students and veterinarians. there will be well taken care of at virginia tech. it won't be entirely a res

republican candidate, representative kristi noem, welcome. democratic candidate, south dakota state senator billie sutton. we will begin with opening statements. names were drawn to determine the order. going first is kristi noem. ms. noem: thank you for tuning in. when my dad was killed, he had lands and cattle, do not have money in the bank to pay death taxes. we started a hunting lodge to bring in at your revenue. these are all lessons i will bring to the governor's office, and i have big ideas for this state. ways we can work on education and workforce, move people off of assistance and into higher-paying jobs, address affordable housing and health care, the mental health care crisis and making sure we are waging a war on addiction. we do not have to increase state government to do these. all we need is genuine accountability, experience, and leadership. so i look forward to the discussion tonight. >> thank you. mr. evans, you have one minute to share your thoughts. go ahead. mr. evans: thanks. my name is kurt evans. i am the elder son of

senate and republican congress woman kristi noem will become south dakota's first female governor. kristi noem / sd governor elect my mom is behind me and so is my mother in law sharon and they're probably the two most wonderful women you'd meet in your entire life.alexandra limon / washington correspondentmore than one hundred women will serve in the house of representatives and at least twenty three in the u-s senate. but that still isn't reflective of the u-s population which is 50 percent female.democratic leader pelosi says issues like health and childcare are important to 'everyone' but female lawmakers should to focus other things too.nancy pelosi / democratic house leader because we view every issue as a women's issue. we believe the national security of our country is a women's issue, economic secuirty.women also played a big role in flipping the house of representatives to democratic control -- with 59 percent of women voting for democrats according to cnn exit poll data. in washington alexandra limon. coming up at eight.. the jury is selected in the trial of infamous dru

republican candidate congresswoman kristi noem, welcome.emocrat candidate, south dakota state candidate billy said. welcome. we will begin with our opening statements. names were drawn to determine the order. going first is congresswoman kristi noem. thank you everyone for tuning in tonight. when my dad was killed in an accident on our family farm, we did not have money in the bank tip a for death taxes. we had to get innovative. all we need is genuine accountability, experience, and leadership. >> i am the elder son of kyle evans, a country musician that the older folks still remember. he was named the official troubadour of south dakota centennial celebration and he was conducted into the state hall of fame later that year. i went to college in south dakota state university. i studied mathematics and got a bachelor's degree there. i became a basketball coach. iran for the u.s. house of representatives as an independent. in 2002, i joined the libertarian party and was their nominee for the united states senate. dakota, iran for south state

. >> and republican kristi noem was elected the first woman governor of south dakota over democrat billien. noem will succeed dennis daugaard, also a republican. voters in iowa also elected their first female governor in state history. republican kim reynolds won a tight race against democrat fred hubble after campaigning on reforming medicaid and funding planned parenthood. and one other milestone to note. jared polis in colorado became the first openly gay man ever elected governor in america. the five-term congressman who spoke of inclusivity and diversity beat out republican walker stapleton. >> florida is getting a whole lot of attention for its governor's race and some key house and senate races. as the largest battleground state in the country, these elections could provide valuable insight into how voters are reacting to the president after narrowly voting him in office two years ago. let's turn now to nbc news political reporter alley ba tally live in naples. she's been on the road following all of these races closely. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, frances and phillip.

senate and republican congress woman kristi noem will become south dakota's first female governor.exandra limon / washington correspondentmore than one hundred women will serve in the house of representatives and at least twenty three in the u-s senate. but that still isn't reflective of the u-s population which is 50 percent female.democratic leader pelosi says issues like health and childcare are important to 'everyone' but female lawmakers should to focus other things too.nancy pelosi / democratic house leader because we view every issue as a women's issue. we believe the national security of our country is a women's issue, economic secuirty.women also played a big role in flipping the house of representatives to democratic control -- with 59 percent of women voting for democrats according to cnn exit poll data. in washington alexandra limon. san mateo congresswoman jackie speier issued a statement today -- saying in part:"i look forward to serving with every one of the women coming to congress and to supporting the wave of women in our state and local offices. i also look forwa

dashers kristi noem flat. term happens his in october of next year.would have been in his position for 18 years. he has not raised rates once. carol: in seven years. >> writes, and he began by lowering them. so -- right. and he began bellowing them. we anticipate at that point toward the ends of his term, what is going on in italy now, is a bit of an embarrassment for draghi because he is italian, but a sickly rome is having a fight with brussels over its deficit -- but basically rome is having a fight with rustles over its deficit target. if that explodes and rekindles fears about a debt crisis in europe, all bets about an interest rate increase will be off. draghi, i mean, being head of the european, in the story, it says it's one of the juiciest prizes in your land. >> it is a very powerful steppingstone. is what draghi proved because there is a governing council of 24 people on it, basically, it includes all of the central bank presidents from the countries in europe, but he proved that this is a council of equals, that he -- that this is in the c

and then we had kristi noem and poor, a luminary that cnn said she could no longer be neutral when itame to trump. have to keep the drama in context. it's not like trump is surveilling the associated press or james rosen i fox. >> that have been during the obama administration. >> it did. when trump says fake news, what comes to my mind is they said that comey would refute the testimony and they said donald trump jr. had advanced knowledge of the wikileaks. no. they said scaramucci had a hedge fund connection. not to. you put that context and then you have anderson cooper. you had the religion editor saying trump is a piece of come i can't repeat what he said. kathy griffin. >> laura: ana navarro last week. >> the joke about the hot mic. he >> laura: anna called the president of the united states a racist pig last week. speak with the former head of the cia, the holocaust, nazi imagery. >> it's fake. it's a lie and they are perpetrating it. >> cnn is part of the resistance and i think acosta knows it and he's virtue signaling to his audience, his peers, and his boss. >> laura: i also

in south dakota, kristie noem will be the state's first female governor. the surge of women running was attributed to the me too and time's up movements, and the diversity of those elected signals a big change in the house and senate. sharice davis and deb haalandand will be the first native americans in congress. >> i never expected a world where someone who looks like me. >> the chair of the democratic women's caucus joined us on "abc 7 news" at 4:00. our colleague kristen sze asked about the pink wave. >> i think women decided to get it done. a lot of women looked at the state of the country and said i make the majority of decisions in the household when it comes to health care, to consumer choices, when it comes to education, when it comes to the household checkbook, why not run for office and do it on a broader scale. >> election day is always the first tuesday after the first monday in november in america. it has been that way since 1845, but among other advanced industrial democracies we don't have a lot of company. according to the pugh research ce

kristi noem the first woman elected in south dakota, defeating billy sutton. about 16 women ran tonight, she's one of the winners. we go to the map here. you see democrats have four pickups tonight. they came into the night at a deficit in terms of the governorships. republicans were very much at an advantage. you see tonight some republican holds. in florida, princfor instance, republican hold. in ohio, a republican hold. you have a map here that looks good for republicans in some key battleground states. and you have flips, as well, for democrats. michigan, for instance, that was a pickup and a flip for democrats. you look at illinois, that was a pickup and a flip for democrats. pennsylvania, that was a hold for democrats. but listen, they came into the night, democrats did, really wanting to have six pickups. they got four so far. now, we go to georgia. this is a race we've been watching all night long. brian kemp still up, about a similar margin, about 115,000 votes ahead of stacy abrams eyn that closely-watched race. and tony evers, about 3,000 votes over

kristi noem from the house of representatives has beaten billie sutton. mr. kornacki has alerted us to a drama in wisconsin. we've been covering this on a slow-motion basis all night. >> feels like two years ago at this time we had drama in wisconsin. here we go again. scott walker trying to hang on, win a third term after surviving the recall. he trails tony evers by 6,000 votes. there are a few pockets left where walker can still pick up some votes and eat into that margin. he could eliminate the margin in brown county where green bay is. still half the vote yet to come. a significant lead for walker. here is the suspense, here's the wild card and here is the drama. take a look at milwaukee county, obviously huge democratic area. we have just been told that the city of milwaukee has 45,000 uncounted absentee ballots that will be counted in the next hour. so, that is the biggest, single wild card we were not even aware of until a few minutes ago that has the potential to alter the math. we have some areas of brown county, some other areas in the state where

projects garcia will defeat phillip aronoff.south dakota elects its first woman governorrepublican kristi noeme south dakota's first female governor after defeating democrat billie sutton, cnn projects. noem had previously been serving as south dakota's at-large member of congress.some firsts out of reachwhile tuesday marked a series of first steps for the nation, many other candidates fell short in their own groundbreaking bids. tallahassee democratic mayor andrew gillum would have become florida's first black governor, and tuesday night saw him losing to florida republican ron desantis. and in vermont, democratic nominee christine hallquist already made history as the first transgender major party nominee for governor, but she was unable to defeat gop gov. phil scott, cnn projected.but as with hallquist's nomination being a first of its own, so were contests across the nation. the 2018 midterm elections saw a diverse field and a record high number of women running -- and with votes cast, it remained to be seen as of tuesday night how the full picture will shake out. ike to live where nature