one is maura healey, who will be the first elected female governor of massachusetts, and governor-elect healey joins us now. you've made history on a number of levels. congratulations. thank you for being on today. i love the message that you sent straight out of the -- straight out of your win when you tweeted a picture of four women, and you said, we might be the first, but we won't be the last. to every little girl out there, we want you to know there is no ceiling you can't break. and up and down the line, governor-elect, lieutenant governor, attorney general, treasurer, all women in massachusetts. >> yeah. it was a really special night in massachusetts. we did something historic. i'm proud of our ticket and really pleased because i think we know more than ever that representation really matters. it means we're going to have better policies, better laws when we have more diversity reflected in those who are in office. sorry about that. and also the other thing is -- last couple days of being out -- but, you know, seeing is believing, and yesterday i had an opportunity to go visit wi

abc news projects massachusetts democrat maura healey will be the first openly gay woman elected governorthat state. and in maryland, democrat wes moore is projected to win the governor's race. moore will be the first person the color to lead that state and only the third black governor in our nation's history. what's it like having xfinity internet with supersonic wifi? it's fast like beyond-gig-speed fast. yeaaaaaaaaay!!! with three times the bandwidth, and the power to connect hundreds of devices at once. get the xfinity supersonic bundle with unlimited gig speed nternet, wifi equipment included and a free 4k streaming box. all for $50 a month with a 2 year internet rate guarantee and no annual contract when you add xfinity mobile with unlimited data. switch today! >>> "nightline," "your voice, your vote, election 2022" coverage continues. >>> we return to our roundtable, donna brazile, chris christie. we were expecting a red wave, it didn't happen, why not? >> historically, parties in power lose a seat. we knew there was a significant headwind. biden wanted this to be a choice, not a

along with maura healey in massachusetts who will become the country'first openly lesbian governors. thengovernors race, katie hobbs has a 27,000 vote lead republican kari lake. about 82% of the votes have been counted in the grand canyo state. the u.s. senate and the governor races have yet to be called. you can follow the numbers as they change by goingr website. c-span.org/election. >> see spanish or unfiltered view of government, funded by these television companies, and more, including comcast. >> you think this is just a committee center? no. it is more than that. comcast is partnering with a thousand community centers to create wi-fi so students from low income families can get the tools they need to be ready for everything. >> comcast support c-span is a public service, along with these other dividers, giving you a front row seat to democracy. question them -- >> president biden is in egypt to talk about the negative impacts of climate change and how the u.s. is investing in solution. ♪ absolutely critical, delivering incredible progress on climate issues over the past two ye

and joining us now is massachusetts attorney general, maura healey, who will soon be the 73rd governorsetts. thank you very much for joining us tonight, we really appreciate you being here. >> it is great to be with you lawrence, thank you for having me. >> this never looked in doubt from the distance that i was watching. you maintained a strong lead throughout. what were the key differences, obviously you are running against a trump election denier in massachusetts, so that was not going to get any traction, but what are the policy differences between your two candidacies? >> you are absolutely right, here in massachusetts i was up against a person who wanted to bring trumpism to massachusetts. he was an election denier. he wanted to take away abortion rights. the voters rejected that. i think fundamentally, people made the decision that this is about our values, this is about our freedoms, this is about who we are going to stand with and stand for. that is why it was such a decisive victory, and we are grateful for the support. i'm particularly grateful for all the little girls out t

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>> reporter: in massachusetts, maura healey not only became the first woman elected governor in thatatever, whoever, you want to be. >> reporter:ls governor inonme secretary, sarah huckabee sanders, became the first woman to be elected governor in arkansas. >> thank you so much to the people of arkansas who have entrusted this responsibility to me. i will be forever grateful to each of you, and i promise i won't let you down. >> reporter: and maxwell frost, a 25-year-old democrat from florida, became the first-gen z'er elected to congress. >> gen-z, half of us are not old enough to vote, the youngest is 13 right now. that shows me there's a lot of hope and promise in this nation as young people are starting to rise up and really step into their political power. >>> when we come back, the young conservative activist working to elect republicans to fight climate change. hey guys, detect this: living with hiv, i learned that i can stay undetectable with fewer medicines. that's why i switched to dovato. dovato is for some adults who are starting hiv-1 treatment or replacing their current

democrat maura healey will be the first openly lesbian governor and she's the first woman elected governorof massachusetts. and fellow democrat westmore will become maryland's first black governor. former president trump says he will announce his running mate very soon. trump already suggested he'll announce his 2024 white house campaign next week. today's weather snow in the rockies, rain for the plains hurricane warnings along florida's atlantic coast. nicole is expected to make landfall late tonight. as a category one storm, and finally, all the results may not be finalized yet, but the campaigns for the most part are finally over a relief for all those reporters who have been following the candidates around for months. in an election with so much at stake, and with so much attention on the state of georgia. here's the bowling place where the lines are short lately, ibsa is sharing her front row seat to history with all of us anything and everything in this job from florida, working as an abc news political in bed here in georgia that weighs about £25 on my back and my camera. there's j

democratic attorney general maura healey will become the first female governor in the state history andso be the first openly lesbian governor. election history was also made in florida. 25-year-old democrat maxwell frost is set to be the first member of generation z to win a seat in congress. >> trevor: wow, a 25-year-old congressman! that's going to be great to have a young person in congress. and by young, i mean "under 85." i mean, it will be tough, though, being that young around that many old people. half his time is going to be spent helping them with their phones. he'll be in the middle of the speech, like, "and that's why my district and the people deserve -- what, chuck? no, just swipe up to close the app. swipe up. no, don't click that! there aren't really hot singles in your area, it's a trick! it's a trick!" and there are a lot of other cool firsts, too. women firsts, lgbtq firsts, immigrant firsts. honestly, i almost feel bad for anyone who won and it wasn't a historic first. there was probably some straight white guy last night giving his speech like, "it's an honor to be

maura healey, the nation's first out lesbian governor in the state of massachusetts.n maryland. let's take you to maryland now. that's where wes moore defeated the far right republican dan cox to become the first african american elected governor there. overall, though, gop still holding on to some top jobs in the majority of the senate with a history-making victory of their own in arkansas. that's where sarah huckabee sanders is projected to be the first woman elected governor. remember her father was a governor there as well. so this is an interesting story for her. republicans also winning a few other big races. florida's ron desantis, georgia's brian kemp, greg abbott in texas all defeating their democratic challengers. the wall all red there except for the surrounding blue framing. so there you go. cnn's john berman. i walk over to the magic wall. here we go. can we talk about arizona? >> let's talk about arizona. katie hobbs is the secretary of state there. and kari lake is this election denying republican who has the support of donald trump, media hating. >> fo

maura healey, massachusetts gubernatorial candidate, is now the first openly lesbian governor-elect inew hampshire, james rosener is now the first openly trans man elected to a state legislature in u.s. history. given a tour of candidate wes moore will be the first black governor in maryland -- gubernatorial candidate wes moore will be the first black governor of maryland and only the third ever black governor in america. >> with so many votes still being counted, some of the top races are still in the air, but we are getting a clearer picture in other important races. >> please to be joined by josh kane, senior reporter at the examiner, with his take. i want to talk about someone who was not even on the ballot, mayor london breed. and yet she was on the ballot because it seems that every person that she decided to endorse won or is winning currently. >> yeah. good morning. it is a very astute observation that mayor breed had a great night. with all of her appointees, brooke jenkins, matt dorsey, school board members, even a college trustee, the mayor has pretty much run perfect when i

maxwell alejandro became the first member of gen z to serve in congress and maura healey became the first female and lesbian to be elected governor in the u.s. healey spoke about what her victory meant to her shortly after the win was announced. take a listen. >> for me, this just brings about all these feelings i had as i was running and looking into the eyes of little girls, young women, talking to young people from the lgbtq community. representation matters and seeing is believing and i hope that my election will affirm in those young people this idea so important that they can be anything they want to be. >> when people ask me what does gen z care about, we care about the same issues. but generation z cares about them through the times we've grown up in. parkland, march for our lives, trayvon martin, these are moments defining for our generation. i'm taking that perspective to congress and the urgency these issues deserve. >>> we're following what's now a tropical storm nicole as it moves across the state of florida. it was a category 1 hurricane when it made landfall a couple of hou

she joins maura healey of massachusetts as the first openly lesbian elected governors in the united states. ukraine's military says it has reclaimed control over 100 square miles of territory in the kherson region over the last 24 hours, including dozens of settlements. ukraine's latest battlefield gains came as russian officials said all troops have withdrawn from kherson city. kherson is one of four ukrainian territories russian president vladimir putin claimed to have annexed in october. elsewhere, officials in the city of mykolaiv say russian attacks on a residential building killed six people overnight. this week, top u.s. general mark milley estimated more than 100,000 soldiers on each side of the conflict have been killed or wounded. his remarks came as the wall street journal reported south korea will for the first time sell artillery shells destined for ukraine's military through a confidential arms deal between seoul and washington. the saleomes afterorth korea's governme denied reports it has sent artillery shells and ammunition to russia for use in ukraine. meanwhile, ukrainian

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she is now one of two women, along with maura healey in massachusetts who will become the country'firstlesbian governors. thengovernors race, katie hobbs has a 27,000 vote lead republican kari lake. about 82% of the votes have been counted in the grand canyo state. the u.s. senate and the governor races have yet to be called. you can follow the numbers as they change by goingr website. c-span.org/election. >> see spanish or unfiltered view of government, funded by these television companies, and more, including comcast. >> you think this is just a committee center? no. it is more than that. comcast is partnering with a thousand community centers to create wi-fi so students from low income families can get the tools they need to be ready for everything. >> comcast support c-span is a public service, along with these other dividers, giving you a front row seat to democracy. question them -- >> president biden is in egypt to talk about the negative impacts of climate change and how the u.s. is investing in solution. ♪

massachusetts will also soon have its first woman governor with the election of democrat maura healey. she will also become the first openly lesbian governor. in vermont, the first woman to fit openly lgbtq+ candidate i never want to congress. she was elected to the house to fill the seat held by peter welch who was elected to the senate to replace patrick lahey. in maryland, voters elected democrat wes moore who will become maryland's first black governor. meanwhile in arizona, democrat katie hobbs is leading and the governor's race against republican kari lake. in arizona's closely watched race, secretary -- election deniers running to oversee election. cnn reports election deniers won sec. state races in alabama, south dakota, and wyoming. one of tuesday nights big winners was abortion rights. vermont, michigan, and california all voted to enshrine the right to an abortion in their states' constitutions. in kentucky, voters rejected a ballot measure that sought to amend the state constitution to say there is no right to abortion. state lawmakers have already passed a near-total ban

resounding win for wes moore and in massachusetts, maura healey becomes the first openly lgbtq. governor of any state in the country. so some history in massachusetts. as well. new york is one. pam and ken, that we have talking about a lot as we look at the vote there. they called in reinforcements at the last for kathy hochul, the incumbent but she is in control of that race with the that 65% of can you pull a pennsylvania couple of anything here? wego josh shapiro, who is the >> democrat has a big lead with 72% of the vote over doug mastriano mastriano was involved in the january 6th capitol attack. he is as ardent trump supporter as >> we will find and he doesn't seem to be getting enough of the vote to make this competitive. interesting people in pennsylvania have been splitting their vote. it would appear because that race along with georgia close for the senate, you have obviously doctor oz, mehmet oz going up against john that is a close race. >> this is not a close you have people who are voting democrat for governor and republican in some cases for senator. yeah. all ri

massachusetts elected maura healey the nation's first openly lesbian governor and the first female governorin maryland it's governor-elect wes moore. democrats other big flip last night. he's become just the third black elected governor in u.s. history and the fourth overall and the first black governor of maryland. >> what an amazing night, and what an improbable journey, but you believed. you believed that in this moment our state could be boulder. and it's not lost on me that i've made a little history tonight myself as well. >> and maryland's governor-elect wes moore joins me now. governor-elect moore, it is good to see you. and congratulations. let me start by saying congratulations. >> thank you. thank you so much. it is great to be with you, it really is. >> i don't know if you're going to get to keep doing those dancing videos on your instagram. you might have to sober it up and do like it up and do serious things. >> i'm not -- i'm not stopping. i'm not stopping. >> you going to keep it going. >> let me put it up for you. it is wild. when you think of american history, this country

the newly elected governor, maura healey, is the first woman to be elected to that position and one ofhe first openly lesbian women to be elected governor in the united states. a final note here as we're tracking these early numbers, it's very likely we will see shifts in what party is leading races based on what votes are being counted first, for example, we know as of late democrats have preferred to vote by mail. republicans in person. the bottom line. be patient about these results. mike julie, all right, we will be checking in with you throughout the night, greg. thank you. for more perspective. now we're joined by melissa michaelson. she's a political science professor from menlo college professor. we just saw the latest numbers and some of the key races. there are close ones to watch tonight. which one stands out to you the most right now. what's most interesting right now is what's happening in georgia, where we see the difference between how well stacey abrams is doing compared to how well raphael warnock is doing. usually people vote a straight ticket they vote . all democrat

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then up in massachusetts, maura healey is the first openly lesbian woman elected governor in any statete and familiar face in arkansas, former press secretary sarah huckabee sanders is their first woman elected governor in arkansas. and finally this morning, we also now have our first gen-z congressional representative. maxwell frost in florida around orlando, he is just 25. that is the youngest that you can possibly be to be elected to congress, t.j. >> congratulations to him. trevor, we appreciate you and want to switch now away from the election but to bring you this breaking news from facebook. 11,000, 11,000 jobs have been cut at the social media giant, meta. mark zuckerberg shared a lengthy message with employees and our chief business correspondent rebecca jarvis has the very latest on this. rebecca, good morning. that's a lot of jobs. >> reorter: a lot of jobs, t.j. good morning, the largest job cuts in the company's history, 11,000 people, 13% of facebook's parent company, meta's workers will lose their jobs beginning today and in that lengthy note you referenced, the founder

in massachusetts, maura healey is the first openly lesbian governor in u.s. history.mark wayne mullen is the first native american senator from oklahoma in almost 100 years after he won a special election for the seat left over for the retiring republican senator. and in pennsylvania, democrat summer lee is the state's first black woman elected to congress, she won the 12th district last night. not only history being made we have votes coming in for the four undecided races for whether or not the democrats or republicans hold the senate. we will continue with the surprises as we're still counting the ballots here. that's coming up next. customizes your home insurance, here's a pool party. ♪ good times. insurance! ♪ only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ (vo) with verizon, you can now get a private 5g network. so you can do more than connect your business, you can make it even smarter. now ports can know where every piece of cargo is. and where it's going. (dock worker) right on time. (vo) robots can predict breakdowns and order their own r

this midterm election including in massachusetts which now has its first elected female governor, maura healeythe country's first open lesbian governor. she joins us now from boston for her very first television interview as governor-elect. congratulations. tell us what this moment is like for you personally as a trailblazer. and what's your message to little girls out there and to the lgbtq community? >> well, it's great to be with you, jake. you know, for me, this just brings about all these feelings i had as i was running and looking into the eyes of little girls, of young women, talking to young people from the lgbtq community. you know, representation matters. and seeing is believing. and i hope that my election will affirm in those young people this idea so important that they can be anything they want to be. this afternoon i got to spend time with young girls in a city just north of boston in a great after-school program. and it was just great to be spending time with them, them asking questions, them engaged, them talking about politics, maybe running for office. and at the end of the

and the reason for it is if maura healey, the democrat, wins, the abortion issue becomes very prominentn massachusetts. because if she is voted in, massachusetts will become one of those states that goes to nine months abortion for any reason. and i am against that. i am for abortion, don't get me wrong. i am for a lot of the things that democrats think i am not for -- i am fine with gay marriage's, i am fine with abortion. i would be a hypocrite if i was not, because i had an abortion. so i am not against that. but i do not believe in nine months for any reason. and if it was such a problem, and people say nobody would have that done, then why are you passing laws in the states like new york and california that say it is our right to have an abortion up to nine months for any reason? please, if you are in massachusetts, vote republican for governor. you can vote democrat for everybody else. host: becky with her plea. here is a text from monica in kentucky. my number one issue is the integrity of candidates, no election deniers. number two, abortion rights. number three, voting rights.

gretchen whitmer, in pennsylvania, josh shapiro, in maryland, wes moore, and in massachusetts, maura healeyngs first we have two outstanding governor's races, one in nevada, one in arizona, what are you seeing and hearing about the prospects of democrats taking either or both of those? >> democratic governors had a very good night. we beat expectations, and historical trends, the worst we can do is plus one in net governor's races, and if we can win arizona and nevada, that would be plus three, already we have beat the midterm for any president's party in governor's races since 1986. we know, though, that arizona is a critical state for us to flip. katie hobbs has been strong, she's been courageous. i believe she's going to win this race, but we're all on the edge of our seats. we know that kari lake has been sowing the seeds of confusion, and chaos, using the donald trump playbook, but we know, but we know, particularly with these election workers that are working so hard late at night, that this election is going to be decided by the number of votes count, not by how loud kari lake scream

the democrat maura healey is the projected winner in massachusetts.s republican governor elected not to not to run for reelection. jeff diehl was the republican challenger here. neither isn't a comment, but this is a pick up for the massachusetts governor's race. chris hayes, go ahead. >> i wanted to mention, go back to new hampshire look at their own numbers another one a comparisons, that's a common not and comment. that does something with kemp and her shock. or you have camp running at walker would six or seven points. looks five or six points, bolduc, chris sununu, they desperately wanted him to run for the senate race, he's very popular. we projected him as a winner tonight, again, he called trump stunts. he disavowed although election denialism. he's going to run considerably higher then balled up. one of the themes we're seeing in the early data here is that there is a tax on a general election popularity of being the maga candidate. >> kemp is a great story. kemp as culpable, -- predicated on the big lie of which camp certified -- kemp is run

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