the first statement by molly. kelly. mrs. kelly: thank you. it has been great to have a discussion about the issues that i think are facing new hampshire that are really challenging and i hope you had an opportunity to hear some of the differences between myself and my opponent. even to begin with, education, it is a priority, would not support a voucher program as my opponent does to weaken education. i want to strengthen education. i think you heard that the governor thinks that our gun laws are fine and that gun sales are booming. i believe that we need common-sense gun sachte and i have not taken any dollars from corporations as my opponent has so i will not owe corporations anything. i will be a governor that works for the people and i believe that we need to move forward away from words of hate and leaders must not be silent and i believe that we need to move forward with dignity and respect when we make policies. as governor that's what i will do. moderator: closing statement. gov. sununu: thank you very much. when we came on board, put

clean water projects . >> i have 1.3 million people, that's all i care about. >> 's challenger is molly kelly, a state senator who says she's also running with the goal of improving lives in the granite state. >> i'm going to build a new hampshire that works for everyone and not just a few. >> kelly is married and has a daughter, 3 sons and 7 grandchildren. she earned a law degree from franklin pierce. kelly served as a financial advisor and runs a nonprofit healthcare organization and said she's a progressive who stands up for improving education and women's rights. >> i served with dignity and respect. >> both candidates hoping to get thevotes they need to leave the state . >> tonight, thecandidates for governor . >>. [applause] good evening and welcome to the final night of the 2018 granite state debate. i'm adam sexton and we are live at the new hampshire institute of politics on the campus of saint anselm college hearing from the major party candidates for governor, questions will be coming from me and our panelists, candidates will get 1 minute each to answer questions with 32nd rebutta

he and his democratic challenger molly kelly talked about several issues in this hour-long debate. this is a wn you are commitment 2018 special in partnership with saint anselm college and the new hampshire union leader. the granite state degrees. moderator: he is the incumbent governor with a well-known new hampshire name. now, chris sununu is battling for a second two-year term in the state's top offic

lowest poverty rate, more people working than ever before. >> ahead of voting day, mollie kelly ralliedat king state university, affordable education and expanded job training. kelly in some ways turned this into referendum on trump. saying chris sununu gives tax breaks. she is linking her opponent to washington. >> we'll see what the voters do, it is absolutely true thatta the policies in the trump administration in washington, d.c. have made their way here under the sununu administration. >> new hampshire is a purposel state, the governor elected every two yearss here and chris sununu won in 2016. shep. >> shepard: there are firsts for everything, no matter how old you become. today a second correction, i reported earlier something about poll closings in texas and then i reported something else. polls close at texas 7 p.m. local time, no matter where you live. if you live in el paso, dallas, houston or small town i can't pronounce, your polls close this evening 7:00 local time. next we'll head to kansas for coverage. i regret the error more than you know. next head to kansas for cover

he and his democratic challenger molly kelly talked about several issues in this hour-long debate. >>is the wmur commitment 2018 special in partnership with saint anselm college and the new hampshire union leader. the granite state degrees. -- state abates. >> he is the incumbent governor with a well-known new hampshire name. now, chris sununu is battling for a second two-year term in the state's top office. gov. sununu: when you has something good, you should stick with what works. >> he lives in new field, is married and has three children. he graduated from m.i.t. in engineering and work cleaning up hazardous waste sites becoming best before becoming the ceo of a resort.

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it is a tight contest, between republican crisco -- v kovac and lauren kelly. mollie with more for us. reporter: remain red is the catch phrase that touting in kansas, one of most vulner seats they are defending is governor seat here in in topeka. chris kovac known as advocate of strict voting requirementing again kelly, gained momentum after gaining support from every living former governor in the state. >> they feel like i am the leader who can get us to where we need to go, back to our roots, as a great state to live in. to work in. reporter: co-- kobach is backedded by trump. welcomed president to kansas last month for a big rally in topeka. >> president is well, liked in kansas, it helped in primary. a lot of the gubernatorial races of some way a referendum to the president. reporter: there is a third party candidate, multimillion air greg orman . >> never getting state of kansas where we want it to be if we vote out of fear. reporter: orman is drawing enough support to be fake or in the race, trailing far. but it is something to watch as poll numbers come in. lo

chris sununu is the project edwiner against the democrat, molly kelly. we look at the numbers come in, is that puts the democrats at 230, the republicans at 205. again, the democrats will control the house of representatives. here is the illinois district 4, the democrat, this is a democratic gain. underwood defeats hultgreen in district 4. it was one of those -- >> exactly. >> you mentioned that we were watching that carefully tonight to see which way things were going. georgia 7, carolyn bordeaux picks up a democratic seat against rob woodall. in the iowa district 3, cindy axne, another pickup for democrats. >> another suburban seat in the des moines area. >> let's go to hallie jackson where we are hearing more apparently from the president. >> reporter: we are via his press secretary, lester, in which the president we know has been working the phones. so far white house officials have been cagey about who he has been talking to, but now we have a clearer picture. we are told the president has spoken not just with nancy pelosi who we mentioned last tim

in new hampshire, incumbent republican governor chris sununu is trailing behind democrat molly kellyith just 5% of precincts reporting. jeremy: early election results are continuing to pour in. in south carolina, the democrat james smith in the lead over republican henry mcmaster in the race for governor. in virginia, jennifer wexton is expected to win in her race against incumbent republican barbara comstock. i believe that race may have already been called by major media outlets. that winter r at seatt blue. the democrats need to flip 23 seats to take over the house of representatives. income and democratic senator tim kaine has won reeeelection n he state ofn th vermont, bernie sanders has been easily reelected to the senate. the gubernatorial race, phil scott in the lead over democrat christine. she hopeselected, to be the nation's first openly transgender governor. in ohio, troy balderson against danny o'connor in a closely watched congressional race. victoryn got a narrow in a special election over the summer, but they are facing off again in today's election. in west virginia,

in new hampshire chris will win a second term by defeating molly kelly.sachusetts. and possibly florida. you look at the northeast where they choose lawmakers who are pretty liberal and governors who are pretty conservative, at least so far. >> the interesting thing and i agree with laura on this, in congress particularly with some of the swing suburban districts going to the democrats, you will see a lot of the moderate republicans flush out and boots will become more than ever the party of trump in congress. as we talk about charlie baker in massachusetts, larry hogan in maryland come of some of these people you are talking about in other states, moderate republicans in state houses not in congress. this will be the party of trump in congress. >> so i am struck by this. two years ago we were all sitting in this room. writing around now eyes started to get really wide because conventional wisdom was starting to get uprooted. here in 2018, what did we expect? a favorable map for republicans in the senate and democrats with a chance to flip the house and d

kelly or nielsen. they are both -- they are comrades in arms they support each other. >> bret: it was a great -- >> -- i would suspect if he makes changes, those would be two of them. >> bret: mollieo the president from chris wallace i might have three, four, five or two changes. >> like a stopped clock, i assume at some point all of these stories we hear about people being gone will turn out to be true. but there is definitely room for a lot of people to leave, particularly on foreign policy. trump might want to make some changes that better match with his agenda. >> bret: panel, as always, thank you. when we come back, this year's white house christmas tree arrives. ♪ ♪ and which ones just taste fresher and more flavorful? only eggland's best. we prefer organic, and which ones have 6 times more vitamin d and 25% less saturated fat? only eggland's best. my family deserves the best, and which egg is the best in so many ways? only eggland's best. better taste, better nutrition, better eggs. hundred roads named "park" in the u.s. it's america's most popular street name. but allstate agents know that's where the similarity stops. if you're on park street in reno, nevada, the high win

democrat laura kelly is the winner for the governor mansion in kansas beating republican secretary of state. the race had been neck-and-neck in recent days. correspondent mollywith the latest there. hi, molly. >> good morning. julie and ed as well. the deep, dark red of kansas a little less so. democrats managed to pick up some of the seats here. one congressional race. they won and also as you mentioned the governor's seat. state state senator managed to beat the secretary of state in the battle that tested kelly cross party appeal against trump-backed campaign. the slew of endorsements from kansas republicans ahead of the victory including support from two former g.o.p. governors. >> this wasn't one side beating the other. it was democrats and republicans and independents all coming together to put our state back on track. >> best known as an ardent advocate for strict voter laws was the vice chair of the voter fraud until it was disbandedled and enthusiastically welcomed and the president endorsement and to the trail and embraced many of the president policies on taxes immigration, but his campaign. that campaign did not translate into the victory and he