greg ormond turned the senate race into a toss up. >> support for greg ormond grew and in september the democratic candidate dropped out of the race in order to give greg ormond a better shot at beating roberts. panic at the prospect of losing roberts. they partied, after pouring money into the campaign. >> it is essential that we elected pat roberts to the u.s. senate. roberts says greg ormond is really a democrat, and an ally of president obama, who he denounces as a reckless and flawed president who will stop at nothing. >> back at the cafe, many feel roberts is out of touch. >> mr roberts has been in washington too long, hanging on to his paycheck and life-long pension. he has lost contact with the kansas voters. >> i'd like to see the independent in. hopefully he's independent. we need someone fresh and new, someone listening to the people. >> long-time voters say greg ormond has a tough job. >> he faces a challenge of message, building an organization, getting people to the polls. doesn't mean he can't do it. >> polls show the race is tide, so on election day, places like osawatom

to give ormond a better shot at beating roberts. panicked at the prospect of losing kansas and their dream of controlling the senate, roberts party poured money into his campaign. >> roberts says ormond is a democrat and an ally of president obama, who he denounces as a... >> reckless and flawed president. >> many feel roberts is out of touch. >> mr roberts has been in washington too long, hanging on to his pay check, and his life-long pension. he has lost contact with the kansas voters. >> i'd like to see the in dependent and see hopefully he is independent. we need something fresh and new in there. somebody that will listen to the people. >> long-time kansas political observers say that greg ormond has a tough job. >> he faces challenges of messaging, but building his organization, getting people to the polls. doesn't mean he can't pull it off. >> polls show the race is tide. on election day, places like osowotame may send washington a message. >> americans have long been interested in diane afties overseas, but there is a growing

republican senator pat roberts is fighting to hold his seat, challenged by greg ormond. al jazeera's correspondent has a look at the race. >>> aosta watta my kansas is a place of 5,000 people, 20 churches, one cafe and a proud history dating before the civil war. it's a conservative place. >> most people in kansas are republican and i believe they vote republican. >> people here are not happy with politics and politicians. >> people are tired of the politics, they are tired of the general direction that the country is going in. >> washington is not doing anything. it's like - it's broken. >> that is pad news for this man kansas's long-time senator pat roberts. >> the road to the senate runs through kansas, and kansas will deliver. >> or maybe not at this time. roberts is in the fight of his political life of this man. awn is a businessman. >> the american public expects washington to work and solve problems. unfortunately when we send the same people back, we don't send that message. >> greg ormond turned the senate race in kansas into a toss up. support grew. in septemb

independent greg ormond. he's a successful businessman who is not aligned with either party. >> the american public expects washington to work. they expect them to solve problems. unfortunately when we send the same people back, we don't send the message. >> greg ormond sent the senate race into a toss up. >> support crew, and in september the democratic candidate dropped out of the race in order to give greg ormond a better shot at beating roberts. >> reporter: panicked at the prospect of losing the senate, robert rolled out big-named endorsements. >> it is intention to elect pat roberts to the u.s. senate. >> roberts says greg ormond is really a democrat and an ally of president obama. whom he bitterly denounces as a reckless and flawed benefit. back at chris's cafe, in oso watt amy many feel roberts has grown out of touch. >> mr roberts has been in washington too long, hanging on to his paycheck. he has lost contact with the kansas voters. >> i'd like to see the independent in, hopefully he'll be independe

greg ormond in the senate. running as an independent. but that meant he didn't have the infrastructure to go through his campaign, looking for the senate race. you have the governor sam brownback, who has been - certainly has been a long-term senator, popular figure and got election and did people who he promised to do - cut taxes. when he did that, however, there were repercussions that people didn't anticipate. significant loss for the state of kansas. it was cut particularly in education spending. you see here a tight race between paul davis and governor sam brownback there. paul davis leading. this has been expected to be a very tight race. it has brought in a lot of attention nationally. the republican governor's association put $4 million into advertising to try to get governor brownback reelected there. the big factor are teachers coming out against governor brownback, because they are concerned about the cuts to schools, public education in the state of kansas. jacob ward has been following that issue, and the spending in kansas

>> i don't think ormond will win but i know pat roberts will definitely lose. you cannot win this particular state without a residence in the state. that doesn't hold water. >> mclaughlin says ormand. the group votes 4-1. kansas goes for the independent. kentucky, mitch mcconnell vs. allison lunderagan grimes. pat? >> ca ris ma wins -- charisma wins it. mcconnell wins it again. he's very tough. very able. they just won't get that guy out of there. and she -- when she -- ms. grimes refused to say who she voted for in 2012 -- >> yeah -- >> that. >> i think it hurt her. kentucky is a red state. mcconnell is coming back to lead the new majority. >> mcconnell is the wiley coyote but i couldn't bear to give it to him so i'm sticking with allison lundergan grimes. they don't like mcconnell in the state. if the senate goes republican, it will be a great consolation prize for democrats if mcconnell goes down. >> eleanor vote with your heart. forget your head. >> that's right. >> i would have said grimes myself, if -- mcconnell's approvals are terrible right now but, you

two employees of an ormond beach, florida, mcdonald's accused of robbing the restaurant where they work say the employee texted his accomplice before going in the backdoor with a mask and gun. he tied up two employees and pretended to tie her up, little. he demanded money from the manager but his boss recognized his voice. police arrested him a few blocks away with $2,600, the gun and mask. police believe two other employees might be involved. >> here's an interesting way to land your plane. this small jet makes an emergency landing. this is in texas. immediately doing a face plant into the runway. not surprisingly the pilot says he was having problems with his landing gear, but everyone is okay. >> meantime, 15 hikers from a church group home safe this morning after getting lost in the california woods. tired and soaking wet, the group built a fire sunday night, one texting help to a family member and another calling 911. monday morning a helicopter plucked them from the wilderness. family members searching the woods all night breaking down in tears when they were finally reunited. the

in kansas the incumbent, pat roberts, the republican, is up against an independent challenger greg ormondwhat makes this tricky. if he wins nobody knows who he'll vote with. they don't know if he'll vote with the republicans or across the aisle with the democrats. any one of these races if it comes down for-to-that could make it hard to know which party has the upper hand in this chamber. or mono. >> don't forget to get all your election night coverage right here on cnn. special coverage begins at 5:00 p.m. eastern. cnn will be there until the last vote is counted. thank you so much for joining me today. i'm carol costello. "@this hour with berman and michaela" after a break. yeah, dinner sounds good. i could come by your place. my place? uhh... um... hold on. introducing the all-new volkswagen golf. plenty of room for whatever life throws at you. if yand you're talking toevere rheumyour rheumatologiste me, about a biologic... this is humira. this is humira helping to relieve my pain and protect my joints from further damage. this is humira giving me new perspective. doctors have been pre

end, republican senator pat roberts, he won reelection, defeating an independent challenger greg ormond. republicans had been nervous. a surprise. a nail bite they're is too close for us to project still this morning in virginia. democrat senator mark warner is declaring victory. he is enjoying a lead right now of 12,000 votes over the republican challenger ed gillespie. gillespie has not conceded this race. there really is no one in the political world who saw this one being this close. in new hampshire, cnn has projected that democrat jeanne shaheen will hold on to her senate seat. the republican challenger there scott brown has also refused to concede at this point. mitch mcconnell, the senate minority leader, at least for a few more days, cruising to reelection. he defeated democrat alison lundergan grimes to win a sixth term. and with republicans taking control of the senate, mitch mcconnell will become the next majority leader. christine? there. >> are two more races where the outcome is not known. in louisiana, neither mary landrieu or any of her opponents got over the 50% thresh

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if they had that much infrastructure and brought it to the senate races, could they in kansas -- ormond was on their board. could they have played harder with independents during this particular cycle? >> i will raise two points. the first is, we see the number of people who say they are independent continue to grow. most are not independent. if you break down -- something like 42%. numbers a fewese months back. once you break them into people who lean one way or the other, the core of true independents is 10%. it is still a small percentage. we also assume independent means moderate. that has been sort of turned off by the partisanship of either party. in many cases, these people are either more conservative or more liberal than the democratic or republican party. they feel like the parties lost me because they are not conservative enough, not liberal enough. >> that was the case in maine. >> that is part of it. so i think that we assume -- we make some assumptions about independents that we have to be about. the second is that midterm thisions, we'll see it in election certainly, that

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