senator portman's case against ted strickland's. what are you expecting out of the results and how important the seat is to ohio and republicans. >> we arexc our republican senator to a republican majority in the united states senate and ohio will do its share. rob portman works hard to get things done in a town that nothing matters and running against the worst and the resounding victory for senator robb portman and i am pleased to congratulate him when he is reelected to the united states senate. >> we are expecting to see candidates when we get things roling and congressional candidates and are expected to win. >> and throughout the night we will roll with announcements as we call races and able to introduce our candidates for the ohio supreme court and legislative races and favor and speaker rosenberger will be here to talk about the races in the house and senate and big night for the republican party and campaigns are upstairs in the war room pulling results together and congratulating everyone for a big celebration this evenin

this will be portman's second term. at first the race was close, but pom he quickly pulled ahead in the polls, making sure to distance himself from the drama of the presidential election.icklyulula here's what both candidates had to say tonight.wha b our campaign was about making works hard and plays by the rules has this opportunity and chance to fulfills their dreams. we also ran hard and we ran clean. and even if we hadn't won tonightan this would have been campaign and aa race to be prou of. turns out we did whenbpr. with a little margin to spare. i'm so grateful for the peoplee of ohio who have opportunity to represent them for six more years. moe turning now to ohio's 11thno congressional district.w this is in the northernmostnmost portion of the state andstae includes portions of cuyahoga and summit counties..inclu we have incumbent democrat marcia fudge walking away with h win in her race against republican beverly goldstein. the latest numbers showgainst 36 percent of the precincts reporting. the battle for the

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this is senator portman celebrating at his victory speech last night. this senate race was originally on the list of one of the most competitive senate races, but that changed earlier this year when portman pulled ahead with big numbers. on the campaign trail he focused on his fight against the heroin epidemic and human trafficking. take a listen. >> people don't want the tape and live through another four years of the same tired and self-defeating roux tone. they're looking for something new. they expect better. we are capable of better. with a fresh start there will never be a better moment than now to rise above the dysfunction in washington, d.c. and find that common ground. >> reporter: the theme of his victory speech last night was this is a fresh start. in the next half hour we hear from the chair of the republican party on what he had to say about portman's victory. meanwhile, i want to bring in catherine bosley. she was at the democratic watch party. >> reporter: that watch party in the ballroom just above us. it was supposed to be a celebrate.

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>> jimmy: my thank you to natalie portman, j. j. abrams, neil diamond once again, ladies and gentlemen! [ cheers and applause ] and the roots right there from philadelphia, pennsylvania. [ cheers and applause ] stay tuned for "late night with seth meyers." thank you for watching. have a great night. i hope to see you tomorrow. bye-bye, everybody. [ cheers and applause ] [ cheers and applause ] ? >> announcer: from 30 rockefeller plaza in new york, it's "late night with seth meyers." tonight -- lester holt, star of "search party," actress alia shawkat, author jade chang, featuring the 8g band with keith carlock. ? [ cheers and applause ] ladies and gentlemen, seth meyers. [ cheers and applause ] >> seth: good evening, i'm seth meyers, this is "late night." how is everybody doing tonight? well, that is wonderful to hear. in that case, let's get to the news. president obama and donald trump met at the white house today. where they discussed foreign and

big win for rob portman.et's look at other state where is the polls are closed but too early to call. north carolina, we'll be watching all night long. rishd bury is fighting to keep his his --. >> marco rubio about the half vote in and he's doing quite well there. democrats pretty much gave up on that seat once marco rubio said he was going run for reelection. let's look at what all this means for the balance of power. democrats 37. republicans 33. there are 30 left that we are watching. big picture, democrats are trying to pick up five seats to have a majority and republicans are obviously trying very hard to prevent that from happening. >> not a strong showing i have to say from democrats. rob portman was supposed to be a seat as you said they were going to be able to pull off. but democrats weeks ago pulled out of there. rob portman winning handily. interestingly enough. rob portman saying after the "access hollywood" tape came out that he would not support donald trump. he was going to write in mike penc

sara goldenburg is live at rob portman's victory party. sara? >> reporter: it has been a happy reaction as you can imagine at the watch party here in columbus just across from the state capitol and you can see that we have a pretty good crowd where they are watching the election results many of the candidates take the stage. senator rob portman is winning in a landslide against ted strickland. the polls predicted this would happen and we were at his victory speech a few blocks from here earlier today. he talked about the decisiveness and how he hopes to bring both sides together when he goes back to the capitol. be a time to press the reset button over in washington. two big things he talked about in his campaigning. one is the heroin epidemic in northeast ohio and ohio in general. he has fought against that and he has battled against human trafficking in the state. two main issues that he talked about. we are going to send this to catherine bosley who has been watching the ted strickland party a few blocks away. catherine? >> reporter: sara, a

he has an uphill battle in his race to unseat polls show rob portman had by i many cases double digits. state democratic party chairman david pepper says turnout will be a deciding factor in ohio.. lot depends on how well she does perk up if she can when with some cushion it may left some candidates perk up if it i a squeaker between her and triumph, i think that the other race will be harder to win. >> a lot of it comes down to ho c evenly some of that star power that came to clear that for the weekend, jay-z, beyonce lebron jameses we have helped t the vote in cuyahoga county to help her to win but again it is a tight race. there ready here to hopefully celebrate and hillary clinton democrats here in cuyahoga county encouraged byby high vot turnout live is to be one of th most important counties. >> the effort to get people to vote continues until the last dollars nine, dave nethers is that the local democratic headquarters. people are content to the democratic headquarters in cuyahoga county, they are aware that a high turnout in the county, fell to flip the state in the pastt inop

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so it feels sort of full circle. >>> mama to be natalie portman didn't win the best actress award, but she won us over in this sequinned number. >> natalie is one of the most accomplished ak resesn role, you would think no role could faze her. she told me playing jackie kennedy is different. >> of course. it was very scary to take on someone that people know so well, you know, the way she looked. the way she spoke, the way she moved, you -- you have to overcome that hurdle before you can even get people to sign on to, like, emotionally empathize with you. >> being. >> can you hear me? the tragic jfk assassination, much the drama shot on green screen, but natalie who often nailed the scenes in one take, managed the mannerisms and the look that jackie gave in 1962. >> just as long as it's the best. >> i will walk with jack tomorrow. >> when she smiles there is this thing that her mouth does, it's almost square at the end and you did that. did you realize that? >> no. square. >> on set, natalie bonded with the kids who played a young jfk junior and caroline and don't be surprised if portm

this will be portman's second term. at first the race was close, but he quickly pulled ahead in thec he bst repubicanante. polls, making sure to distancer himself from the drama of theioe presidential election. here's what both candidates had to say tonight.at bc i'm overwhelmed. thank you ohio. u and thanks everybody in this room up got a lot of great fansi in the room that made a difference together folks we waged a great campaign. mr. donald trump is always talking about elections being bent iss . let me say if this senate election was rigged there was some good at rigors doing this.g turning now to ohio's 11th congressional district. this is includes portions of cuyahoga and summit counties. we have incumbent democratngrein ernmtrtionndd marcia fudge walking away with a win in her race againstarcia fut republican beverly goldstein. the latest numbers show marsha was 79 percent of the vote hosting with 21 percent at 54 percent reporting.it the battle for the 14th14t congressional district in the u.s. house also calle

and rubio -- portman was pretty positive. he didn't go all out in terms of -- >> he went all out very early. >> very early. >> so then the republicans were able to not have to worry about ohio so much and they could try to figure out a way to save the senate seats in north carolina, nevada. >> and rubio in florida, it's amazing to me how close florida is between clinton and trump. >> could not be closer. >> could not be closer. you agree with dana, chris -- >> i'd better. >> -- that a win for rubio will help trump? >> well, rubio's ground game will help trump by getting more likely republican voters -- voters more likely to vote republican at the top of the ticket. the question is how much does trump hurt rubio versus helping portman. it goes both ways. in florida rubio's probably a net harm but where you have a lot of older working class workers, portman will help donald trump. >> i'm -- >> you're wisconsin. >> you're rooting for the packers today probably also, too? >> are they playing the broncos? >> no, they're not. >> i

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rob portman versus ted strickland. the incumbent running against a former governor of course and it's been probably the most high profile contest. the political ads in this race has been almost nonstop and columbus. sara goldenberg is with the portman campaign. >> to the strickland campaign. the former governor popular in parts and trailing in most polls sizeably so losing the battle to portman and raised money 2 1/2 to 1 and catherine bosley live in columbus, how is the mood down there, catherine? >> reporter: well, despite how things are looking for looking for a victory party indeed. here at the hyatt can you see balloons all over the place and ready to begin their celebration. about 7:00 about a half hour before the polls close at 7:30. the state democrats not expecting this party to include a victory for former ohio governor ted strickland and he started to lose ground early in this race against rob portman a the incumbent. >> democrats blamed $60 million in attack ads against strickland and stranger things have h

senator rob portman is trying to clinch his second term as one of ohio's senators. he's been keeping democrat and former governor ted strickland and heavily funded campaign against strickland. polls have shown portman pulling away in the campaign's final weeks. >> tia: some have joked throughout the campaigns that if their candidate didn't win, they would move to canada. many americans were not joking about this. they have actually researched jobs in canada on search engines like monster worldwide. the number of american citizens looking for work in canada rose nearly 60% this year. linkedin said t searches were for project managers, software developers and also business analysts. >> well speaking of jobs, facebook might be stepping into the recruitment field. the site is testing a feature that would let page administrators create job postings and receive applications. it is not unknown in which facebook is testing the feature right now. more than 1 bill people world wide use facebook every day. potential terror threats, linked to the presidential election. we are g

rob portman. they say that they spent $10 million against strickland. david pepper says, turnout will be the deciding factor in ohio. lot depends on how well it does if she can't win by a cushion i think it mayhe lift s candidates if it is a squeaker between her and donald trump, i thin harder to win. becomes down to how muches the democrats show up. feels blaze that the star power over the weekend, coined out for hillary clinton and would have helped her. beyonce, jc at their product concert, the it shows just how important the campaign, still believes that ohio is. check in with what is going at the democratic headquarters in sase is where we find dave nethers.r it is quiet. at the democratic headquarters. people have been canvassing neighborhoods to touch base wit likely supporters today. lathe of this ec may be one of the most importantnt if not the most important in the state. very important county to win ohio. the democratic party. making sure that things go smoothly, volunteer seven canvassing the neighborhoods to make sure that they get people o

of them rob portman, also matt dolan, joyce, greenspan, expected to be here at the watch party the watch party just underway it is a packed house startt the mood here is optimistic. i think almost confident. also keeping ai on ohio democrats dave nethers is with county leaders first kevin freeman is in columbus where th people are starting to come into this banquet hall at thehe ohio regency in columbus there feeling optimistic parka about hillary clinton's chances of winning ohio parka she has a lo

. >> portman. portman. this is interesting because a lot of people were talking the fact that in some of these swing states that the republicans were going to be -- were going it be dragged down by trump, that he was going to be an anchor on them. we saw some republican, rubio in florida, portman in ohio who have run strong, aggressive independent campaigns have run ahead of trump and the night's already over. they've already been projected as the winners. so you can win and get ticket interesting one. a lot of people thought that was going to be a flip to the democrats with evan bayh. no. so, you know, the republicans may live to fight another day in terms of control of this senate. >> it appears that they may, indeed. all those senate seats are still up for grabs. when you look at this in the main, chris, in the main, we're talking about this election in a split, a different way than we have in election cycles past. the people who post trickle-down economics who have been very successful from that now are

according to the, a couple of key races they will be watch ou rob portman, david joyce in greenspan. andn. gem of a city. they will be at this watch part there are people beginning to come in. did not start until 730.eg depending on the results, could wrap up before or go well into the night. the candidates were out early this morning casting their ballots in new york. she called voted for her self humbling, first time she has seenalng her own name on the ballot in a general election, donald lodging near his home in new york city, he gave children high-fives spoke to children before casting his ballot. >> also keep a close eye on democrats, dave nethers with calculators but first kevin freeman who is in columbus. the doors officially open for or planning a big party at the y in columbus. expecting a close race. it could be a late night for democrats. they believe that the momentum is on their side. expect to be celebrating hillar clinton victory nationwide. the chairman of the party says the number of women voters and early g reason to be optimistic about her wedding the state. ohio

i asked newly reelected senator rob portman. >> senator, congratulations. your race will be the temp plate that republicans will be marching to your door to how you came from a ten point deficit when it started out and won big. >> won because of the work we did it for the people of ohio. i am proud of the campaign and ultimately getting the business done for the sxeem we were able to talk about our accomplishments and on the jobs front to it protect ohio job and passed legislation that is it adding more steel jobs in ohio and scientificly on the heroin and prescription drug issue that is an efrm demic that hit ohio hard. and so we are talking about what we have done to help people in their lives. so i hope that when people lookality the race, they don't think it is infrastructure or fund-raising, people are smart. they support based on what you have done for them and vision for the future. >> i know you have spoken with mike pence. what was that conversation like? >> it is terrific. he is a good friend and fellow midwesterner and we talked about specific is

>> in ohio, you have rob portman up for reelection. he drew as his opponent, former democratic governor ted strickland. this race is not close. portman has run a brilliant campaign and dealt with the same issues other candidates have had to deal with trump. donald trump is looking to win in ohio. but right now, portman is up i think 18 points. it's a blowout. democrats plowed $20 million into it early on. what i think is interesting is that republicans should look to how portman for how you run these campaigns and you know, i know there is a lot of frustration in the party and the party feels like that they're, there is a real split and family feud here. at the end of the day, smart candidates running good campaigns, wins. i. >> wanted to play charlie rose's interview talking about the bridge gate trial and his response to that. >> this is one of the most stupid things i have seen. you know me, i'm up by 25 points by reelection in a blue state. and it's either going to create a traffic jam in a town that is a democratic town that ai wo

in those portman's lead ranges from 13 points to 21 points over strickland. the red line on this graph shows support for portman, while the blue line shows support for strickland. we have a link on cleveland19.com that you will find other local issues on your election ballot. >> tia: this morning we highlight just some of them. denise zarrella is live at the pleasant valley elementary school where parma voters will cast ballots this morning. denise, anybody in line yet to cast those ballots? >> denise: it's funny you should say that. we've had people already show up here that wanted to vote. we had to tell them, hey, the the woman that runs this location. they have been furiously returning around to get it set up. one of the big things is for the first time ever she has an observer here. she says there are members of the national media that are already here. we were here. i guess they've never had media attention at this particular poll location. again, like i said, we've already had voters show up and say, can i vote right now? we have to tellm open at 6:30,

. >> mac, you sought senator portman who one. what is he saying? >> he's saying he's thankful for everybody's notes and he hopes we're capable of a better moment to find common ground. >> let's hope that's accurate. audrey, what do you see? >> on my friends say one state didn't get the memo. you turn the clock back one hour not several years. >> it seems all the haters are out for the >> a lot of my friends are from this county. >> that's what you are seeing. there's hope for those interested in something else here. >> which is in online data service which connects canadians and americans. >> if you want a dating sites to make go find that because a lot of people are talking about leaving the country. be interesting to see in the coming days if any of that holds true. facebook is posting dating sites for canadians. back to you guys. >> that's fascinating. this historic election for the >> reassembled a panel of local we're going to push pause on election coverage. a lot hi east. we anticipating more scattered rain showers to develop as we head to t

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. >>> senator rob portman is hoping to keep his seat. he faces underdog challenges. paul polls predicting a double- digit win for portman with two candidates squared off at a debate last month. obamacare was among the topics they discussed. one wants to repeal and replace it because of rising costs and insurance companies pulling out of the market place. >>> 91% increase, that's the average increase for families i support obamacare. a big difference between the two of us. >> they also butted heads and many other topics including gun control, area immigrants and environmental relations.>>> the biggest issue on the ballot is not in the spotlight. cleveland voters would get to decide whether there should be a proposed income tax hike. the mayor telling me, their big benefits if it wins the painful cuts if it loses. income tax hike in 35 years. from 2 to 2.5%. it would bring in $84 million next year about 40 million going to balance the budget and fill a hole. our sidewalk survey than most people saying thumbs down or wanting more specifics. >> i would say no. >> it shou

. >>> your front, us senator rob portman. >> reporter: rob portman reelected with help from drug and healthcare companies. they pitched in well over a quarter million dollars to his campaign. more than 700,000 since he came to dc six years ago. dutra companies expect anything in return? the staff objected and ushered him away. we pressed for answers. >> this supports everybody. >> reporter: critics accuse politicians are standing on the sidelines on drug prices soar. we than 100 drugs jumped in price by more than 80% in the past four years. >> they spent a lot of money on lobbyists and campaign contusions. they too often get their way with congress. >> that's senator sherrod brown. he's taken 500 grant from drug former house speaker and ohio congressman john weiner was gifted more than $1 million for commands to elyria congressman nearly 800,000. former senator and current ohio attorney general mike dewine and the 500,000. commerce in germany see nearly hundred 80 grand. >>> that makes term limits look very appealing. >> big pharmaceuticals are largely unrelated. congress even banned

senator portman, thanks for being with us. congratulations on your re-election. an election a lot of people considered sort of a model for how to run campaigning in this country. a lot of people praising that thanks so much for being with us. i want to read you a tweet from donald trump this morning on his transition. just a few minutes ago. he said my transition team which is working long hours and doing a fantastic job will be seeing many great candidates today and the #makeamericagreatagain. today nikki haley among others some of the people going to trump tower to meet with the president-elect. what are your general impressions of the transition so far? >> well, i think it's going fine. every transition is a little chaotic. almost by definition you go straight from a campain, and into governing. but it sounds like they've made some good choices already. and i know a lot of people who are involved with it, and advising, and you know, i think they're going to be able to pull some very good people out of the private sector, which i think is important. it seems li

. >> for now more on portman. he clinched the win. you were able to speak with the senator one-on-one. >> i was. i was able to pull him aside after his victory speech and of hours ago he thanked the volunteers who went door to door for him to help reach ohio voters. they talked to every registered voter in the state. they helped him come from 10 points behind in this race a year ago to win an early victory by a wide margin, also helping pull up donald trump tonight. now that he knows he's going back to congress, i asked senator portman what his first priority will be when he returns to washington, d.c. >> work hard to heal the nation and make a difference in people's lives. as i said tonight, i think our goal now is to put the campaign behind us and figure out how to find common ground to solve problems and there's plenty of them. >> though his highest priority will be to, quote, stop the dysfunction, he also talked about tackling other problems. problems that have a huge impact they're the heroin epidemic and of course coming up with

but among that same 48% rob portman got like 75% of that vote. he beat strickland by 51 points among that subset of the electorate. he did it because he talked directly to people on their level about how trade is really a people issue. we talk about it as a jobs issue. he was protecting them, defending them against unfair practices from overseas from china and from other bad actors out there and there was an ad with a very powerful testimonial from a local cincinnati steel company that has 90 employees and portman fought for them at the itc and protected the company. it was written out very powerful spot and demonstrated on the issue of trade he is somebody looking out for them first. >> tell me a little bit about in terms of from your perspective you have a political perspective. generalized economic anxiety disorder that it is manifestation of that. from your purview how does all of this effect how you are going to move forward? >> you know, first i would say that elections are recess. we have an incoming administration that is talking very dif