it is also my pleasure to introduce the honorable saxby chambliss. in 2008 saxby chambliss was elected to serve a second term in the united states center. georgia trends magazine which has been sizzling named him as one of the most influential georgians calls him a highly visible and well respected presence in washington. and it says he has a reputation as an affable but a straight talking lawmaker. georgia trend named senator chambliss as georgian of you. his leadership and expense of homeland security and intelligence matters during his tenure in the house of representatives earned him an appointment to the senate select committee on intelligence where he has served as vice chairman since 2011. he is a strong advocate for improved information sharing and human intelligence gathering capabilities and the topic will get into your. again, thank you both for joining us. i was sharing with the senator feinstein, which all have, our propaganda if you will. i thought we could start with that, why did she decide to push this legislation or why it did and w

it is also my pleasure to introduce the honorable saxby chambliss. in 2008, saxby chambliss was elected to serve a second term in the united states senate. georgia trend magazine which consistently named him as one of its most influential georgians, calls him, highly visible well-respected presence in washington. he has a reputation as affable but straight talking lawmaker. georgia trend named senator chambliss as its georgian of the year. leadership and experience on homeland security and intelligence matters during his tenure in the house of representatives earned him an appointment to the senate select committee on intelligence where he has served as vice chairman since 2011.comm he is a strong advocate for improved information-sharing and human intelligence gathering capabilities and that is a topic we're going to get into here. again thank you both for joining us. i was just sharing with the senator feinstein our, what you all have at your desk are propaganda if you will. we're big fans of cyber information sharing act. why the two of you decide

the candidates are running for the open seat of retired senator saxby chambliss. that is coming up live shortly. until then, more insight into the midterm elections with shirley cook. he spoke recently at the annual washington ideas forum about the election, as well as the state of the gop and democratic party. [applause] >> notice she kissed my microphone. >> i did. >> anyway, this is -- last year i spoke at this ideas festival and i looked around the room and the audience was just as impressive as the green room before. anyway, it is a real honor, a real privilege to be here. listening to tom fanning, he was outlining what a tax deal might look like, and i was talking to some people with a very large company the other day, and asked them, would you go along with raising the minimum wage in exchange for lowering the corporate tax rate? without hesitation, in a second. those are the kinds of deals we used to put together in this town. let me get back on subject. i am glad everybody is seated because i don't want anybody to fall over and hurt themselves. we have th

now, here's my worry, saxby. if we don't get this bill passed now with your retiring, i think you're right. we're going to have all the arguments we've already had and disposed of but with a new cast of characters, and companies are going to continue to get hit. so you and i, because of what we see, share a big sense of alacrity that we need to get this thing done. we really need others to stand up and say, yes, we're in support with this. we opposed the last bill, we're for this bill. let's get to it, let's pass it. >> and one other thing too, i think, ann, that gives us the potential to get this bill done, the white house came out with their executive order virtually a year ago. i was, frankly, very apprehensive when they said they were going to issue an executive order because i didn't know what it was going to say even though they had talked with both of us about it in advance. but, frankly, the lay of the land that was put forward many that executive -- in that executive order is very positive in concert wit

let's meet our candidates who are trying to earn your vote to replace retiring senator saxby chambliss. we determined podium position by drawing. first, david perdue. next, michelle nunn. and libertarian candidate michelle swofford. we want to thank you for being with us. i am joined by our panel. the assistant program director for wsb radio. washington correspondent daniel malloy. political reporter -- you will have one minute for response, 45 seconds for rebuttal, and these are loose guidelines today. certain conversations may warrant more time. i am going to try to get some clarity on those campaign ads. first question, neither of you has held public office. ms. swofford, you have but it was with city council. no disrespect to that position but you are outside the beltway politicians. the question is this, what have you done in your life to prepare you for one of the most powerful jobs in u.s. government? >> thank you. it is great to be here this morning. as i go around the state, the number one issue that i hear from hard-working georgians is they are concerned about their jobs. if

turning to the senate race in georgia, of course that is the seat vacated by the retiring senator saxby chambliss. right now, david purdue is leading the challenges michelle nunn. she is the daughter of sam nun. the key question is whether this race will end in a runoff. at least one of the candidates needs at least 50% of the vote. we have the projection in west virginia. the projected winner right now, shelley more capito, and she becomes the first female senator from the great state of west virginia. in florida, charlie crist who is a former governor, against governor rick scott. and you can see how tight that race is right now. and we're also hearing reported at this time, christ has filed a motion to extend voting hours because there were some problems in fort lauderdale. >> stephanie thank you very much. florida has been close between republicans and democrats since 2000 in bush versus gore. let's go to david shuster now. north carolina looks like the key race now to watch in the next hour, right? >> yeah, you are looking at both north carolina and new hampshire for the democrats

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. >> the senate seat in georgia has been up for grabs since senator saxby said he would retire. let he click down the can dates, michelle nunn is the daughter of the famous and long-serving sam nun in the state of georgia. david prideaux, secondly, a republican, who is the cousin of the ex-former governor of the state of georgia, sony prideaux. the c.e.o. of rebook and dollar general, and then the person that could shake the situation up, that could send it into a run off. we have amanda swafford, who is the libertarian paralegal working in the atlanta area who during the campaign has been going to all these different spots while continuing to do her job at the paralegal term that she's at. some of the main issues for the senate are to end gridlock in d.c. we heard that on numerous occasions, that's what the candidates have been talking about. unemployment - 7.9% in the state of georgia, highest in the country. folks want the minimum wage, and a better economy for blue collar workers as a lot of manufacturing jobs have gone away. lastly - manageable health care costs. no medicar

saxby chambliss great heroes of georgia.se] i will work hard to earn your trust over the next six years. i will work every day to turn your trust into results. i want to thank each and every candidate in this long road to get here. i want to thank michelle nunn for running a strong campaign. she should be proud of their effort. mentionedporters, i to her tonight, i wanted her to convey my congratulations. they fought hard and they believe in what they believed. that is our system. we have to engage -- [applause] butll not give up my values i'm going to washington to get something done. [applause] herthose who voted for amanda swafford, i welcome you to join us in trying to make a better place for our kids and grandkids. [cheers and applause] youommitment to everyone of -- bonnie and i will give you everything we have to represent every individual in this state. this is the greatest state in the country. we can lead this country back in the direction it ought to be headed. [cheers and applause] without thanking congressman ja

georgia has a great race going on for the seat from saxby chambliss. as he hangs it up. we could be looking at a runoff that takes place all the way into january. finally, there is an interesting governor's race in florida. rick scott, the incumbent republican took the seat after charlie crist hung it up. he was a republican turned independent turned democrat. a lot of people are saying the lesser of two evils. this will be an interesting one to watch, it is one of multiple races that we will be tracking for you throughout the evening. much more coming up in just a bit. >> thank you, scott. you will be busy tonight. tomorrow join us as we break down the results from the election. we will have a tamil political experts. jimuding michael steele and blanche. you can watch that at 7:00 and again 8:30. >> moving on to some other news identity ofknow the the pedestrian killed in an early morning accident in montgomery county. shkiinr-old schmidt marshall a d was struck by a car this morning. the accident remains under investigation. >> still mourning the loss of the 17-year-ol

. >> they are in a race to replace returning senator saxby chambliss. this race is a tossup. this debate is one hour. >> this was one where they brought in audience questions, but they also let the candidates question one another. there were follow-ups to the candidate's questions. it was a different format from what we've seen in other laces. >> the last one but i want to show you is vermont. this is a multi-candidate debate, where everyone who is on the ballot for governor is in the debate. they did the same thing for the congressional seat, where every person on the ballot was at the debate. this is a typical in the u.s. at a general election stage. >> good evening everyone and welcome to our biennial debate each ring the candidates for governor of our state. i'm stuart leadbetter. as you heard, we have invited all seven candidates whose names appear on the ballot to be with us tonight. all seven have joined us. positioned in a medical order they are, peter diamond stone, representing to liberty union party. chris erickson, an independent. dan feliciano, representing the l

know georgia very well and that's one of the races which is held by a republican now who is retiring saxby chambliss, so you have david purdue the republican businessman running against michelle nunn the daughter of sam nunn the former democratic senator there. you know that state well. how do you see that going? because democrats have been pounding david purdue about his comments about outsourcing jobs? >> it's a very close race right now. michelle nunn was ahead a couple of weeks ago but it's part of republican candidates starting to do better. david purdue has started to pull ahead. the critical question is whether either candidate get over the 50% mark. if not, they go into a runoff that doesn't occur until january 6th. >> what do you expect? do you think that will go to a runoff? >> the bet now would be that it goes to a runoff. but if you look at the states where democrats have been leading like north carolina and new hampshire, the lead is narrowing. >> right. >> if you look at states where republicans have been leading, the lead is growing. the arkansas poll just came this week sho

iowa national guard and this is a hot race in georgia, democrat michelle nunn is socking to replace saxby chambliss. and the republican is making the case that nunn would be a rubber stamp for president barack obama's agent. perdue has taken heat on the issue of outsourcing of jobs. those are some of the key races that could affect the balance of power in the senate. >> mike, thank you very much. even if thing goes the republicans way, they will not have the super majority of 60 necessary to undo the gridlock and will not have the white house as president obama there is for a couple more years yeard has the veto pen. what does that mean for all of us? with all the gridlock in d.c., can they get anything done? to peter barnes. what would a republican-controlled everything on the hill mean? >> healthcare reform. republicans say they want to repeal obamacare but you just said the problem, which is they're not going to get the 60 votes they need to make -- be able to overcome any fill buster and won't be able to do anything about the president's veto or override a veto so health care reform p

michelle nun and republican david per due are fighting to replace retiring gop senator sax saxby chambliss. the libertarian has a chance if neither candidate would get 5 ooh% of the -- 50% of the vote. in the dope south, we could see another such runoff in louisiana. democratic incumbent mary landrieu is facing a republican from challenger -- challenger from cassidy and maniss. he's expected to draw enough votes to prevent either cassidy or marylandrieu from getting 50% of the vote. that's just a handful of states. arkansas, west very much virginia, alaska, new hampshire and north carolina all could play a significant role. if it comes down to kansas democrats could maintain control without having a horse in the race. that's in independent candidate grill orman wins and decides to lean to the left. the gop does need a net gain of six seats to gain control of the the senate. >> be sure to count on wusa9 for complete election day coverage. and we want to remind you now that the polls are open from 6:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. in virginia. >> and they open soon too across the state lines. 7:00 a.m.

in georgia, republican david perdue wins the race over saxby chambliss. and democrats hoped michelle nunn to flip the seat but republicans take control. and new hampshire, cnn is projecting jeanne shaheen will hold on to her senate seat. she beat the challenger scott brown who came under fire for moving to new hampshire to run after living and serving in massachusetts. >> maybe we're expecting the wrong things, other than jeanne shaheen, it makes you think that republicans were rolling even more than some expected. now, north carolina, okay, you could say that was the clincher for republicans. thom tillis defeated democratic senator kay hagan. it put the gop over the top and control the senate. now the question is not just if they'll control, but by how much. what will the margin be. republica republicans steve daines defeats amanda curtis. after fighting for his political life, allegedly, minority leader mitch mchad connell could be the next majority leader. the kentucky senator easily won a sixth term in the senate defeating democrat alison lundergan gr

>> the first thing i would say with respect to georgia is saxby cham blis has been in a runoff.e've won all of the runoffs. i think we'll be able to pull off a win tonight. but if we go into a runoff, we've got eight for eight since 1990. this idea that georgia is a tight race is silly. you can't have that many close runoffs since 1990 and think there is a massive shift in georgia. we're looking at colorado and iowa where we've invested a great amount on the ground and i feel very good going into tonight. >> thanks to both of you. >>> vice president biden making a bold prediction. >>> plus scott brown stunning massachusetts in 2010 when he won the senate seat. could he be able to pull another upset in new hampshire? (rob kolar); so we've had a tempur-pedic for awhile, but now that we have the adjustable base, it's even better. (evie abat); i go up... heeeeyyyy. (vo): discover how tempur-pedic can move you. and now through december 1st, save up to $500 on a tempur-pedic mattress and adjustable base. but parallel parking isn't one you do a lof them.ings great. you're either too fa

republican david perdue will take over for retiring senator saxby chambliss despite some prediction therebe a runoff with democrat michelle nunn, perdue crossed the 50% threshold needed to avoid a runoff vote. kyra phillips caught up with perdue after his victory speech. >> we had people tell us a year ago if we got our message out that we could win this. so that's what we did. we had some really talented quality people in our primary -- republican primary. in the runoff i had jack kingston. the only reason i think we're standing here tonight is that this message resonated across the state that we have to change the direction. >> reporter: michelle nunn was very critical saying he's the out-of-touch businessman, all he cares about the money in his pocketbook. what does this say about how voters feel about you andmessag was saying. >> this's a great candidate. she's got a great family. she's done a wonderful job in her work and her life. i have nothing but kudos and i admire her professional work, they do great work over there. you can't run from your heritage. my mother is 88, she's in th

there you're talking about the seat vacated by retiring republican saxby chambliss.t is on between michelle nunn, the democratic candidate who's been statistically tied with david perdue, the republican. and in the mix also, libertarian amanda swafrd. again, if nobody can get more than 50% of the vote, that automatically goes to a runoff in january. and don't forget about kansas in all of this. in kansas the incumbent, pat roberts, the republican, is up against an independent challenger greg ormond. here's what 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

the farm bill is something that saxby chambliss said was perhaps the most important piece of legislation for most people in the state of georgia, and you are opposed to it. the farm bureau said that they wanted it -- if we had your way, we would still have farmers that did not have the clarity of exley having a farm bill passed. it is not what we need in washington. -- we do nott mark need more gridlock. >> and this is an interesting issue, mr. perdue, about the farm bill and what is tied to it. >> well, it is a perfect example of an ombudsman bill were only 20% of the bill was related to the farmers. the other 80% was related to the food stamp program. but let me go back to that plan. in her him plan her own advisers said that she was too liberal for the state of georgia. that is not even a real georgian. they had to put her in a rural scene so that people would think issue was important to her. this is not the kind of senator we need a washington. we need some buddy to be a champion for the working men and women in georgia who are concerned about their kids in the future. barack obama

georgia's saxby chambliss, ranking member on the senate intelligence committee, called it "totally flawedgle case pointed to by anybody who can show that as a result of the collection of metadata under 215, any americaç had their privacy rights breached. it simply has not happened. it will not happen if we keep this program in place. >> ifill: president obama had proposed curbing the n.s.a.'s data gathering, and the houseç approved its own, weaker version of the bill in may. the white house supported the senate version in part because the law authorizing the entire program expires next june. joining me now to discuss what comes next for n.s.a. reform in congress is democratic senator from vermont patrick leahy. leahy, who is chairman of the senate intelligence committee, co-sponsored the legislation that failed last night. we reached out to several republicans who opposed the bill who were not available tonight. senator, part of the debate last night was whether your solution to this issue went too far or didn't go far enough. where did it land? >> well, weç got 58 votes out f 100 senat

let's meet our candidates who are trying to earn your vote to replace retiring senator saxby chambliss. we determined podium position by drawing. first, the republican candidate, david perdue. next, the democratic candidate, michelle nunn. and libertarian candidate amanda swofford. we thank you all for being with us this morning. to question the candidates today, i am joined by our panel. the assistant program director for wsb radio, atlanta journal constitution washington correspondent daniel malloy and channel 2 political reporter laurie gily. you'll have one minute for response, 4r5 seconds for rebuttal at my discretion and these are loose guidelines as certain conversations may warrant more time and i'm going to try very hard to get some clarity on those campaign ads. first question is mine. mr. perdue and miss nunn, neither of you have ever held public office. s. swofford, you have. clearly you are outside the beltway politicians or hope-to- be politicians. what have you done each of you, what have you done in your life to prepare you for one of the most powerful jobs in u.s. gove

democrat michelle nunn and public and david purdue are running for the open seat of retiring senator saxby chambliss. tossup. is considered a here is a look at what voters in georgia are seeing from the two candidates. >> i am michelle nunn, and i approve this message. today, it is the leading manufacturer of cable in north america. when i hear david purdue say he is proud to outsource jobs to other parts of the world, i have to wonder -- every time we invest in georgia workers, they can compete with everyone in the youd, so i don't know how can be proud of having sent american jobs overseas. >> david purdue helped create and save thousands of jobs right here in america. all michelle nunn seems to do is attack david. we want to know where she is on jobs, education, national security. she never says die that is because she supports president obama's agenda. we do not need more bad policy from washington. we need a new direction. >> that is david purdue. >> david purdue. >> i am david purdue, and i approve this message. >> i'm michelle nunn and i approve this message. david purdue is defendi

dianne feinstein and and taxi chambliss-- and saxby will be here as soon as it gets underway. later tonight, obama announcing his executive action on immigration. his plan would shield 5 million illegal immigrants from deportation. scheduled to is address the nation at 8:00 eastern time. we will take your live calls on c-span. you can tune on c-span radio. live shortly here at this hearing for the national counterterrorism director nominee, and that is nicholas rasmussen. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2014] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> c-span bringing you live coverage from the senate confirmation hearing for nicholas rasmussen. that chair of this committee was just on the senate floor casting her vote. incould see her momentarily the hearing room. we will take a look at immigration and the president's expected announcement tonight. this is from a conversation we had earlier. we will bring you right back to the room as soon as things begin here at

david perdue went over the threshold, therefore, he's the next senator from georgia to replace saxbycan governors won their races. let's go to texas. greg abbott winning 59% of the votes there, beating wendy davis. >> in the great state of wisconsin, scott walker, the number one target of democrats, they wanted to make sure that he didn't get a checkmark next to his name mary burke spent a bunch her dough and yet scott walker got a check next to his name. congratulations. >> according to a source close to governor christie who ran the rga, this was the race that worried him the most. governor scott at one point winner of charlie crist who used to have that job. overall, how did republicans pull this off and what message does this send to the gop in 2016? joining us is governor chris christie, who was tasked with the job of getting -- keeping governors in office and putting the republicans in there, governor by any standard, you had a huge night last night. >> republican governors had a huge night last night and you think about it, we were the exact opposite of the senate map. we were

cnn's nick valencia is live with more on the race to replace saxby chambliss. >> this is not what people expected to happen. most pollsters didn't think either candidate was going to get the 50% plus 1 vote to win the run-off. but just oofs after the polls closed it became increasingly clear that david perdue, the republican candidate was pulling away and that's what happened. despite her loss, democratic candidate michelle nunn was upbeat in her concession speech. >> we have exceeded every expectation of what was possible in this race. i want to remind you all that about 15 months ago all of the political pundits said georgia was not in play. and we put georgia in play. >> now republican candidate david perdue said georgia voters made their message very clear, that they're unhappy with barack obama's presidency. he did a good job in his campaign of attaching michelle nunn to president obama. saying that she would basically be a rubber stamp for his agenda. and that eventually hurt her in this, david perdue, the victor in the senate race in georgia. >> thank you. >>> you know we keep say

they are in a race to replace returning senator saxby chambliss. this race is a tossup. this debate is one hour. this was one where they brought in audience questions, but they also let the candidates question one another. there were follow-ups to the candidate's questions. it was a different format from what we've seen in other places. we would like to welcome you in our live studio audience to the debate series. this is the debate between -- >> the last one but i want to show you is vermont. debate a multi-candidate , where everyone who is on the ballot for governor is in the debate. they did the same thing for the congressional seat, where every person on the ballot was at the debate. this is a typical in the u.s. at a general election stage. good evening everyone and welcome to our biennial debate each ring the candidates for governor of our state. leadbetter. as you heard, we have invited all seven candidates whose names appear on the ballot to be with us tonight. all seven have joined us. positioned in a medical order they are, peter diamond stone, representing to

. >> david, my position on ebola is the same as johnny isakson and saxby chambliss. that is all i need to say about it. we need to be sure that we take the extraordinary and most important efforts there to combat ebola and we need to make sure we are following our scientists as we do that. i believe that we need to have a conversation, deliberation along long-term deliberation in congress. right now, i'm continuing the policies we have right now around airstrikes and around continuing to arm the moderate rebels. david, a year ago, you are asked if you are for intervening in syria and armoring the moderate rebels, and i think that would've made a difference in fighting isis, and you said no. something that john mccain said it was a catastrophic position as it related to isis. >> lee's answer that, and then, miss wofford. >> i do not think -- that is in total disregard and you have absolutely flip-flopped. you deny that even in this. i think we need strong leadership in the white house -- not just with isis and ebola. also with softening the sanctions on iran. safety a

that his former, outgoing senator saxby chambliss standing behind david perdue. he will take his seat, january. back to "the washington post," their breakdown of who voted and why -- married men philip is a republican in glasgow, kentucky. living in aare state where you have the senate majority leader representing you. what you think about that? aller: i think he would do good job. i really do. i have been listening to what you are talking about, and i think the governor's races around the country, and the house races around the country may be just as important as the toate race and the shift whatever it is going to be, probably 54% to 46%. it it is 53-43. two independence. three more to be decided. i hope i have those numbers right. caller: right. mitch mcconnell ran a good race in kentucky. the only thing i was going to say, as much as anything, given the governor's races, the house, and the senate, this is more a repudiation of the policies of obama. getting to that point -- the republicans getting to this guess,oday is, i euphoric, in a way, but at the same t

. ♪ be many churches that are saxby chambliss is retiring after two terms in office.u see committee would produce and democrat michelle noncom or daughter of former senator sam nunn. recent debate between the candidates. first, look at the campaign ads running in georgia. >> i am michelle nunn and i approve this message. >> within 60 years ago and today is the leading manufacturer of north america. when i hear david produce say he's proud to have outsource jobs to other parts of the world, i have to wonder, every time we invest in georgia workers, they can compete with anyone in the world. so i don't know how you can be proud of having sent american jobs overseas. >> david perdue helped create and save thousands of jobs in america. we want to know where she is on jobs, education, national security. she never says. that's because she supports president about his agenda. >> we don't need more about policies. we need a new direction. that is david perdue. >> david perdue. >> i am david perdue and i approve this message. >> i am michelle nunn and i per this message. the m

saxby chambliss is retiring. now it is up for grabs and michelle nunn is make it competitive. that: one might argue david purdue is making it a little less competitive. statements that will not play well in downstate georgia with the manufacturing jobs down there. perdue testament to a campaign that is not as tough as it could have been. host: republicans looking likely. that means they still have to get three more seats if they pick up the ones that look likely. where else are the big pickups? that aree main pickups going the way of the republicans are arkansas and louisiana. these are red states. in a nonpresidential election year, democrats have a competitive disadvantage because their voters are not as motivated to come out. , wherere ruby red states it is easier for republicans to organize their base. very unpopular presidential approval ratings that they are battling. , at one point the democrats were even pulling out of kentucky the couple of weeks ago. that is one that gets you 26. -- to six. unless the republicans lose one of their states, they are in a pretty good po

johnny isaac son, saxby chambliss are great heroes of georgia.st over the next six years to be like them. i'll work every day to turn your trust into results. i want to thank each and every candidate in this long road to get here and we've had a few in the primary. i want to thank michelle nunn most of all for running a strong campaign. and she should be proud of their effort. and to her supporters, i mentioned to her tonight, i wanted her to convey my congratulations because they fought hard. and they believed in what they believed. and they worked that way. that's our system, guys. we have to engage -- i will not give up my values. but i'm going to washington to get something done. i want to thank -- for those who voted for her and amanda swofford, i want you to know that i welcome you to join us in trying to make america a better place for our kids and grandkids. and the last thing i want every person in the state of georgia, plus 10 million people, my commitment to every one of you is that bonnie and i will give you everything we have to repr

johnny and saxby chambliss great heroes of georgia.k hard to earn your trust over the next six years. i will work every day to turn your trust into results. i want to thank each and every candidate in this long road to get here. and we had a few. in the primary. i want to thank michelle nunn for running a strong campaign. she should be proud of their effort. to her supporters, i mentioned to her tonight, i wanted her to convey my congratulations. they fought hard and they believe in what they believed. that is our system. we have to engage -- [applause] i will not give up my values but i'm going to washington to get something done. [applause] i want to thank -- for those who voted for her amanda swafford, i welcome you to join us in trying to make a better place for our kids and grandkids. [cheers and applause] my commitment to everyone of you -- bonnie and i will give you everything we have to represent every individual in this state. this is the greatest state in the country. we can lead this country back in the direction it ought to

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in other words, if no one gets more than half of the vote in today's contest, to succeed republican saxbyin georgia it's control that the entire control of the u.s. senate will not be decided until next year. >> we should put the caveat. if republicans have a good night we could call that tonight. maybe later on. in south carolina, fox news projects republican also win re-election in not one but two senate seats basted on exit polling and raw vote total senior senator lindsey graham who already flolted the possible presidential bid in 2016 will easily dispatch of his democratic challenger. fox news also projecting the other race there. >> the junior south carolina senator tim scott will vanquish. there is a flourish in this copy. democrat joist dickerson in a special election. scott appointed to the seat by jim demint in 2012 will now two years of the term. it is historic moment with his victory, scott will be the first african-american elected to the senate from a former confederate state since the end of reconstruction. >> so, what does that first batch of races mean to the balance of p

agriculture committee, i had great relationships with senator dick lugar, senator thad cochran, senator saxby chambliss. and since 2009, as chair of the help committee, i've enjoyed very productive relationships, first with senator mike enzi, who had been both the chair and then ranking member of the help committee, and more recently with senator lamar alexander, with whom i've worked on ccdbg -- that's the child care development block grant program that we're authorizing now -- and many other successful bills this year. in fact, i'm proud to note that when this bill is signed into law by the president, this will be the 21st help committee bill enacted into law in this congress. in a congress that has been criticized, rightfully or wrongfully, for its lack of productivity, senator alexander and i have forged a partnership that has enabled us to chart a different course, a course of bipartisan productiveness. to cite just several examples, we worked together to pass major legislation to revamp and modernize america's job training system, to overhaul and improve america's food safety system, to