steve knight, the incumbent republican in los angeles county. it katie hill. he is 68 votes ahead. the broader point is democrats thought they had pick up opportunities and star-like candidates. that might still happen. >> what are district is the 25th? >> northern l.a. county. steve knight was of a police officer and represents the district and is well-known in the district. steve knight is also a conservative. >> is it a conservative demographic. >> it's suburban, but the demographics are shifting heavily. you pointed this out, but this makes a similar point. this district is 40% latino. the democrats have been eying this for a long time. jeff den ham tried to figure out a solution on daca. josh harder raised $7 million. raised a ton of money and democrats thought it was a pick up they could have. still get it. def has 67 points. we knew it would be close, but democrats thought they had real opportunities and there still are real opportunities, but the fact of the matter is, these republican incumbents are holding on. you talk about what is the margin going to be with nancy pelos

easy, but i'm up for the challenge. >> reporter: she's locked in a close race with republican steve knightt neutrality. >> reporter: a former los angeles police officer running for re-election in a district hillary clinton won by seven points. >> who makes up this district? >> a lot of cops, a lot of firefighters, nurses, teachers. >> thank you so much. i'm sure i'll see you again soon. >> reporter: why this daughter of a nurse and cop, openly bisexual, who worked as an advocate for the homeless, believes voters will elect her. >> katie, katie. >> reporter: in this district north of los angeles held by republicans since the early '90s. other millenial women are also on 2018's congressional ballot. in iowa, 29-year-old democrat abby finknauer. in new mexico, 33-year-old democrat sochi torrez-small. their age and gender distinct. and in katie hill's race, attacked. >> liberal katie hill, too immature. >> immature? >> yeah, it's very gendered. i think it's got to really bother him that this -- this girl who could be his daughter is going to be the one that unseats him. >> while i'm not a mill

steve knight has always been targeted by democrats. katie hill was considered a top-tier democratic candidate. raised a ton of money. thought they'd give him a run for his money, 50% reporting. she's giving him a run for his money. it's a question of what's going to end up happening. dana rohrbacher -- right now, dana rohrbacher losing to the democratic challenger by 2,700 votes. he's opening up a big enough 3d probably end this thing at some point if this holds. 99% reporting. basically what i'm saying now, chris, if you look across the map, there are still tight races out there. on top of that, there are still democratic pickup opportunities out there to expand the lead. we've called 221 seats for democrats. you see right now democrats are leading in seven of the remaining seats with the opportunity, perhaps, in a couple of other races to get back in play, too. you're looking at 228, 229, 230. that's what democratic strategists have their eyes on. can some of the really tight races still in republican hands actually move forward? i w

she will be staking steve knight's seat in the house. in illinois, republican congressman randy holtgren lost his seat to a nurse, lauren underwood. neither of them were on anybody's radar. lauren underwood came out of nowhere and won that seat through sheer hard work and raw talent. lauren underwood is going to be a national star, i'm telling you. she's actually going to be our guest a little later on in this hour. you're going to want to see that. last night, democrats flipped control of the colorado senate and the maine senate and the minnesota house and the new hampshire house and the new hampshire senate and the new york state senate. in nevada, democrats got everything, the governorship, they took away dean heller's u.s. senate seat, they came within one vote of a democratic super majority in both houses of the democratic legislature. in wisconsin, u.s. senator tammy baldwin, who had once been the number one republican target for her senate seat this year, she not only won re-election over a trump-endorsed opponent, she crushed it.

and ventura. 50/50 for katy hill and steve knight the republican.ty, republican incumbent retiring. young kim currently leads we 54% over gill cisneros the democrat. it covers can orange and san diego counties. republican incumbent retiring there. republican. >> dean: harkey is trailing right now with 48% and mike 11:has 5%. that's a real opportunity tore democrats to pick up a seat that was previously republican. i'm going to zoom in for you on the california map we have on our website. that is district 42, can yo remember republican. as more get populated you can see kap may yield one or two more seats to the democrats. it's not going to cause a difference in terms of whether or not the house is flipped because democrats have already done that even without california. it could expand the democrats' lead. >> interesting. kristen, thanksrump called nanc pelosi congratulating her on what will become a democratic house majority. >> we want to talk more where this and california's influence on it. political science professor dr. melinda jackman. does n

the one held by steve knight in northern l.a defeated him.e hill there is another in orange county, leaning toward the democrat in that. then there's three that are a tossup, two of them in orange county, one of them in modesto. very close, 1,300 votes between thd tens of thousands of ballots still to count. really up in the air. >> thank you all. you guys have been doing wonderful work this week. go get some rest this weekend. >> thank you. >> mike scott, marisa lagos, guy marzorati, and katie orr in snkramento. ths to all of you. >>> now to another mucha talked bout aspect of the midterms, the many women who ran yr office thr. here in california first-time candidate katie hill flipped a congressionalred district to blue. nationwide more than 120 women have won so far, among the many firsts, the first two native american women elected to congress, the first woman senator from tennessee, the first female governor of maine.r and ayanna sley became the first african-american to represent massachusetts in congress.s >> when it co women of color, candidates, folks don't jusngtalk about a glass

katie hill, republican, defeated steve knight. thank you for coming here and happy thanksgiving.t new to policy. you've done a lot of work for homeless populations for a while. but you're new to politics. tell me what caused you to run. >> sure. we've been working on these policy issues. the medicate expand. we have one on the ballot in 2016 called prop hhh. the city of los angeles initiative, $1.2 billion to address the homelessness in our community. it's something we've been working on getting on to the ballot for years. instead of being able to celebrate the next day, i had people in my office crying, saying we've got donald trump for president, what do we do? it ultimately led me here. >> michael moore said the answer is ballotinitiatives. we tend to think all politics is politics. w but people are concerned and maybe motivated to vote where otherwise they would not have been. >> i think in this particular election, at least where we were sitting, the most watched part was the congressional side of things. but i think that actually helped us in a lot of other ways. >> let's t

republican congressman steve knight is facing a challenge from democrat katie hill, a first time candidate. she said her main focus during the campaign has been to show voters she cares about their concerns. >> more than any policy position or anything like that, it's just about being a voice for people. it's about listening to what they're concerned about and showing that you care and i think that the more we have people who are willing to be transparent and say look, i don't have the answer for everything right now, but i promise to go and fight for you, then that's how we change politics as usual. >> national democrats view the district as ripe for a potential pickup. hill is 31 and used to run a nonprofit that helps the homeless. knight is 51 and in his second term in congress. >>> there are also several key house races in orange county in three districts long held by republicans. congressman dana rohrabacher who served 15 terms is up against democrat harley ruda. another battle is between republican young kim and democrat gill cisneros while incumbent amy walter is up against gill por

>> reporter: santa clarita's katie hill is heading to congress after defeating republican steve knight. it is not just the house. in the senate, a record five states will have two female u.s. senators, nevada's jacky rosen is joining sin ocasio. >> i'm pleased to be the fifth state with two women senators. >> reporter: women on both sides of the aisle won in big numbers. tennessee elected its first woman to the senate, republican marcia blackburn. in south dakota, kristie noem will be the state's first female governor. the surge of women running was attributed to the me too and time's up movements, and the diversity of those elected signals a big change in the house and senate. sharice davis and deb haalandand will be the first native americans in congress. >> i never expected a world where someone who looks like me. >> the chair of the democratic women's caucus joined us on "abc 7 news" at 4:00. our colleague kristen sze asked about the pink wave. >> i think women decided to get it done. a lot of women looked at the state of the country and said i make the majority of decisions in the

steve knight. los angeles county in this district wherein the last republicans left there a vulnerable district that hillary clinton carried. this is an open seat. you had a republican retirement here. hillary clinton won the district by eight points, democrats targeting it. that's the 49th -- the 45th -- i changed the color, i wondered what just happened. the 45th, mimi walter is the republican incumbent. here's a name i think a lot of people know, dana rohrbacher, 30-year incumbent. he is in the district. orren county. you think about it as democratic conservatism. the polls are very tight here. one of the most closely watched races in the nation. there is also the 49th district, the 50th district as well. duncan hunter jr., is he going to be in trouble in the 50th because of the scandal, lawrence. >> steve, if there is a wave, and democrats have been heavily targeting seven districts, if there is a wave, how many more districts in california could be in play for democrats? >> i mentioned duncan

newcomer katie hill over republican steve knight in california.n washington state, dino ross ee has conceded to democratic candidate kim schrier. that flips the seat from red to blue. we learned lucy mcbeth has defeated congresswoman karen handel in preemie iously red atlanta. there's a bunch of them still too close to call. nbc news reports tonight democrats have definitely picked up 30 seats in the house, but there are a million votes still to be counted. in the senate, tons of drama. in the arizona senate seat that was left open by republican jeff flake retiring there, there are still half a million ballots to count just in that one senate race. as of tonight, the democratic candidate for that senate seat, democrat kyrsten sinema has pulled ahead by almost 11,000 votes. if her lead holds, that would give democrats a second red to blue flip in the senate after the flip they already got with dean heller's seat in nevada. we are also watching dramatic statewide races in florida and georgia. we'll have more on that craziness coming up in is a few m

the winner katie hill now projected the winner over incumbent republican steve knight in california.washington state today, republican dino rossi has just conceded to democratic candidate kim schrier. that flips that seat from red to blue. in georgia as of this morning we learned lucy mcbath has defeated republican congressman karen handel in a previously red district just north of atlanta. in terms of all the called races for the house of representatives, there is a bunch of them still too close to call, nbc news reports that as of tonight, democrats have definitely picked up 30 seats in the house, but there are like a million votes still to be counted. in the senate, tons of drama. in the arizona senate seat that was left open by republican jeff flake retiring there, there are still half a million ballots to count, just in that one senate race. as of tonight, the democratic candidate for that senate seat, democratic kyrsten sinema has pulled ahead by almost 10,000 votes. if her lead holds, that would give democrats a second red-to-blue flip in the senate after the flip they already

california's 25th congressional district in the los angeles area, defeating republican incumbent, steve knightrst-time candidate who used to be the executive director of a non-profit organization that provided services to the homeless. and in washington state, nbc news declares democrat kristin slooir the win in the seattle suburbs. she's a pediatrician and a first-time candidate. the seat became an open race following the retirement of republican congressman dave ryker. so far, democrats have picked up at least 31 seats in the house. they could gain even more. there are 12 races still undecided. republicans will keep control of the u.s. senate after tuesday's elections, but we still don't know exactly how the balance of power will settle. we do know is that more people voted for democratic senate candidates than for republican ones. to "the new york times," democratic candidates received more than 46 million votes. that's 12.5 million more votes than republican candidates did, but republicans still picked up democratic-held seats in indiana, north carolina, and missouri while democrats only p

steve knight, the last republican left there white sox l.a. county.ht trailing right now. and, again, this is just what i said a minute ago. and the idea here that that late arriving vote, remember, comes through the mail, takes days to get there, takes weeks to count that does tend to paver the democrats. so if you've seen this kind of vote come in, that probably bodes better for hill than it does for knight at this time. this is one of those clinton districts. >> but, joe, the thing you were talking about about in the previous block, that's a classic kind of district. suburban, moderate, republican district forever. that went for clinton in 2016 and now looks like it could flip over. it's like an archtypal kind of thing. >> you don't want to start talking about how things are going to be in two years, but if vegas were doing odds right now, they will look at the map, they would look at democrats picking up this majority. they would look at the senate the way it has tilted it two years from now and massively in favor of democrats. they would understa

. -- adie hill is tied with steve knight. 30% of the votes are now in.the 39th in california, the democrats hoped to pick up over the republican candidate for right now the republicans are holding on in the 39th district. 20% of the votes have been reported. mimi walters is being challenged by kitty porter -- katie porter. has 52% of the vote. in the 50th district duncan hunter has been holding onto a lead in the race with 36% of vote reported. let's focus on california and what you are seeing in san diego. what we are seeing is republicans not getting quite the results they out for. -- they hoped for. and 49 are very much in play. but districts they would have expected to win handily. in the 50th, it is the most interesting in california right now. the is duncan hunter incumbent under indictment by the fbi for money laundering. one of the most republican leaning districts in the state. currently he is holding on to an 8% lead over his challenger. it is expected to be a close race. >> let's talk about recruitment efforts by the democrats, especially in o

katy hill is the democrat and it's a district that's red and went for hillary clinton in 2016 and steve knightove katy in this situation and the thing that's interesting is it's tightening not because of the race baiting we're seeing in the race and the immigration conversation, though there is a large latino vote, a gas tax repeal is on the ballot. it is really pocketbook issues seem to be tightening the race. i find it interesting because it's like old school politics to a certain extent, which is nice to see. it's not to say kavanaugh. >> donald trump is not the be all, end all. >> exactly. it's not crazy, right? it's not that kavanaugh didn't have an effect. there was a tightening in the race after that and katy hill is super outspoken about sexual assault issues, but it is really like what affects people who live 40, 50, 60 miles from l.a. and how much they pay for gas. >> obviously. i'm so glad i don't live there. i can't handle the traffic. let's talk about the vote for a second. this has been really one of the major outstanding questions, democratic hand ringing whether they were doing

i want to congratulate representative steve knight and his co-sponsors, representative elizabeth esty and research and technology subcommittee chairwoman barbara comstock, for advancing this bipartisan legislation. we look forward to its being signed into law soon. if all goes well, it will be the 15th science committee bill to be enact intod law this congress, and one of 35 bills that the committee has passed in the house this year. i urge my colleagues to support the bill and send it to the president's desk and mr. speaker, i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the gentleman from texas, mr. veasey, is recognized. mr. veasey: i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. veasey: i rise in support of h.r. 4254, the women in aerospace education act. i want to thank mr. knight and ms. esty for introducing this very important piece of legislation. women continue to be underrepresented in the aerospace sector. for example, a 2016 analysis revealed that over the past 15 years, women ha

become the first lgbtq elected to congress in california's 25th district republican congressman steve knightic katie hill and in california's 39th congressional district if the young republican woman wins her race she'll be the first korean women elected to congress. i have chills. let's bring in the newly elected democratic governor of michigan gretchen whitmer. it was one of the seven governor seat that is democrats flipped in tuesday's midterm elections. it's great to have you on the show. congratulations. what do you think it was about your message that brought you to victory? >> thank you. i'm so glad to be with you. my race was always about the fundamental issues. one of my tag lines that resonated across party lines was fix the damn roads. we have infrastructure issues in michigan. we have serious infrastructure issues i'm eager to tackle. it was staying tethered to the dinner table that resonated with voters on both sides of aisle and propelled us to this win on tuesday. >> governor-elect whitmer, michigan has always been part of the blue wall. donald trump won michigan, wisconsin an