-- tim michaels?uest: he owns a family run business, they employed abo ut 8000 people across the country. he dabbled in politics before. he ran for state legislature in the early 2000's. he ran for the u.s. senate and was the republican nominee in 2004, losing to russ feingold. he hasn't lost since then. -- ran it since then. he has kept a low, public political profile until relatively late this year he jumped into the republican race. he got the endorsement of donald trump. he won a hotly contested republican primary in august and is running neck and neck with the incumbent democratic governor. host: what is his message to voters? guest: the themes we are seeing in wisconsin are similar to what we are seeing across the country. tim michael's is talking about crime, the economy, inflation, and were specifically to governor ebert, he is hitting him on school performance in the state. governor eve's was the former state education secretary. he spent his career in public education. tim michael's has been

we knew even though tony evers was outspending tim michaels two to one that tim michaels is right on the issues. it is three ps personal economic issues, public safety and it's parental involvement in public education. tony evers is wrong on all three of those and tim michaels has a good gameplan. neil: i wonder so many people focus on senate race, house race, they're very important, you know that quite well but governors a have a lot to decide, more to decide about residents future than either of those, you know, bodies on the federal level. so, they decide other things too like redistricting issues and all the rest, or at least help oversee that so explain to me what you think is happening at the governor's level because we're seeing this in nearly three dozen races around the country where we have a lot of competitive battles? >> well, you're exactly right. even more so over the next few years because even as i brief it will the house and the senate both flip republican, you will still two years of a democrat president. so that will be a stalemate in washington where things will a

-- tim michaels?s, they employed abo ut 8000 people across the country. he dabbled in politics before. he ran for state legislature in the early 2000's. he ran for the u.s. senate and was the republican nominee in 2004, losing to russ feingold. he hasn't lost since then. -- ran it since then. he has kept a low, public political profile until relatively late this year he jumped into the republican race. he got the endorsement of donald trump. he won a hotly contested republican primary in august and is running neck and neck with the incumbent democratic governor. host: what is his message to voters? guest: the themes we are seeing in wisconsin are similar to what we are seeing across the country. tim michael's is talking about crime, the economy, inflation, and were specifically to governor ebert, he is hitting him on school performance in the state. governor eve's was the former state education secretary. he spent his career in public education. tim michael's has been talking a lot about that, he has

republicans are also campaigning heavily for governor evers opponent, tim michaels. had this to say. >> republicans will never lose another election in wisconsin after i'm elected governor. [applause] >> so basically whatever the people vote for won't matter. the will of the people will never be respected in wisconsin. kim michaels is elected governor. one of the states most prominent newspapers and -- waukee journal, well, they endorsed abrams to, quote, defend our democracy. the endorsement went on to say that the most important reason to vote for everson? his veto pen. the milwaukee journal sent -- does not regularly endorsed candidate, y'all. that's very important to know. i have the opportunity to speak with governor hubris at a campaign stop and sheboygan wisconsin earlier this week where he responded to the endorsement. take a listen. >> well, it's certainly welcome. they're right, they don't endorse regularly. so it is an honor to be endorsed. but when it comes to democracy, what ron johnson is doing and frankly what my opponent tim michaels is doing as it re

in wisconsin, republican gubernatorial candidate tim michaels threatened permanent gop rule if he winshis election. >> republicans will never lose another election in wisconsin if i am elected governor. amy: michaels made the remark during a campaign rally monday, raising fears he would further crack down on voting rights in the swing state which has been heavily gerrymandered to favor republicans and is already ruled -- governed by a republican legislature. conservative wisconsin lawmakers have introduced hundreds of bills this year restricting voting rights. incumbent democratic governor tony evers tweeted in response -- "tim michaels is a danger to our democracy. when you head to the polls on election day, remember that we're fighting to protect our democracy, voting rights, and free, fair, and secure elections." federal prosecutors have granted immunity to a close associate of former president trump in exchange for his testimony. kash patel will appear before a federal grand jury to answer questions about trump's mishandling of classified documents after the fbi recovered hundreds

tim michaels is not alone in this. plenty of republican candidates across the country refused to commit to accepting the results of their own races. >> my question is, will you accept the results of your election in november? >> i'm going to win the election, and i will accept that result. >> if you lose really except that? >> i'm going to win that election, and i'm going to accept that result. >> that is the gop candidate for governor of arizona, carry. like the governor running for secretary of state, which is the office that oversees elections has also said that he will not accept a loss. he said that there would be no sick sick concessions speech for him. okay, well -- a dozen of them declined to say whether that they would accept the results of the contests. that makes sense, because when they look at races for house, senate, and chief state offices across the country, the post discovered that over half of the republicans running for those offices are still refusing to accept the results of the 2020 election. near

some polls even showing the republican tim michaels up by 2 points.f course there is senator johnson's race against mandela. an important race not just for wisconsin. if you care about uncovering so many of the things that happen during covid, the hunter biden investigation i would argue it's a race that is important for america. so, right back to you guys. [cheers] >> brian: thanks so much, rachel and the crowd roars. >> ainsley: hand it over to will cain is he? satellite beach, florida. good morning to you, will. >> will: good morning, ainsley. rachel, pete, i'm not saying i'm making this a competition, but florida has turned out. florida is out this morning. [cheers] and they plan to turn out today. you have a senatorial race, marco rubio, val demings ron desantis is back up this time against charlie crist. everyone is up early. they're even coming before school. what grade? >> sixth. >> sixth grade here before school. and right out the back door, i have got a tropical storm brewing right now. i think they are saying could be a category 1 by the en

governor tony evers is claiming tim michaels is undermining democracy after he said, quote, republicans another election in wisconsin if he wins. michaels clarified it's because voters will like his policies. >> when we lower taxes, when we lower crime in wisconsin, when we reform education and we have better schools, we are going to never look back. >> reporter: both races could come down to turnout in rural areas versus cities, and that is why evers and barnes, the democrats, have been spending so much time in the two biggest states, cities in the state, rather, here in madison and milwaukee this weekend trying to get out the urban vote. sandra? sandra: grady trimble on the ground in madison for us, thank you. john? john: president biden set to make one of his final stops before the midterms, but it won't be in a typical swing state. instead, he's going to be in deep blue new york to help governor kathy hochul. our fox news power rankings have shifted the race from likely democrat to lean democrat with mobile's handling of crime becoming a top issue. kevin walling is a former biden ca

in the end what he should be talking about, what tim michaels should be talking about is the economy,lic safety and parental involvement. >> in the end isn't it the case there was no fraud sufficient to change the outcome of the election in wisconsin or anywhere else. why isn't he just saying that? >> well, because again, the media asked him about it. >> why can't he just say that? >> everybody in the bubble in the media here and around the country want to talk about that when the voters overwhelmingly want to talk about their own personal economic issues. >> the rnc chair mcdaniel was on this morning and said point blank we'll get the process. we'll do the canvassing, do the certification and i want everybody to concede if they lost or claim victory if they win. >> that's what candidates are dog. i'm saying both of the instances you have quotes you say from a gaggle, not from the podium. those from reporters that want to go off track and talk about the issues to get -- >> let's get off track -- >> i wouldn't describe that as off track because ron johnson made that a central part of h

he is trying to defend his governor's seat from his republican challenger tim michaels. but again, this is only about 20000 votes in between those 2 at this moment, which was to be expected given in such a evenly divided swing state like wisconsin. we're also seeing similar dynamics in the u. s. senate race here in wisconsin. again, critical as we narrow down to which party controls the congress were seen about 70000 boats now separating ron johnson, the republican incumbent from his democratic challenger. vandella barnes, that's with 85 percent of boats being counted. so we may not have a true result until tomorrow. okay, well, we'll certainly come back to some more for that then. hi, thanks very much. let's go live now to john henderson. he's in atlanta, georgia, where the policy may have died down a little bit. amazingly, it's been going on for hours, rougher warner he did make and apparently didn't. he's pulled ahead slightly. a few 100 votes in the senate to race. but perhaps the reason that he's not reaching 50 percent is because of the libertarian on the ballot. a

claiming republican tim michaels is undermining democracy after michaels said republicans will neverose another election is wisconsin if michaels wins. he clarified that is because voters will like his policies. >> when we lower their taxes, when we lower crime in wisconsin, when we reform education and have better schools, we will never look back. >> both races in the senate and governor's office could come down to turnout in rural areas versus the cities. that is why the democrats are spending a lot of time here in madison as well as milwaukee. barnes campaign had three events in milwaukee alone out of therefore events this weekend, three in milwaukee. >> grady live in wisconsin. thanks. president biden landed in westchester county new york not too long ago. right now he is in yonkers new york just outside of new york city. the rally just getting underway for kathy hochul. >> hello. great liberal art school in america. you guys are really good. [cheering and applause] it is great to be with my good friend who spoke to you earlier today. majority leader chuck schumer. we have gotten

about 25,000 votes ahead of tim michaels with 83% of the vote in in wisconsin.so have an update to bring you in the state of kansas, this race very, very close, incumbent democrat laurie kelly, perhaps the most vulnerable incumbent democrat on the entire map. 24,000 votes ahead of derrick schmitt with 86% of the vote in in kansas. and we have a bonus projection to bring you, in the secretary of state race in georgia this guy, became a household name after the 2020 election, brad raffensperger caught on tape as donald trump tried to convince him to find 11,000 votes in the peach state. raffensperger refused, donald trump made him a target, but he wins reelection as the secretary of state. in georgia. let's turn it over to casey -- we've got an update for us on senate races. >> yes, we're gonna start, as we always have, in that same state which is georgia. raphael warnock is actually ticked into the lead here, but man, look how close this is. 12,631 votes right now. of literally millions. you can see it on the screen. separating warnock from walker, again, both un

marianne: close race in wisconsin, tony evers promising to fight gerrymandering and his opponent tim michaels focuses on crime. polls are open in vermont, where incumbent phil scott is taking on brenda segall in the race for governor. >> todd: thank you, bring in outkick host tomi lahren. tomi, here is a telling quote in the "new york post" from a new york city voter. "hochul won't clean up the subway, me and my mom are on food stamps, i won't let her take the subway by herself. if she needs to go, i ride the subway with her or pay for a cab, it is expensive but better than letting her take the subway," and combine that with the fact early vote totals in new york city are extremely low and bodes poorly for kathy hochul. does lee zeldin pull off the upset? >> i think so, we don't want to be overly confident and count our chickens before they hatch, like the person you talked about, the new york city commuter, so many former democrats out there are going to vote republican for the first time in we hope for a long time because they are sick and tired of democrats ignoring the issues they care ab

tim michaels trailing tony evers. watch that in wisconsin. pennsylvania. the governor's race sharpiro with the easy left over mastriano. that's a third of the vote in. the big one. at this point in the race, fetterman has a lead on dr. oz. 37% in. difference of 91,000. what to watch in pennsylvania. eerie and pittsburgh. philadelphia over here. if you are a democrat that's where you win in pennsylvania. if you are a republican you have to keep that vote down if places like pittsburgh and philadelphia. we have yet to check this on new york. the senate race now. chuck schumer called. not much of a race. the governor's race in new york. kathy hochul right now at 64%. lee zeldin 36%. a lot of votes outstanding. long island the house races. a lot of keen interest in new york with the house races. you don't find a lot of drama in new york. look at staten island. 2 cycles ago this would have been a 50-50 race. right now she is an easy winner with close to 63% of the vote. aoc a winner here in new york. it is the first time i have seen this guy. up against the rep

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tim michaels is not alone. plenty of candidates refuse to accept the results of their own races. >> my question is will you accept the results of your election in november? >> i'm going to win and i'll accept that result. >> if you lose, will you accept? >> i'm going to win and i'll accept that result. >> the republican running for secretary of state which the office that oversees elections said won't accept a loss. he said there will be no concession speech from him. okay. when "the washington post" reached tout 19 republican candidates in battleground races, a dozen of them declined to say whether they would accept the results of their contests. which makes sense. when they looked at races for house, senate, and key state races, the post discovered that over half of the republicans running for those offices are still refusing to accept the results of the 2020 election. it's in that context that president biden stepped up to a podium in union station which is not far from the u.s. capitol and he issued a stark

reporter: in the governor's race, democratic governor tony evers held off trump-backed businessman tim michaelsat the republican-controlled state legislature has passed. voters -- [audio difficulty] of said they don't want conservatives to have carte blanche at the state level. it is worth noting that there were a lot of people who split their ticket on both the republican and democratic side yesterday. michaels didn't perform as well as johnson in the republican strongholds, and barnes didn't perform as well as evers in the democratic cities, madison and milwaukee. stu? stuart: thanks, grady. we need a wisconsin guy. we found one. his name is sean duffy, and he's sitting next to me right now. sean, i did not expect the wisconsin senate race to be so close. >> i didn't either. i thought it was going to be a 2 point, 2.5-point victory. i knew the governor's race was going to be close but not ron john's. again, i'm surprised by the whole night, stuart. i thought it was going to be not necessarily a tsunami, but it was going to be a red wave, and i don't think that materialized. a couple of factor

what we are seeing in the gubernatorial race, tony evers so close, democrat one point behind, tim michaels in that race. so, as we watch that, we want to bring in our election team as we do ask the question, do you approve or disapprove of the job tony evers is doing as wisconsin governor. 37% say strongly disapprove, but almost as many say they strongly approve. why the races are so close. let's bring in our team now. darren, i'll start with you. tell us first, based on everything i just laid out, let's start with arizona, by the way. tell us what you are watching in arizona and what it's going to come down to for you on election night. >> oh, man. focus on two things. the first is are we going to see split ticket voting or straight ticket voting. gubernatorial race, lake has run a very strong campaign. whatever you think about that race, consensus across the board across republicans and democrats is she's run a pretty, pretty strong race, made a very strong pitch. for someone who came into the race with negatives and associations with trump. but masters has lagged behind lake and what's

but it is a similar feel in the governor's race between tony evers and the trump-backed tim michaels. evers has tried to point to a future of bipartisanship and said that michaels would be a puppet for president trump. michaels tried to point to a new direction for wisconsin including trying to keep wisconsinites safe and polls have shown no clear leader in any of the races for months now. and every stop there is a joke about wisconsin's collections are always close and i have a feeling that is what we're going to see this time around as well. >> thank you. >>> and to join us to talk about this is dana bash and white house correspondent for pbs news hour, laura lopez. lots to discuss. dana, first, the president's closing message. we're hearing a lot of candidates make their closing message and his was focus to democracy and was the right message from the people you spoke to. >> the people who i'm talking to who helped to craft this and decide about this idea of this message argue the following, they argue that it is the right message, not necessarily for a tim ryan or a mandela barnes

tim michaels who lost in the governor's race, didn't perform as well in republican strongholds as senatorrnes in the democratic cities didn't perform as well as evers did. so that is likely what this race came down to here in wisconsin. now we should point out that barnes has not yet officially conceded either in a call to johnson or in a formal press conference. we are expecting to hear from him. we will follow those developments as barnes is expected to speak in about 20 minutes where he will likely concede as we have now called this race for senator johnson. neil: in other words, keep that seat. thank you for that, grady. jim messina was ready to leave here. we roped him down into his seat because i did want to talk to you about that. this ticket splitting you hear so much about where georgia in particular, the governor couldn't translate his big win there over stacey abrams into a big enough lead or win outright without a runoff election to herschel walker. this played out in all number of districts and states across the country, both sides. >> new york. neil: new york very good examp

senator ron johnson appeared alongside republican candidate for governor, tim michaels here in waukeshaator johnson made it clear to his supporters, that this election is a fight for freedom. now, he also doubled down on comments he made earlier this week, where he was asked if he would accept the results of tuesday's election. he didn't outright say "yes." instead, he told us, i sure hope i can. so, i asked him, at this event, if he would or if he's seen anything that's changed in the days since those original comments that would make him feel better? he instead pointed to a case out of nearby milwaukee of a now former election official, who was criminally charged after allegedly obtaining military ballots for fake voters and sending them to a state representative to make a point. here's some of our exchange. >> and it doesn't make you feel better that she got caught in this instance? >> she's -- she got caught by and being prosecuted and defended by a bunch of democrats. i do not know what's happening. it is the most bizarre story. it's just suspicious. and we should be doing everythi

democratic incumbent governors, tony evans, win the reelection against trump endorsed gop candidate tim michaels manned unpopular agendas on consequential issues ranging from abortion, voting rights, election integrity. the democratic party chair was conson called this quote, a threat to the foundation of american democracy. can you represent the people of what's conson, what's your take on all of this, senator? >>, well it is absolutely true that we would live in an entirely different state had we not elected governor tony abrams four years ago. it's true in the future, will live in a very different state if we do not reelect him. -- more than any other governor and modern history. to protect any number of right, things we cherish, value, whether it's access to the ballot box, women's reproductive freedoms, obviously, affected by the national overturning of roe v. wade. and then gone laws, et cetera, we need to keep we need enough democrats in the state legislator to sustain the veto. but we need to reelect. let. me tell you between the governor's race and the u.s. senate race. we have two or t

look at wisconsin, tim michaels the republican is challenging the incumbent democrat.ing close race in michigan and medicine sew the take, which doesn't get talked about a lot, tim walz, the incumbent democrat facing a stiff battle from republican scott jensen. maria: that michigan race is also one that i'm watching. look, the same new york tips sienna poll finds that president biden's approval rating is under water in several of the swing states, 36% is his approval in arizona, 38% in he nevada, 39% in georgia, 42% in pennsylvania. white house press secretary karine jean-pierre is claiming that biden is not being kept away from the c -- campaign tral intentionally. >> why is the former president making this case and not the current president. >> i bodies agree with the -- i would social disagree with yr characterization. the president has been talking about this every day for months now, he's been talking about the choices that are at stake here. maria: tom, your reaction? >> well, listen, i mean, everybody knows including karine jean-pierre they that biden's a drag o

it appears the republican challenger, tim michaels in wisconsin next utah for 200. okay. what is there election in utah not. so we're going to have only person it. let's go to let's go to her home state of michigan because that's actually under a foot. >> fascinating story. their families wearing ann arbor sweat your earlier hey. >> and the incumbent democrat, gretchen witt mayor who was really in the national headlines when it came to covid and the threats against she with 66% of the vote count. it has a pretty decent lead over the republican challenger. tudor nixon is that all we have time for. all right. let's send it back to you. all right. and i mentioned utah because it's the senate them interested and there's a chance to send flying against eastern the who is asking for help yet >> mitt romney, mitt romney to win his race and romney was unhappy lynn, by the way he did when he collin now as the victor. all right. we've got that settled, know, governor there. but all right, grant, thank all right. >> in san mateo there are 2 candidates in the race to replace congress

for the gubernatorial race, it's the incumbent governor, facing that challenge from tim michaels. that race is a tossup. and then, there's the battle for senate. that's ron johnson facing the battle from the lieutenant governor, mandela barnes. he started the race leading but ron johnson had the consistent but narrow lead. as i talk to voters, they understand the pressure. you hear a lot of anxiety and you hear a lot of joy. they know it depends on what happens as they show up to the polls. >> thanks so much. thanks to you all for starting us off. let's get right to nbc's steve kornacki at the big board. what are you looking for? what are the movements today? >> at 7:00 p.m., new hampshire closes. you have maggie hasan and don bolden. this is a race that's emerged in the last few weeks, unexpectedly, as what looks like a competitive race with republicans, don boldic wasn't the first or the tenth choice. but the polls have put him close to hasan, would be a republican pickup. and why i key up on new hampshire early, at 7:00 p.m. closing time, it looks like a jigsaw puzzle. they rel

senator ron johnson appeared alongside republican candidate for governor, tim michaels here in walke sha. this is a fight for freedom. he doubled down on comments where he was asked if he would accept the results of tuesday's election. he didn't outright say yes. instead, he said, i sure hope i can. i asked him if he's seen anything that changed in the days since the original comments that would make him feel better. he instead pointed to a case out of milwaukee of a former election official who was criminally charged after allegedly obtaining military ballots from fake voters and sending them to a state representative to make a point. here's some our exchange. >> reporter: it doesn't make you feel better that she got caught in this instance. >> she got caught by being prosecuted by a bunch of democrats. i don't know what's happening. it is just suspicious. we should be doing everything we can to restore confidence. >> reporter: talk to everybody. we're not assuming anybody's political allegiances or any part of the state will show up for us and any part of the state won't show up fo

similar feel in the governor's race here between democrat incumbent tony evers and republican tim michaels. that's the second most expensive governor's race in the country. no clear leader in any of these races. we'll see what happens in the next few days. >> omar jimenez on the campaign trail. omar, thank you very much. joining us chief political analyst gloria borger and cnn senior political commentator david axelrod, former senior adviser to president obama. welcome to you both. david, these very close races, all the stars are out, biden, harris, clinton, trump. you tweeted this about the president's appearance last night in the evening, his speech. issues of democracy are hugely important at this moment, and in next week's election totally appropriate for the president to address them. still as a matter of practical political politics, i doubt many democrats in marginal races are eager for him to be on tv tonight. you have advised against that speech at this moment? >> yeah, i probably would have. i probably would have because, you know -- this is true for any incumbent president in a

both tim michaels, republican candidate for governor, senator ron johnson have secured the endorsementsthe largest law enforcement unions in the state including the milled walk -- milwaukee police union liz? elizabeth: thank you very much. welcome to the show, congressman darrell highs is birthday to yo, congressman issa. we're watching what is happening with the midterm elections and elections next week. we had a lot of problems on halloween, congressman. we don't see former president biden, obama, talking about this. 14 shot in chicago, several children included. three shot and killed in philly. three shot by a cop after throua block party in home haw, nebraska. where are the democrats on this? >> liz they're telling us what not to believe what our eyes see what is happening in our neighborhood. it just can't wash. the fact is crime has risen because of these policies. now they're either trying to obfuscate them or out right deny them. it is not working. people know what they see. even liberal newspapers have to report the challenges of rising crime because of these soft-on-crime poli

and in the governor's race between democratic governor tony evers and republican businessman tim michaels, prominent in the badger state, that could be closer than the senate race. polls in wisconsin close in about 30 minutes. it could be a long one here, for all of the campaigns we're following tonight. >> thank you. we'll check back back with you later tonight. >> michael bennet, the incumbent, is hoping to fend off a challenge by the republican o'dea. good evening, jeff. >> good evening. polls in colorado about to close in 30 minutes. folks are showing up to polling places like this to drop off their ballots. each vote will matter, especially when it comes to the u.s. senate race, which in the last few days polls have shown has started to tighten. you have joe o'dea, a ceo of a construction company. would makes his candidacy interesting is that he's not only running without the support of former president donald trump, but he's said that if trump runs again he will actively campaign against him. on the other side, you have the democrat, appointed to the job in 2009, ran twice, michael

those candidates who he backed, mehmet oz, kari lake, tim michaels, each losing in staggering defeatse. this was a very difficult backdrop for him to make this announcement. he touted he was going to make this tuesday night announcement before election day. the idea was that at the end of 2022, he would have allies with him that he would be able to campaign with around the country and build that support for 2024. now it's very much going to be him here at mar-a-lago and making the case that not much unlike those 2022 candidates just made and failed on, but he will try to make that case again looking toward 2023. >> vaughan hillyard in mar-a-lago, he has remade the party in his image. now they have to figure out how to pick up the pieces. peter, among those, mitt romney calling him an albatross. mike pence, this on abc. >> do you believe that donald trump should ever be president again? >> david, i think that's up to the american people. but i think we will have better choices in the future. >> peter, there's a new poll. i know you have been digging through it. it's no longer supportin

a very tight governor's race here between democrat tony evers and the trump backed challenger tim michaels. and evers paz pointed to multiple points where he's vetoes anti-abortion bills coming across his desk but bills he said would have passed if someone like michaels were in office. and all of these races have been too close to call. no clear leader as they have been for months. so we'll see what happens in two day's time. >> i think the races will stay that way for sometime. omar and jessica, thank you to both of you. we really appreciate it. >>> here in georgia, voters have set a new record for voting. more than 2.2 million people in the state have cast their ballots early and in person. more than 216,000 have already returned their absentee ballots and joining me now is georgia secretary of state brad raffensperger. he has to think about that in addition to running for re-election. secretary, what happened after the 2020 election, as you know all too well in this state, raised a lot of safety concerns for election workers. what is being done this time around to make sure election wor

tim michael, elected governor in 2022 after he attended the glenn youngkin academy for a non threatening west varying republican candidate, he certifies a win for biden and sends a pro tree trump slate to d.c. as well. michaels has a victory in 2022. in this recording released by the republican accountability project, he said the quiet part out loud, didn't he? >> republicans will never lose another election in wisconsin after i'm elected governor. [applause] >> to repeat, imagine it's january 6th 2025 and biden has lost his atoll college votes for michigan, wisconsin, pennsylvania. the right is now shockingly 269 votes for biden and 269 for trump in the electoral college. it's a dead heat. under the 12th amendment, it goes to the house of representatives, where the republicans control the majority of house allegations and they get the pick the candidate -- the president. voter return trump to the house. it doesn't matter that joe biden, the democrat, won both the popular vote and the electoral college vote, both by comfortable margins. false claims of -- election denying republican gove

in wisconsin the race between evers and tim michael, too early to call. just like in the senate another tight race. >> texas, our decision desk beliefs that republican governor greg abbott has a lead but too early to call. >> in kansas republican challenger schmit and kelly are locked in race. democrats had a lot of hopes about kansas. >> in minnesota the governor's race democratic incumbent tim walsh has lead over republican challenger scott. >> in new mexico, not enough data, michelle grisham and republican candidate mark ronchete. >> jared polis will defeat heidi ganal. >> in south carolina not enough data to predict the governor's race with kristi noem but noem does lead at this hour. >> let's go to iowa kim reynolds will return to governor's mansion for a second term. >> nebraska in the lead. too early to call. >> in wyoming we are projecting that republican governor mark gordon will cruise to another term where he beats theresa livingston. >> another deep breath and let's bring back the panel. jessica tarlov, how are you. >> great to be here. >> tho

and tim michaels the republican challenger there it looks like he has just pulled ahead in the real clearaverage. this is also notable book wisconsin has a republican state, house, senate. i just saw a headline they may get super majorities in the legislature. we could see some real policy leadership from wisconsin coming out of this election. paul: and dan, new york new york. if lee is alvin can make it here that would be a shot heard around the country. what is working frizzell didn't? does he really have a shot against kathy hochul? was mainly working for him is crime in new york city kathy hochul said the problem is entirely illegal guns. most new yorkers know it's much broader than that. across the northern tier states for the governors races in say wisconsin, michigan, oregon, and new york. all these are incumbent democratic governors or governorships held by democrats they were in place during the time of the pandemic, and the closures. new have inflation, the bad economy in the states i mentioned places that have high incidence of crime. atul and portland sprayed the democrats are

in the governor's race between democratic governor tony evers, republican businessman tim michaels that closer than the senate race but both of these races, neil, could come down to turnout, in rural areas like we are in oshkosh, versus the big cities in the badger state like milwaukee and madison. neil? neil: thank you, grady trimble in oshkosh, wisconsin. to sean duffy, the former wisconsin congressman, his read on things. sean, it is hard to tell where this momentum is going. so many voted early right now, a record number. in states like arizona we'll be getting to that. 80% had already voted going. >> into today. i wonder how you make with that dynamic? >> hard to tell, neil, with pollsters gotten it wrong last three elections, pretty significantly wrong. you look at that you look where is the mood of the electorate. i talk to a lot of candidates. i don't think anybody understands the direction the couldn'ttry going is candidates. they can tell the wind at their back or wind to their face. so many republican candidates speak to, listen, this will be a big, big day for us. there is e

tim michaels, he said that if republicans win in this election, they will never lose another election in the state of wisconsin. . yesterday, i did ask him to clarify those comments. he said that he was talking about policy. he was saying that if republicans pass the policies they want to pass, in his words, their state will never look back. his opponents, democrat tony -- the governor of the state, he ran an ad. it was likely the last campaign out of this cycle. he was using those comments. he said his republican opponent wants to rig the election. it is really interesting. voters talk about inflation, abortion, they talk about crime in wisconsin. those are key issues in this election. you are really seeing this issue of democracy and the sanctity of our elections come up time and time again from these candidates. >> reporting as always, thank you. it is good to see you. live from milwaukee, wisconsin. coming up next, a growing chorus of republican midterm candidates are now opposing future support of ukraine as they continue to fight off a an invasion from russia. why? the answer mi

got out of an event with republican senator ron johnson and republican candidate for governor tim michaels and others. johnson laid out in plain terms for his supporters that this election is the fight for freedom. earlier this week, though, in another campaign stop that we also went to in windy waukesha wisconsin, he told us in another part of the state that he could not commit out right to accepting the results of tuesday's election. he instead told us i sure hope i can. we followed up on that today, and said between then and now, is there anything that is made you feel better about tuesday's election and he instead cited the case out of milwaukee where the now former election official has been criminally charged for allegedly obtaining military ballots for fake voters and sending them to a state representative to make a point. here's a little of our exchange. it doesn't make you feel better that she got caught in a census? >> she got caught by being prosecuted by undefended by a bunch of democrats. i do not know what is happening. it is the most bizarre story. it is just suspicious, and

close to call between wisconsin democratic incumbent tony evers and his republican challenger tim michaels. that's about 43% of the vote in, to close to call in the wisconsin governor's race. and on that note, i like to go to our friend simon saunders townsend, chief spokesman for vice president kamala harris. simon, i know you've been talking to sources on the ground in wisconsin. rossi watching that senate race and also that governor's race very closely. what are you hearing from your sources? >> democrats on the ground tell me about the governor's race that they are surprised that he is up this early, and it's a good sign, but they caution that there's still a long way to go. wisconsin is a place where people can register to vote on election day. democrats in the state spent a lot of time and effort it to increase turnout, particularly among young people, and black people, and women. milwaukee, for example, black voter turnout is up by over hundred 23% at this time in the last midterm election. young people up 300% across the state. they have seen lots of great turnout along long lines

kari lake in arizona, tim michaels and wisconsin, dr. oz in pennsylvania. you largely saw was a segment of people both who are republican leaning independent and some republican loyalists who would not go along with that choice. so in that sense the trump is chairman of the best example is one of the more obscure ones, which is joe camp who is an uber trumpist. i know he even had lived in the district before he moved there to challenge jaime herrera beutler one of the republicans who voted to impeach trump. he barely beat herrera beutler in the washington state, all party primarily with is a lot of evidence that normally democratic voters crossed over to support the pro-impeachment republicans that they had a more powerful choice. what we found is that enough republicans and independents didn't want the uber trumpist, that they voted for the democrat. so we're not going to see a democrat represent that district for the first time in over a decade. we even saw this in places that were not strong contested or thought to be competitive lower in beaufort barely

end, that power grab maybe a mute point if the trump endorsed republican candidate for governor, tim michaelshe wins on tuesday. at a campaign event this week, michael said, quote, republicans will never lose another election in wisconsin after i am elected governor. as a reminder, election day is tuesday. joining us now from madison wisconsin, where he is holding a get out the vote rally is vermont senator bernie sanders. senator sanders, thank you for making time to be here tonight. i'll get right to it. do voters that you have been talking to, do they have a sense of urgency of alarmism over the stakes and their state in particular and how it may not really effectively be a functioning representative democracy after november 8th? >> the answer is yes. well i can say is that we arrived this morning, we did rallies in eau claire, rallies in low cost, we had a nice turn off in madison. i think here in wisconsin, which is a pivotal state, the issues are pretty clear, and that is whether to vote for the incumbent ron johnson, who actually wants to eliminate the minimum wage at a time of massive

listen to tim michaels. this is wisconsin's republican candidate for governor. >> republicans will never lose a another election in wisconsin after i am elected governor. >> it seems like a good time to remember maya angelou's advice. when people show you who they are, believe them. he is using this to thwart democracy and ensure that only his party will govern. he has won a 200 republicans -- he is lying about the outcome of 2020 elections. that is according to a colleague by the washington post. many of them are expected to win the races. this comes as nbc reports from two sources. donald trump, the twice impeached former president who is currently under investigation by the department of justice, he will likely announce his next bid for the white house as soon as this month. this is why voting is so important. control the senate in the house are on the line. history is not on the side of those bowing to uphold democracy in voting rights in this country. the party to control the white house typically loses

. >> did you know tim michaels pledged to rig future elections? republicans will never lose another election in wisconsin after i'm elected governor. >> here's a clarity on those comments. once the people of wisconsin see what happens when we lower their taxes, when we lower their crime in response to, and when we reform education, and we have better schools, and we have a governor and a republican card party that will stand up for working families. we are going to never look back. >> so many issues at play. i was at an early voting location yesterday, and people tell me that things like inflation, immigration, abortion, those are driving them to the polls. two people who said that they don't usually vote in midterm elections, but they felt that this one was that important and that's why they came out to vote. that is what campaigns are trying to drive out right. now it's all about turnout. especially on this final full day of her. going >> well sounds like the folks there in wisconsin are no different than any where else in the country. we're see

democratic governor tony evers facing republican challenger tim michaels, a business man from wisconsin. grady trimble reports live on this one from oshkosh. hi, grady. >> hi, martha. the badger state's governor's race is the most expensive in the country. it could come down to the one kitchen table issue that voters are concerned about. inflation. tim michels has made the case that he's better equipped to tackle that issue partly because of his background in business. he's also been hitting democratic governor tony evers on crime and education. every voter i've talked to today says the economy and inflation is their number 1 issue. >> it's impacted our savings and our retirement. >> we're headed in the wrong direction. that is -- it needs to be fixed. >> going back to the businesses, everything is more expensive for them, a lot of businesses are closing their doors. we don't want to see that. >> how is it impacting me? >> yeah. >> my wallet is empty. >> there's also a senate seat up for grabs in wisconsin today. republican senator ron johnson voted here this morning. he told me he's fe

tony evers is saying the same is the case here in wisconsin where tim michaels, the republican candidate his top priority. he says he will find the bills that evers vetoed that would restrict some access to the polls in the state of wisconsin. tony evers saying he would defend that. it's just a sign of the national conversation. it's not just the bread-and-butter issues but you're hearing candidates especially on the democratic side talk about democracy and the defense of democracy as folks look not to this election but 2024. >> shaquille brewster. thank you. >>> already wondering if it's going to be a really long night. >>> why airplane pilots are getting ready to walk the picket line. vo: climate change is fueling a wildfire crisis. destroying our forests. threatening our communities. polluting our air. prop 30 taxes the wealthiest 0.2% to reduce the tailpipe emissions that drive climate change. and prevent wildfires and toxic smoke. so we have clean air to breathe. some say we shouldn't act. tell that to our kids. this is about their future. kevin: calfire firefighters, the american l

tim michaels, the trump-backed republican for governor was an election denier who would have turned overnaged to turn out massive numbers of votes in dane county. vote creating it. been in decline. by more than 90,000. 7 thousand more. evers would have done it. some people will do it. it will have the dobbs issue. i have to tell you that republicans here are very openly saying that there's no way with the decision of doing that. whether they say that will be a completely different decision. >> president biden's news conference live from indonesia. it follows his face-to-face meeting with chinese leader xi jinping. the president delivers remarks any moment now. we're going to bring them to you live straight ahead. i was always the competitive one in our family... 'til my sister signed up for united healthcare medicare advantage. ♪wow, uh-huh♪ now she's got a whole team to help her get the most out of her plan. ♪wow, uh-huh♪ with coverage that's better than ever for dental... ...vision... ...prescription drugs and more. advantage: me! can't wait 'til i turn 65! aarp medicare advantage plan