and tom macarthur, 48.9. very, very close. has not been called yet. keith next in chesapeake, virginia. welcome. caller: hi. i got two comments about chuck schumer. he was talking about all this things about basic math. the -- about host: go ahead, keith. caller: sorry. got tv on here. he talk about couples in states that trump won. but that has nothing to do with the constituents in those states. so that has nothing to do with math. he wants to talk about the math. 30-plus years in the house and senate, that's way too many years. he talks about all this immigration issues. 30-plus years and he has all these issues to do with this and that. he didn't do anything about any of that. talked about 2 and two was her career record. well, that has to do with math. she was in there too long. -- e we need to have some host: make sure and everybody else tuning in, thanks for the call. mute your television set when you call in. go ahead with your comments. cape coral, florida, where that senate race is still too close to call. laura on our republican line. calle

no word from congressman tom macarthur at this time. there since has been amy rosenberg from the philadelphia inquirer reach weeding a statement. he is not conceding. tom macarthur saying this has been a hard-fought campaign. see andy kim i am ready to it come to an end. i have set i will be guided by the voters of the district and there are nearly 7000 more that have not been heard from yet. we must be sure that they're both and all votes are counted in a transparent way that protects the integrity of the election. that is the third district in new jersey. wichita, kansas is next. we go to the democrat line. caller: good evening. i have sat here and listen to some of the other callers that have called in. i think the best thing that we as a p ship -- we as a people of this nation of the united states of america can step back and take a good, fresh breath. that is what is needed right now. ordeal regarding president donald trump. this thing is already a done deal. i heard some of the other callers talk about trump and god. this is alrea

tom macarthur the republican incumbent was leading all night election night.ew kim has come back. you see over this side this is close to the philadelphia suburbs. in new jersey. but this part of the district is essentially the philadelphia suburbs. tom macarthur one of the republican moderates key to the republican repeal obamacare vote. that's why democrats made him a target. yet another race and as the days go on and the votes come in has trended blue not red which if you pull it back out just to come back to the full map. again, the senate map not as good for republicans as they thought. the democrats picking up governorships. the democrats will take back the house. the only question now is the margin. a lot of people out there say is this a blue wave? this is a blue wave. >> the democrats started the night leading in six of those ten key races. now they're leading in seven based on the numbers that have just come in. >> right. you go back to that. you want to look at the leading only and there it is right there. six when we started the night. one of those

tom macarthur, republican incumbent, was leading all night, election night.rew kim has come back. this is close to the philadelphia suburbs, if it you will. it's in new jersey. this part of the district is essentially the florida suburbs. tom macarthur one of the moderates key to the republican repeal obamacare vote. we're not done here yet again, but yet another race as the days go on and the votes come in has trended blue, not red, which if you pull it back out, just come back to the full map, again, the senate map not as good for republicans as they thought. the democrats picking up governorships. democrats will take back the house. the only question now is the margin. a lot of people out there who say is this a blue wave? this is a blue wave. >> the democrats started the night leading in six of those ten key races. now they're leading in seven based on the numbers that have just come. >> right. you go back to that. look at the leading only. it was six when we started the night. one of those california districts flipped. again, we'll keep an eye on it thro

in the house of representatives, democrats wanted to get tom macarthur.hey thought kim was the right candidate. if you look at that right now, that was a target race for the democrats they might leave on the table. but the big picture is, again, we're still out here. the democrats have the opportunities to pick them up. one of the things i've been watching is illinois in the sense that there's one potential democratic pickup here, the republican incumbent. underwood running ahead right now. in a congressional race with 62% in, that's an okay lead. we've been watching some other races that have gone back and forth. roskam was losing earlier. he's inching ahead now. one of the things that the democrat think will help them in the midwest is they think they're running strong in these governors races. as we move west, number one, the democrats are still leading in two districts in kansas. this was the target race they did think they could get. we're at 23%. kansas city, missouri here. suburban area. trouble even in kansas for donald trump's republican party. w

the east coast to new jersey and look at the race where you have a republican with a slightly, tom macarthurandrew kemp. >> new jersey a tough state for republicans, new england, california, the two areas where it has been hard but tom has done a good job and he has united all the republicans because he showed he could work with conservatives during the health care debate and came up with the great compromise in the house that let that bill go forward and he will be helped by the fact that men and as is in trouble in the senate. hugin is running a tough race and you will see republicans energized. narrow race but i think he will keep the lead. heather: the only republican from new jersey to vote for the gop tax overhaul as well. >> yes. he has been solid with donald trump's agenda. we are a conservative group but supporting him as one of the moderates. heather: supporting donald trump's agenda, is that, republican candidate in ohio ahead at this point, we look at those numbers in ohio. >> exactly right. steve was in trouble earlier, one of the young dynamic democrats, steve state completely

tom macarthur conceded to the democrat, andy kim, and harder defeated jeff denham.ocrats have picked up a net gain of 32 seats, and eight races remain to be called by cnn. we are back with our story, and john avalon and hilary rosen join us. midterms look better than a week ago. but nothing changes in the senate. >> the eight undecided seats, democrats are leading in five of them so we will have a pick up of well over 30 seats. >> it's interesting to see how the president treated some of the election results. california clearly bothers him as races get called for the democrats and this is where he comes up with these invented fever dreams is what jay called them yesterday. he says people vote change and then go and vote again. the republicans don't win because of potentially illegal votes and people get in line and have no reason to vote, and sometimes they go to their car and put on a different hat and shirt and come in and vote again. you are laughing. is it funny? >> it's beyond funny. it's just goofy. it's almost unhinged, almost -- i think the people are lookin

the third congressional district which is one of the most watched house races, tom macarthur with 25%f the vote and holding onto a lead over andy kim. the kentucky six congressional, this is a hold for republicans. that they ared public and will be returning to the house of representatives. in florida's 26 congressional we will have the results for that as well. , debbie powell was 50 points, 7% of the vote, this would be a democratic pickup for carlos cabello. 87% of the vote reporting in that 26 congressional district. in north carolina's ninth district, the democratic candidate narrowly ahead of mark harris. this is a key democratic pickup in control of the house. a lot of the tension on the seventh congressional district. the lead with 94% of the vote in. that would be a democratic pickup over congressman dave brats, he defeated eric cantor in that primary in 2014. indiana's six, this was a familiar name, gregg pants, the brother of vice president mike pence. this is a solid republican seat and he will be coming to the house of representatives and serving in congress create his br

in new jersey, tom macarthur and leonard lance in a very blue are two seats to watch.they hold on, republicans may hold their own. if ec family to have virginia go to democrats, that the signal could be a long night for the gop. today a leading house republican predicted the gop will get it done. >> we will hold the house. i feel enthusiasm in every swing district i go to. a lot of feelings of what we saw two years ago where the democrats were measuring the drapes and ready to win and then something funny happened. >> many republicans are working it in the final hours to make sure there is no blue wave. >> democrats obviously want to counteract that. are they as competent as they have been about winning the house. >> we will see. recent polling suggests big picture register voters preferred democratic candidates over republican candidates, at least in these house races but the strong economy and concerns about border security are likely closing that gap. a key democrat that he is feeling good at this point. >> the side that gets the most turnout, handles the ground gam

news has just declared democrat andrew kim to be the apparent winner over republican incumbent tom macarthurthat is a democratic pickup. same story in california tonight where nbc news now says that democrat josh harder is the apparent winner. democrats also like their chances in other races as yet uncustody. gil cisneros is within 150 votes of republican young kim. if gill cisneros wins there, that would be a democratic pickup as well. same story in the 45th district in california, where there's an incumbent republican congresswoman, mimi walters who now trails her democratic challenger, katy porter. porter is now up by just under 4,000 votes or so over mimi aware that. i should tell you mimi walters has started saying democrats are stealing the race from her. there may be literally millions of votes left to count in california, in part because the state is so darn big but in large part because so much of the state now votes by mail and it takes a while for the ballots to get delivered. there may be over 3 million ballots yet to be counted in california. in utah tonight, republican congress

. ♪ >>> we've been coffvering races that haven't been decided but another race, tom macarthur who authored2017, you may remember the famous celebration in the rose garden with president trump, plenty of cheers all around. there were reports some lawmakers wheeled in kegs of beer. >> congressman mcarthur and all the principled members of congress who are standing with us here today, welcome to the beginning of the end of obamacare. [ applause ] >> this is a big day, it's a first step and i'm proud to be part of that. >> the smiles didn't last because the senate didn't go along with the bill. that was the celebration at the 50 yard line and a premature charade in the end. macarthur went back to his district and got an earful at a town hall. >> why do certain people deserve better health care than others? [ applause ] >> my wife was diagnosed with cancer when she was 40 years old. she beat it but every day, everyday, she lives with it. my children both have pre-existing conditions from birth. one cardiac, one thyroid. you have been the single greatest threat to my family in the entire world.

aide democrat andy kim has flipped another congressional seat, beating incumbent congressmember tom macarthur. kim is the first korean-american congressmember to be elected in new jersey and the first korean-american democrat elected to the u.s. house of representatives. in georgia, police arrested 12 black lives matter protesters wednesday for holding balloons in front of the capitol building that spell out "340,134" -- which is the number of voters believed to have been wrongly purged from georgia voter rolls by then-secretary of state brian kemp. he is also the republican candidate for governor. their protest came as a federal judge ordered georgia election officials to review every provisional ballot cast during last week's midterm election while barring the state from certifying election results before friday. kemp repeatedly has had the election is over, even though his challenger, stacey abrams, pointst .2 percentage from forcing a runoff election in december. the florida and george recounts continued as president trump blamed republican losses in the midterm elections on voter fraud.

. >> two-term incumbent member of the house financial services committee, republican candidate tom macarthur, is president trump's biggest supporter in the new jersey delegation. former director of the national security council during the obama administration and advisor to general petraeus and john allen in afghanistan, democratic candidate andy kim, is hoping to

defeating incumbent tom macarthur.use the martins are tight and we don't know if there's recounts or concessions. and just a few hours ago, jared golden, we say, is the apparent winner defeating bruce poliquin. they did that instant runoff voting and that's how the numbers broke down. and with those victories, democrats have gained 35 house seats this election. they're right on the over/under line but there are still six uncalled races so if you took the over, you'll cash that ticket. the panel is back. cornell, we were joking it was the midterms were a christmas or chanukah gift because it seems like we have eight crazy nights going on. we're on the eighth or ninth or tenth night. >> it also speaks of, listen, we're a democracy. we're becoming a rather old democracy. we have to do a better job of counting our votes. >> 115 million people showed up and it turned out it overwhelmed our system. >> and it benefits some people to have our system overwhelmed and it benefits some people to have our system be problematic and

this is tom macarthur's district.s name, he was the moderate republican, served as a key deal-maker and the house effort to repeal and replace obamacare. won his district handily in 2016. he is now in a very hard-fought race. white collar district, a lot of retirees. if this race goes democrat, it might be a very big majority-making night. >>> let's talk with my experts. i want to start with the democrats or the left-leaners on the panel here. and my question is pretty simple. do you trust the polls? do you have faith? >> no. i was here near tears in 2016. and so no, we don't trust the polls at all. if you would have asked any of us, based on polls and the data we had, hillary clinton would be president of the united states and we would have the senate and the house would be in a different state. so, no, we don't trust the polls. but what i do trust, though, is the quality of candidate that we have. from -- >> democrats. >> democrats. to andy kim in the district we were just discussing. you go all the way down to arka

. >> reporter: kim is going up against incumbent, republican tom macarthur of toms river, right here s message is, hey, even if you don't like the president for whatever, the economy's so good, let's just keep things going. >> sure, there are people in this district that don't like the president's style. i talk to them, too, but they like the direction they like that they're safer and the country is stronger and they're more prosperous and the country is growing -- booming, actually not just growing, but booming. these are bread-and-butter issues that matter to people. >> reporter: you know, tyler, when you're trying to get 23 seats, every seat matters. this district really goes from the wealthy suburbs of morristown near philadelphia, which, by the way, that salt cap -- the state and local tax deduction cap, that's playing hard for andy kim there. and some of the poorer areas here in ocean county we're going to see what happens after today, but the third district, there it goes, is a big one for new jersey and a big one for the country, and we're going to be here in toms river with r

. >> two-turn incumbent, the bipartisan harrowing task force, republican candidate tom macarthur is president trump has biggest supporter in the new jersey delegation. ride the blue waveboth running for a seat in the third congressional district, facing off tonight with the midterm election less than a week away. >> live from njtv studios in newark, this is a debate for the third congressional seat. >> mr. kim and mr. macarthur thank you for being here with us tonight. also talk about some of things going on in our country. we have seen people shot and killed in a grocery store because of their race. mail bombs sent to prominent officials because of their politics and 11 people killed in pittsburgh because of their religion. many see this as the natural regression of the harsh and sometimes offensive rhetoric that now dominates our national discourse. who, or what you think is responsible for this? we start with you, mr. macarthur. mr. macarthur: thank you for hosting this tonight. the events of the last two weeks are pretty disturbing. i have been to a couple of vigils with the jewish commun

two-term incumbent come up member of the house financial services committee, republican candidate tom macarthuris president trump's biggest supporter in the new jersey delegation. former director of the national security council during the obama administration and advisor to general petraeus and john allen in afghanistan, democratic candidate andy kim, is hoping to ride the blue wave. both running for a seat in the third congressional district, facing off tonight with the midterm election less than a week away. >> live from njtv studios in newark, this is a debate for the third congressional seat. >> thanks for being with us tonight. i want to begin with a discussion on some of the events that has taken place. we have seen teedo people shot and killed in the grocery store because of their race. mail bombs sent to officials because of their politics. and 11 people killed in pittsburgh because of their religion. the people see this as natural regression of the harsh and sometimes offensive frederick that now dominates our national discourse. -- offensive rhetoric that now dominates our national d

one people that advocated for pre-existing conditions was tom macarthur out of mississippi.e lost his race in new jersey against democrat andy kim. this is the hill writing mr. macarthur lost the seat to andy kim wednesday resulting in a near wipeout for the gop in the state. democrats successfully flipped four republican seats in new jersey this year, some of which had been held by the gop for decades. come january, there will be one republican congressman, chris smith, who easily won reelection. him forters berated authoring an amendment that helps republicans secure votes necessarily -- necessary to get the bill through the house. macarthur faced criticism for being the only gop to vote for the tax bill. new jersey, which has some of the highest property taxes, one of the states that benefited the most from unlimited deductions. we will go next to lisa in tennessee. hello. caller: hello? host: you are on. caller: ok. i was calling and watching the program and i have noticed that they don't know the american people anymore. they are so far away from us. they have no idea w

. >> in the state of new jersey, andy kim up against tom macarthur. he's seeking a third term.vote yet to come in. jon karl, tom macarthur was an architect of the tax bill, not popular in the state of new jersey. >> and republicans were worried there could be a blood bath in new jersey. one republic operative told me you could see a situation where they lost all their house seats. that's not happening. that is not happening. we've seen chris smith won, that was a safe district. and we see macarthur with a lead there. >> chris christie, of the incumbent republicans in danger in new jersey, macarthur the one who has the best shot? >> macarthur will be the strongest. it's the strongest district of the ones in play. cd-2, that one will probably be lost tonight to jeff andrew, a democrat state senator. the one to watch tonight, i think, if democrats are going to get a majority or not is the seventh district. that's leonard lance against tom malinowski. a ton of money spent there. lance's father was a legislator, his father wrote the new jersey constitution. whoever wins that one may

" where they shouted "down, tom macarthur!" outraged, because the affordable care act has really helped people here get insured and lower their premiums. that is another race that we are looking at. that is an area that actually supported president trump. he is a republican. he is seeking his third term. the key issues, healthcare, the tax bill, that is what is making people rethink support for republicans in the state. to think there. the early exit polls. this is looking very good for the democratic candidate, jennifer weston. it was bumper costa's seat. she was labelled as the person who donald trump called bharat trumpstock. what are these particular district is it has to breaches of hold foods. this is a supermarket chain that well—to—do middle classes use. —— whole. that is something about the affluence of the summer that may be affluent people with their breaches of whole foods may be to, and this is not flippant. this is serious point. so burn america, well—to—do, this is properly feeling a little cuddle with the curren

that because there are new jersey suburbs and new york suburbs.th southern part of new jersey, tom macarthur, he voted for e tax cut bill, not popular if that street. look how well he's doing against andy kim. >> number 4, rick scott. here you go farther north in new jersey, tom running against leonard, known as moortd but being beat by this aggressive former obama aid now. >> 14 has got an lot of national attention. what's the picture? >> so we move from the new york and philly suburbs to the chicago suburbs. this is something of a brigh spot for democrats. lauren underwood has gotten a t of attention, a registered nurse, first i time capt. , -- first-cymtimediante. illinois six district, a long-time incumbent in that district. there you go. peter roscomb, also bright spot for democrats. democrats initially were not sure this candidate was the best for that district but is now leaning. so i think the source for democrats is the sburbs. right now in major metropoliser suburbs, gly they're leading but not everywhere and we saw it in the races there. >> the story starting to emerge. tracking a

tom macarthur has put on television. amy: your group mpower, after the shooting, the massacre at the squirrel hill synagogueue, u raisised money for t this congregatition? absolutely. amy, is not my first time. after the desecration of the cemetery in san luis, we raised over $160,000. that was more than the cemetery needed will stop we were able to send it across the nation. we're rebuilding an entire cemetery in colorado. after this recent massacre at the tree hill synagogue, we raised over $200,000. we have complete hang off of all funerals for every single innocent victim that had died. not only that, we raised $44,000 for hias that works with refugees, many of whom are no muslims. jeremy: and the group that apparently was the trigger for this massacre. >> the shooter basically said that he went to this specific toagogue -- he could've gone any -- you want to that specific synagogue because he said they were the jews bringing the dirty muslims and the terrorists and say all of this stuff about hias. so to support the

tom macarthur is facing democrat andy, barack obama won this district twice. president trump won it last time around. an interesting battle in the philadelphia suburbs. up to the garden state, republican congressman is facing of former state department official. a hot race in the very blue state of new jersey. in texas, seventh district, nine term republican congressman john culberson facing the houston attorney lizzie fletcher. while president trump won texas, hillary clinton won this race. this features an incumbent republican congressman pete sessions facing democrat. a former nfl football player. leading democrats trying to win back the house. they predict that they will get it done. >> bret: i'm confident that the democrats will win the majority of the u.s. house of representatives. we have anchored our strategy are around what is the largest battlefield that we have seen in over a decade. 111 districts across america. investing in over 80 districts across the country. >> the republican lawmakers leading the g.o.p. efforts is not a strong economy should h

. >> republican congressman, macarthur delegated andy kim in the 3rd congressional district. the district includes medford, and toms river in burlington and ocean counties . >> 2 term incumbent member of the house financial services committee and bipartisan task force, republican candidate, macarthur is trump's biggest supporter in the new jersey delegation. former director of the national security council during the obama administration and advisor to general david reyes in afghanistan, democratic candidate andy kim is hoping to ride a blue wave. both running for a seat in the 3rd congressional district facing off tonight with the midterm election less than a week away. >> live from the njtv studio, this is the debate for the 3rd congressional district. >> mister kim, mister macarthur, thank you for being with us. some of the events that have taken place in the country the past couple weeks, in that period we've seen 2 people shot and killed in a grocery store because of their race . mail bombs sent to prominent elected officials because of their politics and 11 people killed in pittsburgh because of their religio

. >> republican congressman, macarthur delegated andy kim in the 3rd congressional district. the district includes medford, and toms river in burlington and ocean counties . >>

tom mcarthur the republican to obamaite?a former he is linking congressman macarthur to president trump's economic message.can in vote for the tax package in a congressional district where it is very controversial to say the least. against hillary clinton here, but this is the district that went for obama twice. watch of these suburbs. virginia kim was called for jennifer wexton against barbara comstock. it would appear folks are watching the suburbs to see if they will have a good night. david: thanks, kevin. we have breaking news from pennsylvania in the senate. bob casey has been reelected, not a big surprise. it is part of a dynasty. his father was a governor. bob casey will be returning to the senate. live from new york, this is bloomberg. ♪ this is bloomberg. ♪ david: this is special coverage of the 2018 u.s. midterm elections on bloomberg television and radio. i am david westin. we have our reporters in the field. joining us from detroit is bloomberg's detroit bureau chief, david. let's start with you in miami. we have a dead even at 50-50. >> i spoke with carlos curbelo earlier. he said he is feeli