tony evers, the governor trying to win election -- reelection. a close race according to polls.he question, why? guest: wisconsin has a history of close elections. people call it a purple state. i would call it a red and blue state. that is a microcosm of the country right now. urban areas, heavily democratic rural areas, heavily republican. the governor's race is an example of that dynamic right now. you have a race that polls show is within the margin of error. both sides seem to think it could go half point, one point, either way. remember watch wrote years ago when tony evers, the democratic -- four years ago, tony beaver's beat scott walker by i believe one percentage point here and we are use to close elections four of the last six presidential elections were decided by a few points. host: who is to michael? -- tim michaels? guest: 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 rus

but we did hear from governor tony evers, the democrat running for re-election here.his is serious business. but he believes this is an example that the system works. something was wrong and it was caught and now it's criminal investigation. he says it shows that elections shouldn't be questioned in the state of wisconsin. >> shaq, as you just said, the governor's running for re-election right now and it is close. what are the candidates in that race doing to try to sway voters in the last days? >> if you look at the polling, it's tied. the final gold standard poll shows the race neck and neck. you know, one thing that we see are both candidates, both campaigns on some sort of bus tour, making stops across the state of wisconsin. tony evers, i was with him about an hour or so ago, he was making his pitch to voters in a more rural part of the state. we know tim michels is also doing the same, will be with him tomorrow. one thing we're hearing with tony evers, we heard president biden's speech last night about democracy being on the ballot. tony evers is saying the same

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as we just heard from lucy, cnn has projected the winner of the governor's race will be tony evers. votes ahead. there is a difference. he took 83,000 ahead. barnes 32,000 behind. >> good morning. >> getting a little punchy with milwaukee. votes are still coming in. balance of power in congress still up for grabs. stand by, everyone. we've got lots more. our coverage continues after break. pain hits fast. so get relief fast. only tylenol rapid release gels have laser drilled holes. they release medicine fast for fast pain relief. and now get relief without a pill with tylenol dissolve packs. relief without the water. okay everyone, our mission is complete balanced nutrition. together we support immune function. supply fuel for immune cells and sustain tissue health. ensure with twenty-five vitamins and minerals, and ensure complete with thirty grams of protein. (vo) with verizon, you can now get a private 5g network. so you can do more than connect your business, you can make it even smarter. now ports can know where every piece of cargo is. and where it's going. (dock worker) right

if wisconsin's democratic governor tony evers loses his s reelection bid, the legislature will have the b power to do whatever they want. and that may include rewriting wisconsin's election laws to give republican officials the power to decide who prevails in future elections. in 2020, wisconsin is one of the states where donald trump tried to getre joe biden's victory overturned. state officials resisted trump's pressure and certified biden's win. the current republican candidate in wisconsin tim mike wills is an election denier who refused to say whether he would certify a biden win in 2024. he got even more explicit what it would mean if he wins. h >> republicans will never lose another election in wisconsin after i'm elected governor. >> republicans will never lose another election after i'm elected governor. 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

no clear leader, at the senate level and also at the governors race between democratic incumbent tony evers of that is likely going to come down to what happens in the final few days to likely secure the margins that might end up securing victory for these folks or send them packing. >> watching very closely. omar jimenez, thank you so much. >>> the january 6th committee says it is giving former president trump more time to turn over documents that it subpoenaed. the statement offered little explanation for the extension, but says he has no later than next week to begin producing the records. the panel subpoenaed trump last month seeking a wide array of documents and for trump to sit for an interview under oath beginning monday, november 14th. the 14th is also of interest as a possible launch date for another trump presidential run. cnn's gabby orr has details. >> reporter: days away from the u.s. midterm elections but former president donald trump is already thinking about 2024, including one he could announce another campaign for the white house. sources tell cnn that trump and his aides

let's check back in the midterms, democrat tony evers just won a second term as the governor of wisconsin ron johnson and mandela barnes, that's still too close to call. grady trimbles in appleton, wisconsin. the late from appleton, please, grady. >> reporter: well, stu, senator ron johnson's team certainly thinks that the race should have been called in his favor by now. johnson leads his progressive challenger, lieutenant governor mandela barnes, by under 30,000 votes, but with 99% of votes counted. his team just put out this scathing statement saying the corporate media is refusing to call a race that's over. there's no path mathematically for lieutenant governor barnes to overcome his 27,374-vote deficit. this race is over. but officially, our decision desk says the race is still too close to call. senator johnson spoke to his supporters at his watch party just before 1 a.m. central time last night. you could tell he wanted to claim the win, but he held off. >> i'm not going to, you know, declare victory until all the numbers are in, but i just want to give you guys the sense that thi

we expect to see tony evers any moment voting at this hour. how are they doing? how are the campaigns feeling today? all-important wisconsin? >> all campaigns on all side are preaching turnout, that this is going to come down to turnout, where they have had tight margins going back years and years. you mentioned the marquee races that we're watching. we're seeing a flood of campaign advertising. tens of thousands of miles clocked on the closing days on the bus tours that the candidates have been going on. now, it's about who shows up to the polls. 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

also just want to give you an idea of what we are seeing in the gubernatorial race, tony evers so closeoint behind, tim michaels, the republican 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 m

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 actually move forward, i believe is in the states. you see tremendous progress out there. you will see some, in fact even in places like new york and oregon you're-likely to see, in oregon's case the

not able to beat out the incumbent republican senator ron johnson, you did reelect the governor, tony evers. what do you think that voters did in splitting their tickets? why do you think that happened in a place like wisconsin? >> the striking context is that wisconsin most goes against the president in a midterm. the last time they voted for a governor of the same party of as the president was 30 years ago. the last time it was a democrat was in 1962 1962 was also the last year where an incumbent republican in the senate was defeated during a democratic presidency. the fact that we came within one point is a testament to mandela barnes's strength. the fact that ever's when a 3.4 percentage point victory, that is triple his 2018 margin during the blue wave year. it's an extraordinary thing. the other piece of this is the republicans have gerrymandered wisconsin so badly that they could very well have gotten super majorities in both changers of the state legislature. they were 2499 votes short. voters said no to having a unilateral republican control go to a party that did not even win stat

we were watching tony evers for governor is in a tight race to hang on to that job. he is voting. voting we're total anecdotally is very, very strong a lot of areas. pretty much across the country. i was voting in new jersey this morning, for my little sleepy town pretty heavy. the fact of the matter there is great deal of interest in a race that doesn't feature in some locales, for example in my community nothing really big going on outside of the perennial do you want your congressman back or not. there are a couple issues on the table. for the most part there is a great deal of interest in this race. again the expectations certainly when you see the markets when all is said and done we'll be looking for divided government the next couple years. something wall street likes. whether it is tonic for main street we shall see. let's get the read from jessica tarlov, democratic strategist, fox news contributor, jessie bollard, independent women's analyst and caylee mcgee from the washington examiner. caylee, want to begin with you we're this notion wall street will be at loggerheads.

just what i need ♪ >>> wisconsin's governor's race is incredibly close, and incumbent democrat tony evers like that for months but even if evers secures another term next week, it might not matter because as the nims reports wisconsin republicans are on the verge of winning a total veto proof majority and it could render him essentially powerless. >> this comes down to gerrymanders, there was a case that correct me if i'm wrong went to the supreme court about wisconsin gerrymandering, and they did nothing about it, right? >> right. you know, it was once an evenly divided state but the legs lartd is not evenly divided at all. part of that is gerrymandering and part of that is the concentration of voters, democratic voters are packed into southeastern wisconsin and the madison area so it is very difficult to draw these lines, but this has been a trend that we've seen since 2010, where republicans have been in control of both houses of the legislature for the entire time, and look to be poised to increase that majority. >> so these smaller races, which could deliver republicans the super maj

the fight between governor tony evers, a democrat, and democrat tim michels, is republican, is tied. the latest polls show things are tied and it's a toss-up. that's what you're hearing from both campaigns. the national implications of that race go beyond the voting laws in this state where the republican legislature passed a slew of voting laws that tony evers has blocked but also goes to abortion rights in this state where, since the overturning of roe, access to abortion has been all but restricted and eliminated, i should say. there's also the senate race. this is a race between senator ron johnson, republican, and democrat lieutenant governor mandela barnes. this is a race that democrats in the early phases of this campaign felt that they had some momentum going into. they thought this was a key pickup opportunity in the 50/50 senate, but senator ron johnson coming into election day has secured a tight, narrow, but consistent lead in the polls. among the democratic voters that i've been talking to at this polling location here in the key population center for the party, there's

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 feeling cautiously optimistic about his chances against progressive lieutenant gorvernor mandela barnes. republicans should consider it a dead even race. in fact, if both of those races on the senate ballot are decided by less than three points, that would be a first in wisconsin state history. this is a state that is used to close elections. martha? >> martha: not a particularly quick counting state. we'll be patient and hang in there late night

right now tony ever's leads by 62,000 votes ahead of election questioner tim michaels. 62% of the vote is in in the state of wisconsin. we have an update for you now from michigan. gretchen whitmer growing her lead against tudor dixon, a conservative -- 98,000 votes ahead, 33% of the vote is in in michigan. and what would a key race alert slough be without the fate of georgia? brian kemp, republican incumbent, 305,000 votes ahead, right now, of stacey abrams, about nine percentage points with 86% of the vote in the state of georgia, as we case headed over to casey hunt -- i would be surprised if you did not update us. >> your update would be useless if we did not have georgia in there. and of course, we are starting with georgia. yet again, because look at these vote totals. 32,000 votes separate herschel walker from raphael warnock right now. it's actually a little bit bigger than it has been at some point throughout the night. look at that, 39.4 to 38.5%. again, nobody is over 50, heading to a potential runoff. 86% of the vote is in. we can see this change back and forth still all ni

also pretty close though, the democrat and comment tony evers is in the lead now. and again, this is a swing state, wisconsin is a swing state, it's appears to still be hustling state. unlike arguably, ohio and florida that have drifted red words this mid term in that this is a state where so few votes can make a big difference and we saw turn out and then through the as m among voters, here are 35 percent greater. turn out in this mid term election and the previous one. and then of course we're also watching michigan. that is one we have to mention because of the constitutional amendment before voters about whether the state sets in to protect abortions, which of course is one of the leading issues that voters have been telling us across the country, driving them to the polls this round and with early returns, it appears that voters in michigan do support the state protecting abortion rights, and we're seeing that in the lead comfortably by some 5 percentage points this point also mirrored in michigan's governor race, which the incumbent democrat, gretchen, i, she

tony evers, the incumbent democrat, facing his challenger, him michaels, another trump endorsed candidate there and a lot of allegations of potential voter fraud already. you know, just minutes after the polls had closed in wisconsin with michaels, the republican candidate having said before that if he were to win this governorship in wisconsin, that republicans will never again lose a race in wisconsin. okay, heidi, thanks very much for joining us. we'll go up now to washington d. c. that were of course, wouldn't particle have is today inside and hosting a panel of guests for us. patty, thanks so much. and welcome back to our special covert of the mid term elections. i'm joined by good run ingle. she's the senior correspondent of, of for and bureau chief for air g, german, radio and television, ambassador neal, parson, former bastard, trinidad, and tobago, to united states and mexico and olivia knox. he is the washington post national correspondent at anchor of the daily 2. 02 in excellent news letter guys i wanted to talk to you because it obviously america's paying attention to mid ter

party this time gretchen whitmer should been much weaker and hopefully dixon is closing the gap, tony eversonsin less than 50% of the vote last time. they should be way behind. i think when you choose a chief executive, a different set of dynamics then when you vote for the senate, voters have a way of surprising us and i think we will be surprised in some of these races carey lake is really helping blake masters, over the finish line so look for that as well. >> let me bring in mark penn, he a democratic governor in new york and more than 20 years and it doesn't like crime in those states in portland, oregon has been a healthy for many people over the last couple of years, in new york city by ms. up seriously, do you think democrats, whether they managed to hold on and lose you think you could get the message for this election about crime and states where they have been covering enter governing crime is been rampant last couple of years. >> and governors races an issue like crime can be the number one issue and definitely in newark crime is the number one issue and the question is how clos

we did see tony evers declaring victory last night.. >> appreciate that. i want to check in with john berman at the magic wall, what does it look like there? >> you see ron johnson, still with the 31,000 vote lead. cnn now projects he will win. he's had a lot of close races. he's been elected to a third term in wisconsin. you can see the margin this time. let's look back at 2016 there. he won that race by 100,000, also pretty tight, so getting closer, democrats are getting closer but unable to unseat this incumbent that they have wanted to for some time. as you heard from lucy kafanov. the democrats did win the governor's race here. you can see the difference, tony evers won by 84,000 votes. but in the senate race it's ron. >> jon: -- ron johnson. i want to go to battle of control for the u.s. senate now. you can see here, wisconsin is now red. that gives republicans 49 seats. they need 51 to control. we have been telling you about these three races. well, georgia looks like it's going to a runoff. we won't have any answer there. right

but the democratic incumbent, tony evers, has a slight lead over his republican challenger. so those are certainly 2 things are watching. but also of interest, of course, is the abortion issue, which we know has been a major factor in every race for watching tonight. but in the neighboring state of michigan where i spent the last few days, that was the one of the top issues for voters because voters in michigan are being asked whether or not they want to support protection, protecting abortion. and that's a direct ballot measure. the only the only race in this mid term elections that's directly asking voters about abortion. well, so far with about 13 percent of those votes counted, it looks like those who do support abortion access are in the lead by a comfortable margin at this point, which is in keeping with what the polls have has been showing. but very interesting to watch. there are certainly the question of how abortion would influence voters in this election was top of mind. give that abortions are no longer protected by the federal constitution. and now it's up to th

tony evers, the governor trying to win election -- reelection. a close race according to polls. has a history of close elections. people call it a purple state. i would call it a red and blue state. that is a microcosm of the country right now. urban areas, heavily democratic rural areas, heavily republican. the governor's race is an example of that dynamic right now. you have a race that polls show is within the margin of error. both sides seem to think it could go half point, one point, either way. remember watch wrote years ago when tony evers, the democratic -- four years ago, tony beaver's beat scott walker by i believe one percentage point here and we are use to close elections four of the last six presidential elections were decided by a few points. host: who is to michael? -- tim michaels? guest: 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 t

in 2018 when she reelection, tony evers was at the top of the ticket and one i one percentage point. her race was probably of next most interest and she won reelection by 11 percentage points. that is a big margin in state like ours where elections tend to be decided closely and she did it by making inroads in suburban and rural communities where democrats have not done well. it has been a dedicated strategy of hers in office should she first ran for senate to try to find areas of common ground with rural communities, whether on issues of health care, sponsoring bills in the senate to encourage by american policies by government agencies, something donald trump push for, so i think her image of a progressive from medicine has softened by her outreach on those issues. it has not been ron johnson's approach, though he certainly made a pitch for modern voters. i think he has such a strong backing from the republican party he is really the most popular central figure in the gop in wisconsin today. and he has a successful voter turnout machine. he runs campaigns, even when he has been the

governor tony evers joined the president but barnes did not and blame add scheduling conflict that dayresident is just one state away campaigning for jb pritzker in illinois and a couple of congressional candidates but in wisconsin, he's nowhere to be found. >> we have a lot of folks that are coming in. >> reporter: okay, take from that what you will. barnes is trailing senator ron johnson in the latest fox news poll. about 8% of voters still say they're undecided and they could determine the outcome of this election. >> record high gas prices and prices andskyrocketing crime an. i could go on. these things were caused. bad policies and democrat governors. why would anyone want to vote to keep those folks in charge of things. it's pretty obvious and a pretty clear choice. >> reporter: senator ron johnson holding a campaign event here in about 30 minutes time and talks a lot about inflation on the campaign trail and that is because, ashley, it is the number one issue here in wisconsin as we goat closer to election day. ash. ashley: many other places as well. grady, thank you very much i

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 of records, including many marked "top secret," when agents carried out search otrump's mar-a-go estaten august. patel priously cimed tru declsified t documen when he lefthe whithouse. meanwhil some torepublic sttegists are expecting attorney general merrick garland to pursue an indictment of former president trump within 60 to 90 days after election day. that's according to the newspaper "the hill," which reports an indictment would most likely be for trump's violations of the espionage act in connection with the mar-a-lago documents. the u.s. federal reserve has o

you mentioned governor tony evers, the democrat in this state, winning his re-election last night. democrats in the state when they look at things like voting rights and voting rules for future elections and abortion laws in the state of wisconsin. then just about two hours ago we saw lieutenant governor mandela barnes acknowledge his defeat against senator ron johnson. ron johnson winning a third term to u.s. senate. that's despite him being a polarizing figure heerg. one thing that we saw in that race, a lot of out money, a lot of outside influence. here in the state of wisconsin, you have republicans winning the senate race, democrats taking over and winning the governor's race, mixed bag here in this purple state. >> all right. shaq brewster out there, erin, guad, thanks to you all. >>> let's bring in ali vitali, joining us from tampa, florida. two big races in florida, of course, the governor's race, the senate race there. they've both gone to republicans. governor ron desantis defeating his opponent by almost 20 points. how is desantis' team addressing this big win for them n

it has helped josh shapiro or tony evers.have seen democrat members holding up well in the midwest, and yet republicans have strong opportunities in some blue states in the west where they have been able to take abortion off the table and make it more about democratic management and cities in crime and homelessness. republicans are looking at nevada, new mexico and oregon where they won the governors -- have not won the governorship in 40 years. host: david wasserman at the washington journal. we want to hear from you and your approach to voting. if you plan to vote straight republican or democrat, let us know. if you plan to split your ticket, dial in at (202) 748-8001. undecided or independent, (202) 748-8002. straight ticket voters, (202) 748-8000. take a look at the map. david wasserman was talking to some of the states were we could see split ticket voting. those are the purple states. if you are from one of those states, and you potentially plan to split your vote, let us know. we want to hear from you. nbc reported on

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

democrat tony evers. has been reelected, defeating republican tim michels.e other interesting things is exit polling shows abortion as a top issue ranked nearly as high as inflation did. manus: yes, and this is probably going to be the surprise of all in terms of what's going on out there. we are looking at republicans did do well in florida. i like the line, it is no longer a swing state. desantis coming in, rubio winning reelection in the republican state. that's got trouble at milford mr. donald trump. dani: one of his candidates in pennsylvania ,oz, losing to john fetterman in pennsylvania. let's bring in kriti gupta, who is standing by. manus and i were talking about this, the red wave not materializing. republicans picking up some seats. we are still waiting for arizona and georgia that seem tight. what do we read from this, this perhaps underperformance from the republicans? is that fair? >> i would say they came out with a very high bar, so underperformance yes but very high standards. what's important to keep in mind is this divergence within the re

a straight answer but last time president biden was here was over labor day joined by governor tony evers for reelection but not mandela barnes who blamed a scheduling conflict. today the president one state away campaigning for a couple of congressional candidates in illinois but in wisconsin president biden is nowhere to be found. do you want the president here between now and tuesday? >> anyone who wants to rebuild the middle class is more than welcome. >> reporter: barnes is trailing senator ron johnson in the latest fox news poll. 8% of voters are undecided. obviously they could determine the outcome of this election. >> inflation, gas prices, skyrocketing crime, open border, drugs, i could go on but most people recognize these things were caused by policies, democrat governors, why would anybody want to vote to keep those folks in charge of things. pretty clear choice. >> reporter: senator johnson just wrapped up a campaign event at the brown county republican offices, 70 people in attendance. i asked why he thinks biden is staying out and i think he gave the answer you would expect

. >> 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

the governor's race between democratic governor tony evers and tim mike elmores could be even closer the senate race if both of these offices on the same ballot are decided by less than three points, stu, that would be a first in state history and remember, wisconsin is a state that's used to close elections. stu: got t grady, thanks very much indeed. introducing the election panel. with me today is nine individuals from various states and backgrounds and they're all voting in the mid terms. i want a show of hands, first of all, how many of you have already voted? i have two people not yet voted but you are going to vote? >> yes. stu: okay, all right. anyone here vote early? you did? you voted early. anybody vote by mail? nobody liked the idea of voting by mail? is anyone still undecided about who you're going to vote for? you all made your minds up? you're all absolutely certain you know what you're going to do? >> yes. >> okay, fair enough. stu: i want to speak to you first. you run restaurants in new york city and i want to ask you about inflation. have you had to raise prices bec

in governor race, between democratic governor tony evers and tim michels that could be close, polls inse in about 30 minutes, this state is not known for quick vote counts it could b be a long one. >> thank you. >> to colorado, michael bennett, is hoping to fend off challenge from republican joe -- owed. >> we have son a steady stream all day of folks showing up to polling places to drop off their ballots. each of those votes will matter, when the u.s. senate race. in last few days polls shown has started to tighten. in one side you have republican challenger joe o'dea, what is interesting he is running without support of former president donald trump, but said if trump runs again, he will campaign against the him. on other side, you have democrat who was appointed to job in 2009, ran twice michael bennett. he is ready to move on to his third term, has spent time as of recent vocally saying he disagrees with biden on certain key issues. like the border and student loan debt we leave, it could be very tight on who shows up and who is m passionate. >> thank you. >> >> the polls are close

[cheers and applause] >> in the governor's race democratic governor tony evers held off his republican challenger, trump-backed businessman tim michels. evers overturned many laws that the legislature had passed. they don't want conservatives to have carte blanche at the state level. worth noting that a lot of voters, republican and democrat, harris, split the ticket last night. tim michels 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. harris. >> dana: thank you very much. let's talk about that. jason chaffetz, fox news contributor and former republican congressman of utah. great to see you today. let's start there. there was no real coat tail pulling as they say in politics. if one republican wins by a big enough margin you can win with another one on the coattails. not a lot of that last night. >> let's get to the nub of this. endorsements don't matter. people are smart enough and look at each issue, each candidate and compare it to the other one. i don't think endorsements. i

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biko and another highly anticipated close race in wisconsin where governor tony evers is promising toht gerrymandering and redistricting while g.o.p. opponent to michaels focuses on crime. and in florida, republican governor ron desantis hoping to secure his second term against democrat charlie crist, todd, carley, back to you. >> todd: thank you. heading to virginia republicans looking to unseat three vulnerable democrats and comets. >> carley: leslie vick is one of the g.o.p. candidates to do it right now the race, what a day it is going to be for you. the polls in virginia close at 7:00 p.m. and pallets are faster in your state than most others. so people will be looking towards your race as an indicator how republicans will be able to do across the board. so, tell us where you think things stand right now between you and your opponent abigail spanberger. where do you think the republican party stands right now? >> well, good morning, happy election day. what an exciting day. we have been working hard the last couple of months trying to get in front of as many voters as possible. a

barack obama blamed republicans for assaulting paul pelosi, obama was campaigning in wisconsin for tony eversdoes that name sound familiar? that's the governor who let homicidal mobs take over the city of kenosha two years ago for political reasons. watch this. >> we've got politicians who work to stir up division, to try to make us angry and afraid of one another for their own advantage. and all of it gets amped up, hyped up, 24/7 by social media, because a lot of times their for-profit platforms that make it more profitable to feed you controversy and conflict instead of facts and truth. and sometimes it can turn dangerous. >> tucker: oh, your speech turns dangerous. other people are stirring up resentment. really? no president in american history ever caused, intentionally caused more racial division, more race hate than barack obama did. it was the key to his second term obviously. but the solution to something that he did is prohibiting you from saying what you think. shutting down your constitutionally protected right, your god given right to say what you think is true is always the sol

>> yeah, one of my main votes was for tony evers as ou governor. honestly, i was distasteful of tim michels. especially hisigns. i one of the ads were he was using his daughter who i believe had cancer for his campaign and that was offputting to m i mean, just his overall mode especially on the topic of roe v. wade and abortion. i don't personally agree him. that iimportt for my community. >> when you say your community what do you mean by community? >> i mean by the people i live around. i don't ink that their rights should be restricted whether or not if they are a manr woman especially in the terms of health care. host: what about the senate race? caller: i also voted r ndel bonds. ron john'si personally disagree with him,ially on the lines of the decisions that have been made. >> thank you for calling in this evening. it felix and lexington kentucky. another democrat. has a been another good night for democrats in kentucky? caller: i would say it is a good night because they were trying to ban abortion throughout the state it looks like that sh

democrat governor tony evers is really fighting for his political life now trying to fend off republicansinessman tony mick else is focusing on inflation, crime and education, money in their pocket books and the senate side is very close, too. pitting incumbent republican ron johnson against progressive lieutenant governor mandela barnes. grady trimble live from oshkosh, wisconsin with a little bit of news for us, grady. >> hi, harris, a steady stream of voters at this polling place all morning including senator ron johnson. he cast his vote here about an hour ago. he is encouraging republican voters across the state to do the same. in the days leading up to today johnson has been crisscrossing wisconsin talking about the key issues you mentioned like inflation, immigration, crime, and education. here is his last-minute election day pitch to voters. >> how are you feeling with the polls so close? >> i'm cautiously optimistic. my message to republican voters, get out and vote get every one of your friends and family members to vote for republicans get out to vote. >> johnson's progressive

in wisconsin, democratic governor tony evers has been re-elected, while republican state lawmakers in wisconsin appear to have fallen short in their effort for a supermajority. re in new york, democratic vernor kathy hochul has defeated her trump-backed challenger lee zeldin. hochul, who took office after andrew cuomo resigned, became the first woman elected as governor in new york. massachusetts will also soon have its first woman governor with the election of democrat maura healey. she will also become the first openly lesbian governor. in vermont, the first woman to first openly lgbtq+ candidate i never want to congress. she was elected to the house to fill the seat held by peter welch who was elected to the senate to replace patrick lahey. in maryland, voters elected democrat wes moore who will become maryland's first black governor. meanwhile in arizona, democrat katie hobbs is leading and the governor's race against republican kari lake. in arizona's closely watched race, secretary -- election deniers running to oversee election. cnn reports election deniers won sec. state races

fox news can predict that wisconsin governor tony evers a democrat in government has defeated tim michels takes a second term in office. this was a close race, republicans really thought the businessman tim michels could take out the income that governor. this is one of the reasons why we haven't called the senate race there, the gap between ron johnson and mandela barnes as lieutenant governor continues to narrow reed johnson is still up there looking at different vote areas. but the wisconsin governor is going to stay in democratic hands in the wisconsin senate for us we cannot call as of yet. but we may have some more calls on the other side of this break. keep it here. well, we fell in love through gaming. but now the internet lags and it throws the whole thing off. when did you first discover this lag? i signed us up for t-mobile home internet. ugh! but, we found other interests. i guess we have. [both] finch! let's go! oh yeah! it's not the same. what could you do to solve the problem? we could get xfinity? that's actually super adult of you to suggest. i can't wait to squad up. i l

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