back to that virginia race, chuck. did just have one question for you, mentioning the importance of turnout, are you hearing anything from either from the mccauliffe side or the cuccinelli side, what they're taking from what they saw today? anything anecdotal or -- >> no, other than talking to the republican campaign, cuccinelli's in particular, the numbers purchased at level. there was a lot of nervousness monk republicans who were not -- who thought turnout was going to crater at the end, that there wasn't going to be motivation. so there's going to be a little hand wrichking, a little second guessing, considering we know no matter what happens tonight, this is a very close race, the governor's race, there's a lot of republicans who sat on their hands and didn't give the muffin they normally would have given, ken cuccinelli would have had more money, would he have been more competitive? a lot of republicans believe, it doesn't matter because northern virginia is the blue part of the state. it's blue only by default t

and there's a new south in virginia. virginia is now a swing state. virginia especially its northern suburbs around the washington area where i understand the turnout is pretty strong, that's terry mcauliffe, the democrats' territory. i think the government shutdown clearly hurt ken cuccinelli, the republican who is identified with the tea party. and identified with antagonism to government. antagonism to the federal government used to be a watch word of virginia as well as the rest of the south. virginia is now a mixed state up for grabs. tea party candidates are going to have a hard time winning in a state like virginia. >> and, david, the exit polling taken by voters as they left the polling places today showed no big love nor the tea party. >> no. 43% of the people who were polled today say they opposed the tea party. if you look at all the big issues that animated the political debates over the last couple months whether it was cultural wars like abortion or the government shutdown, we see a very strong reaction to this electorate against the con

wolf, tight in virginia. bring us up to speed. >> close race, piers, in virginia unfolding right now. the battle for governor in a state that play as crucial role in deciding presidential elections. let's update you on the vote tally as it's coming in right now. 48% for ken cuccinelli, the republican 45% for terry mcauliffe and the libertarian third party candidate. 76% of the votes tabulated 37 vote plus -- 37,000 vote advantage for ken cuccinelli, right now as we stand. in new jersey as you know cnn projects the republican governor chris christie easily winning a second term, a victory that positions him well for a possible run for the white house. and in new york city, the democrat bill de blasio wins. he'll be the first democrat to win the city in two decades. he'll succeed the independent mayor michael bloomberg. let go to john king at the magic wall. virginia shaping up to be close, what, 75% of the vote in cuccinelli slightly ahead? >> 2 2,800. the key area starting to fill in deeper blue. some of this

west virginia on top.as trying to work themselves into field goal range with 2:30 and the clock runs. jared barber knocked down brown. mack brown is going to hurry up the offense. a gain of two. second down and eight. mccoy. stands tall in the pocket. throws it. malcolm brown, the safety valve. there was nothing over the to. he goes underneath. it will be third and short. officials set the ball. here we go. handoff. right side. first down. and the whistles at the 1:42 mark. that's a first down for texas. right at midfield. >> joey: west virginia is playing with two high safeties, almost daring texas to run the football. >> craig: they do. middle of the field, straight away, brown. carried 17 times last week for a couple of touchdowns. two three-yard plum plunges in the run-away win. >> joey: with three timeouts, he can still afford to throw the ball to the checkdowns. >> craig: mckroy thr -- mccoy throws. incomplete. kendall sanders, the intended receiver. the high school all american two years ago. now wh

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virginia is virginia. a swing state for a reason. this is as virginia goes. so goes the nation. it's ben that wen that way for decade. when you look at the last two weeks. you can on one hand, look at the result tonight. and say the minute, ken cuccinelli was nominated. he was going to have problems in northern virginia. problems in suburban counties. i can tell you, i will give you two results tonight. i know steve schmidt will love this. and henrico county, richmond, suburban county, mcdonald won the county. 56-44. mcauliffe will win it 52-39. fairfax county. mcdonald won fairfax county, 23009. mcauliffe, has a lead. not all vote is in. 58-37. ken cuccinelli could not appeal to the middle of the look tore rat, suburban voters. he came close. there is still a very strong republican base in virginia. he worked the base. this is his entire last two weeks of the campaign was about turning out the base. and hoping that there would be a lack of enthusiasm for terry mcauliffe. when you look at everall turnov turnout. when you look at the lack of money. a lot of national donors. sat o

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so look at these numbers in virginia, the last time virginia elected a governor, it was 2009. this was the electorate that turned out that year. republicans, 37%, democrats, 33. so that was the off-year election, the last time r tithe elected the governor where they had an advantage of four points, in 2012, it was a different story. it was a presidential election year, you got more people turning out. when you get more people turning out the electorate gets more democratic, the republicans were 32% that year, the democratings 39, so that was a seven-point democratic advantage in terms of just who turned out to vote in virginia. republicans look at a history like that and it is a pretty consistent history. and it is not hard to see them hoping that the electorate doesn't look like a presidential year. they want a smaller turnout and a more republican turnout. they want the electorate to look like the last time they elected a governor, one of these odd, off year elections. well, look at the turnout last night, it was just slightly more independent than it was by 2012, by a hair,

. >> a squeak center purple virginia, and in the deep state of new jersey, a republican route. a look at what election 2013 tells us about the future. tonight on inside story. >> hello, i'm frank se sno. the ing goes all is politics, but the national implications are to be found in the political tea leaves. in virginia, a brass knuckle campaign brought terry mcauliffe to the governor's mansion, and in new jersey, republican governor chris christie raised his national profile with a landslide victory. did he surprisingly well with women, independents, moderates and minority voters. >>> and in colorado voters rejected a major tax increase for schools but voted for a tax to regulate it's new marijuana market. tonight on inside story we're going to search the results for clues to where the country is headed politically. first this background. >> in virginia it was a photo finish in the race for governor. businessman and former democratic national committee chairman terry mcauliffe eked out a victory against attorney general ken cuccinelli winning by a mere two and a half percentage

virginia. as you look at this map on your describe especially those listening on c-span radio, what it tells you. >> the map is not that surprising. mapsoks the ways the always look in virginia. you have a heavily blue, northernc coloring in virginia close to washington, d.c.. that is the washington, d.c. suburbs and the closer into washington, d.c., the more blue and the more democratic it is. unless you get out further it gets a little less blue and ultimately becomes red. you also have blue areas in areas around richmond and the tidewater area around norfolk, hampton roads, where you have a lot of minorities and -- especially a lot of minorities but union people and that -- those are the democratic strongholds. the rest of the state, especially all the rural parts of the state, rural for genia in the south-central. -- in virginia in the south- central. most of the valley is very conservative. evangelical christian, tea party all the way. they have a lot more geographical territory, the repub

he's a creature of northern virginia and he hasn't done anything, say the critics. he is in a very polarized state himself. >> it's going to be a tough road for him because he still goes up against the republican dominated legislature. he won by presenting himself as the bipartisan moderate guy which is not really what he is. no one in the history of terry mcauliffe has ever accused him of bipartisanship. >> what are the issues he wants to attack? >> he wants to find money to expand education, and take care some of the major traffic issues in the washington area and roads, and he wants to do something about job creation. but he's up against that. >> the take away from this is that the democratic party can put up, maybe not almost anybody but certainly somebody like terry mcauliffe who even to a lot of democrats is anodous guy, comes out of the money politics of washington that they can win with candidates like that and republicans put up extreme tea party people who are unelectable even in southern states like virginia. i mean, that's the most amazing thing to me. e

that virginia race, i'll tell you what, i'm going to be watching the virginia race. ron paul went to virginia yesterday and said you'd be crazy to vote for the libertarian candidate. i don't know. that race in virginia may be closer than we think, but all eyes i think in the republican party, at least, on alabama to see whether the chamber and joe ricketts and others make a difference. what time is it? >> "morning joe." stay tuned for a very special election day issue of chuck todd's "the daily rundown." >> it's llama time. >>> come on. that music. doesn't it give you tingles? voters are voting. so are candidates. like terry mcauliffe in virginia. in a few minutes we'll talk to his opponent, ken cuccinelli, as he stumps in the final hours. and we'll have the latest on chris christie's garden party to re-election. also this morning, independent turned republican turned dehn charlie crist will talk about his new party in his bid for his old job. history says he's got a tough feat to pull off. >>> plus, big votes in big cities today. new york's battle is just one of abo

over the next four years, most democrats and republicans in virginia want to make virginia a model forgmatic. >> leadership that is friendly for job creation. a model for strong schools, that prepare our students for the jobs of tomorrow. a model for welcoming best and briest no matter race, gender, religion or whom you love. and a model for an efficient transportation system that reduces gridlock for our family asks our business. this is only possible if virginia is also the model for bipartisan cooperation. and that is of a view i share with the next lieutenant governor of the common wealth of the virginia. ralph northum. there are a lot of proud democrats here, we're proud tonight, folks. i'm also particularly proud to welcome all of the republicans here tonight. give them a great round of applause. this he election was a choice about whether virginia would continue the main stream bipartisan tradition that served us well over the last decade. at a time washington was often broken, just think about what virginia has been able to accomplish when we work together. under governor warne

if virginia is in play, ohio is in play. if virginia is in play, florida is in play.ate what is keeping in play, that means moderate voters in play. looking on the other map. if you look at a national map here, again, this is 2012. president obama carries virginia, florida, ohio and i'll go as far in as iowa. these are classic swing states in american politics. virginia was not a classic swing state when i covered national politics. look at this. when you look at 84 it's reliable red and 92 bill clinton wins, reliable red. '96 clinton wins and george w. bush carries it twice when president obama in 2008 finally take advantage of the democrat if i can shifts in northern virginia and turn it blue. he wins again in 2012. when you look ahead to 2016 and try to do this map, you try to show the republicans getting to the magic number of 270, remember, mitt romney at 206. how would he get to 270? the republicans have to do it, win ohio and iowa and some more votes somewhere. how about virginia? that would be enough to change. virginia is now one of the top three or four nati

go from the squeakn virginia to new jersey where there was a landslide. there was a statement, break that out for us and what you think that means for chris christie and the election in general. >> the first you didn't have a real quality democratic candidate in there. christie didn't get necessarily a free ride. >> you don't see this as an overwhelming endorsement for chris christie? >> hmm, he brought together a nice coalition but his message was very different from some of the other republicans there. he's focused on governing. he's invested in education. we saw late in the campaign he switched his campaign on instate tuition for answer authorized immigrants and he did quite well among latino voters there. he is a governor who basically based his reputation on i want to governor. i don't want to be an ideologue. this is a good mention in the state, and it gives him an opportunity to get beyond the polarization and claim action for governoring. >> david sirota, how does a guy like chris christie, with the acceptance speech, we get things done. they shou

in virginia, and another cycle or two, we will be describing virginia as a blue state. we will not be calling it a tossup or purple straight that state anymore. terry mcauliffe is benefiting from the demographic changes in that state and he got a very right-wing candidate that alienated northern virginia. in virginia, i would disagree with what kellyanne said that the virginia races in any way a referendum on ideology. none of those issues that buono tried to raise became a part of the campaign. the campaign ended -- >> vomited on. >> that campaign ended during standing. it was over. he won election by the way he dealt with sandy, he won by embracing obama, which a lot of people that conservatives did not like. he won by being bipartisan. there was never a race after that moment. i think that christie's success as a 2016 candidate will depend on next year's midterm. the model here is george w. bush in 2000. remember after 1998 -- the opening for george bush was the disastrous midterm election for republicans. the congressional wing of the republican party had been discr

in the end mcauliffe will be the next governor of virginia. in new jersey a big re-election win for the republican incumbent governor chris christie. his acceptance speech tonight possibly a warmup for a 2016 presidential bid. in the end a crushing win over barbara buono. 60% for chris christie, 38% for her. an impressive win for chris christie. in new york city, bill deblasio will become the first democratic mayor, get this, in two decades, taking over for the republican turned independent michael bloomberg. bill deblasio will be the next mayor of new york. so lots of excitement. lots of political activity and lots to think about in the days, weeks and months ahead. piers? >> wolf, this defeat of the tea party man, ken cucinnelli, how significant is that in terms of the tea party's prospects going forward to 2014 and then 2016? >> i can't tell you how many establishment republicans have said to me in recent weeks they thought terry mcauliffe was a flawed democratic candidate for governor of virginia, but they knew this tea party-backed ken cu

northern virginia suburbs, 60% of virginia voters. say abortion should be legal. there's a lot of advertising, direct mail, radio spent on this. 67% of those breaking for terry mcauliffe. the republicans will say the health care issue worked. democrats will say they managed to push ken cuccinelli out of the mainstream. want to take a quick look at new jersey before we move on. chris christie will say i'm the new republican national model. why? no gender gap. he won among women and men. he improved his standing even though he lost african-americans he split the latino vote. look at that. chris christie's going to make the point. look what happened to john mccain. look what happened to mitt romney. i can be competitive in the swing states where latino voters matter. quick footnote. would he make a good president? people of new jersey think yes. anderson, as we quick guard into chris christie, the voters were asked who would you pick between hillary clinton and chris christie. by a narrow margin they said we'd take hillary clinton. >> we'll wait to hear from chris ch

start with virginia.ats and republicans closely, closely watching that governor's race and its implications for 2014, 2016. dana, virginia's a battleground state as we know, the president carried it twice in the most cent elections. what do we expect to learn from today? >> well, virginia and the governor's race four years ago, it was really a canary in the coal mine and the sweep in the house. it was one of the first places we really saw a grass roots frustration with the government and washington translate into a gop win, but now four years later, the gop candidate has been trying to recapture that as in cent weeks, the obama care law has struggled. the virginia electorate this year doesn't seem to be willing to try someone who democrats have been spending millions to paint as extreme. now, if mcauliffe goes on to win as polls suggest, it's tight, but he is nin the lead, it will cement virginia as a true swing state. the surprise win in 2008, he repeated in 2012. but if he wins the governor's race, he w

ken cucinnelli will lose in virginia. right now terry mcauliffe is the next governor in virginia. in new jersey governor chris christie will be re-elected to a second term very easily. in new york city, bill deblasio will be the next mayor of new york. first time in almost two decades there's going to be a democratic mayor of new york city. bill deblaze yo will be the mayor of new york. john king is standing by. terry mcauliffe, that waste the clo -- was the closest of the major election. but terry mcauliffe eeked it out, maybe closer than some had projected. >> he eekd it out. this will be closely studied because virginia has become an important state in our national politics. it got close in the end because of obama care. no get president's health care plan and problems with the roll yut of the health care plan were at issue late in the campaign. more than half of virginia voters oppose obama care and broke overwhelmingly for the republican candidate ken cucinnelli. this is why this one got so close at the end. ken cucinnelli capitalizing on his personal opposition and voters' q

and half of them died from disease before they could leave virginia. and they were relocated to nova scotia. so it is part of maryland and virginia and i estimated about 2800 ended up in the air, and the key differences is a much healthier experience in terms of they are not subject to the same smallpox epidemic that killed so many of those in the revolution. virtually all of them were relocated to sierra leone. given the small size and trim size of this to having no black people and known there is a new search that comes in 1812 and there is a new group that makes it quite clear that they are not going anywhere and they suggested they go back to virginia and the authorities of nova scotia, they didn't want to send him back to slavery. the home government in britain did suggest that they go to trinidad and the large number, those who served with their families served and had gone to trinidad and they had prospered there to a greater degree than those in nova scotia and those, only about 95 accepted the invitation to join the group already in trinidad.

-- former president clinton in virginia, and just nothing in virginia to try to at least keep christie'smargins down. >> right. the late lee atwater was a very shrewd guy, because a lot of republicans underestimated bill clinton, including for a long time, president bush. but i think the best metaphor right now for what christie is doing is george w. bush, who ran up enormous margins in the texas govern governor's race in 1998. he did particularly well with latinos and got a lot of republican votes and then turned around and sold that to the party. he was the favorite going in, in a way that chris christie is not. but it was of enormous benefit to him in the year 2000. and it helped him look more moderate than he actually was. and i think chris christie can do exactly the same thing here. chris, he's actually a very conservative guy. and i think you're going to see that much more after this election is over. when he is seeking the republican presidential nomination, assuming that he does, he's going to play out how conservative he is. he's going to emphasize that side to him. i think the

virginia is changing. yes, the tea party movement was an issue yes, the shutdown was an issue, yes, obama care was an issue but part of this is virginia's changing demographics. 39% of the lerelectorates call themselves democrats. this is a big switch. the democratic population, especially in northern virginia, is growing. and among democrats, look at that. terry mcauliffe held his base. 96% of people who say they're democrats voted for the democratic nominee. a smaller slice said they were republicans but ken cuccinelli did hold his base as well by 91%. republicans stayed home and voted for their candidate. let's look at this closer. virginia is becoming a swing state. a purple state, some even leaning blue. to win there you have to win the middle of the electorate. 44% describe themselves as moderates. among moderates, todayy mcauliffe getting nearly 6 in 10 of those votes. if that lead in the early exit poll shows up, this will be a key look. winning in the middle of the electorate. let's look at the is

virginia turned into a proxy fight. republicans hammering the president's health care law and democrats running against the shut down in the 53 party and both party his a good message. they were right. it shows mcoff il leading keach nelly and he credited the roll out of the health care plan. >> we said this race was a referendum on obama care and although we lost, you send a message to the president of the united states that you believe that virginia understands that obama care is a failure and that you want to be in charge of your health care and not the government. >> exit polls show they were sour on health care saying they a pose the law. 27% of the virginia electorate who said it mattered the most in the vote for governor picked cuccinelli over mcoff il. they got a boost and plamed president obama. 32% said someone in their household was affected by the shut down and they picked mcauliffe, 56-37 over cuccinelli. they had ads on abortion rights and one in five said abortion was the most important issue. he won the

one, obviously, in virginia.ut also alabama where tea party candidates are up against a more mainstream gop candidate and lost. how big a blow is this double whammy if it's a blow at all? what is it ted cruz's campaign to use obama care to help the tea party become a real force. >> well, you have to take it from two different perspectives. the republican establishment in certainly the business community that's become alienated to some degree from the tea party will see both of these elections in virginia and alabama as a repudiation of the tea party. i can already tell just by watching twitter, the twitter feed, that tea party representatives and tea party members see it very differently. they think that ken cuccinelli was way behind. but because he refocused on tea party principles and particularly attacking obama care in the last few weeks closed the gap and made this a much closer race than it was expected to be. and in alabama the candidate who won, the establishment candidate, mr. byrne had e nor nous advant

virginia republicans were right. the lower the turnout in places like fairfax county, the better it would have been for their candidate. as it happens, though, that did not work out for them tonight. and ken cuccinelli did not win. joining us now is steve kornacki, the host of "up with steve kornacki." thank you for being here. interesting to look at turnout numbers, specifically in northern virginia. we saw an elector in virginia that looked much more like 2012 than the last time they elected a governor in 2009. >> what we saw play out tonight in virginia in a way was a repeat of election night in virginia in 2012, where in 2012, romney was leading in the state and all the returns that were publicly out there, 8:00, 9:00, 10:00, those big four sort of -- those counties you talk about, loudon county, prince william, fairfax county, right outside arlington county, right outside of washington, d.c., in fairfax in particular, that's correct. those numbers from fairfax ended up being overwhelming for terry mcauliffe and

virginia. meet people of all ages who are gaining new skills for a new economy and finding opportunity to simplify to do what we need to do to make sure we have the jobs of the 21st century. they are our true asians of workforce development and we have reduced funding in the last 20 years by 40%. we need to make sure we're investing in our education system. when you take average virginia pay to average virginia pay, we rank 50 out of 50 states. fwheed to work together to pay our teachers what they deserve in the commonwealth of virginia. 80% of the brain is developed between birth and 3 years old, we need to make sure that we're investing in early childhood development. also, the passage of a funding bill is the first step in addressing the transportation problem we face in virginia. in the next four years, we have to prove to the taxpayers that we can spend money effectively and efficiently to reduce congestion and create economic activity. in the coming months, we face the critical moments on

to create jobs in virginia.fact, he'll do a heck of a lot better job in virginia than scott walker has ever done in wisconsin, if you want a comparison. terry mcauliffe will get it done. now, back to obama care for a moment. remember, it was republican candidate ken cuccinelli who said the virginia governor's race was a referendum on obama care. >> tomorrow in virginia is a referendum on obama care. >> oh, yeah. and he brought in marco rubio and a host of other republicans to say that this is the first election. post obama care passing. this is our chance. you know what, he couldn't have been any further off the mark. the house has voted 43 times to get rid of obama care. what has that done? it's been a news story. and so now you've got cuccinelli out there saying, you know, if we had just had a little bit more attention on obama care, because these stories republican obama care over the last few weeks were really starting to resonate with voters and they realized how bad obama care is, really? three out of four

>> yes, because it's virginia. this has been one of the emergent swing states over the last eight years of presidential elections. barack obama when he won virginia in 2008 was the first democrat to win virginia at the presidential level since lyndon johnson. that tells you where virginia was for those decades. he won in 2008 with 53, 2012 with 51. both state senators are now democrats. if terry mcauliffe wins today, polls suggest he will as you say, he'll be the third out of the last four governor of the state. it's a very interesting changing state. a lot of population growth. luke mentioned prince william, loudoun, fairfax county these used to be exurban. growth has been huge there, largely in democrats favor. it's why you've seen virginia become more and more important in national elections. every republican with an eye on 2016 and every democrat will be watching closely county by county returns tonight. >> mark, we are also watching new jersey very closely as well. governor chris christie has a electronic lead

of virginia. the virginia suburbs, the excerpts of washington, d.c., and the result is what you see tonight. here's terry mcauliffe just a little bit earlier. >> over the next four years, most democrats and republicans in virginia want to make virginia a model for pragmatic leadership that is friendly to job creation. >> reporter: and that is mcauliffe talking about his theme for the next four years, the stewardship of the commonwealth of virginia here. transportation and more highways, the gridlock on the highways? virginia is something to behold rivalling the political gridlock across the potomac river and stressing the need for bipartisanship. he's going to look for it when he goes to richmond to become the next governor in virginia. >> mike viqueira with a close one in virginia tonight. i want to bring in boris epstein. he's a contributing editor to u.s. news and world report. welcome. >> good evening, jon. >> how do you read this election in virginia tonight? >> you know, the issue is that th

we want to check in with chief national correspondent, john king, in virginia. looks like we could be seeing a major sea change if terry mcauliffe wins. let's start with virginia before moving to new jersey. >> fascinating race in the sense of two candidates, both parties, perhaps not the premier players they would like, but remember, you had a democratic governor of virginia, then another. right now, a republican governor. president obama carried this state twice. democrats want a democratic victory tonight to try to make the case. virginia is shifting from a one-time red state, becoming a blue state. fascinating issues at play in this race. the very same issues that will be in play next year in the midterm elections and likely in the 2016 presidential campaign as well. the government shutdown, the tactics of the tea party and the president's health care plan. the it's one thing to watch tonight in virginia. do a majority of the voters oppose obama care? do they have disagreements with the president's health care plan and at the same time, do they elect a democ

but the key about virginia is this. is it blue or red? in the last two national elections, judy, virginia is the only state that has voted exactly the way the nation did. it voted 53% to 46% for barack obama in '08, 51% to 47% to him in '12. 13 out of the last 14 prior to that it voted republican. the only time they voted democratic was for lyndon johnson in 1964 whenever place -- so it's been -- it's a state that had two republican senators, george allen and john warner. now has two democratic senators, mark worner and tim kaine. it's become, i think, a bluer state and ken cuccinnelli i don't think is the kind of republican who -- and kwame's point is right. robert sarvis, the libertarian, complicated his life and if, in fact, what happens and he has to hope that cucchinelli folks that the third party does better in the polls than election day when people say well, i have to make a choice between these two leading candidate he is has to hope that sarvis voters say cucchinelli is the best chance. >> if mark's going with darwin i'm going w

i want to start with virginia. my question to you is will the gop take notice if ken cuccinelli is defeated. >> they will take notice of it. in a sense we're making more of these two elections in terms of where the gop is going to be and nation is going to be in two or three years. what's happening on the ground is affected by different things, not just cuccinelli's record with women, the impact of governor mcdonnell on the race was significant. the impact of what republicans did nationally to shut down the government was significant. so women 50 to 36 for his opponent are not necessarily there because of hot button agenda items. it's a complete package of issues. >> a complete package of disast disaster. >>. >> not just social engine driving this train. there's a big economic engine as well as we saw with the government shutdown. i think people need to put some of this in context and not start extrapolating, particularly new jersey, talk about that later, in terms of what this really means and the symbolism and me

virginia. [cheers and applause] i mean, you have to pause far second to comprehend such a large number. the truth is that i've got a lot of my energy from seeing you all working so hard. when i came to a campus kick-off or to a phone bank. i saw so many of you, i want to tell you it fired me up. 160%.t me going thank you. we love you. and you are spectacular. i know you gave up time from your family because you believed this election was so important. and thank you so much. and i want all of you here who worked so hard since this campaign began to give yourselves an enormous round of applause. [applause] and want to thank -- and i don't have words to really express but i want to thank my extraordinary team particularly the feel team to break records all over virginia. give yourselves a great round of applause. [cheers and applause] let me say this, i also want to thank the absolutely historic number of republicans who crossed party lines to support me. you were powerful messengers for our mains