Game Day 2018: Blue Earthquake Hits DC
WINS AS OF 11/7/18 10amEDT
HIGHLIGHTED FOR
DEMS OR GOP
TOP SENATE RACES
AZ: Sinema vs McSally – TOO CLOSE
FL: Nelson vs Scott – TOO CLOSE
IN: Mike Braun
MI: Debbie Stabenow
MN snr: Amy Klobuchar
MN jnr: Tina Smith
MO: Josh Hawley
MS: runoff 11/27, Espy vs Hyde-Smith
MT: Tester vs Rosendale – TOO CLOSE
ND: Kevin Kramer
NJ: Bob Menendez
NV: Jacky Rosen
OH: Sherrod Brown
TN: Marsha Blackburn
TX: Ted Cruz
VA: Tim Kaine
VT: Bernie Sanders
WV: Joe Manchin
TOP GUBERNATORIAL RACES
AK: Mike Dunleavy
CT: Ned Lamont
FL: Ron DeSantis
GA: Stacey Abrams vs Brian Kemp – TOO CLOSE
IL: J.B. Pritzker
IW : Kim Reynolds
KS: Laura Kelly
ME: Janet Mills
MI: Gretchen Whitmer
NM: Michelle Lujan Grisham
NV: Steve Sisolak
OH: Mike DeWine
OR: Kate Brown
WI: Tony Evers
TOP HOUSE RACES TO WATCH (with incumbent)
AZ-01: Tom O’Halleran
AZ-02: Ann Kirkpatrick
CA-10: Mark Desaulnier
CA-21: David Valadao
CA-22: Devin Nunes
CA-25: Stephen Knight (R) vs Katie Hill (D) – TOO CLOSE
CA-45: Mimi Walters (R) vs Katie Porter – TOO CLOSE
CA-48: Harley Rouda
CA-49: Mike Levin
CO-06: Jason Crow
FL-26: Debbie Mucarsel-Powell
FL-27: Donna Shalala
GA-06: Headed for recount
IA-02: Dave Loebsack
IL-06: Sean Casten
IL-14: Lauren Underwood
IL-17: Cheri Bustos
IW-01: Abby Finkenauer
IW-03: Cindy Axne
KS-03: Sharice Davids
MI-11: Hally Stevens
MN-01: too close to call
MN-02: Angie Craig
MN-03: Dean Phillips
MN-07: Collin Peterson
MN-08: Pete Stahber
NH-01: Chris Pappas
NJ-02: Jeff van Drew
NJ-05: Josh Bottheimer
NJ-07: Tom Malinowski
NJ-11: Mikie Sherrill (in a Trump district!)
NV-02: Mark Amodei
NV-03: Susie Lee
NV-04: Steven Horsford
NY-11: Max Rose
NY-18: Sean malonet
NY-19: Antonio Delgado
NY-22: Anthony Brindisi
NY-24: John Katko
OK-05: Kendra Horn
PA-05: Mary Gay Scanlon
PA-06: Christy Houlihan
PA-07: Susan Wild
PA-14: Guy Reschenthaler
PA-17: Conor Lamb
TX-07: Lizzy Fletcher
TX-23: Will Hurd
TX-32: Colin Allred
UT-04: Mia Love (R) vs Ben McAdams (D) – TOO CLOSE
VA-02: Elaine Luria
VA-07: Abigail Spanberger
VA-10: Jennifer Wexton
WA-08: Dino Rossi (R) vs Kim Schrier – STILL COUNTING
WI-03: Ron Kind
A GREAT night for Dems. We have the House. We grabbed a slew of Governors’ mansions. And yeah, Beto didn’t win, but his coattails turned a big swath of Texas blue!
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THE LATEST:
12:53amEDT: Michigan voters on Tuesday approved legalized marijuana for recreational use.
11:23pmEDT: For the first time, over 100 women have been elected to the house.
11: 10pmEDT: MSNBC’s Nicole Wallace said it best: the Democrats’ takeover of the House will bring a “Blue Earthquake” to Capitol Hill and all of Washington.
10:22pmEDT: Teagan Goddard says, “Yes, it’s a blue wave!”
10:21pmEDT: NBC projects Democrats will control the House, GOP will retain control of the Senate.
10:08pmEDT: Republican Kevin Kramer defeats Heidi Heitkamp to win Kansas Senate seat, and NBC projects Ted Cruz as winner in Texas over Beto O’Rourke. Meanwhile, Dems keep flipping seats in the house.
9:58pmEDT: Kris Kobach, vote suppressor and race-baiter extraordinaire, LOSES KS-Gov!
9:50pmEDT: A big pickup in Kansas – Democrat Sharice Davids becomes the first Native American woman to serve in the House.
9:40pmEDT: FOX News calls the House of Representatives for the Democratic Party.
9:38pmEDT: Dems pick up newly created PA-17 with Conor Lamb’s victory.
9:24pmEDT: NY Times calls Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez winner in NY-14; she becomes the youngest woman ever elected to the House of Representatives. MSNBC reports Dems have flipped another House seat (PA-05).
9:05pmEDT: Florida’s Amendment 4, which would restore voting rights to former felons, looks to have passed.
8:33pmEDT: Sen. Bob Menendez easily reelected in NJ; Florida is still a nail-biter.
8:30pmEDT: In case you missed it, the Louisville Courier Journal: reports Kentucky clerk Kim Davis, who went to jail for denying same-sex marriage licenses, loses her state re-election bid.
8:15pmEDT: Florida has turned into a nail-biter. Not surprising. James Carville, on MSNBC, is saying this will not be a full-blown “blue wave” given the Florida situation.
7:58pmEDT: MSNBC calls FL-27 for Democrat Donna Shalala.
7:30-pmEDT MSNBC calls VA-10 for Democrat Jennifer Wexton, defeating incumbent Barbara Comstock.
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