1975 to 1983, his father was governor in the '60s and he's leading by 7 to 8 points in most of the average polling out here, and, his challenger, meg whitman, you mentioned money, she spent more of her own money than any candidate in history. she spent $140 million. the former head of ebay, running well behind, she had a couple of skirmishes with brown over the course of the campaign, polls are open, here in california, and they close at 7:00, tonight, we should get returns coming in shortly thereafter, martha. martha: trace, thank you so much, trace gallagher. bill: breaking news from the white house, tomorrow, 1:00 eastern time, president obama, scheduled a news conference. this will be based on just about every measure, the first official reaction to the polling, results later tonight. and then, after that he goes off to asia for a trip overseas, kirsten powers, columnist, "new york post" and, fox news contributor, and the spokesman