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The next couple of years, the american people are going to be looking for leaders in washington, not politicians, who say one thing on the campaign trail and then go to washington and dont actually do anything but leaders who are actually going there and fighting for our freedom, fighting for the interests of the american people. ive got a long laundry list of things i would like to see these leaders in the republican party if they take control of the house, things i would love for them to take ...

Kevin mccarthy said well win 60 seats. and he said well win 30 seats. youre looking right now where they are ahead in 222 seats. in the current house of representatives, they have 212 seats. if this ends with a 10 or 12-seat republican gain, republicans will have the majority that is significant. joe bidens life, president bidens life will change dramatically if that happens. but that is nowhere near, absolutely nowhere near what they anticipated. thats what makes so it fascinating. >> lets go o...

Close. were conservative here. we want to wait and count the votes. there is 14 more. what does that get you to? that would get you to 212. lets take this out. wipe this out. bring this up. that would get you to 212. 212. thats tantalizingly close to 219, isnt it, wolf? so lets take the next step. lets take the next step right here. 218 is where you need to go. two states with rank choice voting, the democratic candidates in alaska and maine are currently ahead and close to 50%. they could win o...

Is, if, you know, the house today, back to the house where we are today, turn off the competitive seats, again, the district -- the lines are different. a tad misleading to show it. the bask math is knot that you have 220 democrats and 212 republicans in the house today. the challenge is republicans need a net gain of five. when you come back to this year, and this is all of the races right now, you only need a net gain of five and in those competitive races 57 of them democratic incumbents. onl...

>> bret: now over to the house side of the capital. democrats hold a razor thin majority with 220 seats while republicans have 212. there are three vacancies with one likely to remain in republican hands after a special election. that would mean the g.o.p. needs a net gain of five seats to take control of the house. we have more than 25 reporters spread across the bottle ground states throughout the country. take a look at them there. we will get to all of them throughout the evening. but, first...

Heres the lay of the land upon. first the house, the democrats have a 220-212 advantage with two vacancies. republicans need five seats to take control of the lower chamber. that is the smallest number of seats the party out of power has needed to flip the house in 90 years. >> remember, michael -- republicans ran up massive numbers, right, in 14? >> in 10 and 14. >> in 10, the early projections were 39 seats and we picked up 63. >> wow. >> you know, with that was a combination of state and gube...

Orientation, sexual identity, our religion will have an opportunity to succeed. >> and that is just some of what we heard last night from the most watched candidates as they delivered their closing messages. today is the day when voters decide the future of this country. at stake -- >> for the next two years. >> at stage, the balance of power in washington and in states that could determine the outcome of future elections. the biden agenda is also on the line, and as democrats have been remindin...

Will also set the stage for, yes, yet another election, the one for control of the white house in just two years time. im so impressed that katty kay hasnt passed all those places on the hill. access all areas! has a pass to all those areas. lets have a look at the screen we are going to use through the night to make sense of it all. we have cleared the decks. there are a35 house seats up for grabs. dont forget, as kelly said, —— cathy said, republicans in red and the democrats in blue. let ...

Nevada where adam laxalt has been leading against catherine cortez masto. republicans think they have got a good shot at that race. we will see whether or not they are right. also in the american southwest in the state of arizona, mark kelly is trying to hold off blake masters. a battle we have been watching now for months. now, a victory in just one of those states coupled with that 5 for 5 scenario would give republicans the majority. now, if the g.o.p. is having a good night, we might see oth...

44 million americans have already cast an early ballot. polls are now open in 49 of our great 50 states, hawaii opens last in about 59 minutes. each and every vote cast will make up a small part of what our political landscape will look like for the next two years. democrats have been facing increasingly bleak chances in the mid-term elections. president biden even admitting last night it will be an uphill battle for dems. >> what do you think about tomorrow, sir? >> president biden: im optimist...