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Mentioned, beto orourke against ted cruz, the composition of the texas electorate. what you guys are covering we will be covering, the house of representatives hangs in the balance and theres a race we are watching closely, if it flips would foretell a bad light for republicans. 30-2nd commercial district held by 11 term incumbent pete sessions fighting a challenge for democrat colin allred, the race is a tossup within the margin of error. the district was won by mitt romney in 2012 but clinton ...

>> marie: i think thats probably true, harris. i cant underscore enough what martha just said -- democrats have been waiting for the stay for two years. enthusiasm to cast a vote against president trump, i cannot express in words how much democrats have been waiting for this. >> harris: why didnt they do that in 2016? >> marie: theres a whole lot of reasons we talked about why enough of them didnt. pull can be misleading in unexpected ways. when we can encounter that is expand the map. when you ...

Focused on in texas, conservative republican ted cruz squaring off against beto orourke testing the electorate in texas. in the house we are watching a race that should it go against the incumbent would foretell a bad night, in the congressional district, pete sessions is fighting a challenge from democrat calling already, it is called a tossup. the latest poll has sessions in the lead 48-47 well within the margin of error. the district was won by mitt romney in 2012, clinton won by two points, ...

Him being in the white house i suppose will kree rate a different electorate. and the bellwether, kentucky six, very important of the blue wave. it leans nine points thanks to a democrat friendly year and mcgrath. they might be able to flip it. even if they come within one or two points, it will look like a good year. and another race to keep a close eye on is virginias seventh district. its the perfect indicator of the national mood. it was eric cantors old district. it might turn blue in the e...

The system in any way that would affect the election or the results. >> the fire department had to break into a polling place in brooklyn, right, pete? >> thats people hungry to vote. thats right. the folks got there. the election workers didnt have the right keys, so the fire department got their thing that will open any door. they managed to breakthrough and let people in to vote. >> i like hearing that there was a way to get in, even if you did have to call the fire department. nbcs pete will...

Senate majority. if they can get three, they can lock it in until 2022. guess what? anything seems to be possible tonight. we dont know which way the wind is truly blowing and how strong its going but were going to start seeing some clues very soon. in less than two hours, the last polls close in half a dozen states. most critically virginia, kentucky and indiana. virginia has a tough of con naries in the house coal mine if you will from every sim narrow from a blue tsunami to gop upset. another...

Race between desantis and gillum. but keep an eye on florida 15 to see how the house will go for the rest of the evening. this one pennsylvania one, this is mostly bucks county, outside of philadelphia. a little bit of montgomery county. this is one where were going to look at closely, brian fitzpatrick is looking to hold on to this. pennsylvania is always a careful one to look at. if it starts going more strongly democrat in the philly suburbs, this is a lot like that virginia district, that wi...

Considering bellwether? >> certainly florida because youve got -- everyones focused on the governors race because of andrew gillum, and hes up in the polls, but the good thing for senator bill nelson is that the people coming out for gillum, the hope is that that will drag him across, and his poll numbers have been better. well see if thats true. and im also looking at missouri, claire mccaskill as the correspondent said, shes won all but one of her elections, and she pulled it out the last time...

All you can do is vote your conscience and go from there. >> so, of course, the big turnout in this part of the state bodes well for the democrats, perhaps, but as you heard from that voter, nobody thinks this is going to change the world. its going to be one step at a time, even if the democrats can win the house. watch rg f watching for a really big surge in turnout as we go towards 8:00 when polls close here new jersey and a lot of states across the country. things often the charts here in ne...

There is a little bit of reason why. hillary clinton won the district by a point. guys, i could give you example after example all across the country where republicans are running in at least 23 different districts where theyre defending a seat from two years ago in which they won the house seat but hillary clinton was the winner on the presidential level. i will show you up here in texas 32. these are the eastern suburbs of dallas, texas. you see where hillary clinton won by about 2 points. two...