shift the weight in the senate. 7 p.m., we ll be more focused on indiana, we mentioned, of course, georgia, as well, that gubernatorial race a little bit more interesting than any others. secretary of state brian kemp really facing off against progressive former state rep stacie abrams. 8 p.m. eastern time, you ll see all where the polls start closing there. basically this is the largest batch of states going to be closing, including eight states with super competitive senate races, you can see all of the ones lit up here, we ll be most focused on florida and also missouri. you have in florida, incumbent democrat bill nelson holding off term limit gop governor rick scott and in missouri, you have the state ag, josh josh hawley versus democrat incumbent claire mccaskill. 9 p.m., we go along, again, all of these in eastern time. really going to be most focused on texas, arizona and north
revvrevved referendum on donald trump. neil: hotly contested races, bill nelson, republican governor rick scott in the battle of their lives. peter doocy in naples with the latest, hey, peter. neil, i just watched a young man telling somebody on the other end he showed up here and was told he was ineligible to vote, it was frustrating, he was telling this person he did six tours of combat and wasn t able to vote in naples today, ton of interest on this race. three-term incumbent senator bill nelson against a two-term republican rick scott. nelson campaign about protecting the environment and obamacare. scott more about the economy and having direct line to donald trump. they have both won statewide before, they both might have their fate sealed by candidates who have not, that is gubernatorial candidates. ron desantis, came from behind
mike. very heavy turnout. the jump in johnson county, massive turnout. they did have a computer problem earlier in the day. the inspector in johnson counties it slowed down the process of in-taking people and getting them a ballot, did not impact the integrity of the vote. we heard people complain about long lines, that is because of massive turpout. it has been this way all through early voting, he anticipates the numbers this time will absolutely eclipse the turnout numbers from the 2016 general election. candidates have been laying low. mike braun was encouraging republicans to text friends and get out the vote. senator joe donnelly, incumbent, posted a phone number for people to call if they need a ride to get to the polls. people in johnson county say politics this race have been primary topics of conversation just about every social setting, they say it is not about braun or donnelly, this is revved
dakota, as well. in arizona, congresswoman kyrsten sinema against congresswoman martha mcsally. this is air tight from everybody that we ve been speaking to. north dakota, you have of course, the incumbent, heitkamp versus kevin cramer. in texas, the most expensive senate race ever $100 million, not counting super pacs, incumbent, of course, senator ted cruz, beto o rourke. i want to mention, as well, a lot of his money is coming from silicon valley employees, facebook, microsoft, amazon, apple, by 11 p.m., not surprisingly, we will find ourselves on the west coast. out there, i want to highlight two house races. we ll poll those contests up. you ll see for the golden state, two of the areas, which are really not only tight, ca-10, pull that first one up. one other reason we re following the harder versus denham contest
we are excited, just voted, to victory tonight. neil: all right, missouri, republicans hoping for pickup, defeating incumbent mccaskill, republican challenger voting today and both confident things will work out their way. donald trump won this state by 18 points. kristin fisher is how it is going down in st. louis. hey, neil, seen a steady stream of voters just outside st. louis today. claire mccaskill voted here a few hours ago, she said she thought this race was still too close to call. she s been trying to make the case she s not too liberal to represent a state president trump won by nearly 20 points in 2016, but her opponent, josh hawley says she s too liberal for missouri. president trump helped him make that case at a rally last night in cape gerardo. blue-collars voted for president