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Ed: got to start with florida. rick scott when you talk about the senate. he beats the item crack incumbent bill nelson. scott had been down several points throughout that battle. texas you have ted cruz winning over beto orourke. ainsley: after all the money he spent. ed: the bottom line, steve, particularly florida, talk about that a little bit. because you had both the governors race where gillum had been ahead. the senate race where scott had been consistently ahead. and the two candidates t...

Eight senate seats. averaging one per decade. so we have picked up two, three, four, that is a big percentage of that number. so in the last 80 years, you think, only eight seats. in president obamas first midterm election, he lost six senate seats including in the deep blue state of massachusett massachusetts. republicans captured at least four senate seats held by democrat incumbents, and these are tremendously talented, hardworking people that did this. indiana, north dakota, florida, missour...

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Tremendous success of his very first midterm election is republicans keep control of the senate picking up at least four seeds in missouri, florida, indiana and north dakota. in the house as many expected the democrats have retaken control leaving the power split in washington. breaking out the biggest upsets, hardest losses on both sides of the aisle, all kinds of stuff to talk about. we begin with griff jenkins in florida, the most nailbiting outcomes of the entire election. always in the midd...

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House seats in 1994. his first midterm. barack obama lost 63 house seats in his first midterm in 2010. you see george w. bush. that was not his first one. the first one was right after 9/11. politics was a bit different in 2006. his last midterm he lost 30. heres my point it looks like donald trump will lose far less than either clinton in terms house seats. he still loses control of the house. ainsley: right. ed: in terms of the folks out there. president, all that if its far less than other pr...

Well. >> he just tweeted that he is magic man. the outcome, 3 minutes ago, he was the magic man, the outcome was magical. this is the way that comment strikes me, not only did he refer to himself in the third person, but also, given the strength of this economy, i dont think that what we see in the house reflects any magic at all. >> ed: pabon for a second. lets let david react to that. whether its magic or not, you go back to history, bill clinton lost 52 house seats in the first midterm in 94....

Midterms in 2,006, the iraq war in 2006, we suffered many casualties, many more iraqi casualties. the american public was getting frustrated. the war was considered not to be going in a good direction. it was right after that for the surge was created. what happened was everyone was mad at secretary rumsfeld, not necessarily president bush, but he news the frustration was pent-up, especially on capitol hill. so you lose. you should make a change. you should -- make you should e on, try to fix so...

Hoosiers for giving me a resounding victory, putting your faith in me, and i will not let you down. i promise that. [applause] ♪ this is how we roll ♪ brian: this is so perfect because florida and georgia and the line between them people thought if they merge and democrats got both of those gubernatorial races, it would be trouble for. ed: new face of the party. two black governors, florida, georgia. florida governor goes down, andrew gillum. brian: mayor from tallahassee. ainsley: georgia, ...

>> president trump: i believe its a problem and can i tell you what? its a problem that i dont like even a little bit. >> reporter: you said, pretend im on the ballot yesterday, you called it a referendum on your presidency. many local districts rejected your midterm message, particularly suburban women. how do you bridge that divide now? >> president trump: i thought my message was very well received, look at their results. midterm elections are disasters for sitting presidents and their admini...