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400% increase -- thats what the democrats said, more young people voting ever before in a midterm? i say yes. >> i think its happening on both sides. i think the massive turnout is happening on both sides. >> laura: explosive 11th hour charges in the georgia gubernatorial race between brian kemp and stacy abrams. they made a contentious race explosive. brian kemp is here with his final message to the voters nex next. see a little blood when you brush or floss? you may have gum disease and could ...

To the mid-terms. whereas president trump there is a big national agenda he is talking about. the truth is the democrats, this is not just an anti-trump election. when you talk locally they talk about protecting healthcare, talking about gun rights, gun reform. so i think that its much more local than what we all talk about. >> sandra: its really interesting because you could divide this up so many ways and you specifically look at the money coming in from the business community into some of the...

>> reporter: more people have already voted than the total that voted in the last midterm. do you think that early voter momentum is leaning your way? >> i do. >> reporter: and with president trump focused on the images of the caravan, so is cruz. >> security is on the ballot tomorrow. >> reporter: you say you want to secure the borders, can you do that without a wall? can you do that without militarizing the border? >> we dont need a wall, to answer your question. we dont need to militarize the...

And look at this number tonight. more than 4.8 million texans have voted early in this midterm. thats more than the total number that voted in the last midterm. abcs paula faris is in texas tonight. >> reporter: tonight, its a fight to the finish in texas, as voters decide if this deep red state will turn purple. the two senate candidates, both in their 40s, one ran for president, the other could run one day. senator ted cruz and three-time congressman beto orourke could not be more different. o...

Ballot. and thats the big question mark. its something you talk to republican strategists about throughout the course of this midterm and they say, we dont really know yet how to take that energy at the rallies and bring it to the doors, to the people knocking on the doors, bring it to the ballot box. that could be the difference tomorrow night. >> thats interesting. it will be interesting to see tomorrow. 31 million early votes are in. jeremy peters, "new york times," thank you so much for stop...

Referendum on the president. the stakes are enormous. and just take a look at what will be decided, as we bring the capitol to life right here in our studio tonight. all 435 seats in the house are up for voting, and 35 seats in the senate. thats a little more than a third of the senate up for grabs. voters in 36 states will elect governors. and two numbers to watch as we head into election night. 23 seats in the house, thats what the democrats need to take back control of the house. they also ne...

Here now after two hardcore special elections last year that werent here to support democrats. i think shes got a real chance at an upset. >> in your teestimation, what would be your advice for democrats running a progressive campaign in georgia? how do you win? >> well, oftentimes theres a false choice thats set up between mobilizing and inspiring young voters and minority voters and folks who may be less likely to vote in the midterm and appealing to folks in the center who may be questioning ...

♪ midterm election 2018. we are joined by a democratic incumbent in the u.s. senate, amy klobuchar of the state of minnesota. senator, for most generalist viewers, thank you for joining us, first off. they are seeing you for the first time, perhaps, since the kavanaugh hearings. before we talk about the politics of tonight, im curious, have you been surprised to see how much traction the other party has gotten out of the kavanaugh hearings every night, rally after rally? we hear the presiden...

Citizenship, and the rhetoric is to energize the base in rural nevada which is what dean heller needs to happen. and the democrats believe that language is toxic with parts of the hispanic community here in las vegas, and going to help them both at the end of the early voting period when they had a surge and today. >> but is there possibly and other effect where it would scare people away from getting near a government facility like a polling place? >> well, there is a possibility of that, andre...

Tonight. when you havent gotten two years of prosperity and relative peace, no new wars, and he hasnt won over independents, and he hasnt embraced centrists and theyre not all with him, that is the price he pays constantly. >> by the way, thats the key to whether thats a wave tonight, its independent voters. >> yes. >> that is in florida, everythings been dead even on the partisan scale but everybodys wondering, polls say independents will break towards the democrats in places like florida, mayb...