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Triumphant california rally, that he uttered the phrase that became emblematic of the conservative oc ever since. >> like ive always said, orange county, thats where they -- thats where the good republicans go before they die. >> california conservatives did not have much, but at least they had orange county. indeed, dating back to the goldwater era, orange county remained a republican stronghold inside an increasingly deep blue state. that is, until last month, when all seven congressional dist...

Dana bash, nia-malika henderson, and david chalian. good to see you three together again on another big election night. dana, lets start with what the state of play is here. to johns obvious point, usually, you would be home right now. and i would be texting you for help. but tonight were here. why? >> because this is incredibly unusual as john was pointing out. mississippi, ruby red. there hasnt been a democrat here since before you were born, chris cuomo, pretty much, elected to the senate. we...

Dana bash, nia-malika henderson, and david chalian. good to see you three together again on another big election night. dana, lets start with what the state of play is here. you would be home right now. and i would be texting you for help. but for tonight were here. why? >> because this is incredibly unusual as john was pointing out. mississippi, ruby red. there hasnt been a democrat here since before you were born, andrew cuomo, pretty much, elected to the senate. were here because, in fairness...

Cindy hyde smith in mississippi. she faces a tight runoff ex election against mike espy. he also used last nights rallies to slam the ceo of general motors, just announcing big job cuts, and made false claims about migrants at the border. joe johns live at the white house with the latest. >> reporter: good morning. the president throwing his full support behind the republican in that mississippi race hoping to seal the deal. in fact, in a race that should not have even been close in ruby red, mi...

U.s. senate. we won. thats a tremendous victory. >> you can keep saying it, but it doesnt make it true. he already had the senate. remember this. the map they had in the senate, they came up short. they should have had five seats, maybe six. they only got two. right? they had democrats but in ruby red states and they still lost. they lost in arizona. they lost in montana. they lost in west virginia. if it werent for trump being such a mixed bag for so many republicans, who knows what would have ...

Thats a tremendous victory. >> you can keep saying it, but it doesnt make it true. he already had the senate. all right and remember this -- the map they had in the senate, they came up short with that. they should have had like five seats, maybe six. they only got two. right? they had democrats but in ruby red states and they still lost. they lost in arizona. they lost with tester in montana. they lost with joe manchin in west virginia. if it werent for trump being such a mixed bag for so many ...

Will have a majority. this is leading. heres where it stands as we speak. this is what we know. its at least 225. but if everything ended as it is right now, they would get to 232. and, again, a couple of those races where republicans are leading, democrats think maybe we can still get there. >> lets look at utah now. thats a pretty close race. theyre still counting the votes. >> this is the republican incumbent, mia love, losing. remember she spoke at donald trumps convention, was a rising star...

Seats. in the house, hes been going, look at me. what he didnt get he thought he got is mcsally didnt win. hasnt won yet out in arizona. >> he targeted jon tester heavily in montana. he desperately wanted that because he was mad at tester for attacking his doctor, whom he tried to put in as the head of veterans affairs and didnt get testers scalp. what he got was pretty significant majorities for people in the trump states that we all expected were going to fall, right? so -- >> ruby red stayed ...

Kansas is as ruby red as they come. places where donald trump one. congressional seats in pennsylvania, and we defeated long term republicans, longtime republicans like pete sessions in texas and barbara comstock in virginia. so what we will do moving forward as being a party of not only urban america but also suburban america. and the results on tuesday show that. >> is there any surprise in the outcome of some of the senate races? >> the senate was -- we saw can tell mike a contest where we th...

Magic number of 218. democrats are leading. theyre looking pretty good right now. they must be happy. >> and heres one of them. were looking, again, emphasized, you start watching these. looking to find the 23. can democrats flip 23 republican districts without losing any of their own or if they lose one of their own, to make up for it. republican incumbent, tom rice, running as a democratic candidate, very small slice of the vote so lets be careful but thats one. south carolina was not a place ...