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The democratic incumbent heidi heitkamp. its fair to say heidi heitkamp is considered probably the most vulnerable democrat in the u.s. senate. well see if that holds up. missouri, again, a double-digit state for donald trump in 2016. and the republican he went to campaign many times for is ahead right now. 59.5%. claire mccaskill, the two-term incumbent democrat is down 37.1%. about a third of the vote in, in missouri. boy, that is also a close one. right now, wolf and jake, these are very clos...

There. there are 254 counties in texas. 200 plus of them are red like this. and thats whats going to happen as they come in. the question is assume these are all mostly going to be republican votes. if youre beto oroarke, you dont like that. ted cruz has passed you. youre looking at the map. youre still giant. giant pocket of democratic votes here. harris county, houston, and the sprawling houston suburbs. again, one of the most diverse areas in america. one of the fastest growing areas in ameri...

Florida right now, the math is looking bleak even though thats not in the state of florida, thats not a giant number. thats the senate race. the governors race, desantis has a somewhat bigger lead. the question is are there enough votes out there to come back? mark me down as a little skeptical. are there enough votes to get into recount territory? well watch those as they play out. a fascinating campaign in the state of florida. then you come over. you see no pickup opportunities here because w...

Republican district. democrats winning in the suburbs. now you come down. this race has gone back and forth all night long. abigail spanberger, i looked at this two minutes ago. she was losing. now 380 votes. welcome to the 2018 midterm elections. if youre the democrats, this is a race, again, richmond suburbs like the northern virginia suburbs. the presidents a problem for republican candidates here. this is tea party and trump country. dave brat knocked off a republican incumbent. tea party vo...

Closed their polls yet in the west coast. >> a significant projection in the senate. >> we sure do. the state of tennessee. we project marsha blackburn, the republican candidate will keep this open republican seat in gop hands. not only that, blackburn will be the first female senator to represent the state of tennessee. this is a big win for republicans. and a big loss for democrats who knew that tennessee was a chance for them -- or the only chances for them if they could win, to take back the...

Opposition of president trump. one white house official i spoke with tonight disregarded that, expressing caution to draw any conclusions from those exit polls. another official i spoke with said theyre taking a deep breath. its still early in the night. the president is laying low and hes watching tv just like the rest of us, according to the official. >> all right, pal la brown at the white house, manu raju at democratic party headquarters. wolf? >> thank you. you know, john, the story line, t...

Income dent democrat joe donnelly is trying to hold on to this seat despite the fact it is very republican territory. remember, wolf and jake, the president went here not once, not twice, not three times, but four times for rallying campaigning to keep this seat or to take this seat out of democrats hands. >> we will see if it paid off. jake, why is indiana so important right now for both parties? >> lets take a look at the senate landscape right now. so we start off with 23 democrats, 42 republ...

>> lets quickly go back to john and wolf. >> thanks, anderson. john, it looks like a pretty significant flip just now with a key race. >> for partisans watching at home, it is early in the night. if you are a democrat, this is what you are looking for, you see blue in a place that started the night red. this is kentucky 6th district. we showed you earlier. we had the first votes in, andy barr was ahead moments ago. amy mcgrath took the lead, 1% reporting. 1% reporting, but she is ahead, 5300, 52...

Obamacare. >> so far a tiny number. lets see what happens. we have our first key race alert. >> thats right, wolf. in the state of indiana, this is a state we will be looking at closely all night. right now it is extremely early, but the republican challenger mike braun is ahead by about 10 percentage points of the incumbent democrat joe donnelly. it is one of the important states that will determine the balance of power. donnelly is one of five democratic senators who is up for reelection in a ...

Senate. right now the republican challenger, mike braun, is ahead. it is still, as you see there, very early, but he is ahead significantly against the democratic incumbent joe donnelly. wolf and jake. >> thanks very much. . david chalian, you are looking at indiana as well courtesy of the exit poll. >> thats right, wolf. we are taking a look at the trump factor in indiana. we know, weve been talking about how hard it is for the democrats running for reelection in trump country. take a look at...