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Hold that office statewide in 2002, the first black woman elected to the house of delegates, former marine, she spoke last night. here's what she had to say. >> what you are looking at is the american dream. it is a historic night but i didn't run to make history. i just wanted to leave it better than i found it. >> reporter: even more history may be made with the attorney general, the first hispanic elected to statewide office. we are following that race closely in addition, it looks like the house may flip to republican hands, 6 delegate races we are following for republicans leading, that w...

But we didn't really have a test of that until last night. and virginia, i think, showed that when democrats come out to vote, we win. and if we can keep that enthusiasm going into the midterms, it's going to have a significant impact in michigan. and i think in a lot of other states, as well. >> if i'm not mistaken, i think there was a special election in your state in the upper peninsula, in a district that had gone to plus 20 for the democrats last night, to your point. what do you say to people who say, look, most -- hillary clinton won virginia, anyway. she won new jersey. new york city i...

They're going to be panicked -- there are a lot of republicans in washington who believe ed was going to win this race. he had the momentum and he was going to come back. >> close the gap. >> and the fact it's not that close and the house seats, the delegate races, this is another wake-up call for republicans in the house and senate that you've got to put these really in my mind petty differences aside, learn to step up and take a bullet because maybe this isn't perfect for my district. i tell you what's not perfect for your district, having a democrat represented after you lose in the general...

Watch all night. >> there is a seat there, it goes down into a dangerous hole in the ground. >> terry mcauliffe won the governorship in 2013 republican in the 2014 rallied. they had a great mid-term year. >> in all the papers across the country, top of the fold of the east coast, i do think it counts, i think the delegate races count a lot. if hillary is able to win, where she run for president? look out? she'll be talking it up in the globe vivian saw him. a pessimist about news value and the polls in new jersey will be closed at the top of the hour that's 8:00 p.m. eastern. we'll get the fir...

Preparation of a loss in virginia. and almost starting down the pathway of the analysis of what did we do wrong? there's got to be a lot of exuberance and relief in that room. >> there really is, chris. i'll tell you, i talked to tom periello, the democrat who lost to ralph northam in the primary. ease been active campaigning not just for northam but for all the house of delegate candidates you mentioned. he said, democrats have been talking about how they need to get active in these off-year elections and these midterm elections in a serious way since at least 2010. he was hopeful this mornin...