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buckle up, we are heading into the final hours of voting and the first results in one of the most consequential midterm elections ever. >> it's the high stakes race to a fever pitch campaign. >> are you ready to win this election? >> i love to win. >> voters, making big choices in a nation on edge. >> with high prices. >> crime is rising. >> the woman's right to choose. >> what's happening across the u.s. could shake up the balance of power in congress and shape the next race for the white house. >> speak out, get engaged, vote, vote, vote, tonight, democrats are fighting to hold on ...

For the first time since 1934, that was fdr's first midterm. since 1934 that the party in power did not actually lose any state legislators. and joe biden may just actually do something that people haven't done before in this situation, pick up a governor or two. i mean, there are so many presidents -- >> incredible. >> -- that have fallen. and really, it's interesting too. you have people going, well, how could the media have gotten this so wrong. well, you know, a lot of times, we kept talking about the red wave. we also said it didn't feel like a wave to us. but you have to understand, you ...

Democrats have now won 202 seats to the republicans' 211 seats. 22 house seats still left to call. remember, 218 seats, that's the majority. that's the magic number right now. let's go over to john king, taking a closer look at where things stand in the house of representatives. tell our viewers, john, where we are right now. >> you're trying to find out why republicans are nervous, there are your numbers right there. 211 house republicans right now. 202 house democrats. 202 house democrats. if you look at the races leading, yes, republicans are on a path of possibly getting the 218 seats for ...

Change the way we run elections. it could change the way we respect the outcomes of elections. that's all very real. the question is that in the mind of a voter going to the booth or 8% inflation and gas and groceries and all the things we talk about this morning. mika laid out well the splits in the house and senate. republicans only need to pick up five in the house to control the house, only need to pick up one in the senate. historically for a little bit of perspective, since 1934, fdr's first midterm, the out party has picked up 28 house seats and four senate seats. you put that historica...

Redistricting, which gets you to the 2020 map. focus on this to begin with. the current house, the prior map. the district lines have been changed quite a bit. that's the map you need to remember. republicans essentially need a net gain of only five. the historical average is 30, if you go back to ronald reagan's days. president's first midterm election, 37 if you start the clock at bill clinton. so you're looking at this map across the country. you mentioned those competitive races. first, let's bring them up this way, and show they are coast to coast. you have competitive house districts fro...