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A Democratic House will definitely mean oversight and investigations of the trump administration. It could even mean impeachment of President Trump. There are signs of enthusiasm around the country. I want to show to you video of lines at the polling station at Arizona State university in tempe. A Big Senate Race in that state. Lines wrapped around buildings. In kentucky, a tight congressional race in a district President Trump won by double digits in 2016. That wraps up at 6 00 p. M. Eastern. It pits threeterm incumbent republican andy barr against marine corps pilot amy mcgrath. Polls will close in a race that drew names like obama, oprah, and pence. Thats the race for georgias governor between democrat s ....
But even that fact doesnt really capture what happened in these midterms. The Cook Political Report has been keeping a tally of the votes cast for either party in house races across the country. And according to their latest count, Democratic House candidates got over 9 million more votes than republican candidates. That is the largest margin in the history of midterm elections. Democrats lead republicans by 8. 1 Percentage Points. Thats a bigger lead than republicans had in wave elections in 1994 and in 2010. And beyond the house, democrats picked up seven governorships, even winning in kansas, a state the president carried by almost 21 points and unseating republican scott walker in wisconsin. They picked up 332 state legislative seats across this country, and that could still grow. Since his press conferen ....
Now as it stands right now, democrats have picked up 39 seats in the house of representatives. That is the biggest gain in the house seats by democrats since watergate. But even that fact doesnt really capture what happened in these midterms. The Cook Political Report has been keeping a tally of the votes cast for either party in house races across the country. And according to their latest count, Democratic House candidates got over 9 million more votes than republican candidates. That is the largest margin in the history of midterm elections. Democrats lead republicans by 8. 1 Percentage Points. Thats a bigger lead than republicans had in wave elections in 1994 and in 2010. And beyond the house, democrats picked up seven governorships, even winning in kansas, a state the president carried by almost 21 point ....
Turkish Officials Say his body was then dismembered after he was killed and a source adds that khashoggi may have been injected with some kind of tranquilizer. That is the how. As for the who, sources say investigators are looking into the saudi Intelligence Officer on the left side of your screen there, spotlighted, who allegedly led the reported torture and murder of this Washington Post columnist. That officer according to a source has close ties to saudis crown Prince Mohammed bin salm n salman. And it may be hard to square that khashoggis death was at all accidental. As were learning all of this now, President Trump supports an investigation but continues to defend the saudis. Saudi arabia has been ....
Threeminute video and an invitation to el paso later this month for a campaign kickoff. Welcome to morning joe. It is thursday, march 13th. Im alongside katty kay, White House Reporter jonathan lemire, staff rattner and Kimberly Atkins. Weve got a lot to cover this morning, including beto orourkes president ial bid. Well talk to the author of the vanity fair profile that just dropped ahead of todays announcement. Plus Paul Manaforts legal trouble went from bad to worse. New york wants a crack at him in a criminal case that the president cannot pardon away. Also ahead, well talk about the College Cheating scandal and the staggering 750 families who may have been involved. Plus Matt Whitaker has left the ....