Called for Democrat John hickenlooper. Republican, former head football coach of auburn flipped alabama. Republican erst won in iowa. Graham won in South Carolina and Mitch Mcconnell won in kentucky. Several seats, though, still need to be decided before the night is out. Meantime, democrats are expected to keep control of the house and possibly add to their advantage but there are still dozens of races left to be decided tonight. Our political reporter greg lee has been watching all of this for us tonight. Greg what is happening in those crucial states. It is clear it will come down to the swing states. Likely to be very close. It will take time to count all of those ballots. Much of the attention like we talked about. President trump flip inside 2016. The socalled blue wall he broke through. Michigan so far, 65 reporting. President trump leading 54 to 5 . They received a historic number of absentee ballots. Election officials have said it could take days to count. In wisconsin we go.
That it inflicted. First, the latest numbers for california. Joe biden and california state senator winning big taking all of the states 55electoral votes as expected. The biggest haul in the Electoral College by a predictable victory. Here is where the poplar vote stands. Biden with a slight edge in the poplar vote. Those votes are still being counted. The key is the Electoral College. Right now biden leads with 237electoral votes and trump has 213. 270 votes are needed to win. You can see neither candidate has reached that threshold with some swing states still too close to call. Our political reporter, greg lee, has been watching it all. What is happening in the critical swing states . Reporter good evening. It is clear this race will come down to the swing states. Likely to be close. Frankly it will take time to count the ballots. Lets look first at the midwest where much of the attention is the three states President Trump flip inside 2016. The blue wall that he broke through in m
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Good evening everyone and welcome to the special election coverage. All eyes are on the president ial race, President Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden made one final push for votes today wrapping up what has been an incredibly contentious battle for the white house. Polls are just closing moments ago in iowa, montana, nevada, and utah. Here is a look at that map. This is from fox and it is updating at all times. Estates in blue have gone to joe biden, biden has one colorado, illinois, virginia, maryland, the district of columbia, delaware, new jersey, connecticut, rhode island, massachusetts, new york, vermont, and a portion of maine, for a total of 129 electoral votes. President trump has one wyoming, north and south dakota, part of nebraska, kansas, missouri, oklahoma, louisiana, arkansas, mississippi, alabama, tennessee, kentucky, indiana, and west virginia, and also just lay there, South Carolina for a total of 109 Electoral College votes. 270 is the magic number needed to win f
All of their mailin ballots, so we are were seeing big tranches of numbers being released. With 50 reported. Look at that. It is a dead heat. For more on the i were importance of florida, we spoke to correspondent joe. They may count their ballots early, early as in terms of our time in the evening. If trump loses florida, its pretty much game over. You know, theres ways to get a win, but it would take a lot of gymnastics. So thats the one to watch. Now, its super close, so, you know, theres no guarantee either way. Now, again, there was a big push from both campaigns to reach out to black and latinx voters in florida, and looks like right now President Trump is doing well in counties with large latin communities. If it is close like it is now, they still have a lot of ballots to count, and it could bleed into tomorrow morning. What about the early vote . We know that typically goes to democrats. A lot of it for President Trump had to be turnout today in person on election day, when re