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 to the senate, knowing a loss of one seat could cost them the majority. we need a senator that understands what pennsylvania is going through, not some guy that has ten gigantic mansions. the poster part of the far left radical part of the democratic party, john fetter nan. fetterman. we must change direction in washington. everything is at stake. both parties, hoping to expand their influenc
nan. fetterman. we must change direction in washington. everything is at stake. both parties, hoping to expand their influence by winning governors offices across the nation. we will never ever surrender to the woke agenda. governor desantis only cares about the white house, he doesn t give a damn about your house. it is a critical test of the current president s agenda. we re already getting it done. and the former president s grip on the gop. welcome to the new republican party. will this election set the wheels in motion for a biden/trump rematch? trump and the extreme maga republicans have made their choice, full of anger, hate and division. watching our country go to hell, we may have to do it again. this is cnn s coverage of election night in america. the races for congress. the contest for governor. and the future of american democracy. we re taking our state back by storm. our democracy is on this ballot. the people are choosing, the
casey kasie hunt is standing by. including key races, boris sanchez will be reporting results from 36 governor s contests across the u.s. david chalian is getting ready to roll out exit polls on what voters are thinking, and brianna keilar is at the voting desk, keeping tabs on how ballots are counted and we have correspondents spread out across the country at candidates headquarters and vote counting centers. also right here in washington, d.c. first, let s go to manu raju at the headquarters of house republican leader kevin mccarthy. how confident is mccarthy feeling right now? reporter: extremely confident. the last couple of weeks, kevin mccarthy has been working on a victory speech he plans to deliver tonight. they believe they will take the majority, potentially as soon as 11:00 p.m. eastern time. that is what they re looking at, in a time they believe mccarthy may come out and deliver remarks, and prepared some off
they need to e reclaim the majority. the battle will take place in 82 key house races, competitive contests that could go either way. in the senate, republicans need 81 seats to take back control. we re watching 13 key races that will be crucial to the fight for the senate. another factor, former president donald trump who has endorsed a slew of republicans who support his false claims about the 2020 election. some of them could have influence over certifying the results in 2024 or refusing to do so, if they win tonight. that includes some of the candidates for governor in races playing out in 36 places across the nation. the pivotal battle grounds of georgia, wisconsin, michigan, and arizona, covering all of this tonight, dana bash, abby phillip, chris wallace, and our entire election team, john king is at the magic wall. he ll make sense of the wall, mapping out the races district by district. case
can we do ohio? sure. let s come out. let me go back to the beginning. if you bring up ohio on election night. on election night joe biden was by 10% points by 9:00 a.m. ultimately, we knew and were telling people do not think the early results in ohio will be the final results indicative of the final results because we know there are a lot of early votes and disproportionately for democrats. they are allowed to count the mail in ballots here. some states are allowed to process those, clear them texas and ohio. right and they do that quickly. we were getting texts on election night 2020, joe, joe biden is going to win ohio and texas. so again, because there aren t competitive races in ohio tonight, might there be a blue wave tonight? democrats are leading and we ll be here as we do in the states where republicans are leading saying those are votes. they re votes. it s not context. we don t have the full picture