effectively cuts off any democratic path to victory. bill: for democrats to hold onto power not chamber they would need to win all 26 toss-up races and pick up another six districts republicans have the advantage. an extremely tall order. dana: the house may be slipping away but the senate is still anyone s game. it is expected to be decided by four key races, all of those in a dead heat with one week to go. bill: democrats separate to try to keep the upper chamber banking on former president obama to do this. he is going to nevada and arizona and later make a joint appearance in pennsylvania as they look to prevent republicans from flipping that senate seat. dana: the former president making it a point to address inflation and crime. two issues his party has shied away from. we have a plan. that s why democrats actually have plans. they pick up a few more seats in both chambers they can force through extreme unpopular laws from education, to abortion. who will figh
california may be a different story, may take a little bit more time because you take a look at the race like the 41st in california, it s 5,400 votes, you still have a third of the votes to come in. there s still a little bit of uncertainty perhaps in some of these races. patience, grasshopper, that is what we are learning here. feel free to interrupt at any time if you get something determinative. you got it. nbc news has just projected just within the last half hour that democrat katie hobbs has defeated trump-endorsed republican kari lake in the arizona governor s race. after a call like that, what happens next in arizona ought to be simple and straight forward. we know how these are supposed to work. the loser concedes defeat, the state certifies the election, we all agree we ll shake hands and battle it out again in the next election. in arizona it is not as clear this year that that is what is
incumbent has a 2,000 vote lead. the 33,000 remaining votes, they are throughout to be mostly republicans. in california 3, republican kevin kylie has a six-point lead. as of today. there were a whopping 150,000 votes to count. california 13 remains tight with 50,000 votes left. over in california 22, the republican has a five-point lead with around 50,000 votes to be counted. republican mike garcia has a nine-point lead in california 27. kevin cal bert leads. michelle steele is up by 8, california 45. that s with 80% reporting. colorado, lauren boebert is holding on to a 1,000 vote lead. new york 22, the democrat would need to win 70% of the remaining handful of ballots in order to carry his seat. other outlets have already
there are a few. new york 22, for instance. almost all the vote is in. republicans are sitting in the lead of over 4,000 votes, this is the syracuse area. just as i say it s hard to see, we re saying it was hard to see the math for kari lake, it gets hard to see the math for the democrats in place like this. the 45th district of california, a new vote update within the last hour, michelle steele, her lead expanded. the 27th district here, mike garcia, the republican leading by nearly ten points. kristy smith all but conceded this race yesterday. ken calvert s lead has expanded by 1,400 votes or so this evening. new york is one, california 45 is two, california 27 is three, california 41 is four, arizona 1
thursday were so, but bullpit has that advantage on votes there. i would say right now if you look at this the path to republicans getting to 2:18 is clear, what it could look like. but getting all of those races actually called, especially given the pace of the vote count in california, maybe a different story. may take a little bit more time just because, again you take a look at a race like the 41st in california, it s 5400 votes, you still have a third for the vote to come. and there s still a little bit of uncertainty there perhaps in some of these races. patience, patience grasshopper. patience that s what we ve been learning here. steve, much appreciated my friend, thank you so much. feel free to be interrupted if any time you have something determinative. you got. it we re gonna get to our top story tonight. nbc news has just projected just within the last half hour that democrat katie hobbs has defeated trump endorsed republican candidate kari lake in the arizona gover