those ballots are also outstanding. here in maricopa county, we re looking at maybe 100,000 of them. and democrats heavily won. that s why on election night we saw katie hobbs and mark kelly go out to quite extraordinary leads initially. when will we find this out? tonight at around 8:00, 9:00 p.m. eastern is the next major drop here out of maricopa county. in the meanwhile, as we speak, the election workers are continuing to tabulate these ballots. signature verification process. every mail ballot here this is a very heavy mail in state.
of state are landing overall? well, obviously very glad to see him win in georgia. i mean that to me was the biggest threat we talk about threats democracy and deniers. the people that actually administer elections. if they re not willing to say an election was honest if they lost, then that s the biggest problem. he was probably the biggest threat. this guy is way off the deep end on this than the fact that arizona voters saw that is really encouraging. so we have some real bright spots in these things. it is something we have to be really diligent about going forward. if someone like that is in charge of counting votes, it all falls apart. i m sure arizona will be reckonning with this for a long time. kari lake won t take this well and it s important. gerrick hak and ben jolly, thank you for joining us. nicole hit florida overnight. first, we re going to talk to
a.m. eastern. lucky enough to one more day alongside my dear friend chris jansing. this morning, a single seat, two candidates but so very much riding on it. rarely has one nonpresidential contest had such enormous implications. but that s the pressure warnock and herschel walk rer facing right now. absolutely. increasingly it does look as though control of the senate could come down to that georgia senate race. buckle up for a long, exhaustive, very expensive 26 days between now and the runoff. all right. look this is the big picture. right now we re waiting on two critical updates from the state that s will tell us for sure if it all comes down to georgia. meanwhile, in nevada, we ll hear from the clark county election officials this afternoon. in arizona, we re waiting for a new batch of votes to be released from maricopa county. on the other side of the capital with republicans very closely taking control, house democratic campaigns sean mat rick maloney
if donald trump is central to this race, it is favorable for warnock. should the republicans stay home? georgia is one state where donald trump is not a good republican brand for whatever reason. he injected himself into the runoffs. we learn tuesday night. so do the voters stay home? perhaps. herschel weaker had headwinds among republicans anyway. if you tie him to trump, maybe they do stay home. i think it s very favorable for warnock if this race becomes about donald trump. you were a part of several pieces since the results started coming in, including one about the red wave. but there is one line that particularly struck me. you wrote, the very polarization of the country functioned as a check. as the passions of one side offset the other. kind of speaks to what we were just talking about. but what might that mean for warnock, walker and as we gear up for 2024? it means an exceedingly nasty
will the base turn out for warnock? very good politician. and georgia is now a certifiable purple state. i mean, it could go either way. it s going to be a nail biter. strategically for both candidates, what do they have to do? you know, they ran a very hot and intense campaign. they have a starting edge. the let sons of the runoff and brian kemp s race is in statewide georgia races if, georgia democrats can make this race about donald trump, warnock can win this in a walk away. what the herschel walker camp wants to do is put brian kemp on the ground as his ambassadors and emissaries. but then eugene is right. look, we there was the ticket splitting, right? you saw brian kemp significantly outperform herschel walker.