violations, but because doj s apparently opened their own criminal investigation into the congressman, so they want the fcc to defer to that criminal mastication. there s been lots of news recently about republican congressman and a con man george santos, but doj trying to clear the field of other law enforcement agencies, because they ve got in those types of potential prosecution, that s a new development in a significant one that is worth watching in the days ahead that s gonna do it freshman elbow, now it s time for the last word the great ali velshi is in for lawrence, communing ali. i appreciate your minus by medusa, in the early days the war her team really depended amadou city give us some of the best reporting we can get from people who understood what was going on in russia these are the little pockets of resistance around which people cling. they come to, them out of medusa can stay alive, a number of russians who are going where this war, they don t really und
with us, three republicans and one democrat, tom, ridge mark schweikert, bell the democrat, tom corbin, live written a letter to the candidates, for governor, josh shapiro and doug mastriano, saying this. as the commonwealth s four living former governors, we share much in common as regards our beloved pennsylvania. the go on to say more about, that and then they say we are asking you, as the leaders of the pennsylvania republican and democratic parties, to pledge to honor the process, respect the law, who provided peoples will, and support a peaceful transfer of power. in doing so you will demonstrate to all pennsylvania candidates, who will be looking to for leadership, the love of commonwealth and country, must come above all. they say they re asking them to, it s astonishing that there s a letter saying this, but they re asking these two candidates to accept the results, of the november 8th election. to accept the results, and also ensure a peaceful transition of powe
this is, by the way, the first time i ve ever campaign for a democrat. it s the first nationwide vote since an american insurrection. we need to get back to the policies the of the real donald trump. ohio needs an ass kicker, not ask sir. now with 36 states voted for governor. republicans will never lose another election in wisconsin. 35 senate seats up for grabs. you have to know stuff to do this job. all 435 house that s in play. i means that the government is shut down, i ll be calling for a government shutdown. and fear that this free and fair election would be the last. make no mistake, democracy in the ballot for all of us. tonight, special election eve coverage, with nicole wallace, joy reid, chris hayes, alex wagner, lawrence o donnell, ari melber, stephanie ruhle, steve kornacki, the big boy, and the msnbc political insiders. special coverage of the 2022 midterm elections begins now. good evening from msnbc headquarters. i m rachel maddo
arizona. after deleting and an election denier candidate, adrian fontes forcefully attacked election denialism, cooling threats against election officials and efforts to subvert the will of the voters a form of domestic terrorism. many those candidates were defeated in november, but those lies and the threats of violence stemming from those lies are still harming our democracy and forcing some dedicated election workers to quit. let s take a look at coaches county, arizona, where in elections director, who has repeatedly stood against republican efforts to undermine elections is resigning, citing a physically and emotionally threatening work environment. her departure is leaving many residents worried about the security of elections, given who might replace her. one resident told vote beat, quote, this is someone who is sanity in a storm of ridiculousness. she s not the only one. vote be reports, quote, in the last few years in arizona, longtime election official in pima, you have a, p
lost as much as a quarter of their population. phoenix, arizona, recently surpassed philadelphia to become the nation s fifth largest city, while coaches county, home of some of the hardened built election deniers was one of the few places in arizona that lost residents over the past decade. those shifts have moved the political center of gravity away from largely white, rural, conservative areas toward multiethnic, democratic leaning cities and suburbs. organizers in those places spent years building power, to mobilize those democratically-leaning urban constituencies to vote in big enough numbers where they can overcome rural conservative majority. in other words, the trend in those states, including arizona is not moving away from both parties, it is moving towards democrats. and the evidence is right there in the last election. just this week, senator raphael warnock won his second senate election in two years, running as a party line democrat in georgia. senator mark kelly also wo