well, you know what that music means. it means it s election night in america. i m don lemon and this is cnn s continuing coverage of election night in america. an incredible race for governor in new jersey. it is a dead heat as you can see over my left shoulder right now. fewer than 600 votes are separating republican jack ciattarelli and democrat incumbent governor phil murphy, who many expected to just walk away with it. didn t happen. ciattarelli was leading for most of the night but murphy has closed that gap now and the outstanding votes are coming in from heavily democratic counties, so we will be watching it all very closely this hour. and in of the race for governor in virginia, cnn projects republican glenn youngkin is the winner there. beating out democrat terry mcauliffe who was joined by the campaign on the campaign trail, i should say, by president joe biden and vice president kamala harris. also, the former-president barack owhat showing up there,
really. what what what what do what are we talking here, you know? i mean, that s i am trying to think of the proper comparison. billy joel s fine. but, you know. don t say billy joel s fine. the reason, billy joel is my neighbor so i have to say. i m sure he s a good neighbor. i m sure he is a good neighbor. i haven t seen him many times. thank you, ron brownstein, appreciate that. don t go anywhere. we have much more ahead as cnn s coverage of the election night in america it s going to continue at this hour a dead heat in new jersey s governor s race.
it is the final hour of voting in virginia in a high-stakes election that could jolt american politics and shape the all-important battle of control of congress next year. welcome to cnn s coverage of election night in america. i m jake tapper and we are counting down the election of less than a hour when voting ends in virginia. it is pitting former governor terry mcauliffe against first-time candidate glenn youngkin, and it could go either way. mcauliffe has campaigned with biden and harris and obama and faced an unexpectedly tough fight in blue-leaning virginia, and youngkin has had support from trump, but he has tried to
that throughout the day here in virginia beach and around the tidewater region, fred. we ll see whose voices are most influential, just days away. thank you so much. and don t miss election night in america special live coverage starts tuesday at 6:00 p.m. here on cnn.