an historic record. we ll have more on that coming up as well. in terms of the midterm elections in the u.s. senate, though, the very last u.s. senate race is wrapping up tonight as we speak. and we are going to be covering this over the course of this hour. i will tell you, as we re starting to watch these results come in the u.s. senate race in mississippi tonight, if you need further civic inspiration about your importance as a citizen or what a big deal your one lone personal vote could be, i want you to also know that today in the great state of alaska, the state division of elections certified the results of this year s midterm elections in that state in alaska. one of the races that was certified today by the state is for a state legislative district, so a state house district. i think it s in fairbanks. it s house district 1. and i believe we can put up on the screen the results of that state legislative race in alaska as certified by the state today. the republican bart le bon
hour. i will tell you, as we re starting to watch these results come in the u.s. senate race in mississippi tonight, if you need further civic inspiration about your importance as a citizen or what a big deal your one lone personal vote could be, i want you to also know that today in the great state of alaska, the state division of elections certified the results of this year s midterm elections in that state in alaska. one of the races that was certified today by the state is for a state legislative district, so a state house district. i think it s in fairbanks. it s house district 1. and i believe we can put up on the screen the results of that state legislative race in alaska as certified by the state today. the republican, bart lebon, got 2,661 votes. the democrat, kathryn dodge, got 2,661 votes. not a typo. the official state certified
beto o rourke. there were candidates although we had this emotional attachment, that s part of the problem we had last tuesday when democrats were a little sour is because all candidates we had emotional attachments to lost. they were able to put the wind beneath the sails of others. but two abby s point, these individuals represented what we believe to be the future of the democratic party. the future of this country. i mean, democrats, we elected the first african-american to congress in massachusetts. in connecticut, you have the first openly gay governor. the list goes on and on and on. house district 1, for example, where i m from, the closing message for katie arrington in a seat that mark sanford owned that donald trump won was ms-13. right? and so that turned away these groups of people that you re talking about. when joe cunningham, the opponent, who s now a member of the united states congress, was talking about those pocketbook issues, was talking about issues that go right
democratic party, the future of this country. democrats we elected the first african-american from congress in massachusetts and connecticut. you have the first native american members. the first openly gay governor. the list goes on and on and on. you can tick these things down. but if you look in south carolina house district 1, for example, right near where i m from, the closing message for katie arrington in a seat that mark sanford owned that donald trump won was ms-13. right? and so that turned away these groups of people that you re talking about when jo cunningham, the opponent, who s now a member of the united states congress, was talking about those pocketbook issues, was talking about issues that go right to the bailiwick of those white suburban women that also health care was also something democrats focused on a lot. i think we have to take a second to realize why we are here now. the reason we re still looking at races is because democrats are very competitive in re