He was elected chairman of the Governors Association earlier this month. In the studio, we have James Hohmann of politico and Niraj Chokshi of the washington post. James is the first question. Thank you for joining us. You are taking on this job after a pretty bad year for democrats. A lot of republicans who people did not think could get reelected in places like maine did. Democrats lost governorships in illinois and states where they should not have, even in a bad year. As you take on this job, looking ahead, what lessons did you take away from 2014 that democrats can really apply in 2015 and 2016 . You bet. Thanks for having me, james. First, i would pushback on that a little bit. We have three great new governors in pennsylvania, rhode island, hawaii. Keeping colorado and connecticut, even with the u. S. Senators lost, in the face of millions of dollars in negative ads people spent against them we certainly did not get everything they wanted in 2014 but i think we got some real sta
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Chris mcdaniel, the state senator, the last man standing 11400 more votes than cochran in the primary election. The two facing of tonight. The upshot is calling it, close enough that it will depend upon the turnout in the big counties. And they say also, just a reminder, mississippi counties routinely take electronic pds of results and facts them to state headquarters. Here are the results so far with 80 percent of the mississippi precincts reporting. Thad cochran the 6term incumbent with 51 percent of the vote and state senator Chris Mcdaniel with 49 percent of the vote. Here is a new york, the 13th, with Charlie Rangel. 56 percent of the vote. Charlie rangel with 37 percent of the vote. The polls close in new york city at 9 00 p. M. Eastern. Mississippi new york 7 00 central, 8 00 eastern. Live from year to harlem in the headquarters of Charlie Rangel, we will have his concession of victory speech for you this evening here on cspan2 as well. Just a reminder, results throughout the ev
Halls last night replacing what would have been their second president ial debate with just 18 days to go until election day. 18 days. Today is friday. Trace, good morning. Good morning, everyone im sandra smith. Trace good morning to you. Im trace gallagher. The two events starkly different. President trump sparring with nbc Savannah Guthrie. Biden was pressed on several issues but not on the report about his son, hunters business dealings overseas and today the two candidates head for key battleground states. President trump goes to florida and georgia with a combined 45 electoral votes while Biden Campaigns in michigan for its 16 electoral votes. Sandra fox team coverage. Byron york is standing by with the analysis and Griff Jenkins and we begin with john roberts live on the north lawn. What were the big differences between the two town halls we all watched last night. Whats the reaction this morning . Good morning. First of all it wasnt the big headtohead event originally planned.
Span, coveragec at 9 00 eastern of the results beginning at 9 00 eastern with your tweets and comments and phone calls and the results from virginia and new jersey as well. Up until then, we will bring you an election preview from national review. They spoke about it today and looked at the house and senate races from 2014. They begin discussions with the governors races in new jersey and virginia. Welcome to the National Reviews preview of the 2014 election and the discussion of the 2013 elections in virginia and new jersey. I am bob costa. We are here with a great panel to talk about the outlook of national politics. I am glad and appreciative to have a great panel with us today. Some of the top analysts in the country, to go over the key races and themes that will be animating our discussions in the coming months. Starting from the left, we have john fund. He is a Senior Editor at the american spectator. He was known for working for decades at the wall street journal. Great to have