Nbc news characterizing that race for governor as too early to call with the polls closed. Democrats are bracing themselves for a comforting victory, where, of course, another devastating defeat. Recent polling has shown northam with a slight edge but within the margin of error. Gillespie, an aid to george b. Push, is trying to help his establishment bonifides. If he wins, he can provide fellow republicans how to campaign in theably of trump. Lets get the very latest from the race from our own steve kornacki. Steve what do we know . Well, it was 7 00. The polls closed in new jersey. We were an hour away. As you just showed. We have no actual votes in just yet. What can we show you from the exit polls . Lets look at a few of the key questions, we can tackle there. First of all, see if we can call up the areas. Okay. That should call it up. Here we go, the trump factors,
starting in virginia, the president , his Approval Rating, clocks in at 43 , by comparison, last time they had a gover
reflected in the people in their community. you got to be sensitive to where, you know, popular national figure or unpopular national figure stand in your state as well. so the focus i went through this in 2006 wearing the brand of a party not very popular with the american people, certainly not within my own state. but you still forge ahead, you make your case to those folks about the issues that they care about, which i think ed gillespie did masterfully. to the point michael, don t talk leak you are on the side lines, you are in there, fishing in troubled waters. i know what you are up to. you are trying to fet african-americans not to vote democrat, cutting from the ballot of a lt. gov.. that is not what i m doing at all. i have not done that at all. anywith thaun says that are dead wrong. the fact of the matter is myself and j.c. wattts on this program last night made it clear the concerns that we raised was the way the democratic party and this democratic candidate