east coast. i m holly vulture. this is msnbc special coverage primer results in five states. arizona, kansas, missouri michigan, and washington state. voters of turned out to the determine their nominees for the elections to be held in 97 days. the biggest news of the night was in the state of kansas or voters voted to protect the right of abortion. this was the first electoral test for abortion rights since the supreme court overturn roe v. wade. around 60% of kansas voters voted no to removing the right for an abortion in the state constitution. in arizona, watching that closely right now, three races are too early to call for trump endorsed election deniers. mark finchem is leading 40 tutored dixon is the projected winner. she will run against the incumbent gretchen whitmer. in missouri, attorney general eric schmidt as when the republican nomination for senate to feeding former governor eric greitens. last night, donald trump endorsed a candidate named eric, and wasn t
released right away in this first hour, all the votes that were received by about yesterday. that s basically what you are looking at here to start. so what was expected that vote would be the most favorable vote for karrin taylor robson so she needed to take the lead, she needed to build a little bit of a pad, because it was expected that the vote that was cast today, and then the final votes that will be kind of not till tomorrow, would be more favorable to kari lake. robson succeeded and getting a pad here. a pad of eight and a half points. it may well end up being enough to hold off lake. we are going to see some of the same day votes getting added here. like its number take up a little bit here. but robson came in today as the underdog. right now at 60% in, has a real shot at this. over the next couple hours, we re gonna see a trickle of the vote that was cast today get added to this. but that is basically gonna stop, and then maricopa county is the biggest one. here the
endorsed the big lie that donald trump should somehow still be president. again, that s a lie. so let s get right to it. you know who i m talking about, steve kornacki back at the big board. where do things stand right now? the biggest story of the night this one, kansas. constitutional amendment that would say the constitution in the statet of kansas does not provide for the right to abortion goes down tofo defeat, goes down to defeat, overwhelmingly. this is a tremendous surprise what happened here. a lot of people did not see the fact of no winning coming nor the magnitude of it. ite will be significant politil repercussions from this result. also the potential here just in terms of you see where the no vote, a lot of energy in the suburbs ofin kansas city. democrats have been saying, hey, that s the area that those are the kinds of voters who will turn out in november, too, for f democrats. we ll see if that happens. this is the biggest headline of the hour certainly. a
strained relationship between china and the united states. and on capitol hill, kyrsten sinema is in the spotlight. the arizona senator is staying sigh leapt on whether she will support a major bill for her own party. good morning and welcome to way too early on this wednesday, august 3rd. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for being with us. we re going to begin with that major victory for abortion rights. voters in kansas have rejected an effort to remove the right to the procedure from the state s constitution. this marks the first time abortion rights was put to a vote since the supreme court overturned roe v. wade back in june. with the november midterms coming up, the kansas vote signals that abortion could be an energizing issue. according to an associated press estimate, turnout for yesterday s primary far exceeded other recent contests with about 900,000 kansas voters casting a ballot. president biden celebrated the win, writing in part, this vote makes clear what
up early on way too early. morning joe starts right now. relief. excitement. joy. i m very proud of our fellow kansans. we were telling people in neighboring states that their rights were no longer intact. they had to flee their states to get care. the cards were set against us from the start. as a husband i do not look forward to trusting the legislature to protect the rights of my wife. we re avoiding a huge horror that would have come to kansas. one of the things i heard, you may be against abortion for yourself, but you can t be against it and make it for someone else. this is my life on the line, too, is this my right. tonight, we get to say to kansans, you can still get care here, you re still recognized and make your own medical decisions. reaction from kansas last night, as voters turned out in high numbers to protect abortion rights in that conservative state. it was the country s first best of the issue since the supreme court overturned roe v.