committee. in a much more low profile way, those lefty groups were busy challenging establishment candidates this year, too. and tonight they appear to have won big in new hampshire. where the liberal challenger, ann mclean kuster appears to have won against katrina swett. it was almost a foregone conclusion. she is a mull mr. previous candidate. she is also both the daughter of and wife of former congressman. but she lost tonight to ann mclean kuster. and the strong prochoice credentials. joining us now, ezra, msnbc contributor. thank you for joining us again. how are you? same as i was before except more blown away. this is not the big narrative. the big narrative is about what is going on on the right.
blue dog katrina swett facing ann custer. right now, ann custer well out ahead of katrina swett. in new york, where veteran democratic congressman charlie rangel is trying to hold his seat, we cannot give you results in that race. we re keeping a close eye on it. in new york state, the republican nomination for governor. rick lazio facing a strong challenge from carl paladino. with just 6% of precincts reporting now, carl paladino well out ahead of rick lazio. the story of the night, christine o donnell has pulled off the upset in delaware s senate primary. defeating mike castle for the republican nomination for
hampshire, delaware, maryland, massachusetts, rhode island, wisconsin, and the district of columbia. will insurgent conservative movement candidates keep picking off the republican establishment? will the sharron angle and rand pauls of this election year have more company as candidates no one can quite believe keep winning major party nominations for major political office. you can t masturbate without lust. oh dear. tonight s results from the delaware senate primary with keith olbermann, chris matthews and lawrence o donnell, made silver about the stats of what is likely to happen next in november. it s all ahead in this tonight s primary hour of the rachel maddow show. thank you for joining us tonight. and welcome to the last major night of primaries before this year s midterm elections. it is now 9:00 p.m. on the east coast, which means that polls have officially closed in the seven states across the country, holding elections tonight. plus the district of columbia.
polls have just closed in the state of new york, where controversy plagued democratic congressman charlie rangel is trying to hold on to his seat tonight that he has held on to 45 years so far. he is facing five challengers, chief among them adam clayton powell iv. we re still awaiting results in mr. castle now becomes the latest in the long line of republican endorsed candidate to be moved to an outsider. a conservative challenger this year. twp last hour christine o donnell addressed her supporters in dover, delaware. i can t thank everyone by name because we would be here until midnight. so many people have sacrificed so hard. but i specifically want to thank the 9/12 patriots for laying the foundation and stirring thing up in delaware. the founders values group and all the delaware tea party groups. you are the visionaries and leaders who made this possible. you rallied everyday americans outside the political establishment, brought them involved and created a grassr
when as rachel maddow showed these tapes from mtv, there are tapes in which a candidate for senate for the use, which is what she is now, is discussing openly how people shouldn t masturbate? that would seem to be a difficult sell even in delaware. she s going to say it s 14 years ago and she is going to try to not get into repeating those specifics that she got into on that tape. and try to say something that sounds, indicate religiously high minded. that is kind of general. and saying no one should press me on these issues. she may take what she took into a punish you ve and now try to play it as a personal issue that should not be questioned. 30 seconds, it s a speight impression. does she go heavy on the impression or less heavy? look. what she has done so far has worked. so i don t think you re going to see her performance skills changing any. i think she will run this way, all the way to november. lawrence o donal, host of the last word at this hour. september