great show, chris, have a great weekend, my friend. you too! y fr thanks to you at home for joining us this evening. we have a lot to get to. every senate race in the country is essentially the most important senate race in the country, with dozens of election deniers on the ballot, and democracy itself hanging in the balance. not one of them is more critical than the georgia senate race. it is the battle that could determine the future control of the upper chamber. that debate tonight, just a few moments ago, actually, between the incumbent democratic senator from georgia, reverend raphael warnock, and republican candidate, herschel walker, is the thing that could tip the scales. the stakes were already high headed into this debate, by the way, it s the only debate that candidates will participate in. for a race that could determine which party controls the senate. in other, words a lot of people have a lot of interest in how this debate went down. especially because, for
and we are 24 days, 19 hours, 59 minutes, 38 seconds and counting until the first polls close on election night. thank you so much for joining us for this election count down, here is what s going to be happening every friday night from now until election day, we are going to be right here, at this hour, at this board, bringing you the latest in polling, the latest data, the latest on the ground reporting and expert analysis as we draw near one of the most anticipated midterm elections in modern memory. that s going to be november the 8th. already, voting started in more than a dozen states. that includes some of the most critical battlegrounds on the board, pennsylvania, florida, wisconsin, just over the last couple of days, ohio, arizona, and a georgia early voting set to begin this coming monday. it is the peach state where we start tonight with our breaking news. a head to head televised showdown this evening between democratic senator raphael warnock, and his rep
critical than the georgia senate race. it is the battle that could determine the future control of the upper chamber. that debate tonight, just a few moments ago, actually, between the incumbent democratic senator from georgia, reverend raphael warnock, and republican candidate, herschel walker, is the thing that could tip the scales. the stakes were already high headed into this debate, by the way, it s the only debate that candidates will participate in. for a race that could determine which party controls the senate. in other, words a lot of people have a lot of interest in how this debate went down. especially because, for the past few weeks, we have endured, seemingly, and this barrage of stories about the republican candidate in particular, herschel walker. there have been reports about domestic abuse allegations, having secret children, paying for an ex girlfriend to have an abortion because he wasn t ready to be a father, that the ex girlfriend was also the mother of
more than a dozen states. that includes some of the most critical battlegrounds on the board, pennsylvania, florida, wisconsin, just over the last couple of days, ohio, arizona, and a georgia early voting set to begin this coming monday. it is the peach state where we start tonight with our breaking news. a head to head televised showdown this evening between democratic senator raphael warnock, and his republican challenger, herschel walker. all year, the georgia senate race has been one of the most closely watched in the country, but that has been even more true that ever over the last ten days. it began with that reporting first from the daily beast by the new york times, that walker had pushed for and paid for his then girlfriend to have an abortion in 2009, a charge that walker has denied. since that reporting, this has become the question when it comes to the battle for control of the senate. will it cost walker the voters? if it does, will it cost republicans a seat the
million ballots have been cast and more to come. the other thing is polling, where they stand in this race right now. the governor leading abrams by different margins, some within the margin of error. and she nodded to that in her closing arguments. she said the polls may not see you, but i see you. and the only poll that matters is at the ballot box. so giving a nod to that as well. jose. blayne alexander, thank you so much. by the way, next hour, we have the kornacki countdown, today, 11:00 a.m. eastern, 8:00 a.m. pacific and streaming on peacock. plus, be sure to check out steve s new podcast the revolution, with steve kornacki wherever you get your podcasts. today at the supreme court, justices are hearing arguments over affirmative action. what students at one of the schools of the center has to