370,000 votes. it is still anybody s game. anderson? yeah, a lot of work appreciated. john king is also looking at the arizona numbers. anderson, 24 hours after the polls close on the west coast, we still have, as we had two years ago, uncertainty about two very important states in american politics, arizona nevada. you just heard from arizona from kyung, let s go to arizona, where kyung is. if you remember the dynamics in 2020 it was joe biden s lead that kept shrinking. he won the state in the end but as the ballots came in. the key is what happens as we go forward and david laid out the percentages in nevada. we have the percentages for our zone as well so we have to watch this play out. it s a vital state. and obviously a vital race, a democratic incumbent facing a challenger from a trump endorsed republican there. it s critical to the 50 50 balance we currently have in the senate. where will it end up? then quickly, in nevada, this is where gary is.
look at the front pages. the post had their headline as defuture for desantis tells you what you need to know to hear about republican politics in 2024 going forward. nbc, a huge win for ron desantis. let s go to arizona where vaughn hilliard is live in phoenix. you ve been covering this race months and months. you know every twist and turn. too early for the senate and governor s race but how is it looking for candidates? everybody is rubbing their eyes on both sides of these campaigns. folks, there s a lot of shoulder shrugging. blake masters down by several points points against mark kelly. and then you look at the governor s race, and overnight kari lake closed had gap significantly against katie hobbs. this is a situation that is
walker and he told georgians it s now up to them. everybody is asking me what s going to happen tomorrow? listen, i am making the case, it s really in your hands. if the people show up, i win. if the people of georgia show up, i win. if the people of georgia show up, we win. are you ready to win this election! so of course a quarter of a billion dollars has been spent on television ads here in georgia. 2.5 million have already voted. the question, who does show up tomorrow? are democrats able to sort of match that republican enthusiasm we re hearing and seeing on the ground. there s no doubt the path to the control of the senate runs right here through georgia. incredible. extraordinary amount of money. let s go to arizona. another crucial raise with kyung lah is out front in
going to look like this year? patience is a virtue, that will what is we will have to take in and hold to be true. let s go to arizona, took days to project the 2020 presidential winner. the later counted ballots in arizona were god for the gop, sometimes the later counted ballots are good for the republicans, some states good for the democrats. a state where it s good for the democrats, georgia the 2021 senate runoff winners weren t projected until the wednesday after the election. here the later counted ballots were good for the democrats in 2021 as well as the 2020 presidential race. nevada again it took place dais to project the 2020 presidential winner, you might be noticing it is a theme, it takes days oftentimes at least back in 2020. here the later counted ballots were good for the gop in 2020, but according to my colleague and our colleague marshall cohen it s unclear if that will hold this year. we will have to wait and see in a lot of these states if these past pattern hol
aguilar, an attorney, and harry reid. we ll know after the polls close at 7:00 pacific time tomorrow night. all right. thank you for being there for us. keep in mind, this is the first midterm election where all registered voters automatically receive mail-in ballots. officials started processing and counting those two weeks ago. those counts will be released after the polls close and may account for more of those early results. so set your expectations accordingly. this is a state where we could see a blue-to-red shift as the counting continues. let s go to arizona now. sara sidner is in maricopa county, another key county in a battleground state that could decide who controls the senate. and there in arizona this could all boil down to the latino vote. reporter: that s right. and we should mention that here in arizona the largest block of voters are actually independents or those who are with a third party. so not democrat or republican. and then following the independent voter