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
choice and they re sensitive about it. you have african-americans voting in big numbers now. is that still a state that you guys own? well, virginia is a purple state. no doubt about it. that s why this election will be close. virginia is and 66 republicans in the house of delegates. we re changing that, that was a hyper jerry mannederer. one thing mr. sha pier rocks i will call you mr. matthews tonight. please. one thing that is so important about this is i think those down ballot races, i spoke to so you buy this as a leading indicator of what your party can do next november few pick up ten seats or so in the assembly there and the house of delegates in that s a good sign? i think it s a good sign. we ll see what happens tonight. i met with most if not all of the challengers, in the last three or four cycles, chris, democrats only contested 45 or so seats. so we see the other 50, 55.