replacement for that city s long-time mayor, tonight with 87% of the vote in, martin walsh with john connelly, seen as somebody who s prioritized education above all of his other issues in this race. it was thought going into this race it was going to be a close one, and it indeed looks close. i love election night, it s like christmas morning and birthday and new year s. we have got so much more straight ahead. in the nation, we know how you feel about your car. so when coverage really counts, count on nationwide insurance. because what s precious to you is precious to us. love, love is strange just another way we put members first. because we don t have shareholders.
having the support of labor more than connelly did. martin walsh former union official. he will be the next mayor of boston. we also have a call from associ press, interesting ballot measure in new jersey. in new jersey, the new jersey state legislature had passed a rise in the minimum wage. and new jersey s republican governor, chris christie was re-elected by a large margin. he vetoed the rise in the minimum wage. supporters of a rising minimum wage put it on the ballot for a statewide vote. and the voters essentially overruled their governor s veto at the same time they turned him back for another term as the the state s governor. associated press called this race. new jersey question too. that will bring new jersey s minimum wage from the federal minimum of $7.25 an hour up to $8.25 and hour and annual cost-of-living adjustmentmes. big change for minimum wage
but, he was still, what these results show tonight. is that the lieutenant-governor candidate, we could say. 4-1 in the race. if there had been late spending for cuccinelli. not cuccinelli s fault. think of the northern virginia vote. chris christie s take. keep talking. huge number of government workers in northern virginia. terry mcauliffe found his margin of victory. if it hadn t been for the shutdown. cuccinelli may have won the race. the first speech of the christie campaign is about to occur in new jersey. we will go to it. obviously, when he begins. steve schm idt? you look at the republican
all eyes seem to be on the great commonwealth of virginia right now. here s where things stand at this hour in the race for governor there, with 87% of the precincts in, it s too close to call. 47% of the vote for ken cuccinelli and terry mccauliffe. chuck todd telling us earlier in the hour that the remaining outstanding votes, to the precincts they re still waiting to get in are mostly northern virginia counties, in a typical year those would tend to lean democrat, but there s no reason to projects from past years, it all matters what happens tonight. the lieutenant governor in virginia was not that close, nbc news has now projected the winner in that race, ralph northam. in the city of boston, where voters are choosing a repla
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