debate, which was held tonight in downtown miami florida. the debate just wrapped up seconds ago, after two hours onstage. you can see there, the debate hall, some of the candidates, the five candidates who participated, still milling there. people in the audience the milling there. just finishing up within the last few moments. i am rachel maddow, here at msnbc headquarters, with my colleagues, michael wallace, joy reid, stephanie ruhle and lawrence o donnell. tonight s debate in miami was a home game for one of the candidates, ron desantis. of course, it s the governor of florida, a heck of a lot good that is doing him. a poll out just before the debate shows governor desantis losing his home state, at least as far as the polling says by 39 points against his constituent, florida man and former president donald trump, who was not at tonight s debate, just like the first two debates, former president donald trump was a no-show again tonight. he was about ten miles away, hold
ohio voters have voted to guarantee abortion rights. supreme court overturned roe versus wade last year. voters in seven states, including republican states like kansas, kentucky, in montana, voted to protect abortion rights. the vote tonight nullifies the states six-week abortion ban passed by republicans in the legislature which is being now challenged in court. joining us now, we think, is steve kornacki, the national political correspondent for nbc news and msnbc. or perhaps not. the control room of thought we had steve kornacki, and we thought he was going to be wandering into this studio, but he may be stuck between studios somewhere on this floor. we re going to find. him were going to get him back. instead, joining us now is shan, round and craddock senator from ohio, senator brown what is your reaction to this major news tonight that the voters of ohio have delivered? not surprised and thrilled of course, lawrence i m gonna hijack your show just for a moment and do
and we ll have even more projections as soon as we get them in. i tell you them, give you all the information. polls just closed in states across the country, states including ohio and virginia and, yes, kentucky. and there are a number of candidates and issues that are on the path. tonight, all eyes are on the issue of abortion. last, year after roe v. wade was overturned, republicans across the country felt the black clash of a ballot box, especially in states where abortion was literally on the ballot. and now, tonight, republicans in multiple states are trying to flip the script, make their anti abortion policies see moderate, while pink think pro-choice democrats as the real extremist. look at what is happening in ohio, where a vote to enshrine abortion rights in the state constitution is literally issue one on the ballot tonight. this is how the right is framing that choice. late term abortion is real, and so is the pain. one allows that right up to birth, abortions t
which would you rather? have of course, i think for democrats, there is no shortage of positive feelings that they should have with results like that, but as i have said, the actual specter of 2016 looms large. thank you, my friend, we ll have more on all of that, it is a big night tonight. moments ago, nbc news projected that the democrat andy beshear won the kentucky governor s race. again, we ll have more on that, and we ll have even more projections as soon as we get them in. i tell you them, give you all the information. polls just closed in states across the country, states including ohio and virginia and, yes, kentucky. and there are a number of candidates and issues that are on the path. tonight, all eyes are on the issue of abortion. last, year after roe v. wade was overturned, republicans across the country felt the black clash of a ballot box, especially in states where abortion was literally on the ballot. and now, tonight, republicans in multiple states are
bench than any senate under any previous president. and we aren t done, we aren t done. the senate majority leader, new york senator chuck schumer, gets tonight s last word. the 11th hour with stephanie ruhle starts now. good evening, once again, i m stephanie ruhle, live at msnbc headquarters here at 30 rockefeller center. it is election night in america, and we got the latest results from some key races we have been watching all night long. let s go straight to the man at the hour, steve kornacki at the big board. steve, there is nothing better than seeing you on election night. give us an update. yeah, stephanie, a lot still going on. let s start in mississippi, the governor s race in mississippi, two thirds of the vote at the republican incumbent tate reeves leading presley by 11 points. two key points here i think if you look at these numbers. number one is, we have been waiting all night for the largest county in the state, hinds county, where the state capital of j