for the toss. its primary night in arizona, kansas, missouri and in washington. polls just closed in arizona with two trump deniers on the ballot. but the big, big story tonight is kansas. voter turnout is high and right now the pro-choice no vote to keep the right to an abortion in the kansas constitution is leading, which would be huge, really gigantic in terms of a victory in a very red state. let s get right to the big board and steve kornacki. steve what is happening there on the ground. this seems like a surprise. is it given the polling going in? take us what we re throughout we re seeing. there wasn t too much polling, one poll showed this very close, the yes leading 47 to 43. what s happening here there s a couple of things generally what you re seeing first of all you re seeing massive turnout. we think now about 800,000 people maybe more are gonna end up voting in this primary. typically in a kansas primary are looking at about 400 or 450,000 something in t
fraud. he is backing several republican candidates who are outright 2020 election deniers. who fully enjoys the big lie,, that donald trump should somehow still be presidents. again, that is a lie. let s get right to, it you know who i m talking about. steve kornacki, back at the big board. steve, where do things stand right now? yeah we ll stephanie, you said the biggest toy so far of the night clearly, this one kansas, this referendum, constitutional amendments. that would stay the constitution and the state of kansas. does not provide for the right to abortion. goes down to defeat, goes down to defeat as you say, overwhelmingly. this is a tremendous surprise whatsapp and here. a lot of people did not see the fact of no winning, nor the magnitude of it. i think it s gonna be a political significant repercussions from this result. also the potential here, in terms of you see where the no votes, a lot of energy in the suburbs of kansas city. democrats have been saying hey,
endorsed the big lie that donald trump should somehow still be president. again, that s a lie. so let s get right to it. you know who i m talking about, steve kornacki back at the big board. where do things stand right now? the biggest story of the night this one, kansas. constitutional amendment that would say the constitution in the statet of kansas does not provide for the right to abortion goes down tofo defeat, goes down to defeat, overwhelmingly. this is a tremendous surprise what happened here. a lot of people did not see the fact of no winning coming nor the magnitude of it. ite will be significant politil repercussions from this result. also the potential here just in terms of you see where the no vote, a lot of energy in the suburbs ofin kansas city. democrats have been saying, hey, that s the area that those are the kinds of voters who will turn out in november, too, for f democrats. we ll see if that happens. this is the biggest headline of the hour certainly. a
administration. and the gop is not happy. but is he worried? plus, speaker pelosi s controversial trip to taiwan. what s she hopes to accomplish while infuriating china. as the 11th hour gets underway on this tuesday night. good evening once again, and here we go! i am stephanie ruhle and there is a big news on this big primary night. nbc news projects voters in the state of kansas have overwhelmingly voted to keep the protection of abortion rights in their state constitution. this was the first test of the right to choose at the polls since the supreme court ended roe v. wade. kansas is one of five states picking nominees for the november midterm elections, which is now just 98 days away. and the polls have now officially closed in all five states. also on the ballot tonight, the former president and his falsehoods about election