Desk. Republicans are edging closer to the magic number they need to gain control of the senate, starting with the senate race in arkansas. The incumbent, mark pryor the democrat, has been defeated by tom cotton, a firsttime congressman, a decorated iraqi war veteran, beating him by a wide margin. Taking a look at the other pickup for the g. O. P. And in West Virginia, the republican Shelly Moore Capito taking Jay Rockefellers seat, beating natalie tenant. The first female senator from virginia. In New Hampshire we do not have a decided race, but the incumbent democrat, sheen shaheen leads matt brown, 53 to 47 . In an undecided race in North Carolina, senator kay hagan, the democratic incumbent leading thom tillis, 51 to 46 , with 24 of the precincts reporting. I want to look at virginia, its a decidedly tight race. The democrats thought it was a safe seat for incumbent senator mark warner, with 78 reporting, the republican challenger, political stratist ed gillespie is beating him 514
Throughout cam tan 2014 cspan brought more than 130 candidate dewabatedebates. This tuesday night watch cspans live Election Night coverage to see who wins, who loses, which party will control the house and senate. Our oh coverage begins at 8 00 with results and analysis. You will see victory and concession speeches in some of the most closely watched races throughout the country. We want to hear from you with your calls, Facebook Comments and tweets. Campaign 2014 Election Night coverage on cspan. The rateses for the open u. S. Senate seat in south dakota is being contested by democrat rick wyland, republican and former governor mike rounds and independents gordon howie and larry press ler. Here are some of the recent campaign ads. Hey there. I im the middle class. I know. You dont hear from me often. No one much listens to me anyway. Until now. You have probably seen rick wyland somewhere south of fulton or north of jefferson. Hes out there listening, fighting for me, for medicare an
With mike well have two senators working together to get our country headed back in the right direction. Join me in supporting mike rounds for the United States senate. Im mike rounds and i approved this message. Im larry press ler and i approved this message. Im on the farm i grew up on and have with my brother. The democrats are attacking me for Social Security votes from 30 years ago. The republicans are attacking me for background checks on guns when they know i supported the bob dole plan. On the keystone the press ler pipeline plan is dedicated to north dakota oil, not canadian tarsands oil. Thats south dakota jobs and independence. Its the time to do Something Different on election day youre going to vote for the candidate you really support. Not the one other people are saying is supposed to win. Youre going to make up your own mind and vote on principle, not on Blind Loyalty to politicians who arent loyal to you. My name is gordon uh howie and i i approved this message. With y
Turnout did not go down in those states. In fact, georgia, which has a large africanamerican also in 2010 when there was no when barack obama was not on the ballot. And in 2012, our last president ial election. Do a survey reau election. Their census shows that black voters actually voted at a higher rate in the state of georgia with its voter i. D. In place. Indiana which has a photo i. D. Law thats been in place since 2008, thats the law that the Supreme Court upheld. According to the Census Bureau in the 2012 election, black voters outvoted white voters by more than 10 percentage point. So this idea that this is suppressing peoples right no vote is simply not the case and the data shows that. In fact, i think president obama actually agrees with that. He gave an interview about a week ago in which he said, talk about voter i. D. And other laws that most of these laws are not preventing the overwhelming majority of folks who dont vote from voting. Most people do have an i. D. Most pe
There are still 40 seats. This is being updated as we go. Congress with new 40 undecided. There were 36 Gubernatorial Races. Republicans currently have 29. Democrats of 21. 31 republicans will serve as governor. 15 will serve as democratic governors. Five races are still undecided. 202 is the area code for all of our numbers. If you would like to make a comment on yesterdays election, you can send a tweet at cspan or join the conversation on facebook. Greta bronners at the news desk with more results. We will begin with those senate and governors races we dont know yet who the winner is. The Alaska Senate race was closely watched, highly competitive. The former Alaska Department of Natural Resources commissioner the incumbent democrat. Hims him 4945 leading 4945 . Tuesdays election given early lead to the independent over sean parnell. The difference was thin and it remains so. Colorado governors race also to close to call. Thatenver post reporting the democrat in a strong position to