their ballots with the vision for the country very much up for grabs. welcome to america reports on this election day. i m sandra smith in new york. john: good to be with you on this important day, i m john roberts in washington. democrats hope to remain in control of congress to further advance president biden s agenda. republicans believe voters frustrations with how things have gone the past two years will send them back into the majority. sandra: a seat the democrats will likely need to win in order to keep the senate is arizona. there is also a crucial governor s race taking place there. john: a busy show ahead. all-star analysts will preview, and all of the closest races. start with senior correspondent at a polling site in the phoenix suburb of paradise valley. wh john and sandra. the maricopa county elections division says 20% of the tabulation machines in and around the county are malfunctioning, means the ballots are not being counted at the election site w
when we talked with the election supervisor yesterday he told us of the ballots they sent out, only 30% have been submitted. every vote is going to matter, especially in some of the closer races like the ever tightening u.s. senate race here in colorado. you ve got the republican, joe o dea taking on the democratic republican michael bennett, and we spent time with o dea, without the endorsement of trump but he would campaign against trump if he were to run again. if we don t get 2022 right, 2024 will not matter. i m focused on that, stay on my message and make sure we are talking all of colorado, that s important to them. we also got invited to senator michael bennett s final campaign stop out in boulder. he told a packed crowd that he is ready to get started on his