fresh election results in this morning and some hints of democratic optimism. i m john berman. brianna is off, cnn chief white house correspondent kaitlan collins here in morning. a lot to see in these races from last night. it really s when you look closely again, hints, which was, scents. everyone is wanting to pick up on those to know what to say come november. there were some big names on the ballots in several states but it s the special elections in new york that could point to national trends. cnn projects that democrat pat ryan will win the battleground 19th district, this is a district that joe biden narrowly carried in 2020 and that republicans really had hopes of flipping. democrats worked to make abortion rights the central issue in this race, much more on this in just a moment. also here in new york powerful committee chair jerry nadler defeat carolyn maloney which illustrated redistricting struggles for democrats. in florida val demings the former po
powerful committee chair jerry nadler defeat carolyn maloney which illustrated redistricting struggles for democrats. in florida val demings the former police chief in orlando will challenge senator marco rubio for his seat and governor ron desantis will be facing former republican governor and now democratic congressman charlie crist in a race that chris says is about much more than the governorship, it s about stopping desantis national rise. make no mistake about it because this guy wants to be president of the united states of america and everybody knows it. however, when we defeat him on november 8th that show it over. all right. joining me now cnn senior data reporter harry enten. harry, we led with this idea of hints of democratic optimism based on the special elections we ve seen in new york and actually going back for a few weeks. what exactly are we seeing?