Nbc news characterizing that race for governor as too early to call with the polls closed. Democrats are bracing themselves for a comforting victory, where, of course, another devastating defeat. Recent polling has shown northam with a slight edge but within the margin of error. Gillespie, an aid to george b. Push, is trying to help his establishment bonifides. If he wins, he can provide fellow republicans how to campaign in theably of trump. Lets get the very latest from the race from our own steve kornacki. Steve what do we know . Well, it was 7 00. The polls closed in new jersey. We were an hour away. As you just showed. We have no actual votes in just yet. What can we show you from the exit polls . Lets look at a few of the key questions, we can tackle there. First of all, see if we can call up the areas. Okay. That should call it up. Here we go, the trump factors,
starting in virginia, the president , his Approval Rating, clocks in at 43 , by comparison, last time they had a gover
watch all night. there is a seat there, it goes down into a dangerous hole in the ground. terry mcauliffe won the governorship in 2013 republican in the 2014 rallied. they had a great mid-term year. in all the papers across the country, top of the fold of the east coast, i do think it counts, i think the delegate races count a lot. if hillary is able to win, where she run for president? look out? she ll be talking it up in the globe vivian saw him. a pessimist about news value and the polls in new jersey will be closed at the top of the hour that s 8:00 p.m. eastern. we ll get the first look at who will succeed chris christie. that state cannot wait to succeed chris christie t. garden state. the vote keeps pouring in, in virginia, more than 30% in now. nbc says this race still too early to call. this is hardball, where the action is.
a life-long lobbyist, a part of the republican leadership in the rnc. there is nothing southern about him, really. he s up against the guy northam, whatever you say about him, has a nice southern accent and seems home grown, yet, these numbers come out close, what do you make, steve? make of it? well, i think a part of what you are seeing, chris, is the trump folks are fired up. they re going to turn out all the time. i don t see them going anywhere. they will keep turning out for republican. so gillespie has. that what you have seen gillespie try to do in virginia is try to moderate himself in many ways. not in all ways, obviously, the moving of the monuments, things like that play into that base. i think he is trying to have his cake and eat it too, a bit. ly keep that trump base, i will eat into northern virginia and hopefully keep the lieutenant governor down, win big enough in southwest or south side of virginia, where republicans traditionally have done well, you saw mark warne
house and senate have said no people understand that. and virginia looks a lot like america, the diversity of america. we have exit polling saying health care is the number one issue in america. i have a problem. you argue about the republican tax bill, which i think should get near passed. but you don t offer an alternative to rebuild this country. why do democrats fear to talk about construction, jobs, good jobs, railways, fixing up the country and building a big intercontinental railroad system. doing something that catches up to the rest of the world? why do democrats support public enterprise? i do that all the time, it s about bold opportunities for every community for everyone. stop dithering what republicans are doing and outmatch them. thank you. he does not claim the right to remove the nominee for president. president trump has cast a long shadow over the race, despite having just a 41% approval rating in virginia, not so high.
tweeted the african-american candidate for lt. gov. and the type of leicester they put out that was two-faced. where he was on the leicester when it went to certain neighborhoods in the northern parts of virginia and it was off the 11 in other parts of virginia. so. you think he wasn t in goods and straights with the national labor unions? oh, chris, please, spare me, stop it. not in good straights with the unions, really? you tell me you think it s okay. chris. you say you aren t bothering the issue, you are here arguing the issue. which is snit. i m saying the fact that you want to side step it. because you know daggone well if a republican put out two pamphlets one showing a plaque candidate, the other showing it off 2 pamphlet that you will be screaming to high heaven. will you not get away with it, playing this game. americans push back on it from i share such suspicions as those you just voiced. i just wanted to know whether you are in this fight or watching it. which is