walker s $6.4 million. take a listen to what georgians are seeing on television. so i ve been telling this little story about this bull out in the field. what on earth? and three of them are pregnant. there is no substance. there s nothing. so you know you ve got something going on. reporter: so in terms of those voting numbers we saw about 80,000 voters come out on saturday and even more on sunday excuse me, we had about 80,000 voters come out on saturday and about 90,000 voters come out on sunday. so a lot of enthusiasm here on the ground, jim. we will see how that plays out in the final numbers. eva mckend, thanks so much. president biden is back at the white house this morning, hoping congress can push through some of his priorities before republicans take over the house next month. on the list a government funding bill raising the debt ceiling,
continues. five days after the nation went to the polls the biggest remaining question is who will control the house with votes still being counted in 20 races republicans are in the lead with 211 seats. the gop needs seven more to win the majority. now, democrats have achieved what seemed almost inconceivable just a few days ago. cnn projects they will maintain control of the senate. now any moment in arizona we re expecting a huge new batch of voting numbers from maricopa county. the new tally could have a huge impact on one of the most watched governors races in the country. trump fire brand kari lake trails katie hobbs. let s begin this hour in arizona. cnn s kyung lah, she s been reporting in arizona for years. she s one of the best people to help explain what s going on there. what is the latest? reporter: well, i ll give it a go at least.
cut into the lead held by democrat katie hobbs. let s begin this hour in arizona. kyung lah is at the maricopa county election center in phoenix, where those voting numbers were just released. kyung, what s the latest there? reporter: i m looking down at my phone because we re just getting responses from the campaigns. i want to start by saying the kari lake campaign has not really said anything to reporters. and that s an unusual pattern. most nights, there has been confidence. they have given us an indication that they still think they re going to win. the latest that we re hearing is that they re going to wait. they re going to wait and see. we are seeing a statement that katie hobbs she is the democrat that she has just posted on twitter, saying that they believe with this latest tabulation result, that katie hobbs is the unequivocal favorite to become the next governor of arizona. that s a bit of confidence, given that these numbers are
election message. this is really deadly, man, democracy is on the ballot this year. trump-backed election deniers running for secretary of state positions in four key states, michigan, minnesota, arizona and nevada all lost with fewer voting numbers showing those contests animated voters more than some of top of the ticket governor s races. secretaries of state in most states are powerful because, among other duties, they certify election results. now, numbers, of course, can be interpreted in many ways lies, damned lies and statistics as mark twain once said. but the pattern seems notable and 5dz weight to the refrain from some republicans that candidate quality matters. perhaps nowhere more so than at the top of the 2024 ticket. bret? republicans hope in the
early voting numbers. a lot of the will probably come into case game have already cast their ballot because over 2 million georgians voted early in person. but we are still seeing the candidates on the trail. herschel walker was here and offenses morning. senator warnock is going to be in savannah tomorrow making their final push to tell voters who haven t voted to get out and vote. we have spent weeks talking to voters across the state about the issues that are driving them to the ballot box this year. regardless of political affiliation, we consistently hear voters talk to us about the economy. inflation. but that is not the only issue that is driving them to the polls. there are other factors at play, as. well listen to some of what we have heard. inflation. just the policies and changes. they re just cutthroat. the fuel. i really care about health care and making sure everyone is insured. i think we need that as georgians. the top three was military, air service, as well as i