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seats. you haven t had a single one called for the republicans yet. they have mekong for the democrats but the democrats are in the game for all of these. six-point lead for the democrats in north carolina s first congressional district. let s check in in the sixth district of illinois. more than half of voters in. sean casten is leading by more than 11 points of his republican can t be challenger. district 14 and award leading that morton 16 points. sort of water beyond what sheffield county. hayes for the democrats, republicans are very excited about this district, it s very early there. but again, it s that storyline is continuing here, on the house side, where we re just hours in and the only gains republicans have put on the board are in the seats that were drawn to give them gains. steve, thank you. we have a few updates for our viewers in terms of characterizations of various races. and nebraska governor s race. and d.c. can now project that the republican in that race jim pil
sure people know, that early vote, and vote by mail, it could be counted late, it s gonna be really close. a lot of these races will be really close, but there are races that democrats are winning, and abigail spanberger, for example, is a big big one for democrats. the rhode island congressional race, where republicans are thinking that we re gonna win. the new hampshire, i m hearing from new hampshire folks on the ground, they re feeling very good about the house races, but maggie hassan, those are all races just a couple of days ago, people were predicting would be won by democrats. there is a narrative that became completely untethered from the data, at a certain point. i made the mistake of checking twitter 5:30 in the morning. oh, go ahead. i m gonna make a projection right now, we have a projection in that ohio senate race, where nbc news is currently projecting that j.d. vance, he of formerly yell, of silicon valley, will be joining the u.s. senate. defeating tim ryan, cong
races. i think as we unpack, those places like new hampshire, places like colorado, republicans just in last few days we re talking about those could be races that can win and they re gonna lose some pretty handily. i think a lot of suburban voters, we sought an 18, we saw in 20, not just stuck with democratic candidates, but must of produce pretty strong turnout. david plouffe, thank you very much, it s 10:45 right now on the east coast, which means our next poll closings are going to be at 11 pm, at the top of this hour. at 11 pm, i m gonna be looking at close in california, and idaho, in oregon, and in washington. one of the so-called sleeper races of the year, this year, is that washington excuse, me that oregon covers race, where there is basically a three-way race that may put oregon in a position of potentially having a republican governor, despite oregon leaning so blue overall as a state. we have a characterization to make in another closely watched
it is still too early to call but nbc news now says the republican candidate j.d. vance is leading in this ohio senate race. we re gonna be getting more information about that. we re also gonna be taking a quick break right now because when we come back we re gonna be getting oh, sorry we have another call. i hereby interrupt my thought. that there is a projection in the pennsylvania governor s race. democrat josh superior is the projected winner against republican candidate doug mastriano. wow! in pennsylvania, again, you do not have a characterization of a winner level a leader even in the senate race, but in this governor s race, and pc news has projected the winner. josh shapiro versus doug mastriano was one of the starkest, i will say, at the wisconsin races, the governor s race, in the senate race in wisconsin a very stark contrast between those candidates but the pennsylvania governor s