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That it inflicted. First, the latest numbers for california. Joe biden and california state senator winning big taking all of the states 55electoral votes as expected. The biggest haul in the Electoral College by a predictable victory. Here is where the poplar vote stands. Biden with a slight edge in the poplar vote. Those votes are still being counted. The key is the Electoral College. Right now biden leads with 237electoral votes and trump has 213. 270 votes are needed to win. You can see neither candidate has reached that threshold with some swing states still too close to call. Our political reporter, greg lee, has been watching it all. What is happening in the critical swing states . Reporter good evening. It is clear this race will come down to the swing states. Likely to be close. Frankly it will take time to count the ballots. Lets look first at the midwest where much of the attention is the three states President Trump flip inside 2016. The blue wall that he broke through in michigan so far the state has seen a historic number of absentee ballots returned. Trump is leading biden 5445 . In wisconsin so far 92 reporting. A very close race. President trump leading 5147. One note here Election Officials have said in many counties absentee ballot numbers will not be reported until they are all counted. And, pennsylvania, critical 20electoral votes, 65 reporting, trump leading biden 5742 . One state that remains close, georgia, 92 reporting, President Trump 52 , joe biden 47 with still a lot of absentee ballots to count. Now to one of the surprises of the night so far. Fox news called arizona for joe biden. The last time the state voted for a democrat was in 96. In one of the major prizes of the night, florida, fox news calling this one for President Trump. This was essentially a mustwin for the president and he delivered 51 48 with 99 reporting. Lets go to ktvu now for more reaction on the president ial race so far tonight jana . Reporter it has tight all night greg. Joe biden came out in the past halfhour, a drivein rally he got up on stage and addressed the crowd feeling confident but cautious. Here is what he had to say. We are feeling good. We are feeling good about where we are. And we believe they said we won arizona and we are confident. And the turnaround we call today for minnesota and he will still in a game in georgia. Although that is not one we expected. And the best people there at the drive in rally. Declaring the victory and he said he was going to be waiting like everyone else for the results. Talking to a Trump Campaign dylan here in california. Here is what she had to say. The president successfully expanded our partys reach beyond the traditional republican base. He garnered a large number of votes from independents and democrats just like Ronald Reagan did and critically in states like florida and you will see in others he has significantly expanded our reach in the minority community. Reporter and members of the Trump Campaign are feeling optimistic that president sent out a tweet tonight saying that he believes that they are going to win big. We are waiting to see if he will make an announcement. He has been hosting an Election Night party at the white house. His twitter feed unusually quiet. His campaign sent out an email asking for fundraising dollars saying they believe that it is going to be a historic win much like it was in 2016. We await the president s comments, thank you very much. It is passed 1 00 a. M. There. Democrats have been hoping to gain control of the senate. Democrat mark kelly has won arizona and colorado has been called for john hickenlooper. Republican the auburn football coach has won alabama he is a republican. 8 seats still have to be decided. Democrats are expected to keep control of the house and possibly add more seats. Nancy pelosi is hopeful snow am here just to sing the praises of our House Democrats not just in terms of numbers. It is not just about the quantity it is about the quality of leadership they provide for our country. Now, brian, before we get to the results we heard joe biden speak moments ago, we are awaiting possibly trump to speak what would you expect to hear from the president . Basically the same thing that we have heard from Vice President joe biden that is, they are hopeful on the republican side of the ticket. Joe biden currently with the lead, at this point, julie, donald trump needs to run the table of the rest of the states to win this. Yes. What do you think of the numbers so far . We saw arizona flip turn blue tonight any other surprises so far be sides arizona . Not really. You know, much of what we expected occurred. It is one flip state that has occurred. We will have to see how these other states that are out there, wisconsin, michigan and pennsylvania, north carolina, georgia, nevada i expect to go to biden. But, we will see. And, in those states there are a lot of votes, michigan, 20, georgia, 16, wisconsin, 10, in nevada 6. If you near the biden camp what are you thinking right . If you are in the trump camp, what are you thinking right now . We all know what President Trump had to do based on the polls and it seems like so far pretty much everything has broken towards President Trump. So far but we will have to see what happens in the states i just mentioned. At the end of the day joe biden has to be feeling good and democrats feeling good tonight. At the end of the day, though, once again, we have a country that is essentially split down the middle on who they want as president. We will have to break it down later, frank, as if there was a shift in the his panic and latino vote and black vote and the other folks around the country and among women to see who was voting for him. Brian i want to ask you, a lot of eyes on the midwest. Wisconsin, pennsylvania, michigan, mixed signals, though, minnesota was called quickly for joe biden. Do you glean anything from the neighboring states from what we expect in the midwest . It is possible that trump takes that to a vote. We remember he eeked out a victory against hillary clinton. He may win that again tonight. But, georgia, north carolina, big gets for trump. Jacks up electoral votes. We can come up with something that is razor thin at the end of the county. But we have a lot of counting to do. Yes. Still a lot of votes, a long way to go. Still could be a couple days based on what the Election Officials and the midwest states told us. Thank you very much for your time. Absolutely. Ballot counting is still happening. We go to the register office, how is it going . Reporter going smoothly. We are watching results come in from 153 polling places. Coming in the red patches in the form of cards ready to be entered into the system. With so much early voting the moment to start tabulating started with more drama than usual. With a push of a button hundreds of thousands of ballots were processed the past week were tabulated and within minutes 41 of the votes were in 41 for joe biden for that first batch. All evening we were watching scanners reporting stacks of ballots from mail boxes and drop boxes. The inperson votes from the polling places are collected at the sites and received electrically. This Election Year Voter Registration surged to a level never seen before in contra costa surprising veterans. I never thought that it would hit 700,000. When i got here we were about a little over 500,000. But, voters have register inside huge numbers. A year ago when we started planning for this election we estimated we would have 700,000 voters and on the last day of registration we actually hit that number exactly 700,000 voters. Always Little Things that happen but it has been a smooth election. I am proud. Voters have been awesome in that they listened to what we asked them to do, vote early, vote safely, use the ballot we sent them. As the voting ended tonight, caravan of cars pulling out from the polling places, staff, seasonal workers, volunteers bringing in all of the supplies and records after breaking down the sites. So, certainly covid19 changed the pace and ph of the protocols how it was conducted this season but as across the bay area a lot of pride in the department and how so many challenges have been overcome. Frank . Live for us tonight, debra, thank you. A reminder you can find results for a number of races at the bottom of your screen. You can also go to ktvu. Com where we are posting realtime results for local races, californias propositions and there are a number of key propositions. And also, county by county results in the race for president. It is all on our web site ktvu. Com. We are just getting started. After the break, watch parties around the bay area, we will show you the scene in San Franciscos Mission district and the changes in place to deal with the pandemic. Then we will take you across the bay to where a group of republicans gather to watch the Election Results come in. Give you my world how can i, when you wont take it from me you can go your own way xfinity mobiles fast nationwide 5g network meets the first iphone with 5g. Get the new iphone 12 on xfinity mobile. And right now get 250 off. Learn more at an xfinity store today. Seasoned curly fries, with triple cheese and bacon or chili cheese. Try my sauced and loaded fries. Its pretty delicious. Businesses boarded up their windows this afternoon. The police had warned that they had information that groups planned to organize looting at the mall this evening. They alerted the mall which closed early and shut off entrances to the bay area center. A few shoppers that showed up said they were disappointed. I was going to go to macys and get some perfume for my family and things. But, i dont think so. I dont know. The police say they are stepping up their staffing in the area. There is no word of criminal activity tonight. In San Francisco Mission District there was an election gathering there that is a poplar place for political discussion, it was moved outside. Amber lee has a look at how it is going, amber . Looks like it cleared out a lot . [ laughter ] reporter yes it did. In fact it ended just before 10 00. People tell me they are passionate about their support for former Vice President joe biden. Reporter this is an outdoor Democratic Watch Party held in San Franciscos Mission district. People arrived wearing masks, workers measured the distance between 38 tables. The election is something that everyone in the United States is involved in. I want to be with people that feel like i do. I want to be with people even six foot distance and mask. Reporter estimated crowd of 200 people who support former Vice President joe biden attended. Some visiting from out of town. I feel good. It is a bit early to tell. I am excited to see what happens. I have a lot of faith in the momentum behind joe biden. Definitely nervous. I really hope biden wins. It comes down to the key states we wont know for days or weeks. I am optimistic. Keeping a close eye on the results coming in from all across the country. I am anxious. Really aeufrpblgs. Not taking anything for granted. After the last time, just waiting, just waiting, trying not to lose myself. Reporter one first time voter says he is thinking about the safety. I just hope that this election goes smoothly and that there is not a lot of violence or people dying or getting hurt. People left in an optimistic mood. Telling me that they will not be the sigh of relief until Election Results are in from around the country. Julie . We are all watching and waiting for some type of outcome that may take awhile. Amber, thank you. The republicans organization gathered to cheer on their candidates and watch the result come in. They had 100 people, sold out event and dozens that were interested in attend handwriting to be turned away because of space with covid19 restrictions. The president of the organization told us earlier this evening they were keeping a close watch on proposition 15. Businesses have really been devastated by the coronavirus and you know, raising office rent and commercial space rent dramatically, that is what is going to happen, it will be just another nail in the coffin for a lot of Small Businesses that are struggling. The groups president told us they want proposition 22 to pass that measure classifies appbased drivers as independent contractors and not employees. We will check in on more of the propositions coming up after the break. First here is a look at a local race measure s1 in oakland making changes in the oversight process at the Police Department. Independent of the Police Department looking into how the police handle misconduct claims and requiring the police chief to get requests from the police commission. Right now it is leading in a big way with 81 , well be right back. beeping sound that came from me. Really. My first idea was in one quarter of an hour, your savings will tower. Over you. Figuratively speaking. But thats not catchy, is it . Thats not going to swim about in your brain. So i thought, what about. 15 minutes. 15 percent. Serendipity. 15 minutes could save you 15 or more on car insurance. Now to the most expensive proposition in california history, prop 22. The initiative to create a loophole in the state law to designate the status of app drivers as independent contractors instead of employees. Right now the results show 58 voting yes, 42 voting no. We still have quite a bit to go in that total vote count. Reminder you need more than 50 for a proposition to pass. Ktvu has been in touch with both sides who are closely following this and joins us live. Reporter a lot is at stake for companies uber, lyft and doordash, raising 220 million and Television Ads to get prop 22 passed. It has taken an early lead. Still, too close to call but so far returns indicate that californians want Ride Sharing Companies uber, lyft and doordash to keep them as contractors and not reclassify them as employees. If passed prop 22 would make these companies exempt from a now state law that would require socalled gig economy appbased companies to offer Health Care Benefits and unemployment insurance. Opponents of prop 22 say drivers should have basic protections. Reaction tonight from two lyft drivers here in the bay area. One for and one against on the early results. I think they know it is guarantee based service that we need. We need drivers to remain independent and so that we have flexible hours. We are going to make sure every vote is counted. Organized. No matter what the outcome is. We are getting stronger through this campaign and we will continue to organize. If prop 22 failed uber and lyf, it is as workers jobs will be cut and fares will be raised. I reached out tonight and the companies tell me they are waiting to comment until a final call is made. Now, again, this proposition does require a simple majority to pass. Legal battles will continue. Greg . Hotly contested race that ruled the airwaves leading up to tonight, thank you very much. There are races on the state ballot. Heather holmes is tracking those. Heather . Reporter frank, every year we see a range of hotly contested ballot and this is no exception. Millions and millions were spent on this measure. Right now we will take a look at six of them starting with proposition 15. Now, it was one of the big money battles as well and one of 2 property tax measures on the ballot. It would raise property taxes on businesses with the money going to schools and local governments and lets go ahead now and look at the results so far in this case as you can see here it is neck and neck with the vote split right down the middle. Now we want to move on to proposition 16. It would repeal the ban on affirmative action and hiring and contracting decisions and right now as we take a look at the latest results on the screen this measure is failing. Now the second measure dealing with property taxes, 19, homeowners over the age of 55, disabled or victims of natural disasters to transfer part of their Property Tax Base with them when they sell their home and purchase new one and tax restrictions for those that receive family properties. A lot of the money from the measure would go to fund wildfire agencies. This fight had more than 100 million behind it and as you can see now the current tally shows that the yes vote is slightly ahead here, 53 to 47 . Now, proposition 21. It would allow cities and counties to put rent control policies into place for Certain Residential Properties over 15 years old and taking a live look now at the latest results voters soundly rejecting the idea to expand rent control. Another one, 23, pits for profit dialysis. Tightening regulations against dialysis clinics. 144 million was spent in the fight over this measure and as of right now as you take a look at the latest results it is headed for defeat. Finally lets talk about proposition 25. It would end cash bail as a way for people accused of a crime to secure a release before the trial. Owner of the clippers contributed 3 million to the yes campaign. Right now his efforts to get it passed are falling short. No leading this race, 54 to 46 . Frank, spending on this year totaled 760 million. So much money spent to try to sway voters showing just how much was at stake this election cycle, frank . All right, heather holmes, thank you. As we take a break now here is a look at a few local measures in berkeley measure ii would increase police oversight. It would change the way the Police Misconduct is investigated and extend the deadlines for the public to filed complaints against police officers. It also lowers the burden of proof. 85 yes,