So the runoff will be held next month. Youve got to look down to rob maness there. A history making night in iowa. Cnn projects joni ernst to welcome the first iowa female senator. Over bruce braley which was a bruising campaign. In kansas, you dont have to worry were about it, republican senator pat roberts managed to keep his seat. It was one of the most hotly contested race. I guess people do want to know what team youre on when it comes to politics. Cory gardner has won the senate race in colorado. Cnn projects had will defeat incumbent mark udall. Thats a significant pickup for republicans. This is a state that voted for president obama in 2008 and 2012. And in arkansas, tom cotton defeating democrat mark pryor. It was a decisive win for cotton dwight that pryor could keep that seat in democrat hands. In georgia, Republican David Perdue wins the race over saxby chambliss. And democrats hoped Michelle Nunn to flip the seat but republicans take control. And New Hampshire, cnn is projecting Jeanne Shaheen will hold on to her senate seat. She beat the challenger scott brown who came under fire for moving to New Hampshire to run after living and serving in massachusetts. Maybe were expecting the wrong things, other than Jeanne Shaheen, it makes you think that republicans were rolling even more than some expected. Now, north carolina, okay, you could say that was the clincher for republicans. Thom tillis defeated democratic senator kay hagan. It put the gop over the top and control the senate. Now the question is not just if theyll control, but by how much. What will the margin be. Republica republicans steve daines defeats amanda curtis. After fighting for his political life, allegedly, minority leader mitch mchad connell could be the next majority leader. The kentucky senator easily won a sixth term in the senate defeating democrat Alison Lundergan grimes. Two big story lines there. One is she was calling herself a clinton democrat, and remember, she wouldnt say who she voted for. Sometimes, voters want you to be straight. What does this mean for hillary . Yeah, that seems like a tactical error on her part in hindsight. Whoever will be working with them will be working with friendly leadership in the house. Speaker john boehner beating his rival in his district. Boehner expected to run as speaker of the house. Gop congressman Michael Grimm won his third term in district 11. Grimm prevailed despite an indictment for alleged corruption against him. And former American Idol contestant clay aiken finishes in second place again his hopes were dashed by incumbent marinee ellmers in north carolina. Remember, we told you were going to go all day with you and we may wind up here tomorrow morning not knowing everything. Were right. Starting with cnn drew griffin in alaska. We know its hard to poll there but also to count the votes going on all through the night. Drew, hows is going this morning . A lot of people behind you. Reporter yeah, tearing down the party behind me, buddy. Listen, its getting cold because theyre opening up the doors. 90 of voters counted. Dan sullivan, the republican challenger to the democrat incumbent mark begich. Looks like hes going to win. Smells like a victory here but nobody is calling anything in this race. Why . Weve asked both campaigns. The Sullivan Campaign said look theres no mathematical possibly begich could win but he wont concede. Why wont he concede . We got an email saying hes waiting for counts from 70 villages which have been very supportive of him. And hes going to make an announcement when all of those votes counted. So we may wait for 100 of the vote count here in alaska. Really, chris, alaska has already won in terms of power and thats because lisa murkowski, the senior senator will now become the chairman of the energy and National Resources committee. I talked to her had about an hour ago. I said what does this victory mean to republicans . How are they actually going to govern back in washington . Hes what she had to say. We cant sit back and say we want, we want, and focus on 16 and winning again. The responsibility on our shoulders right now is to legislate and to govern. Lets not get bogged down into how popular we are. Lets demonstrate that we have ideas that are sound and positive. That will move our country forward. Allison, she said that republicans worked hard. She will have to work harder with the country. She said they will do that with two republicans. Well see. Lets go to georgia where republicans managed to hold on to a key senate seat. Nick valencia with more on David Perdues big win, nick. Good morning, this was supposed to be a race thats coming down to the wire with analysts saying its going to go into a runoff. Because it was impossible for any candidate to get to 50 plus one vote to avoid the runoff. That didnt happen. A couple hours after polls closed in georgia at 7 00 p. M. Eastern and the ballots started to be tallied it became increasingly evident that david perdue, the republican in the race, was going to pull away and thats exactly what he did. After his victory, he caught up with cnns kyra phillips. Only reason i think were standing here tonight is that this message resonated across the sththat we got to change th direction of the country. As a senator, ive got to reach out to people. For her part in her concession speech, Michelle Nunn was a little more upbeat. She proved that this red state could be a competitive state for Democratic Candidates. In the end, though, she came up short. Chris. Thank you very much. Thats certainly the story line there but there are many others. We have two candidates who faced off in the Louisiana Senate race theye going to do it again next month. Yes, you had Mary Landrieu and republican bill cassidy, but dont forget about mr. Maness. He ended up looming large. Suzanne malveaux in new orleans. Suzanne is not is it showing that a Third Party Candidate have have an impact but where do those votes go . Reporter yeah, thats a main challenge for senator landrieu. All the candidates thrown in here. I had a chance to talk to senator landrieu earlier in the day. She seemed rather relaxed, confident that shed get that 50 plus one. It didnt happen. We expect wild days ahead. She immediately pivoted and challenged bill cassidy to six debates before the runoff. Also launched new posters and slogan, as well as the website saying where was bill . Challenging him on his record in louisiana and made it clear this is not a race against the president , she said, whatever he is, or was, or will be, this is not about him. Congressman cassidy was equally aggressive when she got on the stage saying exactly what she did not want him to do compare her to president obama by saying that she votes with him 87 of the time. And also saying 60 of louisiana voters said they wanted some sort of a rain. And the big question is maness. This tea party candidate. Cassidy or landrieu, where are they going . Its a tough race, chris. And 14 is just a lot. And it makes you think about how the electoral was thinking, we want something different. Even if its the unknown. Suzanne, thank you very much. Well be back to you in a little bit. So the country is now at somewhat of a cross roads here. Lets tack a look at the electoral map turning up brighter shades of reds. Its easy to deal with who wins and loses, what happens is tough. We got john avlon, margaret leaver. Paul bernstein and mark la manno. Of course, theyre all cnn political commentators. Let me ask you, weve seen a lost cycle, seats change hands. Weve seen more happen in the past, 2010, what do you think stands out to you . A totally dispiriting election. I think said that if the democrats won by an equal margin. These candidates ran against things rather than an aggressive message to a real program. They tailored their candidacies to look at particularly popular views with independents rather than being leaders themselves. I think Hillary Clinton coming out really enhanced. Enhanced . You haven seen the hash tag hillaries losers . I think shes enhanced ba us she looked like a leader and shes been consistent in embracing her partys message, a positive message for what she stands for. I think if you look at what the Democratic Candidates did for the most part, running from president obama. I think in the long run it probably was a mistake. At the same time, youve got to look that president obama has not used his victory in the last election to look like a real leader and to go to the country and say, look, i won. Heres what were going to try to do. Join me on this, and if we fall on our faces, well fall on our faces. Had he done that i think this would have been a different election. Almost every single candidate that Hillary Clinton campaigned for lost last night. Its hard to see why shes enhanced thats why this website hillarys losers. It wasnt that president obama wasnt able to campaign. Its that no democratic figurehead was able to help carry even the clintons. Of course, it was a republican map. They know the deck was set. The taken was set for a republican victory last night which is also why i think republicans, we should feel good about it. But we shouldnt read too much into this. The whole point is about fighting the good fight. The democrats who did that or not, who stood up for as a leader versus running away from what they think. John . Lets have a reality check here. The average loss for a president s party, eight seats in the senate, eight seats in the house. Even two weeks ago, republicans thought they were going to lose some seats. Things broke hard their way. One of the takeaway things that both parties have to deal with. Its been said in the past. Gop parties that cant lose midterms and cant win president ials. And its about turnout. Its not cliche. It has profound implications for every president. Youre forgetting that the gop has done well in the senate and house. The governors races theyve done well there, too. That was the spirit of the campaign for me i expect, the senate is going to be lost, we kind of all knew that. The governorships are something that we could hold on, we lost there, too. With the exception of pennsylvania which was a big one the question is why, why do you think you lost . What do you think it means . I think there was a lack of clear narrative. To stand next to president obama. The new york post, known for its subtlety, rarely do i hold up their headlines when theyre not about me. This one, president obama in the barrel. Happened to be the wrong metaphor. However it does happen to be the right image that when the states take power back, theyre taking issues under their own control. People saying we want to seat states do more because we dont trust the fed. There had to be a price to be paid for people who dont like congress. Let them do policy issues we care about. Let them figure out obamacare. One of the big things that happened, republican governors, massachusetts, illinois, as democrat as you can get elected centrist governors and republicans. One thing that the exit poll shows us, first of all, anger at congress, outstripped anger at president obama. And the number one issue is the economy which has been improving. There are things to run on there for democrats but they didnt. They decided to run away from the president. As a result there was no narrative by either party. But these are all votes against. In this election, its people voted against washington, against incumbents. Against the president. Republicans did pretty good last night. People voted against. Particularly against politics as we have it, as usual. In terms of reading this as a partisan message, id be very careful. Really . Yes, and id be very careful if the democrats had won it, too. How can it not be a partisan message when republicans completely destroyed democrats . Even when obama took it back in 2008. Thats usually a partisan message. I think people want to see things get done. Theyre going to see how the congress do, including the senators. People want something done in washington. This is a vote against gridlock among other things. Youre absolutely right. In each of these states we didnt actually see a unifying message that everybody was running against but in a coordinated way. However, there was a sense that people are running against incompetence. And people want the government to work. Theres this sense that under president obamas leadership there has been this unraveling of clear leadership abroad and at home. There was this sense that we want competent leaders in congress. Castrate congress, thats the message. I never saw anybody deliver a line like that. I castrate hogs when i grew up. And it showed particularly well with a negative message. Stick around. Were going to be getting after it all morning. First of all, we have undecided situations to parse through this. County votes in alaska. Were going to give you the most comprehensive coverage we can, at least on television. Ahead, were going to have a recatch all the governor races including rick scott and charlie crist, 13 million of his own money, guess what, made a difference in florida. And voters in three states and washington, d. C. Decided to legalize marijuana. Well tell you where it will soon be legal to light up. 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Floridas medical Marijuana Initiative received more than 50 of the vote but did not get 60 of the vote, and they needed that to pass there. So that doesnt go anywhere. Raising the minimum wage was also a big deal on referendum ballots. We just learned that it passed in alaska. Earlier, we learned it was approved in arkansas, nebraska and south dakota so we see policy issues being taken on, alisyn, on the state level, people want to see action, even if they have to do it themselves. All right, chris. So back to the national picture, few would argue that washington has been broken and muddled down by gridlock in the past few years. So what will become of the capital now that the gop controls both houses. John avlon, cnn political commenter Margaret Hoover and marc lamont hill, good to have you here. What legislation will we see . We will see everything, health care, immigration. Make note of it. I wish, right . I think its an interesting thing. They have to do something to the point that was made earlier. The Republican Party will say, look, we made things happen. Weve got things through the next two years. Theyre going to have to make reasonable suggestions, as democrats, theyre going to have to get things done, its finally actually doable, is immigration, immigration is something that we can make happen. John avlon. Im all four the triumph of hope over experience. And Mitch Mcconnell did campaign on ending gridlock in washington. So lets take him at his word today. But immigration, so many gop candidates campaigned against it. I think the president can say, look, we had a bipartisan margin before in the senate. Do it again work with me in the house. If not after 100 days im going to do executive action. More realistic are things like tax reform, Corporate Tax reform, trade reform. Thing its less sexy but there is common ground. Boehners going to have to look at this caucus and say do i have enough moderates that are null elected that can push that off. I think its much better if boehner came out with a fivepoint plan that hes willing to look at that roughly coincides with priorities. On the top of that is spending reform. President elect obama said that he would like to see spending reform done, entitlement reform. And remember beau and how to end longterm reform. Generational fact. Kumbaya, carl. I dont know kumbaya, but i certainly would go that obama is someone who would like to make deals that would reflect progress towards the economy, particularly on taxes and hes going to be willing to do it. The question is whether this new republican majority is going to be willing to deal, and if they dont i mean, i think in a way that obama gets a kind of new lease in terms of bargaining, even though hes horribly weakened in many ways by this election. And at the same time, hes still the president of the United States. Yeah, absolutely. But then hes got a