In about 1 4 of the states. You can see that on the map, all the states in pink, red orange and purple have closed and results are beginning to come in. In fact, the Associated Press has called races in kentucky where Mitch Mcconnell is declared the victor and the two South Carolina senate races, and in West Virginia all going to the g. O. P. We have cameras at the headquarters for Mitch Mcconnell and Allison Grimes and you see rand paul talking to supporters at the mcconnell headquarters and what it looks like over at the Allison Grimes headquarters in kentucky. Later on tonight as their speeches get underway, well certainly be there so you can hear what they have to say. Our colleague, steve scully, will be out all night at the desk looking at the details of the votes as they come in. Lets see what he has for us. Susan, you mentioned West Virginia. Thats a pickup for the democrats where senator Jay Rockefeller is retiring, First Time Since 1942 a republican has won in the senate race in the senate race, Shelley Moore capito. There was a photograph tweeted out a short time ago from the Mitch Mcconnell campaign, its senator Mitch Mcconnell on the phone as Allison Grimes conceded the election and tweeted out a short moment ago, and the networks declaring Mitch Mcconnell the winner. Lets go through the numbers beginning with kentucky where senator mcconnell is heading back to the u. S. Senate and if all goes as the republicans expect he will be the next majority leader with about half the vote reporting in kentucky, senator mcconnell is 54 in terms of raw numbers and about 364,000 votes compared to Alison Lundergan grimes, seven Campaign Appearances by the clintons getting 43 of the vote 290,000 votes in terms of raw numbers. In georgia, important to keep in mind if a candidate does not get 50 of the vote, they face a runoff with the top two contenders in early january. Right now david perdue is above that number at 59 compared to 40 for Michelle Nunn. These are early numbers and only 1 reporting in georgia. In North Carolina, this is one of those states where the democrats must hold on to if they have any hope of maintaining majority in the u. S. Senate. Right now the speaker of the house in the state of number tom till us, the republican, with 63,000 votes, 1 reporting, compared to 52,000 votes to kay hagan trying to seek a second term. In New Hampshire where senator Jeanne Shaheen is facing another term facing a tough challenge with scott brown with 80 reporting in New Hampshire and she has about 57 of the vote share compared to 43 for republican scott brown, the former senator from neighboring massachusetts. In virginia, this has the potential of being the surprise pick of the night with ed gillespie, 24 now reporting, 54 of the vote. 248,000 compared to just over 200,000 for incumbent senator mark warner. In West Virginia, where you indicated Shelley Moore capito is the winner and 38 of the vote for natalie tennant. The numbers will continually be on the bottom of the screen and check out the results in the house, senate and governor races any time on cspan. Org. Christina ballantoni is the editor and chief of roll call. And she and her team is one of the publications focusing deeply on capitol hill and have been following these races and the ramifications of the results for quite some time and joins us from the roll call newsroom. Lets start with Mitch Mcconnell. Im looking at your newspaper from this morning, election day, with the headline, mcconnells eyes on the prize. Birs he had to win his reelection bid. In the final rankings you still had senator Mitch Mcconnell among the top 10 most vulnerable senators and yet that race called early. What was the trajectory in that race that turned it around for the leader. Im interested to see what the final returns ended up being. Ive been talking to democrats in kentucky the last several days and they were feeling confident and felt like they had momentum for grimes and felt like they had a strong message and the Clinton Family is very powerful and invested in grimes early. I figured it would be close but my money was on mcconnell winning reelection regardless whether republicans win back the volume of control of the senate but the fact they called this race immediately once the polls closed suggests a large win. Kentucky is a pretty republican state but its really an extraordinary turnaround. This is a man who was incredibly unpopular back home very low Approval Ratings as low as Barack Obamas in kentucky and also someone who faced a primary challenge and we talked about matt behalfen and Mitch Mcconnell fended that off and Alison Grimes had the state to herself to define her own message but she had some stumbles and didnt help her when she refused to say whether she voted for the president and got a lot of attention from the democrats who were irritated with her and throw that in the fact that Mitch Mcconnell is an able campaigner and knows his state well and has been serving since 1984 and someone who was really primed and now appears ready to take a new job if the republicans are able to net those six senate seats. You mentioned West Virginia, theyre already won on their way and is an expected flip to capito adding to more women in the senate. Its early but the republicans are feeling good. Christina ballntoni will continue with us and we begin with your interactions, the hallmark of the cspan coverage is having you be a part of the process. Here are the phone lines if youd like to be involved. 2025853800. Our line for independents, 2025853882. Facebook, find the cspan site and theres already a vibrant conversation going on there and finally our twitter page, post a comment there and well mix all that in as the night progresses. Well, you suggest, also, the Senate Control may not be known known wednesday. What are some of the areas that are really very contentious that might stand in the way of having an absolute set of results tonight . Well, theres a whole bunch of them, actually. Some of the reasons we expected to be called early New Hampshire, virginia and new jersey. The polls have closed. But in North Carolina, the polls closed at 7 30. And this was a ray senator kay hagan, in a good year for the democrats and barack obama won North Carolina for the First Time Since 1964, i believe, or 1968 for the Democratic Party and she barely won that year. Then in 2012, barack obama barely lost to mitt romney and this always will be a close race and the operatives weve been talking to on the ground, they say theyre prepared for recounts and for a razor thin margin there. Dont forget, it takes a very long time to count votes in alaska and wont hear results until after midnight. And some of these ballots have to be transported by plane, in some cases sled dogs. This is a state we may not know for several days if its close between the senator, a democrat and dan sullivan, who the republicans are excited about. Thats not to mention the two states where you need a majority of the vote to win and if you dont have the majority of the vote and theres more than two candidates on the ballot because they do these jungle primaries or theres a Third Party Candidate clearing a certain amount of the ballot, that goes to a runoff. In louisiana were talking about a runoff if senator Mary Landrieu who is not able to cross the 50 threshold, we dont know what happen there is. And in georgia, Michelle Nunn, an open seat, she is running strong but if shes not able to clear that 50 shes likely to head to a runoff with businessman david perdue and thats not until january 6. This is an absolute organizational nightmare. Lets say you dont know until january 6 after all the new members get sworn in, its going to be a mess and of course its a great story and fun for us to cover. As reported the last couple days, the parties have chartered jets waiting outside of washington, d. C. And teams of people ready to go into states where there might be a contest of the results. Yeah, and you know go ahead. Think about minnesota and how long it took for senator al franken after a recount and legal battle. Its months and months and months until we had him actually take the oath of office as a senator. Things can be tied up for a long time and the question calls for how close is it, does it put pressure on independents in the senate to caucus one way or another and we havent mentioned even kansas where a possible republican senator pat roberts could lose and independent greg orman who joe biden said hes confident he would be with the democrats. Theres just a lot of complicating factors here which is one reason why politick is so fun. Well come back and talk more about the legislator. But steve scully has been looking at governor races and has results. Speaking of close a close one in florida. Heres the latest numbers from the Associated Press. We should caution you as well, some of these early numbers coming from the rural areas and a lot could change as the evening progresses but in florida where its statistically a dead heat between Charlie Crist, the democrat and republican rick scott seeking another term. Also in georgia, keeping a close eye on the results in that race because jason carter, the grandson of former president jimmy carter right now behind incumbent nathan deal with 60 for governor deal. The same situation in georgia where you must receive 50 of the vote. In ohio, not much of a contest governor kasich easily seeking reelection from fitzgerald. 61 for the governor and for the democrat, Edward Fitzgerald 36 and in South CarolinaGovernor Haley winning against her opponent vincent sheheen. Every Election Night theres always a surprise and this potentially has the surprise of the night now where ed gillespie with 52 of the vote compared to 56 for senator 46 for senator mark warner. We should point out much of virginia has yet to report and could make a difference in the senate race. In kentucky were keeping our eye on Mitch Mcconnells headquarters and as soon as he comes out youll hear what he has to say about his own victory but what he sees as prospects for republican control of the senate. Well begin with phone calls. Our first one up is matt calling us from harrisburg pennsylvania. Matt, youre on, and intent. Matt, are you there . Caller yeah, im here. I noticed there was a race where voters are voting against somebody because that candidate refused to reveal whether she voted for obama. Host thats the kentucky race we talked with Alison Grimes and in the debate she was pressed on it and wouldnt say who she voted for. Caller thats the reason im voting against her and the right to private voting. Host christina, thats the argument in fact she made in her reply. Yeah, and this really gets a lot of the fundamental tension between the Democratic Party and the Obama Administration right now and democrats in congress. You know democrats are pretty frustrated, they wanted to see more change or bigger change and wanted certain things out of the president he didnt deliver or they dont like the fact that were engaging in more war or things like that and so it puts them in this box where theyre unhappy with him but doesnt necessarily make them excited about the Democratic Party even if the Democratic Party is distancing itself from him. So its a really difficult situation. And you know, people keep saying the president wasnt out there campaigning. Well, he campaigned for a number of these democratic gubernatorial candidates. He pretty much went in person for all the competitive races except for Charlie Crist in florida, conversely Michelle Obama went to florida. The president did some roll calls for a lot of these candidates. The only Senate Candidate he campaigned for is gary peters in michigan who looks pretty likely to win the open senate seat retiring senator karl levin there over the republican terry land. So its a tough position for the president to be in and these Democratic Candidates. They all voted for the Affordable Care act but certainly dont agree with his policies. Host while were talking about the president , if the republicans are successful in recapturing the majority, what do the next two years look like for him in the senate . Guest so you know, im an optimist. People ask this question all the time and i like to think it is possible that washington can break gridlock. I think that republicans understand that the message voters are sending regardless of how the actual numbers play out in the senate, at the end of all these senate contests, voters are saying theyre tired of nothing happening. Theyre tired of the fighting. They would like to see something accomplished. So republicans are already laying the groundwork for things where they can see compromise. Tax reform is probably the largest thing that you hear about. But theres no guarantees. And john boehner has a very different and difficult caucus to deal with that is now growing bigger and possibly more difficult. Mitch mcconnell has his own issues, you know, ted cruz is going to continue to push that caucus to the right if they are in power and it will be a challenge. But the president also doesnt want to have his last two years be nothing on the board. So this is a sense where theyre looking for areas that they can come together and spending might be the most likely of those scenarios. I would not expect a big compromise on Immigration Reform. I know a lot of immigration advocates are disappointed to hear that but thats not in the cards. Host irwin is watching us in georgia and hear senator mcconnell is coming up soon but what is your comment or question. Caller im calling from georgia. Barrow was not on the ballot. Host i wanted to ask a question about spending because the North Carolina race which you earlier referenced is on track to be the most Expensive Senate race of this cycle and probably history. And im wondering about when the story is rin of this years campaigns, what will the headline be about money . Guest my gosh, you know, its only going to get more and more. Its always fascinating to me when you hear these Car Dealerships in arkansas or even south dakota saying i cant get an ad on the air from mid september all the way through until the election because all of the air time is purchased. There is a saturation point. And so many times you talk to voters at the polls who say theyre voting just to make the ad stop or the robocalls stop. Spending will continue to increase. The Supreme Court opens up sort of a bit of a flood and allowed for a lot of legal spending in a way that people are going to continue doing it. I mean a lot of people assume the republicans are outspending the democrats. Its actually the other way around. Democratically aligned super pacs have overspent. Host well interrupt you to go to Alison Grimes in kentucky. Lets listen. Thank you very much. Well good evening. Good evening. 16 months ago, we began a journey, a journey to send a message that washington just isnt working for kentucky, that we want to actually put the people of this state first instead of partisan politics. Along that journey, we showed this nation what the commonwealth is truly capable of, breaking records here in this state with our fundraising leading the nation with our work leading the nation with our work to build a grass Roads Organization unlike any the commonwealth has ever seen with over 50 offices and 6,000 volunteers and momentum from pikeville to paducah to northern kentucky. [cheers and applause] this was made possible. This was made possible. Because of an amazing husband, an amazing family my fellow constitutional officers, governor bashir, governor collins, governor brown, governor jones, governor patton, and importantly, a dedicated staff and each and every one of you. Well, tonight didnt bring us the result that we had hoped for, this journey, the fight for you, it was worth it. I will continue to fight for the commonwealth of kentucky each and every day. My hope is the message has been sent to congres