Contract to North Carolina last 30 minutes. Republican edging out the temperature contract hagan by less than 2 Percentage Points in. Arkansas republican tom cotton beat incumbent democrat he can senator prior. In West Virginia republican shelly has become the state first female senator. She defeated democrat contract natalie. South dakota where republican rounds has defeated democrat wheel land in montana voter elected republican dane over democrat curtis. Now that republicans acquainted cell of the senate tonight the Majority Party leader is likely to be con tuck mitch mckonl as we said. Hes won a sixth term tonight l fighting off a challenge by groychlts he gave the pledge to the supporters. You are a cole mine intereastern kentucky cant find work or mom in who doesnt understand why the government just took away her Family Health insurance i have heard your concerns. I have made them my own tough. Will be heard in washington. Update senate races at 9 30. Congressional race in the south bay attracted National Attention. Democrat contract fears democrat contract. Millions spent on the campaign between long time congressman if who serve entered the Commerce Department in the Obama Administration. Him if we look now with more on the race. Lets check in with david law 93 san jose. David. Everyone is witnessing for results right now. You see the party is already going on right here. In santa clara rather. Plenty of food plenty of drink available to help sustain the volunteer who worked so hard during the campaign. We have heard that this may make an appearance around 9 30 to thank everyone for the hard work. Campaign started in april of last year so it has been a long run. There has been no sign of burn out. Some volunteers hired to work this afternoon making reminder call to voters and walking a few neighborhood. Earlier today he expects this contest to unseat incumbent mike honored a. Could be a close race with potential of only 2000 votes deciding who wins. His comments but first a supporter of how she feels tonight. As much as we put into it then we have got but to the send row to congress tomorrow. Of course theres another party similar to this one across town. Thats of course the party for mike conned a. Of course we head over there next to see how things good over tlnd you realize that depending how things turn out tonight for honda this is the beginning of 8 term in congress for the end of long distinct we should career in congress. As for cohn this means a fresh voice in washington representing silicon valley. We are life at the party in santa clara. David lawie abc 7 news it all right david thank you. Now to the california governor race. Jerry brown won unprecedented term beating republican nick. You see the results on the screen. Jerry brown won with 57 percent of the vote. From percent for neal. No surprise whatsoever. Brown really did also campaigning on his own behalf and instead appeared in ads supporting prop 1 and 2. Anthony joins from us the state capitol. Laura . This one actually did go pretty much as the poll predicted perhaps a little tighter than the double digit 20 plus point lead the governor appears to have going into this selection. The governor has one and historic fourth term as governor in california. At 76 years of age. He was able to mount campaign that was very low key but obviously quite effective. Base basic platform less money and store more World Trade Center and in fact did no campaigning for himself but focus almost showily on proposition 1 and 2. Tonight the governor had a quiet dinner. Governor mansion and stepped out just after 8 00 oclock actually about 15 minutes ago to talk to reporters. This particular gift of another 4 years im going to do my very best and i call on all the californians who voted for me those who didnt vote for me im going to work with everyone i can and make make themselves available to do whats right for california. So if you have any question now brown challenger made concession speech about half hour ago right before the governor spok spoke. He wasted little time after the poll close and out come object. He promised he would be back on the political scene some time in the future. Now Governor Brown is expected to make his which here to the Democratic Party headquarters to make an appearance her some time this evening. He was asked over at the governor mansion what he thought of winning a fourth historytor he can term. He said quote i think its neat. Asked what he plans to do in the next term or focus on. He said i focus on what i talk about for the past several week and month. That is save World Trade Center and save money. Live in sacrament sacramento, abc 7 news. Okay thank you lawyer 8. One of the hottest races in the bay area is in san jose. Voters there are deciding who will repolice 2 term mayor chuck reid termed out after 2, 4 year term. 11 percent of precinct reporting right now you see sam has 51 percent of the vote over david cortez with 49 percent. Lisa is live in san jose with more on this very closely watched race. Lisa . Very closely watched we are outside of the downtown mayor yochlt you can see the second floor some of the cortez supporters gather there for several horse. People very exited and operate miss taking even though early numbers show councilman sam riccardo ahead of dave cortez. Poll close at 8 00 oclock an hour ago and still a lot of untalented ballot this was always expected to be very tight race. Both candidate have made Public Safety top priority but they have very different approaches. Cortez back by labor police and fire union while riccardo has support of past mayor and the current mayor. Back live cortez expected to ariff here in just a little while and speak to all of the supporters at around 10 00 oclock tonight. Live in san jose lisa abc 7 news. Thank you lisa 8. Move now to oakland mayor where jean kwan being challenged by 14 opponent. Oakland use rank Choice Voting that means a decision may not come for days. 7 News Reporteral help live in oakland on this race. Alle allen. Mayor kwan walked into Reelection Campaign party and addressing her supporters behind me. Kwan camp knows that the winner of a rank Choice Voting system can come out of nowhere look she did when she was elected. 4 years ago kwan was 11 points behind in first place votes but 10 da days later she was elected mayor because she had more second third place vote. Tonight official results wont be out until midnight but it will give all 15 candidate a picture of where they stand. Kwan Campaign Manager think they necessity where the second third place votes are come fro from. We look to see where certain people votes are so some candidate in the 8 to continue percent range. Seigle. The parker we want to see where the votes are being december bursted. Lets get pretty good indication. Go out and share the same voter base. Close race and it could take days to decide because 6 to 7000 mail in ballot need to be received and counted and because of this the recommending star is caution o oning all the candidate not to declare a premature victory tonight. Im reporting live in oakland, abc 7 news. That mit not ab smart move giving what may happen there. Thanks very much. We are updating results throughout the hour. As they continue to come in. You can always watch the streaming ticker at the bottom of the screen. Stay right here we have more on this election tonight for you. Up next the soda tachblingts berkeley and San Francisco are asking voters to decide whether a tax should be added to sugar drink. Also how many pot club should there be where you live in san jose. Medical marijuana advocate take the dice city hall. Nice day to vote. Spencer here with the weather. We have more nice day coming our way and just a hit of some rain off in the distance. Ill have the accuweather forecast in just a moment. Pass. San Francisco City hall lit up and red white and blue on this election night. More result ahead. 7 news this election night. More result ahead. 7 news at 9 00 continues right after tag sooner or later, Everyone Needs a helping hand, or a helping paw so mattress discounters good deed dogs is raising money to help train Assistance Dogs for wounded veterans. Veteran i live independently because of what all it provides for me. And its huge theres a lot of wounded, ill, and injured out there just like myself, who just maybe need a little bit of help. 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Well see what happens with San Francisco measure e as we get more returns in. 7 News Reporter lee ann is live at San Francisco city hall with more. Lee ann . Those 2 measures got so much National Attention for example former new york mayor bloomberg huge supporter of the soda tax he got nowhere really in new york as mayor. Donate add lot of money towards the berkeley yes on d campaign. And then on the other hand you have the American Bench association which spent 10. 5 Million Dollars bev ranch trying to defeat both. Now while berkeley wants 1 cent per ounc ounce. San francisco asking for 2 cent per ounce and heres what people said. Health issues of course. Yes. Sugar not a good they think. Im going to embarrass myself but i voted no. Because i love coke and thats my guilty pleasure. I dont drink or smoke. Reporter proponent say the measures are intended to cut consumption of sugar drink and create awareness of obesity and diabetes. Opponent fear they may lose in berkeley and we are seeing this at the moment but they say they are expected to win here in San Francisco. We have to see. Live at San Francisco city hall this is 7 news. Thanks lean. Berkeley version of the soda tax would add 1 cent per ounce with a simple majority to pass. As you see right now the yes vote leading by big majority right now. 73 percent of the vote but this is with 7 of the present sichingt reporting. Certainly interesting trend there in berkeley on measure d. Quick look at some of the proposition open the ballot starting with prop 1 and 2. Governor brown pushing for passage of beth. Prop 1 is 7 and a half billion dollar water bond to help with future droughts not the current drought. Heres where that stands you can see right now the yes vote 68 percent of the vote. Just 32 percent voting no with 14 percent of precinct reporting. Look at prop 2 amend the state constitution to create new rules about how the state pay the debt and keep money in reseven for tough financial times. Yes on prop 2 with 14 percent of the precinct reporting has 71 percent of the vet at this moment. Prop grave you may have seen the negative ads or had your mailbox filled with fliers. This with give the state insurance commissioner power to veto proposed rate hike. Rate now no vote is winning by 61 percent with 14 percent of the presivrpingts reporting. Television splattered with a lot of prop 46 ads and raise the cap on medical malpractice case and require doctors to take drug alcohol test. Medical professionals spent millions to defeat this measur measure. An at the moment with 14 percent of the precinct reporting that investment has mid off for the medical professionals. 68 percent say no to prop 46 compared to 32 percent yes. Prop 47 puts the state at the center of National Push for sentencing reform. Rate now 50 of voters are saying yes to prop 47 with 14 percent of precinct reporting. Would it reclassify possession of marian meth petty theft from fell my to miss demeanor. California would be the first state to do so, if it passes e. Prop 48 hay stake turf were involving indian gaming. 48 passes the measure would add a new casino near madera in exchange another tribe would get a share of the game bling revenue for not building its own casino at this moment that same number of 14 percent precinct reporting proposition 48 has 58 percent of those voting saying no to prop 48. More results ahead. First otr news tonight. Back to the election. Initiative to relax san jose tough new regular litigation on pot club put on the ballot two years from now. City council has decided to pass that issue on to the voters. The decision made today. The vic lee has more now from city hall. The city Council Voted unanimously to push the initiative to the general election 2 years from now. It had 3 choice. Hold special election sooner than 2016 option that would have cost the city more than 3 Million Dollars. Or accept provision of the negotiatetive the. Choice no one liked. Negotiatetive would over turn the city tough new ordinance on pot club. Rules that limit dispensary to handful of Industrial Areas that make up less than one percent of the city. Areas far from schools. Churches. Residential neighborhoods. Essentially lucy fwoosy regular willtory system even if you sell marijuana to chilled its only 100 dollar faint. Fine range from 2500 to 5 50,000 dollars for violations. Pot store owners say the current rules are nothing short of a crack down by the city. That regulations are making it virtually impossible to do business here. Example all American Cannabis Club has shut down the doors at its old location in san jose. Moved the operation to its campbell store on upper floor of this building. Make reid says 14 of the 80 some pot clubs in the city have found other locations within the allowable zoning years. But the medical pot business here has struck dr. Matcly. Pot club man year says the initiative would guarantee could save treatment for patients. We see fear in the rise for the black market. We know that people will need to good and get the medicine on the street. We didnt want. That now that the clubs are shutting down. One footnote. Tomorrow is the 18 anniversary of the passage of prop 2 15. Compassionate use act which legalize medical mayor 1. Almost 2 decades later the fight to regulate it still goes on in san jose. Vehicle lee, 7 news. Weather certainly no excuse not to vote today. No it was great. In fact i walked to my polling place today dropoff my ballot. Long walk. It was a decent walk. Great day for a walk or run or anything. Heres if live doppler 7hd mostly clear sky around the bay area even at this hour no. Hypothetical of cloud showing up on the radar screen. Look at the Golden Gate Bridge cloud free. Going free and current temperature readings rate now 61 in San Francisco. Cool 57 over in oakland. Moffitt field again. San jose fwichbility 57 morgan hill. 55 half machine bay. Check out the view of sky line of San Francisco from exploring camera favorite view currently 54 santa rose napa down to 50 degrees. 52 petaluma. 53 fairfield concorde 11 more 56 grows and heres live view from the east bay hills camera. Looking west ward out over the bay along the bay bridge and forecast feature we see mostly clear consolidate conditions over tonight. This dry mailed pattern will 10 through the wednesday and there are hints of change later next week might is he a little bit of rainfall moving in finally. Heres the satellite image showing the big ridge of High Pressure dominate our weather picture through the weekend. So dry mild weather continue for several days. Heres our projection though. Long range meaning week ahead. More rain fall by next wednesday. Slight chance of some wren moving that the bay area. At the moment wont be much of a rain producer this system coming our way but well keep watching it. Maybe it will develop more energy and more punch. Expecting of energy and punch how about Tropical Storm vent down in the tropical pacific moving towards mass at land western mexico. Sues pained winds. 66 miles per hour. This was a hurricane earlier but down grided to Tropical Storm. It threat tones deliver flooding rain mud slid to go the area of mexico as it moves inland tomorrow. Keep watching that storm and give you updates on the progress. Overnight here in the bay area. Look for mainly clear sky. Chilly conditions in some of our inland valley low pressure will drop down to the mid 40s. Most of the area will seper 40s to low 50s as over tonight low then tomorrow another mild day warm day actually coming our way south by High Pressure in the upper 70s to low 80s about 79 at san jose. 81 at los gatos on the peninsula. Look for high around 80 agrees redd with city and los altos. 79 at poupt view low 70s on the coast tomorrow at pacifica and a half man bay. Downtown San Francisco high of 74. 71 in the sun set district. Up in the north bay mild on the coast. Warm inland