he defeated terry mcauliffe the democrat who previously served as virginia s governor from 2014 to 2018. and we see news also projects republican spears will become the first woman of color to serve as virginia s lieutenant governor statewide election in virginia. she is also a former marine. the charm at this hour is the governor s race in new jersey, where the race is too close to call. the democratic incumbent phil murphy is fighting for a second term as governor against his republican challenger, jack ciattarelli. steve kornacki at the big board, steve has been keeping us up today on what s going on. a very small difference right now. both have spoken tonight, neither murphy did not concede, should really says he wants to declare victory but is not prepared to do so until the numbers to do so come in. what we are seeing right now you would rather be murphy than shaq ciattarelli, which is what appears this has been a confusing amazed to try and navigate tonight. the
the bow is, in but it s very close steve, i can see you doing calculations right. now you can continue doing those will telling me what you believe to know about new jersey as we look at it at this hour. couple things here there s just been a lot of confusion that s been the rule in new jersey that night. let s show you the bottom line. about 80% of the vote is in now in new jersey, the big shift here in the last couple of minutes if you ve been watching, we ve been telling you that the county clerk in the states largest county, that s bergen county. ahead posted vote by mail results. we ve now confirmed that, these are the vote by mail results, they went heavily by a margin of about 20,000 for phil murphy, phil murphy now leads in the bergen county vote count, what that s done is it s brought the statewide tally, much closer, ciattarelli the republican, now leading by less than 5000 votes. murphy getting a big bounce out of bergen county. okay, what else is left right now.
and winsome sears will be the first woman of color to serve as lieutenant governor, the first black woman to win statewide election in virginia. she s also a former marine. but the drama at this hour is the race in new jersey too close to call. the democratic incumbent is fighting as governor against jack chai ciattarelli says he wants to declare victory, not prepared to do so until the numbers come through. which number is going to prevail. right now, what we re seeing, you would rather be phil murphy than jack chaittarell trying to nail down what type of vote for new jersey that s been a challenge. talking to both sides, republican side and democratic side, they ve seen the same thing. why phil murphy trailing by 2,000 prefer to be in the position that he is right now, a couple reasons, mercer county where trenton is, the state capital, the vote by mail is outstanding here. murphy is winning the vote by mail by massive margin. vote by mail which is a pretty good size coun
Good evening, good morning. welcome to msnbc s continuing special election coverage. i m mentally. velshi was too close to call for much of the, night but just before 12:30 am, and we see news projected that republican glenn youngkin, will be the next governor of the commonwealth of virginia, he defeated terry mcauliffe the democrat who previous served as virginia s governor from 2014 to 2018. the emerging story right now, is how close it is in new jersey, where democratic governor bill murphy is running for a second term, against republican challenger eric ciattarelli. steve kornacki working hard at the big, board i know i ve been listening to him for the last few, minutes he s getting information in as we speak. from new jersey, where a lot of