Chairman blanch bilken who is down 14 points. she s the democrat. what s really surprising she s losing the women vote to john bussman, the republican. this is the perfect shot of a race that we see is anti-establishment, anti-washington. blanche lincoln who had a difficult primary challenge, really fought off the challenge from the left. i thought she would be strengthened going into the midterm election. showing her independent, showing she s a moderate in arkansas, however, down 14 points. and in florida, what a bizarre row race down there, marco rubio, the republican right now has a strong double-digit lead. not only over the governor charlie crist, but also his democratic challenger kendrick meek. marco rubio showing signs that he s going to win in november. of course, we have a senate debate with candy crowley on sunday with those three candidates. keeper, john? looking forward to that.
thanks for getting up early for us today. we do appreciate it. it s been what, a year? guys. come on. we ll talk to you again. thanks, jonathan. jonathan looks thrilled to be up at five in the morning. two new democratic senators sworn into office narrowing the already slim majority. doug jones won a anymore row race against roy moore in alabama. tina smith replaces al franken are the newest members of the senate. republicans now control a 51-49 majority. jones was escorted by his long time friend, former vice president, joe biden. and smith was escorted by her mentor, former vice president, walter monodale. mike pence showed him speaking with both of his predecessors before the ceremony. newly sworn in doug jones will be a guest on morning joe. attorney general jeff sessions has used authority to name 17 interim united states