, welcome to a Holiday Edition of the last word. 1934 congressional elections, because 2022 was the First Time Since 1934 that first term president saw every senator in his party reelected. Every senator who is running. In 1934, first term democratic president Franklin Roosevelt sought every democratic Senator Running for ev election get reelected. President biden saw the same thing this year. And the democrats added a seat to their control of the senate when John Fetterman won in pennsylvania. A very difficult state for democrats to win. As is arizona and georgia. But, Democratic Senate candidates won in those states to. From my race in arizona, i had wide support by republicans. Republican mares and county supervisors, business leaders, law enforcement. You know, theyve come up to me frequently. But also, endorsed me. Republican mayors. Because, you know, theyre tired of what theyve seen over the last, well, six years now. And they just want to get things done, and you know, they jus
with missile strikes in major ukrainian cities. calling it retaliation for an attack on a vital russian bridge. plus, one of donald trump s attorneys is questioned by federal investigators about her signed statements on classified documents found at mar-a-lago. good morning. welcome to way too early on this tuesday, october 11th. thanks for starting your day with us. we begin in ukraine. we re learning new details about yesterday s massive attack in kyiv and other major ukrainian cities. according to ukraine s deputy minister of defense, russia launched 83 missiles, half of which were neutralized by air defense systems. across ukraine, more than 95 people were injured and in kyiv alone, at least 14 people were killed. the missile strikes damaged critical infrastructure, knocking out power lines and cutting off water supplies to several cities. at least 35 residential buildings were also hit along with museums, parks, and a popular pedestrian bridge in the center of kyiv.
, welcome to a holiday edition of the last word. 1934 congressional elections, because 2022 was the first time since 1934 that first term president saw every senator in his party reelected. every senator who is running. in 1934, first term democratic president franklin roosevelt sought every democratic senator running for ev election get reelected. president biden saw the same thing this year. and the democrats added a seat to their control of the senate when john fetterman won in pennsylvania. a very difficult state for democrats to win. as is arizona and georgia. but, democratic senate candidates won in those states to. from my race in arizona, i had wide support by republicans. republican mares and county supervisors, business leaders, law enforcement. you know, they ve come up to me frequently. but also, endorsed me. republican mayors. because, you know, they re tired of what they ve seen over the last, well, six years now. and they just want to get things done, an
votes? that s what happened. but voters in this election, this november, they are turning the page to it, and so are we. joining our discussion now, jessica post, president of the democratic legislative campaign committee. thank you very much for joining us tonight. what were the lessons learned in your winning season? well, lawrence, thank you so much for having me. one of the big lessons for us was no surprise. similar to what senator peters said. we wanted to make sure that every state legislative chamber that was a democratic majority, we held. we watched everything from washington to oregon, which republican said at the beginning of the election cycle that they could bring home a win in. we also wanted to make sure that we were taking every opportunity to flip chambers on new maps. and that was a really key, important piece of the election cycle. we felt like we definitely had a winning message, and that was
states. that s because democrats are looking at the clock. we have four weeks left. we have not been getting enough money to support these legislative races. democrats i talked to increasingly agree they viewed these specific positions in state legislatures as being critical to protecting democracy, and they mean that in deciding what you can taught in the classroom, where and how you can get an abortion, whether and how you can vote, and whether that vote will be counted. and so there s really this kind of renewed concerted effort, but you ll notice it s largely coming from the outside democratic groups. the democratic campaign overseeing races has been investing in these races and they are focused on protecting the majorities they have. the outside groups are filling the holes so they can be competitive and try to flip chambers to help democrats in 22. they re thinking about this for 24 as well. it s a smart story. for years, democrats have said, hey, we re not doing enough for s