it means for all of us in the months ahead. this is a national election. and we ve brought the u.s. capitol to help illustrate how things are trend egg. all 435 streeats in the house a up tonight. as are 35 seats in the senate. 36 governors at stake. and all night long, we re going to be laser focused on the two key numbers you see right there. 23 and 2. congress will change hands if the democrats pick up 23 seats in the house. two in the senate. the gop hopes to increase their majority there. we already have some results. we already have a flip in the house, from the state of virginia. jennifer wexton has defeated bosh what comstock in the suburbs of washington, d.c. barbara comstock, one of the most vulnerable republicans in the country. president trump membership not be on the battle tonight, but he is dominating our politics and our culture, making this midterm to a degree we ve never seen before, a referendum on the president. and we ve asked voters what they think of pr
your voice, your vote live from abc7 news. and we continue our election coverage voters in palo alto and livermore could start a trend to control health care costs. both would prohibit hospitals from charging more than 15% above actual costs. right now measure f in palo alto looks like it s going to pass. 78% of the vote voting yes, 93% of precincts reporting. and measure u in livermore, you can see this one is projected to pass at 83% of the vote going yes. six% of precincts reporting. > now to santa rosa to help the city fill a budget shortfall. there still may be cutbacks even if this passes. this perhaps reduce some of the impact. measure o is a quarter sent sales tax increase, a 60% of the votes counted so far say dwroe measure o. add that quarter scent sales tax to dig us out of the hole, 60% of the precincts are reporting. santa clara could see a new sheriff. lawrie smith faced a lot of scrutiny recently facing john hirokawa. taking a look right now with, 45% of pr
those latest texts used the n word many times. he says two of the four officers have left the department. was is facing criminal charges on another matter and fourth is facing possible suspension but all are off the streets. there were text messages of a racist homophobic nature discovered as part of the criminal investigation. we were looking through the phone of a lt. when we came across these messages. now the district attorney says defense lawyers who may have criminal cases involving these latest officers are being notified about the text. a lot of details are still unclear but it s another black eye for the san francisco police department. rob, are we going to find out the contents of what the texts had to say? reporter: i expect we will in time. these were discovered as part of another investigation that the district attorney s office is under going and i m pretty sure they ll be released probably pretty soon but i can t say when. thank you rob. an his took pla