there. thank you very much. the mayor race results, now several major cities. they highlight a trend of voters leaning away from progressive democrats. perhaps the most stunning in buffalo, new york, the incumbent declared victory of having a write-in campaign for the fifth term because he lost the primary. the democratic socialist candidate india walton beat brown. the county will not begin counting write-in for two weeks. we are not sure what remains on those ballots? seattle moderate bruce harrell won there. he promised to remove homeless encampments from the city. in new york, the brooklyn borough president ran on a promise to beef up and reform the nypd and called himself the
ed lee facing 15 different challengers tonight. if he is elected today, he will be san francisco s first asian mayor. san francisco a heavily asian-american, particularly chinese-american city. ed lee will also be the only mayor in the country elected in part due to a video endorsement that is anything at all like this. thank you for blessing me and the rest of the city with mayor ed lee too legit to quit ed lee let the record show that was emc m.c. hammer but not doing the dance, himself. we re waiting on the mayor race results tonight. the most closely watched race is where we re getting the live shot right now. the effort to repeal what ohio republicans did earlier this year to strip union rights. a yes vote tonight for ohio s issue 2 would leave what the