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Over republican Ken Cuccinelli. Virginians are also voting to choose a new attorney general. And democrats hope after tonight they will hold all three offices. Plus both u. S. Senate seats. In new jersey polls close in one hour where governor Chris Christie has held a substantial lead in his reelection effort. Christies already considered to be a major contender for the 2016 republican president ial nomination. And, of course, a win in this blue Northeastern State would make his argument that the gop wins when it runs mainstream conservative candidates not tea partiers on the fringes. And in new york city, Democrat Bill de blasio has an enormous lead in preelection polls. Hes poised to be the first democratic mayor of the largest city in 24 years. Howard fineman ....
Polled today say they opposed the tea party. If you look at all the big issues that animated the political debates over the last couple months whether it was cultural wars like abortion or the government shutdown, we see a very strong reaction to this electorate against the conservative side on those issues. One out of five voters, i think this was a high number, said they thought abortion was their top issue in this election. And of those people and the evidence is that theyre prochoice. 6140 percent. We have to keep reminding ourselves that virginia is so important because it is exactly the Bellwether State for the union. Just about exactly what the nation is. I would say virginia has become the new ohio in many ways. Richard nixon used to say its all about ohio. Its all about virginia now. And the fact that women turned out in overwhelming numbers apparently in support of T ....
Virginia will vote the same will not elect a governor opposite of the party in the white house, but elect a governor of the same party in the white house. chuck, great reporting. we ll be back to you again and again tonight. thank you howard fineman, expertise at the table and david corn. couldn t think of better guys to have here. coming up, terry mcauliffe keyed in on women s issues to win votes. it s a strategy they will try to use against republicans. the gender gap, a big plus for democrats. we ll see if it pays off tonight. the virginia governors race, too early to call by the experts. but msnbc mcauliffe with the lead. this is hardball, the place for politics. when we made our commitment to the gulf, bp had two big goals: ....