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steve, there is nothing better than seeing you on election night. give us an update. yes. a lot still going on. and let s start in mississippi. and the governor s race in mississippi. 2 now two-thirds of the vote in. republican incumbent tate reeves leading brandon presley by 11 points. two key points i think as you look at these numbers. number one is we ve been waiting all night for the largest county in the state that s hines county where the state capitol of jackson is, it s a core overwhelming democratic county. they just started reporting the polls. we re open later there because there were issues of ballot viability. it s 86 to basically 13 for presley. this is a big vote producing county. that s certainly an opportunity for presley to gain and for reeves to fall. in the rest of the state we ve been looking to see if there s a pattern because reeves won this race in 2019 by 5 points. we ve kind of been using that as a bench mark as results come in. is presley r ....
welcome to our viewer in the united states and around the world. i m omar jimenez. it is wednesday, november 8. and it is a great day for democrats. they may still be celebrating victories that they notched in elections across the country. in ohio a decisive vote in favor of enshrinie ing the right to abortion in the state s constitution. this has been a proven winner for democrats since the supreme court overturned roe v. wade. there was no choice. we had to win. we had to end the ban. winning was our only option and we did it together. abortion was also a major factor in virginia where cnn projects democrats will now control both houses of the state legislature. in the governor s race in deep red kentucky, andy beshear fended off his republican challenger daniel cameron. this wasn t my win. this was our victory. it was a victory that sends a loud clear message, a message that candidates should run for something and not against someone. so with all of that good ....
it was a victory that sends a loud, clear message, a message that candidates should run for something and not against someone. democratic governor andy beshear of kentucky wins re-election in an otherwise deep red state. we ll have much more from that race and the other major results from election day straight ahead. also we ll bring you the latest out of the middle east. israel says its troops are in the heart of gaza city. it comes as the biden administration is warning the country about reoccupying the gaza strip at the end of its war with hamas. plus, we ll preview ivanka trump s testimony today in the civil fraud trial against her family s business. good morning and welcome to way too early on this wednesday, november 8th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. we will begin, of course, with last night s election. after a historically strong showing in the 2022 mid-term elections, democrats continued their winning ways yesterday with maj ....