GIVE THEM AN EDGE COME NOVEMBER. >> Dana: WE HAVE REACTION FROM
>> Dana: WE HAVE REACTION FROM
AXIOS SENIOR POLITICAL
CORRESPONDENT JOSH.
>> GOOD MORNING TO YOU.
WE’RE SFWERG THE HOMESTRETCH OF
THE MID-TERM ELECTIONS.
LATEST DATA SHOWS THERE ARE A
LOT OF TOSS-UP RACES WORTH
WATCHING NATIONWIDE.
DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS
TRYING TO MAKE THESE RACES
ABOUT TWO VERY DIFFERENT ISSUES.
OF COURSE PROMPTS THE QUESTION
WHICH PARTY WILL HAVE THE
WINNING STRATEGY WHEN THEY GO
FOR CONTROL OF THE HOUSE AND
SENATE?
FOR THE HOUSE REPUBLICANS ARE
SLATED TO TAKE CONTROL BUT TEAM
PROJECTS 30 HOUSE RACES
CONSIDERED TOSS-UPS.
THERE ARE A FEW NOTABLE ONES
INCLUDING ALASKA.
ONE HOUSE RACE FOR THE ENTIRE
STATE.
COLORADO THE NEWLY CREATED
EIGHTH DISTRICT NORTHEAST OF
DENVER REMAINS UP FOR GRABS.
BACK EAST IN VIRGINIA AROUND
NORFOLK IN THE SECOND DISTRICT
A SEAT CURRENTLY HELD BY THE
DEMOCRATS.
IT IS IN PLAY FOR BOTH PARTIES.
A LOT TO WATCH RIGHT THERE.
A CLOSER CONTEST IN THE SENATE.
RIGHT NOW THE SENATE IS EVENLY
SPLIT.
REPUBLICANS HAVE A SLIGHT
ADVANTAGE GOING INTO NOVEMBER.
THERE ARE FOUR RACES CONSIDERED
TRUE TOSS-UPS WHICH WILL
DETERMINE WHO GETS CONTROL.
OUR DATA SHOWS THE RACES ARE
ARIZONA, GEORGIA, NEVADA AND
PENNSYLVANIA.
ESSENTIALLY THOSE SEATS COULD
GO EITHER WAY.
TEAM ALSO CLOSELY WATCHING THE
SENATE RACE IN THE BUCKEYE
STATE OF OHIO.
DATA SHOWING LEADING REPUBLICAN
THE AUTHOR VANCE IS LEADING BUT
TIM RYAN IS ALSO GAINING IN
THIS FINAL STRETCH.
WE’RE ALSO WATCHING 36
GOVERNORS RACES ACROSS THE
COUNTRY.
THE LATEST DATA SHOWS
REPUBLICANS LOOKING STRONGER IN
THE PEACH STATE OF GEORGIA
WHILE PENNSYLVANIA RACE WE’VE
BEEN TALKING ABOUT FOR SO LONG
NOW CLOSELY LEANING TO
DEMOCRATS’ FAVOR FOR THE
GOVERNOR’S RACE.
THE RACE IS CONSIDERED A
TOSS-UP IN ARIZONA, KANSAS,
MAINE, NEW MEXICO, NEVADA,
OREGON AND WISCONSIN.
DEMOCRATS TRYING TO MAKE THE
RACES ABOUT ACCESS TO ABORTION.
GOP SHIFTING IT TO EDUCATION,
ECONOMY AND CRIME.
OREGON IS SOMETHING WE’RE
WATCHING.
IT IS A THREE-WAY RACE.
RECORD AMOUNT OF MONEY BEING
SPENT AND SOME DEMOCRATS
BELIEVE THE VOTE MAY END UP
BEING SPLIT BETWEEN THE PARTY’S
NOMINEE AND INDEPENDENT IN THE
RACE AND COULD GIVE THE
REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE A TRUE
SHOT AT VICTORY.
QUITE A VICTORY.
THE LAST TIME OREGON HAD A
REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR IN OFFICE
IS IN 1987.
I HAD TO LOOK THAT UP.
BILL HEMMER KNEW IT OFF THE TOP
OF HIS HEAD YESTERDAY IN THE
MEETING SO I HAD TO THROW THAT
IN RIGHT THERE.
>> Dana: HE GAVE ME A LESSON
ABOUT 1986 YESTERDAY.
>> I WASN’T EVEN BORN.
>> Dana: I’M SURE.
THANK YOU FOR THAT.
>> Bill: ENOUGH OF YOU TWO,
OKAY?
REPUBLICANS IN A REAL GOOD SPOT
HERE.
WE BELIEVE AS OF TODAY 216
HOUSE RACES AMONG REPUBLICANS
ARE IN THE SOLID RED CATEGORY.
REMEMBER, THE MAJORITY NOW IS
218.
THAT’S YOUR MAGICAL NUMBER AS
WE GO FORWARD.
LET’S GO FORWARD ON THE MAP AND
SHOW YOU MORE ABOUT WHAT WE
THINK COULD BE THE POTENTIAL IF
REPUBLICANS WERE TO HAVE A
GREAT NIGHT VERSUS DEMOCRATS
HAVING A GREAT NIGHT THEMSELVES.
REMEMBER WE MENTIONED ALL THE
TOSS-UP RACES.
IF THE DEMOCRATS WOULD WIN ALL
THE TOSS-UP RACES THEY WOULD BE
AT 219 AND HAVE A TWO-SEAT
MAJORITY IN THE HOUSE IF THEY
WERE TO RUN THE TABLE ON ALL
THOSE.
IF THE REPUBLICANS DO IT YOU
SEE THE MAJORITY COULD BE FOR
SOMEONE LIKE KEVIN MCCARTHY,
POTENTIAL HOUSE SPEAKER 246.
THAT’S WHAT WE SEE AS OF TODAY
IS OUR BEST GUESSTIMATE NOW FOR
THE REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS
IN THE HOUSE.
ON THE SENATE SIDE THIS IS
WHERE IT GETS VERY INTERESTING.
TO OUR VIEWERS AT HOME COME
ELECTION NIGHT A LONG NIGHT TO
DETERMINE WHO CONTROLS POWER IN
THE U.S. SENATE.
49 REPUBLICANS SOLID SEATS.
FOR THE DEMOCRATS THEY HAVE 47.
MIDDLE FOUR TOSS-UPS.
MAJORITY, SIMPLE MAJORITY IS 50.
LET ME COME BACK TO THE
TOSS-UPS.
BEST CASE SCENARIO FOR
REPUBLICANS AS WE SEE IT NOW
WOULD BE 53 SEATS IN THE SENATE.
IT WOULD BE REALLY QUITE A
SHIFT IN WASHINGTON AND IN
CONGRESS.
FOR DEMOCRATS, BEST CASE
SCENARIO AS IT STANDS TODAY WE
SEE IT AT 51.
THEY’RE AT 50 RIGHT NOW.
THEY COULD BE BEST CASE
SCENARIO 51.
COME BACK TO THE TOSS-UPS.
DANA, THIS IS WHERE THE ACTION
IS GOING TO BE COME NOVEMBER 8.
THIS RIGHT HERE IS WHERE THE
DRAMA WILL BE.
ARIZONA AND GEORGIA AND NEVADA
AND PENNSYLVANIA.
WE’LL GO THROUGH ALL THOSE