MOVE FORWARD RIGHT HERE ON THE
SHOW, TOO.
LET’S GO.
>> FACED ATTACKS, WE TOOK THE
HITS, WE WEATHERED THE STORMS
BUT WE STOOD OUR GROUND.
WE SET OUT A VISION AND EXECUTED
ON THAT VISION AND WE PRODUCED
HISTORIC RESULTS.
AND THE PEOPLE OF THIS STATE
HAVE RESPONDED IN RECORD
FASHION.
NOW WHILE OUR COUNTRY FLOUNDERS
DUE TO FAILED LEADERSHIP IN
WASHINGTON, FLORIDA IS ON THE
RIGHT TRACK.
>> Harris: FLORIDA GOVERNOR RON
DESANTIS NEARLY A 20-POINT
DIFFERENCE OVER CHARLIE CRIST.
FOLLOWING THAT DECISIVE VICTORY,
THE WINNING CONTINUES UP AND
DOWN THE BALLOT THERE.
REPUBLICAN SENATOR MARCO RUBIO
CRUISED TO A THIRD TERM AFTER
DEFEATING VAL DEMING.
THE STATE’S RED STANDING AND
LAYS OUT THE BLUEPRINT FOR THE
GRAND OLD PARTY.
"NEW YORK POST."
RON DESANTIS SHOWS HE IS
DE-FUTURE OF THE GOP.
"WALL STREET JOURNAL" THE
DESANTIS FLORIDA TSUNAMI AND
TALK OF A 2024 PRESIDENTIAL RUN.
>> I THINK RON DESANTIS GOT A
HUGE BOOST AND MUCH MORE LIKELY
TO RUN FOR PRESIDENT NOW THAN WE
WOULD HAVE GUESSED.
HE IS PROBABLY THE BIGGEST
SINGLE WINNER OF THE NIGHT.
THAT MEANS HE WILL OVERNIGHT BE
FOR EVERYBODY WHO DOESN’T WANT
PRESIDENT TRUMP, RON DESANTIS
WILL NOW BECOME FAR AND AWAY THE
LEADING ALTERNATIVE AND A
SUPERSTAR.
FRANKLY, YOU LOOK AT THE SIZE OF
HIS MARGINS AND HIS REACTION TO
THE HURRICANE, SOMEBODY SAID TO
ME THIS MORNING HE JUST GETS
THINGS DONE.
>> Harris: KELLYANNE CONWAY
FORMER TRUMP SENIOR COUNSELOR
AND FOX NEWS CONTRIBUTOR GETS
THINGS DONE.
LET’S GET THINGS DONE NOW IN
"FOCUS."
WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF RON
DESANTIS.
NOT JUST A LITTLE BIT BUT
DECISIVE WIN.
>> IT IS HUGE.
THEY HAVE A VETO PROOF MAJORITY
IN THE STATE LEGISLATURE.
WE FLIPPED FOUR HOUSE SEATS
THERE INCLUDING WITH LUNA,
HISPANIC WOMAN, A COUNTY THAT
WENT FOR OBAMA, OBAMA, TRUMP,
BIDEN.
AND
>> Harris: THEY’RE ALL OVER THE
PLACE. >> THE DEPTH AND WIDTH OF THE
>> THE DEPTH AND WIDTH OF THE
DESANTIS AND RUBIO WIN CANNOT BE
OVERSTATED.
ONE OF THE SUB THEMES IS DO I
HAVE COMPETENCE IN YOUR
GOVERNOR?
SOME OF THE DEMOCRATIC GOVERNORS
GOT REELECTED IN MICHIGAN AND
WISCONSIN AND PENNSYLVANIA WITH
A DEEPLY FLAWED REPUBLICAN
CANDIDATE ON THE BALLOT THAT
HURT OZ AND SOME OF THE RACES
DOWN BALLOT.
IN FLORIDA YOU LOOK AT
MIAMI-DADE, A LOT OF TALK ABOUT
THAT.
PALM BEACH COUNTY, THESE WERE
TWO OF THE THREE COUNTIES IN THE
HOT SEAT WHEN IT CAME TO HANGING
CHADS 22 YEARS AGO.
MIAMI-DADE TRUMP LOST IT BY 30
POINTS.
DESANTIS LOST IT BY 20 AND NOW
DESANTIS WON IT.
WHEN YOU HAVE TRENDS OVER TIME
AND IT’S NOT JUST A SUGAR HIGH
BECAUSE OF ONE ELECTION THOSE
TRENDS ARE DURABLE AND LASTING.
I LOOK BEYOND FLORIDA ALSO.
WE HAD IOWA A CLEAN SWEEP.
PICKING UP CONGRESSIONAL SEATS
ON LONG ISLAND, NEW JERSEY,
CALIFORNIA.
SO I THINK EVERYTHING ALL BEING
TOLD WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A
DECENT NIGHT AND NANCY PELOSI
WILL NO LONGER BE SPEAKER.
>> Harris: AS YOU WERE TALKING
ABOUT MIAMI-DADE COUNTY WE
HOPPED UP SOME NUMBERS.
LET’S PUT THOSE BACK UP TO WE
CAN SEE THOSE.
HOW THE VOTE HAS GONE FROM 2018
TO 2022.
JUST LOOK AT WHERE RON DESANTIS
HAS GONE.
WHAT IS IT ABOUT MIAMI-DADE THAT
IS CHANGING?
YOU HAD A LOT OF NEW YORKERS.
>> THEY LEFT THEIR IDEOLOGY
BEHIND.
THAT’S A CONCERN THAT WE ALWAYS
HAVE WHICH IS WHEN YOU HAVE THIS
INFLUX OF FOLKS COMING FROM BLUE
AREAS, BLUE STATES AND CITIES
WILL THEY LEAVE THEIR BLUE STATE
IDEOLOGY?
VERY CLEAR IN FLORIDA THEY ARE
SO IMPRESSED WITH THE COMPETENCE
OF GOVERNOR DESANTIS.
LET ME SAY SOMETHING ELSE ABOUT
HIM.
HE DOES A NUMBER OF PRESS
CONFERENCES.
WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.
TAKING ON DISNEY.
KEEP BUSINESSES OPEN AND KEEP
KIDS IN THE CLASSROOM.
IT IS A STATE THAT HAS NO STATE
INCOME TAX, VERY ATTRACTIVE.
HE HAS KEPT THAT.
BUT ALSO A STATE THAT HAS A
SURPLUS SO HE CAN SPEND MONEY ON
THINGS PEOPLE NEED NOT THE WAY
THEY DO IN WASHINGTON.
I THINK MOST IMPORTANTLY, NOBODY
CAN SEE A HURRICANE COMING AND
HIS TEST OF LEADERSHIP IN JUST
THE LAST SEVERAL WEEKS WITH THE
HURRICANE, I THINK PEOPLE SAW A
DIFFERENT RON DESANTIS AND YOU
NEVER KNOW WHAT YOU ARE MADE OF
UNTIL THINGS LIKE THAT HAPPEN.
IT IS A BIG NIGHT AND HE ALSO
SPENT SOME OF HIS POLITICAL
CURRENCY CAMPAIGNING FOR OTHER
REPUBLICAN GUBERNATORIAL
CANDIDATES ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
>> Harris: TALK TO THAT ISSUE IF
YOU WOULD.
YOU SAW GLENN YOUNGKIN DO THAT
AS WELL.
HOW MUCH OF THAT IS IMPORTANT?
IT IS NOT AN ENDORSEMENT AS MUCH
AS IT IS, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE
PEOPLE IN THE PARTY WHO HAVE WON
ON CERTAIN ISSUES SO IT IS NOT
JUST SOME BIG NAME COMING IN TO
KIND OF PROP YOU UP BY THE
SHOULDER PAD BUT DESANTIS WINS
ON THE ISSUE CONSISTENTLY OF I’M
GOING TO GET THINGS DONE THAT
NOBODY EXPECTS.
THE CAUSE WAY CONNECTING
SANIBEL.
ENGINEERS I TALKED TO MONTHS OR
A YEAR.
HE GOT IT DONE IN LESS THAN 60
DAYS AND GLENN YOUNGKIN ON THE
PARENTS’ ISSUE.
WHY IS THAT HAPPENING IN THE
PARTY AND NOT NECESSARILY ACROSS
THE AISLE?
>> THE DEMOCRATS WERE SCARING,
SCOLDING VOTERS.
>> Harris: WHAT WORKED FOR THEM?
>> I THINK ABORTION WAS A BIGGER
ISSUE AT THE BALLOT BOX THAN
PEOPLE ANTICIPATED.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE OVERALL
POLLING ABORTION FADED AS A TOP
ISSUE COMPARED TO JUNE, JULY AND
AUGUST.
PLANNED PARENTHOOD AND
PRO-ABORTION GROUPS SPENT OVER
$4 HUNDRED MILLION.
HALF A BILLION DOLLARS.
IT WAS VERY IMPORTANT AND THEY
PROBABLY BANKED THE VOTES EARLY.
WHEN YOU ASK PEOPLE WHAT IS THE
MOST IMPORTANT ISSUE ABORTION
MAY FADE A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE
PEOPLE ARE JUST OVERTAKEN BY
INFLATION AND OVERTAKEN BY THEIR
CONCERN ABOUT THE BORDER AND FOR
SOME CRIME AND PARENTS
EDUCATION.
I’M GRATEFUL EVERY DAY YOUNGKIN
AND DESANTIS ARE UNAFRAID TO
TAKE CHANCES.
REYNOLDS GOT REELECTED IN IOWA.
ABBOTT IN TEXAS, MCMASTER IN
SOUTH CAROLINA.
CERTAINLY WE HAVE VERY STRONG
REPUBLICAN GOVERNORS.
I THINK LAST NIGHT PEOPLE SAID
YOU ARE COMPETENT AND DONE A
GREAT JOB AND REWARD YOU AND
HAVE FOUR MORE YEARS AND I THINK
WE’LL PICK UP THE GOVERNORSHIP IN NEVADA.
IN NEVADA.
LOMBARDO, AND SIS LACK IN NEVADA
HE LOCKED DOWN THE STATE.
THAT WILL COST HIM THAT
GOVERNORSHIP.
>> Harris: TALK TO ME ABOUT WHAT
YOU ANTICIPATE TO COME NEXT.
WE HAVE TOSS-UP STATES.
WE WERE JUST COVERING WISCONSIN
BECAUSE WE HAVE A REPORTER ON
THE GROUND THERE.
WE ARE WAITING TO CONFIRM IT
HERE AT FOX.
WHAT IS GOING ON IN THAT RACE.
BUT YOU KNOW, YOU COULD SEE AS
MANY AS 54 SEATS WITH
REPUBLICANS.
WHAT HAPPENED?
>> WE WOULD NEVER HAVE 54 SEATS
IN 2022.
WILL YOU NEVER HAVE A 1994
SITUATION OR A 201063 SEAT
SHELLACKING FOR PRESIDENT OBAMA.
WHY?
THE REPUBLICANS BANKED 14 OF
THOSE SEATS IN 2020.
AND NOT A SINGLE REPUBLICAN
INCUMBENT LOST IN THE HOUSE IN
2020.
THAT’S ALMOST UNHEARD OF AND
TURNED 14 BLUE TO RED EVEN
THOUGH BIDEN BECAME PRESIDENT.
BOTH PARTIES ARE GUILTY OF
GERRYMANDERING AND REDISTRICTING
IN A WAY THAT HAS LEFT SO FEW
COMPETITIVE SEATS THAT YOU JUST
CAN’T GRAB IT.
I THINK MY PREDICTIONS WERE
BETWEEN 20 AND 22.
IT MAY FALL SHORT IN THE HOUSE.
A LOT OF THESE ARE NOT BEING
CALLED.
I THINK REPUBLICANS HAVE A GOOD
SHOT AT ENDING UP WITH 51 SENATE
SEATS BECAUSE ADAM LAXALT FEELS
GOOD.
I TALKED TO HIM TRYING TO GET
THE FACTS WHAT REMAINS.
IT LOOKS LIKE THE INCUMBENT
THERE, CORTEZ MASTO DIDN’T
PERFORM AS WELL IN HISPANICS.
WE HAVE A LOT OF OUTSTANDING
VOTES IN NEVADA.
YOU TAKE YOUR BALLOT TO THE
POLLING PLACE AND THEY HAVE 280
SILVER BOXES IN CLARK COUNTY
ALONE, I BELIEVE.
STILL LOOKING AT SOME OF THE
RURAL VOTES.
WE HAVE TO KEEP OUR EYES OPEN ON
THAT.
>> Harris: QUICKLY WE HAD GOTTEN
WORD THAT THEY ARE WORKING ON
PUTTING TOGETHER VERY SOON
MARICOPA COUNTY A NEWS
CONFERENCE AND GET YOUR THOUGHTS
QUICKLY ON ARIZONA.
KARI LAKE WAS SOMEONE WHO HAD
JUST SO MUCH MOMENTUM GOING INTO
THE GOVERNOR’S RACE AGAINST
KATIE HOBBS AND SUED A MONTH AGO
KARI LAKE DID SAYING WE NEED TO
GO TO PAPER BALLOTS IN THE STATE
OF ARIZONA.
MACHINES ARE GOING TO FAIL.
AND WE SAW 20% OF THE 223
LOCATIONS WITH THOSE TABULATION
MACHINES HAVING TROUBLE.
WE STILL DON’T KNOW EXACTLY THE
NUMBER.
AND AS YOU AND I TALK ABOUT IT,
IT IS HAPPENING.
LET’S GO LIVE TO MARICOPA COUNTY
RIGHT NOW WHERE THEY ARE
UPDATING THE SITUATION.
WHAT ARE THEY GOING TO DO TO
RECTIFY THE FACT THAT PEOPLE HAD
TO DO IT DIFFERENTLY AND THEY’RE
STILL COUNTING.
LET’S WATCH.
>> THE SIGNATURE AFFIDAVIT AND
LOAD THAT INTO THE DATABASE AND
REVIEW THE SIGNATURE.
ONCE THE SIGNATURE IS MATCHED WE
SEND IT FORWARD TO A BIPARTISAN
BALLOT PROCESSING TEAM.
THAT TEAM SITS OVER THERE.
IT IS A BIPARTISAN TEAM,
DIFFERENT PARTIES SITTING ACROSS
FROM EACH OTHER TAKING THE
BALLOTS OUT OF THE GREEN
AFFIDAVIT ENVELOPES, MAKING SURE
THAT THE BALLOT ISN’T DAMAGED
AND NOT TORN OR MAKING SURE IT
DOESN’T HAVE RED INK OR COFFEE
ON IT.
ANY ANYTHING TO INHIBIT IT.
WE’VE PROCESSED THOSE AHEAD TO
THE BOARD FOR TABULATION.
86,000.
WE RECEIVED APPROXIMATELY 50,000
EARLY BALLOTS ON MONDAY.
SO THOSE WERE DROPPED OFF AND
RECEIVED ON MONDAY.
THOSE BALLOTS CURRENTLY
UNDERGOING PROCESSING.
AGAIN THEY HAVE UNDERGONE THE
SIGNATURE REVIEW PROCESS AND
GONE THROUGH THE AUDIT CUE AND
WITH THE BIPARTISAN TEAM.
WE’LL HAVE THOSE DONE TODAY AND
THEY WILL BE MOVED FORWARD TO
AGAIN THE BOARD FOR TABULATION.
FINALLY AND THIS IS THE BIG
NUMBER THAT IS BIGGER THAN EVER
BEFORE, WE RECEIVED
APPROXIMATELY 275,000 EARLY
BALLOTS DROPPED OFF YESTERDAY ON
ELECTION DAY.
SO THAT IS WHAT WE WERE DOING
LATE LAST NIGHT.
MY TEAM AND I IF YOU SAW US IN
THE WAREHOUSE WE WERE RECEIVING
BACK THE EARLY BALLOTS RETURNED
FROM THE VOTING LOCATIONS AFTER
THE VOTING LOCATIONS ARE CLOSED.
WE’RE SORTING THOSE AND THEN
PROCESSING THOSE.
SENDING THEM IN AND IMAGE
CAPTURING THE SIGNATURE AND WHAT
WE’LL BE DOING TODAY AND
TOMORROW AND THE NEXT DAY IS
REVIEWING THE SIGNATURES OF ALL
OF THOSE 275,000.
ONCE THEY GO THROUGH SIGNATURE
VERIFICATION AND DEEMED GOOD
SIGNATURE AND AN AUDIT CUE THEY
CAN BE SENT AHEAD TO THE BOARD
FOR TABULATION.
THIS NUMBER IS IMMENSE.
AND IT IS SOMETHING THAT’S A
CONVERSATION.
>> Harris: THE MAIN DETAIL THERE
IS HOW MUCH MORE COUNTING THEY
HAVE TO DO AND HOW MANY MORE
BALLOTS.
86,000 SIGNATURE REVIEWED AND
NOW BEFORE A BIPARTISAN REVIEW
TEAM AND SO ON AND SO FORTH.
MARICOPA COUNTY IS IMPORTANT IN
THE COUNT FOR ARIZONA.
KELLYANNE CONWAY BACK WITH ME
NOW.
WHAT’S GOING ON HERE?
REPUBLICANS CHANGED THE LAWS
THERE.
THAT IS EMOTIONBARRASSING FOR TH
>> IT IS QUITE EMBARRASSING WHEN
YOU CAN’T DO WHAT FLORIDA, OHIO
AND OREGON DOES A GOOD JOB COUNT
THE EARLY VOTE.
MATCH THE DAY OF VOTING AND TELL
US ON ELECTION NIGHT, DRUM ROLL
PLEASE, WHO PREVAILED IN THE
RACES.
WE KNEW FROM TWO YEARS AGO.
WE KNOW FLORIDA WAS THE
LAUGHINGSTOCK OF THE WORLD AFTER
2000 WITH THE HANGING CHADS AND
GOT THEIR ACT TOGETHER AND
INVESTED.
STATE LEGISLATURES HAVE TO MAKE
THIS A PROAL OR TEE.
THE ONE PERSON ONE VOTE IS THE
MOST EQUALIZING FACTOR IS TO
HAVE ONE VOTE AND PEOPLE FEEL
LIKE THAT CAN BE IN PERIL AND
THEY’RE CONFUSED.
WE HAVE TO START INVESTING IN
THIS.
ARIZONA UNDER GOVERNOR DOOCY DID
A GREAT THING ON SCHOOL CHOOSE
AND EDUCATIONAL FREEDOM AND DO
IT ON ELECTION.
LET’S BE PATIENT AND WAIT FOR
EVERY LEGAL VOTE TO BE COUNTED.
IN ARIZONA AND NEVADA AND OTHER
PLACES WHERE SOME OF THESE RACES
ARE TOO CLOSE TO CALL.
A DIFFERENT NETWORK CALLED IT
FOR SENATOR RON JOHNSON IN
WISCONSIN THIS MORNING.
IT MATTERS.
WE HAVE TO BE PATIENT BECAUSE
OUR DEMOCRACY DESERVES NOTHING
LESS THAN THAT.
>> Harris: YEAH.
YOU KNOW, JUST ONE OTHER THING.
THE SECRETARY OF STATE WAS
RUNNING IN THIS RACE.
AND THAT WOULD BE THE PERSON WHO
IS OVERSEEING ALL OF THIS.
AND THE REPUBLICAN KARI LAKE HAD
PRESSED CAN YOU GET HER TO
RECUSE HERSELF FROM THIS
PROCESS, THE COMPETITOR KATIE
HOBBS?
I DON’T KNOW HOW WE’LL LOOK AT
THOSE ISSUES.
>> THAT WAS A WELL-INFORMED
GENTLEMAN THAT YOU SHOWED.
WE NEED PEOPLE LIKE THAT JUST TO
TELL US AND DO IT IN A
NONPARTISAN WAY.
KATIE HOBBS SHOULD HAVE RECUSED
HERSELF FROM COUNTING THE VOTES
AND NOT RECUSED HERSELF FROM
DEBATING HER OPPONENT.
IT DEMANDS THESE CANDIDATES
DEBATE.
THAT’S THE FREE OF CHARGE WAY
THAT WE THE VOTERS GET TO LOOK
AT THE TWO CANDIDATES
SIDE-BY-SIDE AND DECIDE WHO OUR
LEADERS SHOULD BE.
MORE DEBATES, PLEASE.