MINNESOTA ONE OF THE ONLY STATES WHERE WE HAVE BOTH SEATS UP.
>> WE HAVE TWO PIECES OF
BUSINESS.
BUSINESS. TENNESSEE SENATE I’M TOLD WE’RE
GOING TO GET AN UPDATE LIVE FROM
THE CONTROL ROOM.
BLACKBURN WINS.
BLACKBURN WINS. SHE HAS TURNED AWAY BREDESEN IN
THE TENNESSEE SENATE RACE, BOTH
PARTIES FOUGHT HARD FOR THIS
ONE, BUT OUR PROJECTION IS WHEN
IT’S ALL COUNTED, ALL SAID AND
DONE, MARSHA BLACKBURN WILL
REPRESENT THE UNITED STATES
SENATE.
SENATE. REMEMBER, THIS IS A NET HOLD FOR
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.
THIS IS THE CORKER SEAT.
BACK OVER TO THE BOARD.
STEVE KORNACKI HAS THE -- WE
HAVE A NAIL BITER IN FLORIDA.
>> SO TAKE A LOOK HERE.
LET’S START ON THE GOVERNOR’S
SIDE HERE YOU CAN SEE.
IT IS 90,000 VOTES.
WE JUST WANT THE TAKE YOU
THROUGH AGAIN, THE DEMOCRAT
ANDREW GILLUM 90,000 VOTES
BEHIND RIGHT NOW.
WHERE IS THE OUTSTANDING VOTE
FOR DEMOCRATS, THERE ARE TWO
PLACES WHERE WE’RE REALLY
TALKING ABOUT HERE.
IT IS BROWARD AND MIAMI-DADE.
THESE ARE THE TWO PLACES WHERE
GILLUM, HE IS RUNNING VERY
STRONGLY.
STRONGLY. THERE IS A LOT OF VOTE LEFT.
AGAIN, OUR ESTIMATE HERE HAS
BEEN, AND THIS IS AN ESTIMATE.
SO THIS IS SUBJECT TO A LITTLE
BIT OF CHANGE HERE.
BUT OUR ESTIMATE HAS BEEN ABOUT
630,000 WILL END UP BEING THE
FINAL VOTE COUNT OUT OF BROWARD.
WE MAY GET SOMEWHERE CLOSER TO
900,000 OUT OF MIAMI-DADE.
IF WE USE THE TWO ESTIMATES AND
PUT GILLUM AT THE CURRENT RATE
HE IS GETTING, HE MAY BE ABLE TO
GET A 60,000 VOTE OR SO
PLURALITY OUT OF THESE TWO
COUNTIES.
COUNTIES. SO, AGAIN, IF YOU’RE DOWN
BASICALLY 90,000 VOTES
STATEWIDE, THAT WOULD EAT INTO
IT.
IT. NOW IN TERMS OF THE REPUBLICAN
SIDE, THOUGH, GO UP TO THE
PANHANDLE, AND YOU CAN FIND A
COUPLE OF PLACES HERE.
THEY’RE SMALLER, BUT THEY’RE
PLACES WHERE DeSANTIS, BAY
COUNTY, DeSANTIS WINNING BY
BETTER THAN A 2-1 MARGIN.
THERE IS STILL VOTE TO COME IN
THERE.
THERE. YOU CAN GO TO CALHOUN COUNTY.
DeSANTIS IS GOING TO WIN THIS BY
A HUGE MARGIN.
STILL PLENTY OF VOTE TO COME IN
THERE.
THERE. DEMOCRATS HAVE BIG, DENSELY
POPULATED AREAS WITH A LOT OF
VOTES AND GILLUM CAN MAKE UP LOT
OF GROUND.
OF GROUND. BUT THERE ARE AROUND THE STATES
PRECINCTS AND BIG CHUNKS OF THE
SMALLER REPUBLICAN COUNTIES WILL
BE ABLE TO COUNTER NOT ALL OF
THAT, BUT SOME OF THAT.
WHEN HE GOES IN 90,000 VOTES
AHEAD, THAT’S WORTH KEEPING IN
MIND.
MIND. ALSO ON THE SENATE SIDE, YOU CAN
SEE THE MARGIN, 58,000 HERE FOR
RICK SCOTT OVER BILL NELSON.
KEEP IN MIND THE BASIC TURNOUT
MATH I JUST TOOK YOU THROUGH
RIGHT THERE.
RIGHT THERE. NELSON MAY BE A LITTLE CLOSER
THAN GILLUM IN THIS THING.
>> STEVE KORNACKI AT THE BIG
BOARD FOR US, THANK YOU.
A LITTLE BIT OF NEWS OUT OF
FLORIDA.
FLORIDA. ONE OF THE BALLOT INITIATIVES IN
FLORIDA THAT HAS RAISED A LOT OF
NATIONAL ATTENTION, INCLUDING
STATEWIDE EFFORT HAS BEEN
AMENDMENT 4, WHICH WOULD RESTORE
VOTING RIGHTS TO FELONS.
THIS AFFECTS OVER A POTENTIAL
MILLION VOTERS IN FLORIDA, AND
THAT IS NOW WE’VE GOT A
PROJECTED ANSWER ON AMENDMENT 4
IN FLORIDA.
IN FLORIDA. IT LOOKS TO BE -- IT LOOKS LIKE
AMENDMENT 4 WILL PASS.
THAT’S A BIG DEAL NOT JUST FOR
THE PEOPLE DIRECTLY AFFECTED BY
HAVING THEIR VOTING RIGHTS
RESTORED IN FLORIDA, THIS IS A
BIG ISSUE OF RACIAL JUSTICE
BECAUSE THE RACIAL
DISPROPORTIONATE IMPACT OF THIS
TYPE OF POLICY.
AND THIS WAS ALSO THOUGHT TO BE
A POTENTIAL TURNOUT ISSUE IN
TERMS OF DEMOCRATIC TURNOUT IN
FLORIDA.
FLORIDA. WITH THE SENATE RACE AND THE
GOVERNOR’S RACE STILL TOO CLOSE
TO CALL AT THIS POINT, WE’LL
WAIT TO SEE IF THIS MAY END UP
BEING A DETERMINATIVE FACTOR.
WE WANT TO GO NOW TO FLORIDA TO
OUR GREAT FRIEND JOY REID WHO IS
AT GILLUM HEADQUARTERS AS THIS
GOVERNOR’S RACE SEEMS TO BE
RIDING IN ON A KNIFE EDGE AT THE
END.
END. JOY, HOW IT IS THERE?
>> HEY, HOW ARE YOU, RACHEL?
IT IS BACK AND FORTH.
YOU KNOW, WELCOME TO FLORIDA
ELECTIONS.
ELECTIONS. YOU HEARD STEVE KORNACKI
EXPLAINING HOW CLOSE IT IS.
I CAN TELL YOU THAT HAVING
WORKED IN A COUPLE WHEN I WAS
NOT IN MEDIA, I WAS WORKING IN
POLITICS, WHAT YOU KNOW IS
COMING IN AT THE END OF THE ROAD
IS ALWAYS BROWARD COUNTY, MY
FORMER COUNTY.
FORMER COUNTY. IT’S ALWAYS BRINGING UP THE
REAR.
REAR. SO FOR DEMOCRATS, BASICALLY WHAT
HAS TO HAPPEN, AS STEVE
MENTIONED IS YOU’RE GOING TO
HAVE TO GET A BIG PIECE OF THE
VOTE.
VOTE. IN BROWARD IS THE LARGEST
COUNTY.
COUNTY. IT’S THE COUNTY WITH THE
HEAVIEST DEMOCRATIC
HEAVIEST DEMOCRATIC REGISTRATION.
REGISTRATION. IT’S A COUNTY THAT’S HEAVILY
AFRICAN AMERICAN.
AFRICAN AMERICAN. IT’S A COUNTY WHERE THE
CUBAN-AMERICAN POPULATION IS
YOUNGER, AND SO THEY TEND TO
VOTE MORE DEMOCRATIC.
BUT IT ALSO IS A VERY SLOW
COUNTING COUNTY.
COUNTING COUNTY. IT TAKES A LONG TIME TO GET THAT
VOTE IN.
VOTE IN. BASICALLY, FOR DEMOCRATS TO WIN
THAT.
THAT. >> ESSENTIALLY HAVE TO RUN UP
THE SCORE IN PLACES LIKE TAMPA,
HILLSBORO COUNTY, IN PLACES
WHERE I AM NOW, LEON COUNTY, AND
THEY HAVE TO REALLY MAX IT OUT
IN BROWARD.
IN BROWARD. SO IT IS TIGHT.
ALL FLORIDA ELECTIONS ARE TIGHT.
NEVER LISTEN TO POLLS THAT SAY
ANYBODY IS UP 2 TO 4 IN FLORIDA.
NO ONE IS EVER UP 2 TO 4 IN
FLORIDA.
FLORIDA. IT’S ALWAYS TIGHT UNTIL THE VERY
END.
END. YOU REALLY WON’T KNOW REALLY
UNTIL THE ABSENTEES COME IN.
I THINK PEOPLE HERE ARE CASUALLY
OPTIMISTIC.
OPTIMISTIC. YOU ALWAYS HAVE TO BE OPTIMISTIC
BECAUSE FLORIDA REALLY CAN GO
EITHER WAY.
EITHER WAY. THERE ARE PEOPLE CHEERING BEHIND
ME BECAUSE MSNBC JUST CAME UP.
WE’RE A LITTLE DELAYED.
SO YOU’RE GOING TO HEAR A LOT OF
NOISE BEHIND ME, AND PEOPLE LIKE
YOU GUYS.
YOU GUYS. >> HI, YOU GUYS!
>> PEOPLE ARE BEING
ENTHUSIASTIC.
ENTHUSIASTIC. THEY ARE STAYING POSITIVE.
WE’RE JUST GOING TO HAVE TO RIDE
IT OUT TO THE BITTER END.
>> JOY REID AT GILLUM
HEADQUARTERS, WHICH IS
DEFINITELY A PARTY AT THIS
POINT.
POINT. >> OH, I TELL YOU ONE REAL QUICK
THING?
THING? >> YES.
>> YES. >> REQUEST I TELL YOU ONE REAL
QUICK THING.
QUICK THING. ONE THING THAT DID HAPPEN HERE
IN FLORIDA THAT IS IMPORTANT,
AMENDMENT 4, WHICH IS THE
AMENDMENT THAT WILL RESTORE
VOTING RIGHTS TO 1.5 MILLION
PEOPLE WHO ALREADY PAID THEIR
DEBT TO SOCIETY AND HAD FELONY
RECORDS, THAT PASSED.
SO WHATEVER HAPPENS TONIGHT,
THAT AMENDMENT IS GOING TO BE
HUGELY IMPORTANT FOR VOTING
RIGHTS IN FLORIDA.
>> APPRECIATE THAT, JOY.
ABSOLUTELY JUST REPORTED THAT
JUST BEFORE WE GOT TO YOU.
AGAIN, WE DO HAVE A PROJECTION
ON THAT BALLOT MEASURE IN
FLORIDA.
FLORIDA. AND THERE ARE BALLOT MEASURES
THAT ARE OF INTEREST ACROSS THE
COUNTRY.
COUNTRY. AS THESE MINIMUM WAGE BALLOTS
AND REDISTRICTING BALLOT
INITIATIVES AND MEDICAL
MARIJUANA AND RECREATIONAL
MARIJUANA INITIATIVES COME IN TO
THE EXTENT WE GET CALLS ON THOSE
AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL FROM
STATES CONSIDERING THOSE THINGS
WE WILL KEEP YOU POSTED.
THE FIRST ONE WE CONVEYED
TONIGHT, AMENDMENT 4 RESTORING
VOTES RIGHTS TO FELONS IN
FLORIDA, AFFECTING WELL OVER A
MILLION POTENTIAL VOTERS THAT
ONE SEEMS TO HAVE PASSED WITH
FLYING COLORS.
FLYING COLORS. >> THAT’S A BIG DEAL.
>> IN FACT, THE FIRST CHEER WHEN