Tafoya, Demuth speak as Minnesota polls close

In that CD1. Okay, we want to go to Minnetonka because Michelle Tafoya is speaking to her audience there. This is a party that she is hosting by herself. Let's listen in. And the reason that you're here is because you were indispensable to this campaign. Some of you just kind of got in because you were lucky, let's be honest tonight. But no, everyone here, not you, you were indispensable. Family, friends, you were, and volunteers and staffers, you have been I don't if you're going to let me speak. A buoy to me, people that I could count on, Okay. Alright. Thank you. people that were helpful in the smallest and Alright. I don't think I have a comment. Thank you. Okay. biggest of ways. And so I thank you. It is very early. Thank you. Thank you. Okay. We know that returns are going to take a Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. while. So we're going to watch them with great interest Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. and great optimism and great hope and Hey, she's not here. Hey. great faith. And that's what we're going to do tonight. Yeah, that's fine. What do you mean? And we're going to celebrate at the end What do you mean you're not at your desk? of the night. So thank you for being here. Enjoy yourselves. Oh, you know what? I have a comment. I don't know. That's fine. A bit of a rally cry there from Michelle Tafoya, running for U.S. Senate there on the Republican side. We also know that Lisa Damuth is also speaking right now as well. Let's listen to that. All of our hard work and direction for the state of Minnesota with a fresh start, a change of direction, and moving us forward is about to happen. I look forward to celebrating with you tonight. This is a moment in history that we have all been waiting for. You see the candidates and our families up here. This is why we do it. We do it for today. We do it for tomorrow. And we do it for the next generations to come. Let's celebrate tonight together. Great to be with you tonight. All right, Republican Lisa Demuth, Speaker of the House, running for governor here in Minnesota on the Republican side, thanking her supporters as well as the night gets going Billing here at eight o'clock, the polls are closed. So this is often what they'll do. They'll just come out and give you a thank you to her supporters and those that are close by. Yeah, especially if they know that it's going to be a late night and people may not be able to stay late. They want to at least say thank you early on. And they've been there for hours. Yeah. The supporters have been there for hours. They all call them their victory party. So they're all there and, yeah, just kind of give a boost to them. Hi, how are you? Speech. As we look at the control of the Senate graphic there, again, this is going to change throughout the night. You can see on the left-hand side the Democrats, on the right-hand side the Republicans, and those numbers will tally up throughout the night as these races are called. In fact, I believe there's a couple new races that have been called in the southwestern part of the United States. Is that right, Producer Lori? You're going to bring up some information for us there. Colorado and New Mexico, I believe, have called their races, both going to Democrats. Correct. And we may or may not have graphics on that, but that's what we're hearing. It does seem early. Well, the AP's calling both of those races, and that is our source, that we're comfortable going. Catherine, you have it up? Yeah. Yes. Ben Ray Lujan in New Mexico and John Hickenlooper in Colorado, incumbents, yeah. And these were not races that were considered to be. No. Okay. So everything's moving along. Yeah, the election is proceeding apace. No big surprises, just giving you some information out there. All right, let's go over to...