Democrats stun GOP in key midterm races

We have a couple things going on to our south in Iowa. The governor's race has been called there for the Democrat Rob Sand. He was running against Republican Zach Lawn, but as of right now, the AP is calling Iowa's governor's race for the Democrat Rob Sand. And the AP is also calling Texas the governor's race there for Gina Hinojosa, the Democratic candidate facing Greg Abbott, the Republican. So, Pat and Catherine, let's talk about those governor's races and what we're seeing there. Texas is another blue wave surprise. The last Democratic governor of Texas was Ann Richards, who left after the 1994 elections when it was a Republican red wave. And so this is truly stunning. And remember, Abbott was the governor who redistricted Texas so that Republicans would pick up more seats. In Texas, at the behest of President Trump, just never would have thought he was vulnerable. Combine that with Tallarico winning the U.S. Senate race in Texas as well by a wide margin right there. You've got 67% of the votes tallied with a 20% lead there. Kansas, another one we're looking very closely at right now. 89% of the votes reporting in. Adam Hamilton, the minister there, winning against Roger Marshall, the incumbent Republican. And in Kansas, this does not happen. It's been almost 100 years since a Democrat has won. And he's run his campaign as somebody who says he's going to unite, and he's asked Republican candidates to join him, so he's coming at this from a moderate approach. And he's a pastor, and so it's been interesting. We've had some live reports out of there today with some of our reporters talking to people who've been at the polls about what's on their mind and what's happening in Kansas. Also, just reading a little bit. bit more about the Texas race. This will be the first Hispanic candidate to lead the state. So there's a national message here somewhere and is it a rebuke to what the politics that we've had for the last 10 years, to the chaos that we've had and confusion and the harsh rhetoric of the last few years? The Democrats have not really gone to the extra-liberal progressives to run it. They're running moderates. Who are winning and fitting in with the wishes of the voters right now. For the most part. Michigan being an exception. We'll see where that goes. Yeah. El Sayed would be considered part of that progressive wing. And he was leading at last check if you look at Michigan's... And if that's true, if that is true, that even a progressive, a left-wing Democrat wins, then what does that say? There's a message here. Mid-term elections are a referendum on the president, and this is turning out to be a big referendum. We might be getting some information out of Kansas. I'm trying to keep an eye here. It looks like it might be getting close to being called, but I lost my AP alert. It is okay. Let's go to that graphic if we can, an election alert out of Kansas, that U.S. Senate race. Adam Hamilton, the Democrat, winning 52% of the vote right now over Roger Marshall with 44%. Almost 90% of the votes tallied in there. That race has been called, so that would put the tally now to five. At five. At five flips, and so it's hard to imagine, therefore, Democrats not taking majority party control. It has not been called that yet, but that certainly is the way the math is working out right now. As you look at the control of Senate, again, we are looking at this thing minute by minute now, with 50 seats now going to Democrats, 39 to... To the Republicans with more to be counted, including the one here in Minnesota with Peggy Flanagan and Michelle Tafoya. And we expect that to climb above 50 then as the night wears on here. We are hearing that we should get a and might get a very large dumping of votes coming in soon here in Minnesota at 1030. So let's take a look at list A right here, which is what we call our top races here in Minnesota, beginning with that governor's race. Can we bring.