We have just had a very important call. NBC News projecting that in the Commonwealth of Virginia, the new governor in Virginia will be Democrat Abigail Spanberger, defeating Republican Lieutenant Governor Wininsome Earl Sears. This is a flip of the governor's seat in Virginia from the Republican party to the Democratic party.Abigail Spanberger, former CIA officer, Democratic Congresswoman, uh, taking that seat for the Democratic Party in. ...

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all politics is local, right. That doesn't actually seem to be the case here today in New Jersey, this massive gubanatorial race. A lot of that is because here in New Jersey in 2024, Donald Trump made up a lot of ground, 10 points compared to 2020.We've been speaking with people that are voting in this big governor's race in New Jersey, asking them, "What is the number one issue that you care about?" Of course, we've heard things like affordability, the economy, but the number one thing people are telling u ...

This is the first big electoral test of the second Trump administration and it is upon us. It's here. Voters are lining up today from coast to coast like at this polling location in New York City where voters will choose their next mayor.The contests are set to serve as a bit of a barometer for the national mood nine months into an administration like none before it. One that has pursued an agenda that wide swats of the American people say they did not sign up for. even people who voted for Donald Trump.Thi ...

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We're following that breaking news that in a new truth social post, President Trump says he'll fund the critical SNAP food assistance program that 42 million Americans rely once the quote radical left Democrats open the government. MSNBC's senior legal reporter, Lisa Rubin, is covering this for us. Lisa, a judge said something very different, and then the USDA just yesterday said, "We're going to at least partially fund this." >> So, what what is this.I don't know what this is, but if I were looking at this ...

How should we remember Dick Cheney, who died Monday at the age of 84, as the Richard Nixon staffer who became the youngest White House chief of staff ever under Gerald Ford. Or as a college dropout who would represent his state of Wyoming in Congress for a decade. As George HW Bush's defense secretary who helped engineer the Persian Gulf War to liberate Kuwait, or George W.Bush's vice president, who pushed weapons of mass destruction to pursue war in Iraq, which, by the way, we're still paying for. as the u ...

Joining us now, some of our politics reporter Dave Wagel, former press secretary to former House Speakers John Boehner and Paul Ryan, and MSNBC political analysts Brendan Buck, former Ohio State Senator and former national co-chair for Bernie Sanders's presidential campaign, Nina Turner, and Democratic strategist and MSNBC political analyst Cornell Belchure. He is serving, by the way, as a pollster for Andrew Cuomo's mayoral campaign. All right, Dave, if you're going to learn a lesson about talking to voter ...

Joining us now, senior editor and elections analyst for the Cook Political Report, Dave Wasserman. First, I ask you humbly to tell me if I got those questions right. >> You did.Good to be with you. >> So, what will you be watching for and where. >> So, I'm going to be watching the margins in Virginia and New Jersey.And they're different states because Democrats are defending the governor's office in New Jersey after eight years. Voters are frustrated with high electricity rates. So Mikey Cheryl's got a toug ...