-- PS CNG, NEW JERSEY EDUCATION ASSOCIATION , OR STEAD AND NEW JERSEY REALTORS.

>>> LIVE FROM NJ PBS AGNES VERA STUDIO, THIS IS NJ DECIDES 2022 ELECTION NIGHT.

>>> GOOD EVENING.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US THIS ELECTION NIGHT IN NEW JERSEY AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY , A CONSEQUENTIAL ELECTION OF COURSE.

I AND BROWN OF THE NOSY.

POLLS ARE OFFICIALLY CLOSED.

THEY HAVE BEEN FOR HOURS.

COUNTING IS WELL UNDERWAY.

MORE THAN 743,000 VOTES WERE CAST IN THE STATE, EVEN BEFORE POLLS OPENED THIS MORNING, CLOSING OUT WITH HAS BEEN A TUMULTUOUS AND EXPENSIVE MIDTERM ELECTION CYCLE.

OUTSIDE GROUPS SPENDING $22 MILLION ON THE CAMPAIGNS HERE IN THE STATE ALONE.

THIS IS THE FIRST OFFICIAL ELECTION AND REFERENDUM OF SITTING PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN AND A KEY INDICATOR ON WHETHER FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP WILL PUT HIS HAT IN THE RING FOR 2024.

BOTH MEN CAMPAIGNING HEAVILY IN CASE SWING STATES THAT WILL HELP DECIDE THE BALANCE OF POWER IN CONGRESS.

ALL 12 OF NEW JERSEY'S CONGRESSIONAL SEATS ARE UP FOR GRABS IN NEW JERSEY.

10 ARE CURRENTLY HELD BY DEMOCRATS WHO ARE HOPING TO HOLD ONTO CONTROL OF THE U.S. HOUSE.

TWO SEATS HELD BY REPUBLICANS WHO ARE HOPING TO FLIP POWER IN THEIR FAVOR, CONFIDENT IN THEIR POWER TO USE MESSAGING, ON THE ECONOMY AND INFLATION, AS RISING PRICES WE HAVE SEEN AND CRIME.

ALL OF THE LATEST POLLS SHOWING LIKELY VOTERS AND VOTERS TODAY VIEW INFLATION AND THE ECONOMY IS THE ISSUE OF THIS ELECTION IN 2022, AND MESSAGE POLITICAL ANALYST SAY DEMOCRATS DIDN'T HIT QUITE HARD ENOUGH, INSTEAD FOCUSING ON ABORTION AND THE CONCEPT OF PROTECTING DEMOCRACY AMONG OTHER ISSUES.

NEW CONGRESSIONAL MAPPING ADDING TO THE UNCERTAINTY.

IT WAS SUPPOSED TO FAVOR DEMOCRATS AND NINE OF THE 12 DISTRICTS.

EVEN DEMOCRATIC INCUMBENTS IN SO-CALLED SAFE SEATS ARE RUNNING AND SPENDING LIKE THEY'RE IN COMPETITIVE RACES.

LET'S RESET AND TAKE A LOOK AT WHERE THINGS STAND AT THIS 11:00 HOUR.

IN DISTRICT 8, ROBERT MENENDEZ, A DEMOCRAT, IS THE PROJECTED WINNER.

HE WILL TAKE THE SEAT BEATING REPUBLICAN MARCUS ARROYO.

AND IS THE SON OF U.S.

SENATOR BOB MENENDEZ.

IN DISTRICT 10, DONALD PAYNE JUNIOR, APRIL STAPLED NAME, THE PROJECTED WINNER.

ANOTHER DEMOCRAT AGAINST TRAN36.

IN DISTRICT 4, CHRIS SMITH IS THE PROJECTED WINNER, BEATING MATTHEW JENKINS.

YOU CAN SEE THE VOTE.

IN DISTRICT 6, FRANK PALLOTTA, DEMOCRATIC INCUMBENT, ONE OF THE SENIOR MEMBERS IS THE PROJECTED WINNER OVER REPUBLICAN SUSAN KILEY.

IN DISTRICT 1, DEMOCRAT DONALD MOORE CROSSES THE WIND AGAINST CLAIRE GUSTAFSON.

TAKE A LOOK AT DISTRICT 9.

DEMOCRAT BILL PASCRELL, THE PROJECTED WINNER AGAINST CHALLENGER REPUBLICAN BILLY PREMPEH.

ALL EYES ARE ON DISTRICT 7.

THAT IS WERE REPRESENTATIVE TOM MALINOWSKI IS LOOKING TO HOLD ONTO HIS SEAT AND FEND OFF THE REPUBLICAN FORMER STATE SENATOR , THOMAS KEAN JR. .

IN DISTRICT 3, WE HAVE A PROJECTED WINNER TONIGHT, ANDY KIM, THE DEMOCRATIC INCUMBENT FIGHTING OFF A LATE SURGE BY REPUBLICAN BOB HEALEY.

YOU CAN TAKE A LOOK AT THE NUMBERS BEING REPORTED.

A LOT OF FOLKS, WE DID NOT KNOW IF WE WOULD HAVE RESULTS TONIGHT OR NOT.

IN DISTRICT 11, TAKE A LOOK THERE, LIKE YOU SURE WAS THE PROJECTED WINNER HOLDING ONTO HER SEAT.

DEMOCRATIC INCUMBENT BEATING AT FORMER PROSECUTOR PAUL DEGROOT, 62 TO 37% RESULTS VOTING THERE.

WE HAVE A LOT OF NEWS TO BREAK DOWN.

JOINING THE ONSET, WE HAVE SENIOR DIGITAL PROJECTS I WOULD EDITOR CALLING A DAY AND SENIOR POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT DAVID CRUZ.

OUR REPORTERS ARE OUT IN THE FIELD.

THEY ARE COVERING THE MAJOR DISTRICTS.

THEY HAVE A LOT OF NEWS TO WRAP UP TONIGHT.

THEY ARE COVERING CONGRESSIONAL RACES AND A FEW LOCAL ELECTIONS.

LET'S START WITH SENIOR CORRESPONDENT BRENDA FLANAGAN STARTING BY AS A GOP EVENT IN BASKING RIDGE WHERE THAT RACE IS STILL TOO CLOSE TO CALL AT THIS HOUR.

>> Reporter: THAT IS RIGHT.

10 I STARTED WITH A VERY RAUCOUS CAUCUS IN BASKING RIDGE.

NUMBERS ARE SHOWING THAT THIS IS A REALLY TIGHT RACE AND THERE WAS THE ROOM CLEARING MAYBE PEOPLE ARE JUST GOING HOME AND THEY WILL WAIT TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE CAMPAIGN CAME OUT AND TOLD US, QUOTE, THAT THE RACE LOOKS VERY GOOD AND CLOSE.

STICK AROUND A LITTLE LONGER AND BE PATIENT.

RECALL TALKING TO INCUMBENT DEMOCRAT TOM MALINOWSKI.

HE TOLD ME THIS REDRAWN DISTRICT WOULD BE A VERY TOUGH CONTEST.

THINGS IT WOULD COME DOWN TO COVER VOTER TURNOUT AND ENTHUSIASM.

SPEAKING WITH PEOPLE IN THE NORTHWEST PART OF THE STATE, REPRESENTATIVES FROM THAT AREA TOLD US THERE WERE PEOPLE LINED UP AROUND THE BLOCK TODAY ANXIOUS TO VOTE AND EAGER TO VOTE.

IT IS BECAUSE THE THOMAS KEAN JR. CAMPAIGN HAMMERED POCKETBOOK ISSUES SO IMPORTANT TO PEOPLE, INFLATION IN THE ECONOMY.

THAT CONNECTED WITH A LOT OF VOTERS.

RIGHT NOW, THIS RAISES TOO CLOSE TO CALL.

THE FOLKS THAT SAID WE WOULD KNOW BY 10:30 WHAT WAS GOING ON, WE ARE A LITTLE OVER OPTIMISTIC.

STAY TUNED.

>> WE ARE GETTING RESULTS IN TONIGHT THAT WE DID NOT ANTICIPATE WOULD COME IN THIS EARLY.

LET'S GO TO SENIOR CORRESPONDENT JOANNA GAGIS WHO HAS BEEN ON THE GROUND ALL DAY FOLLOWING TOM MALINOWSKI'S CAMPAIGN.

SHE IS STANDING BY.

GIVE US AN UPDATE.

>> Reporter: WE HAPPEN STANDING.

MAYBE OUR FEET HURT, WE HAVE BEEN IN HEELS ALL DAY.

WE ARE HERE IN A ROOM THAT IS BUZZING.

THEY COVERED A LOT OF CAMPAIGNS.

WHAT YOU SEE AS THE PARTY STARTS STRONG AND FIZZLES OUT THIS TIME OF NIGHT.

THIS ONE KEEPS BUILDING AND BUILDING.

I CAN'T HELP BUT WONDER WILL THERE BE SOME CORRELATION TO ANY KIND OF MOMENTUM HAS VOTES GET COUNTED.

AS WE SEE RIGHT NOW, THE AP HAS TOM MALINOWSKI WITH ABOUT 53% OF THE VOTES.

THAT IS WITH MORE THAN HALF OF THE VOTES COUNTED.

THERE IS STILL A LOT LEFT TO COUNT.

WE DON'T KNOW WHERE THESE FOLKS ARE COMING FROM.

WE DON'T KNOW IF THESE ARE COMING FROM THE RIGHT AND REPUBLICAN AREAS IN THE DISTRICT.

IT IS A LARGE DISTRICT.

IT IS ANYONE'S GUESS HOW THIS WILL SHAKE OUT.

WHAT I CAN TELL YOU IS THAT WE KNOW THIS DISTRICT WAS REDRAWN DURING THE REDISTRICTING PROCESS TO FAVOR REPUBLICANS.

FROM THE GET-GO, HE HAD 18,000 REPUBLICAN VOTERS OUTWEIGHING DEMOCRATIC VOTERS.

THERE WAS A BIG STRETCH HE NEEDED TO MAKE UP.

LOOKING AT THE FOLKS IN THIS ROOM, THESE ARE A LOT OF FOLKS OUT THERE CANVASSING WITH HIM.

THEY WERE OUT ALL DAY.

THEY WERE OUT ALL MONTH, REALLY ALL ELECTION SEASON.

HE PRIDED HIMSELF ON THE FACT THAT HE BUILT UP THIS EFFORT ON FOLKS THAT WERE NOT INVOLVED IN THE POLITICAL PROCESS FOR HE FIRST BECAME CONGRESSMAN IN 2018.

THESE FOLKS ARE HIS TRIED AND TRUE AMBASSADORS OF THIS DISTRICT FIGHTING FOR HIM, TRYING TO OUT WORK THAT 18,000 DEFICIT THEY HAVE IN THE DISTRICT.

WE ARE WATCHING THE NUMBERS AS THEY COME IN.

THERE IS NOTHING DEFINITIVE YET.

IT IS A TIGHT RACE AND A TIGHT LEAD THAT HE IS BARELY HANGING ONTO TO HOPEFULLY GET TO HIS THIRD TERM.

BACK TO YOU.

>>> LET'S COME BACK IN STUDIO WHERE YOU WERE POINTING OUT THAT VOTES IN SUSSEX COUNTY HAVE NOT BEEN COUNTED.

THAT IS KEY IN THIS RACE.

>> THE ONLY RESULTS IN SO FAR FROM SUSSEX COUNTY ARE EITHER A COMBINATION OF THE EARLY IN PERSON IN THE VOTE BY MALES.

WE HAVE GOT ZERO VOTES SO FAR FROM THE MACHINES.

I EXPECT THEY SHOULD BE COMING IN FAIRLY SOON SINCE IT IS AFTER 11.

THOSE WOULD BE EXPECTED TO MAKE A BIG SHIFT FOR TOM KING.

>> WE ARE GETTING THIS IN.

THE RACE FOR JEFF ANDREWS HAS BEEN CALLED, THE INCUMBENT REPUBLICAN.

HE WAS THE ONE TIME DEMOCRAT WHO SERVED FOR QUITE SOME TIME IN THE NEW JERSEY LEGISLATOR AS A DEMOCRAT IN SOUTH JERSEY IS THE PROJECTED WINNER AGAINST DEMOCRAT TIM ALEXANDER .

61% OF THE VOTE.

WE HAVE RESULTS FOR DISTRICT 12.

BONNIE WATSON COLEMAN, DEMOCRAT INCUMBENT, THE WINNER IN THAT DISTRICT AGAINST REPUBLICAN DARIUS MAYFIELD.

BONNIE WATSON COLEMAN, ANOTHER LONGTIME SERVING MEMBER OF THE NEW JERSEY LEGISLATOR IN THE TRENTON AREA AND A LOT OF NAME RECOGNITION.

SHE IS THE PROJECTED WINNER.

MORE RESULTS TRICKLING IN TONIGHT.

WE HAVE TALKED HEADING INTO TONIGHT ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT WE WOULD HAVE ANYTHING TO TALK ABOUT.

WE SURE DO.

WHAT DOES THIS SAY ABOUT THE ABILITY TO COUNT THESE EARLY VOTES AND THE TURN OUT?

LET ME GO TO YOU FIRST.

>> THERE ARE STILL SOME COUNTIES WE HAVE BEEN TRYING TO TRACK THIS.

THERE ARE STILL COUNTIES WHERE IT IS UNKNOWN IF THE VOTES HAVE BEEN BECAUSE CLERKS HAVE NOT POSTED THAT ON THEIR WEBSITE.

THAT IS NOT REALLY HELPFUL.

IN PLACES WE DO NOW.

IT IS REALLY GREAT THAT THERE WAS MORE TRANSPARENCY.

THE MORE WE HAVE, THE FEWER CONSPIRACY THEORIES OR PROBLEMS YOU WILL HEAR FROM SOME FOLKS QUESTIONING RESULTS.

SO FAR, THE TURNOUT CONTINUES AS I AM LOOKING TO SEE WHAT COUNTIES ARE FULLY REPORTED OR CLOSE TO FULLY REPORTED.

THEY REMAIN ABOUT 10% LESS THEN FOUR YEARS AGO.

THAT WOULD BE INTERESTING IF THAT IS NOT MADE UP BY LATE COMING IN MAIL IN BALLOTS.

>> WE DON'T YET KNOW THE FINAL RESULTS IS DISTRICT 5.

THAT IS JUST GOT HI, THE DEMOCRATIC INCUMBENT MEMBER OF THE PROBLEM SOLVERS INCUMBENTS.

HE IS CONSIDERED ONE OF THE MOST MODERATE MEMBERS OF CONGRESS AGAINST REPUBLICAN FRANK PALLOTTA.

WHAT DO WE MAKE OF THAT RACE?

>> IT IS A LITTLE SURPRISING TO ME.

JOSH GOT HI IS THIS PERFECTLY ENGINEERED CANDIDATE WHO PROBLEM SOLVERS CAUCUSES IS THE PERFECT EXAMPLE.

HE THREADS THAT NEEDLE THROUGH THE MIDDLE, COLLECTS LOTS OF MONEY -- >> A PROLIFIC FUNDRAISER.

>> YEAH.

I'M SURPRISED IT HAS NOT BEEN CALLED YET.

I DON'T KNOW IF THAT MEANS ANYTHING NECESSARILY, BUT THAT IS WHAT IS STICKING OUT TO ME IN THAT REGARD.

>> WHAT IS INTERESTING, COLLEEN, AS HE HAD FORMER PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON COME INTO STEM FOR HIM.

THIS IS A RACE HE EASILY WON AGAINST FRANK PALLOTTA IN 2020.

AGAIN, DEMOCRATS ARE NOT TAKING ANY CHANCES.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

THERE WAS LOTS OF MONEY SPENT ON JOSH GOTTHEIMER'S EVENT AS WELL.

>> IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE WHY WE DON'T KNOW YET.

>> COLLEEN, DAVID, STICK AROUND.

WE WILL GO TO DISTRICT 3, WHICH OF COURSE WAS JUST CALLED.

THAT BECAME ONE OF THE RACES TO WATCH LATE IN THIS ELECTION CYCLE.

WE HAVE MELISSA LIZ COOPER STANDING BY .

THE RACE HAS BEEN CALLED FOR ANDY KIM WHO WAS UP AGAINST IT IN THE FINAL HOUR.

>> THE CELEBRATIONS HAVE ALREADY BEGUN.

THEY HAVE BEEN HERE GOING GIVING EACH OTHER HUGS.

WHICH SPANS MERCER COUNTY -- WHICH SPANS MERCER COUNTY, BURLINGTON AND MONMOUTH.

THIS IS NOT LAUREL AT CAMPAIGN HEADQUARTERS WHERE THE MOOD HAS BEEN LIVELY ALL NIGHT, MUSIC PLAYING AND PEOPLE GIVING EACH OTHER HUGS FOR THE CELEBRATION.

EARLIER TONIGHT, KIM WALKED IN GREETING AND MINGLING WITH SUPPORTERS ALL NIGHT.

HE SAYS HE WAS FEELING PRETTY GOOD ABOUT THE RACE .

IT LOOKED LIKE THERE IS THE RIGHT FEELING.

>> SELECTED TO REPRESENT THE DISTRICT IN 2018 AS THE SO-CALLED BLUE WAVE ACTION TO FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP.

HE HAS MADE ISSUES LIKE HEALTH CARE AND SUPPORT FOR SMALL BUSINESSES SOME OF HIS TOP PRIORITIES.

THIS YEAR, HE SAYS HE IS ADDING INFLATION, WHICH IS A CONCERN THAT HAS BEEN ON THE MINDS OF SO MANY NEW JERSEYANS WITH THINGS LIKE GAS, COST-OF-LIVING, AND EVERYTHING GOING UP.

HE HAS BEEN SAYING HE WANTS TO MAKE IT HIS PLATFORM AND SOMETHING THAT HE IS PASSIONATE ABOUT DOING IS KEEPING MONEY IN THE POCKETS OF NEW JERSEY FAMILIES HE DID.

HE SAYS HE IS COMMITTED TO MAKING SURE HE DOES WHAT IS RIGHT FOR THE COMMITTEE.

EARLIER TODAY, WE WERE REPORTING THAT WE WERE NOT SURE IF WE WERE GOING TO GET SOME RESULTS TONIGHT BECAUSE OF THE ISSUES HAPPENING IN MERCER COUNTY WITH THE VOTING MACHINES.

AS WE MENTIONED, HE HAS BEEN THE PROJECTED WINNER OF TONIGHT .

WE ARE EXPECTING HIM TO COME OUT AND MAKE A STATEMENT AND ADDRESS US ANY MINUTE NOW.

HE HAS BEEN PROJECTED AS THE WINNER FOR THE 3rd DISTRICT.

BACK TO YOU.

>> I KNOW YOU WILL KEEP IN ERROR ON THE GROUND FOR US THERE.

WE WILL COME BACK TO YOU WHEN ANDY KIM DOES MAKE THAT SPEECH.

EVEN SANTANA IS ALSO IN DISTRICT 3.

SHE IS AT REPUBLICAN CHALLENGER BOB HEALY'S EVENT, NOT FAR FROM KIM IN MEDFORD, WHERE I AM IMAGINING THE MOOD IS A BIT DIFFERENT.

>> THE MOOD IS A LITTLE MORE SOLEMN.

WE JUST SPOKE TO BOB HEALY A FEW MOMENTS AGO.

HE SAID HE DOESN'T FEEL COMFORTABLE COMMENTING ON THE RACE DESPITE CONGRESSMAN KIM BEING PROJECTED TO WIN.

HE SAID THERE ARE STILL A LOT OF VOTES THAT NEED TO BE COUNTED.

HE HAS NO PLANS ON CONCEDING TONIGHT.

THIS IS AFTER A TOUGH RACE.

HE ADMITTED HE HAD A TOUGH CHALLENGER AND A FIERCE RACE THAT HE REMAINS CONFIDENT AND OPTIMISTIC.

WHILE IT IS QUIET, IS A LOT OF HIS STAFF AND CAMPAIGN STILL REMAIN OPTIMISTIC THAT HE COULD IN FACT WIN THIS RACE.

RAY, BACK TO YOU.

>> RAVEN SANTANA IN DISTRICT 3.

CERTAINLY A LOT TO WATCH IF THEY DO, IN FACT, CHALLENGE THIS RACE.

HE WILL GO AHEAD AND BRING IN STRATEGIST JULIE ROSINSKI TO GET HER TAKE ON SOME OF THESE RESULTS TONIGHT.

JULIE, THANK YOU FOR STICKING AROUND FOR US.

CERTAINLY DID WINS FOR DEMOCRATS PARTICULARLY IN THE THIRD DISTRICT THERE.

>> I THINK NOBODY CAN FORGET THE DAY AFTER JANUARY 6A WHEN HE GOT ON HIS HANDS AND KNEES AND CLEANED UP THE MESS THAT UP THE REPUBLICANS MADE IN THE CAPITAL.

THAT IS AN IMAGE THAT I THINK HAS STUCK AROUND A LOT OF MINDS, EVEN PEOPLE WHO DON'T KNOW ANDY CAN BECAUSE THE DISTRICT HAS BEEN REDISTRICTING SINCE THE LAST TIME IT RAN.

WHEN YOU HAVE CANDIDATES THAT ARE QUALITY PEOPLE LIKE MIKEY CHERYL, WHO MADE A NAME FOR HERSELF AS A GREAT CONGRESSWOMAN, DAN WASHINGTON, AND JOSH GOT,, YOU MENTIONED HER EARLIER , AS PROBABLY THE MOST POLITICALLY SAVVY MEMBER OF CONGRESS THAT WE HAVE .

I THINK WHEN YOU COMBINE THAT KIND OF POWERHOUSE DELEGATION ALONG WITH A MAP THAT WAS DRAWN TO PROTECT THEM, IT'S NOT A SURPRISE HE DID WELL TONIGHT .

I WILL SAY THAT PROJECTED BY THE RED WAYS NATIONALLY WE KEEP TALKING ABOUT IT HEARING ABOUT HAS NOT MATERIALIZED.

DEMOCRATS ARE ON TRACK TO KEEP THE SENATE IT WILL NOT HAVE THE RIGHT WAYS IN THE HOUSE PEOPLE WERE EXPECTING.

>> LET'S TALK ABOUT THOSE NATIONAL RACES.

PENNSYLVANIA IS NEARBY TO US AND ONE TO WATCH.

WHAT CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT WHAT WE ARE SEEING NATIONWIDE AND WHETHER OR NOT ALL OF THIS TALK ABOUT DEMOCRATS BRACING FOR THE WORST WAS MOOT OR NOT.

>> JOE BIDEN IS ON TRACK OF THINGS HOLD OF THE WAY THEY ARE RIGHT NOW TO HAVE THE BEST MIDTERM ELECTION FOR ANY DEMOCRAT IN MY LIFETIME.

THAT SAYS SOMETHING.

WHAT IT BASICALLY SAYS THAT ALL THE PEOPLE THAT ARE SAYING JOE BIDEN WAS A FAILED PRESIDENT AND THAT WE NEED TO LOOK FOR AN ALTERNATIVE TO HIM , THE VOTERS DON'T AGREE WITH HIM BECAUSE THIS IS A REFERENDUM ON THIS PRESIDENT.

THE REALITY IS DESPITE ECONOMIC HEADWINDS THE VOTERS ARE FEELING, DESPITE THE RHETORIC THEY HAVE BEEN HEARING FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS ABOUT THAT BIDEN IS TOO OLD OR TOO INEPT OR WHATEVER IT IS TO DO WELL, THE VOTERS SAID THEIR PROJECTIONS ARE WRONG BECAUSE THE REALITY IS PLACE AFTER PLACE, SWING AFTER SWING STATE, SWING DISTRICT AFTER SWING DISTRICT.

YOU HAVE DEMOCRATS HOLDING ON AND IN SOME CASES PICKING UP.

>> TO THAT POINT, WE DO HAVE SOME BREAKING NEWS, JOSH GOTTHEIMER IS PRETTY OBJECTIVE THE WINNER THERE.

AGAIN TO YOUR POINT , WE WERE SPEAKING IN THE STUDIO ABOUT THE FACT THAT HE BROUGHT IN FORMER PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON TO SPEAK FOR HIM IN THE FINAL HOUR THIS PAST WEEKEND , BRINGING IN THE HEAVY HITTERS.

THE TIDES SEEM TO BE IN THE DEMOCRATS FAVOR, PERHAPS HERE IN NEW JERSEY.

>> JOSH GOTTHEIMER RAN AN EXCELLENT CAMPAIGN.

HE KEPT HIS EYE ON THE PRIZE, WHICH IS FOCUSING ON AFFORDABILITY , MAKING VOTERS UNDERSTAND THAT HE UNDERSTANDS WHERE THEY ARE COMING FROM WITH RESPECT TO FINANCIAL ANXIETIES, AND REMINDING THEM THAT HE IS BUTTING FOR THEM TO HAVE MORE FINANCIAL RELIEF.

THAT IS THE KIND OF MESSAGE THAT DEMOCRATS NATIONALLY DID WELL, LIKE ABIGAIL IN VIRGINIA AND OTHERS ROAD TO AN INCREDIBLY SUCCESSFUL RESULT.

THERE ARE CANDIDATES OUT THERE WHO WERE REDISTRICTING OUT OF A MORE DEMOCRATIC DISTRICT TO A MORE DIFFICULT DISTRICT AND CERTAINLY PROJECTED TO LOSE.

>> WE ARE CERTAINLY SEEING THOSE HEADWINDS.

JULIE, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR INSIGHT.

I WANT TO MOVE OVER TO MICHAEL BASSLER, PROFESSOR OF FINANCE FROM STOCKTON UNIVERSITY.

TIME AND TIME AGAIN , WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IT'S THE ECONOMY.

PERHAPS WE CAN SAY IT IS ALWAYS THE ECONOMY IN AN ELECTION.

IT BECAME A TOP ISSUE OVERSHADOWING ABORTION.

WAS THIS THE DRIVING FORCE FOR VOTERS AT THE POLLS, AT LEAST FROM WHAT WE HAVE SEEN?

>> SO FAR NATIONWIDE AND NOT QUITE AS MUCH IN NEW JERSEY , I THINK THE TOP ISSUES WHERE THE ECONOMY AND PEOPLE'S SAFETY.

PEOPLE LIKE TO FEEL PHYSICALLY SAFE , SECURE AND ECONOMICALLY SECURE.

THEY DIDN'T FEEL THAT THE DEMOCRATIC LEADERSHIP WAS ABLE TO GIVE THAT TO THEM.

I WILL DISAGREE WITH JULIE, HER PRIOR GUEST.

EARLY RETURNS DID SHOW THE STUDENT LOOK LIKE IT WOULD BE A RED WAVE THAT REPUBLICANS WOULD PICK UP SOME IN THE HOUSE AND GAIN CONTROL OF THE HOUSE, BUT NOT THE SENATE.

THAT WAS IN THE EARLY RETURNS.

EARLY RETURNS REFLECT EARLY VOTING, WHICH IS GENERALLY DEMOCRATIC.

YOU LOOK AT THE RETURNS IN THE LAST 15 OR 20 MINUTES, THINGS ARE CHANGING.

HERSCHEL WALKER WENT AHEAD OF WARNOCK IN GEORGIA .

OZ WENT AHEAD OF FETTERMAN IN PENNSYLVANIA .

YOU ARE STARTING TO SEE VINCE ONE WAS DECLARED THE WINNER IN OHIO.

HE WAS BEHIND.

WHEN JULIE SAID SHE THINGS THE DEMOCRATS WILL HOLD ONTO THE SENATE IN EARLY VOTING I WOULD HAVE AGREED WITH HER.

YOU TAKE A LOOK NOW AND WE'RE NOT SO SURE.

WE DON'T HAVE INFORMATION YET.

THE POLLS DISCLOSED IN SOME OF THE WEST STATES .

I THINK THESE ECONOMIC ISSUES, CRIME ISSUES, NATIONAL DEFENSE ISSUES , PLAYED A LOT ON PEOPLE'S MINDS.

A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE SOCIAL ISSUES .

IT APPEARS THEY FEEL THAT WOMEN ARE LOSING THEIR RIGHT TO CHOOSE AS A RESULT OF OVERTURNING ROE V. WADE.

THAT PLAYED VERY STRONGLY AND HOPED THE DEMOCRATS.

IN NEW JERSEY, I DON'T THINK I'VE SEEN ANY REAL SURPRISES.

MOST OF THE ONES WE THOUGHT WERE GOING TO WIN ARE WINNING.

I LIVE IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY .

MOST OF NEW JERSEY IS A BLUE STATE.

IN THE SOUTH, WE ARE A LITTLE MORE PURPLE.

ANDREW WAS A DEMOCRAT AND REPUBLICAN .

BOB HEALY GAVE A PRETTY GOOD FIGHT BUT IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE HE WILL BE ABLE TO WIN.

>> A LOT OF THE POINT TO BRING UP.

IN BASSLER WITH US FROM STOCKTON UNIVERSITY, PROFESSOR OF FINANCE.

MICHAEL, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I WILL BRING IT BACK INTO THE STUDIO WITH MY PALS, CALLING IT A DAY AND EVERY CREWS.

FINAL THOUGHTS FROM EACH OF YOU .

CALLING?

>> I THINK THINGS WENT MUCH BETTER THAN EXPECTED.

WE HAVE 11 RACES OF 12 CALLED.

>> THE ONLY OUTSTANDING GRACE IS DISTRICT 7.

>> I DON'T THINK ANY OF US EXPECTED THAT TO BE CALLED TO.

HE WILL HAVE TO KEEP WAITING AND KEEP COUNTING.

>> A COUPLE QUICK TAKEAWAYS.

BOB HEALY RAN A HECK OF A RACE PARTICULARLY FOR A FORMER PUNK ROCKER.

>> AND YOGA INSTRUCTOR.

>> CURRENT YOGA.

WELL, YEAH.

RIGHT.

ALSO , DID THE SYSTEM HOLD?

YES IT DID, IT APPEARS.

WE HAVE A SITUATION IN MERCER COUNTY.

IT SEEMS LIKE EVERYONE WILL BE ABLE TO GET THEIR VOTE COUNTED.

THAT IS VERY SIGNIFICANT.

ALSO, I THINK THE FACT THAT WE ARE STILL HAVING THE SAME CONGRESSIONAL SITUATION AS WE HAD TWO YEARS AGO.

THAT IS VERY INTERESTING.

THAT WAS A LOT OF HANDWRINGING AMONG DEMOCRATS CONCERNED ABOUT TOM MALINOWSKI AND THOMAS KEAN JR. , BUT AUNTIE KEN'S RACE AS WELL.

FOR DEMOCRATS IN NEW JERSEY, PARTICULARLY, IT HAS BEEN A DECENT NIGHT.

>> CALLING, VERY QUICKLY.

IT LOOKS LIKE HE WOULD AGREE.

>> OH YEAH.

HE JOSH GOTTHEIMER, MIKIE SHERRILL, AND KIM RACE WAS NOT AS CLOSE AS WE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE.

>> WE ARE WAITING FOR THOSE NUMBERS IN SUSSEX COUNTY.

LET'S TALK VERY QUICKLY ABOUT ISSUES HERE .

OF COURSE ECONOMICS OVERSHADOWING ABORTION.

WAS THAT A SURPRISE IN THE LATE HOUR?

>> J WILLIAMS THAT A SIGNIFICANT POINT THAT DEMOCRATS CAN'T SEEM TO HAVE A POLICY DISCUSSION.

IT IS ALWAYS A CULTURAL DISCUSSION.

>>, FOR HANGING WITH ME TONIGHT.

THAT DOES IT FOR US FOR OUR NJ DECIDES ELECTION 2022 COVERAGE.

WE WILL HAVE ALL OF THE RESULTS TOMORROW.

GOOD NIGHT EVERYONE.