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Steve Kornacki

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National Political Correspondent for NBC News and MSNBC. My podcast, The Revolution, is available...wherever you get your podcasts. Instagram: steve01450

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1 year
We released all six episodes of my podcast, The Revolution, a few weeks ago. Then we heard from our main character, and he wanted to talk. And so here is the Episode 7 we hadn’t originally planned on: Newt Gingrich
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3 years
Forget grabbing sleep, there's still votes coming in in PA. I'm heading back to the studio. In the old days, there was USA Up All Night. Tonight, it'll be MSNBC Up All Night. Come on along for the ride.
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3 years
Against all odds, the staples held through the election, but now I think the time has come to finally retire my tie
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I’m heading to the studio and I won’t leave until we have a result. Our live special coverage of the Georgia runoffs starts at 6:30 Eastern. Hope you’ll join us!
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1 year
NBC News calls Nevada for Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D), ensuring continued Democratic control of the US Senate
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3 years
As I explained to the Gap, I already have three pairs of pants, so I'm all set for next decade or so. I think this plan makes more sense:
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MSNBC
3 years
. @SteveKornacki ’s khakis are more than just an internet sensation. They are doing some good! As a part of #GivingTuesday , Steve announced @Gap will donate 500 pairs of its khaki pants to @BGCA_Clubs Workforce Readiness program in his honor. Check out the announcement here.
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Been a fan for years and it’s incredibly exciting to get a chance to take part in Sunday Night Football
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NBC Sports PR
3 years
. @SteveKornacki will make his Football Night in America debut this Sunday at 7 p.m. ET on NBC to break down the NFL playoff picture leading into and during halftime of @Broncos - @Chiefs on @SNFonNBC . More:
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NBC News projects that Katie Hobbs (D) has won the race for Arizona governor
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3 years
(I also want to give a **huge** thanks to @AliVelshi , a great broadcaster and a true good guy, who had agreed to spell me for a few hours and whose sleep schedule I have now thoroughly messed up.)
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3 years
My parents cleaned out their basement and gave me a box of old stuff they found:
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3 years
Heading up to the studio and not leaving until we’ve got a result. Our live coverage starts at 6 — hope you’ll come along for the ride!
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So grateful for the chance to keep tracking the playoff race the rest of the way
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NBC Sports PR
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Steve Kornacki will return to FOOTBALL NIGHT IN AMERICA for the remainder of the regular season to analyze NFL playoff probabilities. @SteveKornacki
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4 years
The official results as Pete Buttigieg declares himself victorious in Iowa:
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6 years
We have the Washington numbers and NBC is calling Conor Lamb the apparent winner in PA-18
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1 year
NBC News calls the Georgia Senate runoff for Sen. Raphael Warnock (D)
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4 years
With 87% counted, turnout in the NH Dem primary has passed the 2016 level and is on track to come close to the 2008 level and possibly surpass it
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Larry King was a radio and TV legend with an insatiable curiosity about people and a real sense of humor. He could get anyone talking, from Hollywood stars to the guy on the corner. In the 1990s, Larry King Live even became the most important show in American politics. RIP.
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"There is not a liberal America and a conservative America. There is the United States of America. There is not a black America and a white America and Latino America and Asian America. There's the United States of America." 16 years ago tonight: Barack Obama's keynote speech:
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November 7, 1989: After finishing less than 50,000 votes behind David Dinkins in a tight New York City mayoral election, Rudy Giuliani quiets supporters demanding a recount and instead concedes defeat and urges unity behind the new mayor "in the highest spirit of our democracy":
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In 96, some white supremacist groups wanted to make common cause with the GOP. Here's what Bob Dole said about them in his acceptance speech
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Polls have consistently shown that Sanders is broadly liked by Democratic voters. The possibility has been staring us in the face for some time that he’d start winning contests and that the bandwagon would start growing pretty quickly.
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A week after his defeat in the 1996 presidential election, Bob Dole meets the man who portrayed him on Saturday Night Live, Norm MacDonald
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1 year
Well I just lost Powerball, so I guess I'll be working tonight. First polls close at 6pm EST and we'll be live from then until...who knows when? It'll be a journey, hope you'll tune in and join along.
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This was very thoughtful, the place hasn’t been this clean in years
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“This kinda looks important...” 📑 *𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘴𝘩* Jimmy heads to @MSNBC to clean out @SteveKornacki ’s office! 🧽🧹 #FallonTonight
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The early vote was double-counted in Hudson County. It has now been fixed, bringing Murphy's total down by 10,732 and Ciattarelli's by 2,842. Ciattarelli goes back up in the statewide tally: Ciattarelli (R): 1,177,803 (49.6%) Murphy (D) 1,177,108 (49.6%)
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12 years ago tonight: With the last night of the convention moved to 76,000-seat Mile High Stadium, Sen. Barack Obama accepts the Democratic nomination for president:
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From the entrance poll, among the 34% of NV Dem caucus participants who call themselves moderate or conservative: Sanders 23% Biden 22% Buttigieg 20% Klobuchar 14% Steyer 10%
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Looks interesting to me...
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3 years
Surprise visitor with us on FootballNight in America at 7et @NBCSports .. the big board and khakis might be a hint.
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I like to say that I grew up in Mass and went to college in Boston, but it was in New Jersey that I got my education. My favorite stories, people and memories are from there. To be called a New Jerseyan is about the highest honor I could imagine!
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David Wildstein
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Congratulations @SteveKornacki , the 2020 New Jerseyan of the Year. #TrackingKornacki
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The CNN poll breaks down race by “white” and “non-white”: White Sanders 24% Biden 22% Buttigieg 18% Warren 13% Bloomberg 6% Klobuchar 6% Non-white Sanders 30% Biden 27% Warren 16% Yang 6% Bloomberg 5% Buttigieg 4%
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4 years
I'm not kidding. I think Twitter has come to dominate our minds and the way we think about and interact with others in a really harmful way.
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6 years
Just coming up for air. Thanks to all who've been watching along with me. Who doesn't love a close election night??
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4 years
NBC News has now projected Bernie Sanders the winner of the Nevada caucuses
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Well now that I have the place to myself I'll share some thoughts. Like: Maybe the world would be a better place if this thing stayed shut down.
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3 years
As I said on the air, if you’re giving me double digit odds on Baffert, I’ll take it!
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1 year
In AZ, another batch from Pima County -- ~24,000 votes -- just came in, with Kelly winning them by a two-to-one margin. His statewide lead over Masters is now 120,000 votes. The Maricopa release later tonight looms very large.
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These 10 Metro Atlanta counties make up about the same share of Georgia's statewide vote as they did in 2004, but between then and last night's runoff they have collectively shifted 42 points toward the Democrats:
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With more than 80% of the vote in, a 28-year-old member of the Democratic Socialists of America has a double-digit lead over a 10-term incumbent who was thought to be the next Democratic leader of the House.
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Our decision desk expects turnout for the Florida Dem primary will end up around 2.25 million. In 2016, it was 1.7 million.
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These aren't exact numbers, but it looks like turnout in Georgia's 2nd Congressional District (SW GA, rural counties with large black populations) is nearly 90% of what it was in November. In GA-9 (heavily GOP NW GA, where rump went Monday night), it's about 85%.
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I'll never forget the ones who stayed awake with me. Will be on for the start of Morning Joe, them going to sleep and then have hand surgery.
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Jack Bohrer
6 years
05:23:00 @SteveKornacki declares it on air, as promised... @msnbc @AdamNoboa
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Obviously, I forgive any and all who've gone off to sleep. But those that are somehow hanging in there with me, I love you.
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With Quinnipiac factored in, the RCP average is now Biden +7.5 Exactly a month ago, on August 2, it was Biden +7.4.
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When Wellesley College chose Barbara Bush as its commencement speaker in 1990, students launched a protest petition, arguing the First Lady wasn't a career woman like they aspired to be. In her speech, she responded this way:
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Mueller investigation (Fox News poll, August 2018) Approve 59% Disapprove 37% Starr investigation (Fox News poll, August 1998) Approve 36% Disapprove 44%
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@SRuhle Well I did bring a backpack...
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28 years ago tonight: NBC abruptly blows up a commercial break as Ohio is called for Bill Clinton, pushing him past 270 electoral votes and to victory over President George H.W. Bush, currently the most incumbent defeated for re-election:
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November 27, 1978: San Francisco Board of Supervisors President Dianne Feinstein announces that Mayor George Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk have been shot to death and that the suspect is Supervisor Dan White. A week later, the Board would elect Feinstein the new mayor.
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A small number of anti-McCarthy R's voting present/abstaining (instead of voting for someone by name) will help him by lowering the threshold to win, since they don't count as official votes. But if all 212 Dems vote Jeffries and 11+ R's vote present/abstain, then Jeffries wins.
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Quinnipiac Senate polls Maine Gideon (D) 54% Collins (R) 42% Kentucky McConnell (R) 53% McGrath (D) 41% SC Harrison (D) 48% Graham (R) 48%
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RCP poll average 152 days pre-election: Now: Biden +7.2 2016: Clinton +3.8 2012: Obama +2.2 2008: Obama +2.2 2004: Kerry +1.6
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Iowa Dem Party just released another batch: The Buttigieg SDE leads has fallen from 16 to 4.
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So, it was David Pecker's National Enquirer that almost single-handedly chased down the John Edwards paternity story, which led directly to Edwards being charged with...a conspiracy to illegally use campaign funds in order to conceal a politically damaging affair.
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@kasie @KentuckyDerby Just visited the teller...
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More from Nevada entrance poll (early vote wave) Over 45 years old Biden 20% Sanders 20% Buttigieg 16% Klobuchar 15% Warren 13% Steyer 11% 45 and under Sanders 60% Buttigieg 13% Warren 11% Biden 5% Klobuchar 3%
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The list that former Rep. George Santos joins:
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New Quinnipiac poll: Do you think President Trump should be impeached and removed from office? NOW Yes 47% No 47% LAST WEEK Yes 37% No 57%
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NBC's tally now puts NH Dem primary turnout at 287,594, officially surpassing the 2008 total of 287,557. And still waiting on numbers from 18 towns, so it will go higher.
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PA update: With a few hundred more mail ballots counted today, Oz's lead over McCormick in the GOp Senate primary is now 977 votes (0.1%). What we think is left...
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With 97% in, turnout in the NH Dem primary is 283,400. In 2016, it was 250,983. In 2008, it was 287,557. With about two dozen towns left, the final number should end up above that 2008 level.
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So what just happened is we got the results from *one* of the two remaining satellite districts -- IA-3. Sanders again cleaned up getting 12.45 SDEs. Buttigieg got 0.19. That brought Buttigieg's statewide lead from 16 to 4. Critically, there is one district still to come - IA-1.
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Big congratulations to @craigmelvin , one of the nicest people in this building, just announced on-air right now as a new anchor of The Today Show
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New Quinnipiac poll - Georgia Senate Warnock (D) 54% Walker (R) 44% Governor Kemp (R) 48% Abrams (D) 48%
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Ready or not, it’s Georgia run-off time! Polls close in 40 minutes and we’ll be on the air live starting in 25. Hope you’ll tune in!
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A sad day as Tom Brokaw announces his retirement from NBC after 55 years. Here from 9/5/83 is his first-ever broadcast as the sole anchor of NBC Nightly News, the start of a 21-year run that would see him emerge as America's most popular and trusted news anchor:
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Why NBC News is *not* declaring a winner even though the Iowa Dem Party is reporting 100% of the vote: “There are definitely some inaccuracies in the data,” the head of our Decision Desk says.
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The best part of Jimmy Fallon ambush-cleaning my office: the @NHLBlackhawks saw that I had one of their jerseys and sent me one of these. Can’t wait to see them debut on the ice on Sunday!
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Chicago Blackhawks
3 years
Dressed in our Sunday best this weekend✨ #ReverseRetro
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They may think they can wear me down, but as god is my witness I will wait out the Washington County Board of Elections!
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NBC/Marist Pennsylvania poll Biden 53% Trump 44%
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Oh jeez, I forgot there’s one other scenario too
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NBC News projects that Janet Protasiewicz (N) wins seat on Wisconsin Supreme Court.
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So much waiting and anticipating and imagining how we'll feel, and now -- finally -- in just a few short hours it will be here:
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This may end up with a double-digit polling miss after all
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How many GOP No votes were there in Kansas? One way to look at it: 276,383 votes in Dem primary 463,592 in GOP primary 168,772 unaffiliated voting in just the referendum Dem + Unaffiliated votes = 445,155 Total No vote: 534,136 So that suggests at least 20% of R's were No's.
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I'll be talking about the recent election on "Around Town" on the Groton, Mass. cable access channel this week -- show will air Thursday night at 7:30:
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If the Dems flip MI and PA and trump holds WI, it would be 270-268 Trump with no other changes. Next best Dem flip possibility would probably be AZ. Or...the single electoral vote from the Omaha district in NE that Trump barely won in '16. Flip that and not AZ and it's 269-269.
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NBC now calling CA-6 for Ami Bera (D) and CA-26 for Julia Brownley (D). Brings tally to 211-203 GOP. Now 21 uncalled D vs. R races. Magic number for House control: Dems: 15 GOP: 7
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Earliest a contested Dem primary has ended since 04
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If Biden gets just AZ, MI, WI and NE-2 and nothing else changes from '16, he wins the WH
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Dave Wasserman
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Breaking: @CookPolitical moves AZ's 11 Electoral votes from Toss Up to Lean D. Read @amyewalter 's writeup:
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In 2 minutes, we’ll be live from Royal Ascot on NBC. I’ll be in the betting ring as the royal procession begins. Tune in!
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Summer 2016 vs. Summer 2020
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NBC has now called the NJ Gov race for incumbent Phil Murphy (D)
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We are about to go live and votes should start pouring in just after 7:00. Hope you’ll tune in!
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New NBC News/WSJ national Dem poll Biden 31% Warren 25% Sanders 14% Buttigieg 7% Harris 5% Yang 4% Klobuchar 2% Booker 2%
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With just about all votes counted, turnout for the Kansas primary stands at ~910,000. For comparison: 2014 KS primary: ~330,000 2018 KS primary: ~473,000 2012 presidential election: ~1,159,000 2016 presidential election: ~1,184,000 2020 presidential election: ~1,372,000
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And by a margin of 1 vote Nikki Haley appears to have won Johnson County (Iowa City), leaving Donald Trump that close to a 99-county sweep:
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Start of a long and exciting day and night. We'll be live starting at 6:45 tonight, and it's very possible we'll be getting a lot of votes reported right after polls close at 7. Hope you'll tune in!
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Morning Joe
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Joining us now: @SteveKornacki is at the big board
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I feel guilty promoting my book so much here, but it's the product of many years of (fun!) work and I really hope you'll check it out. It's in stores on Oct. 2, but honestly, preorders are extremely helpful and I'd be grateful if you order one here now:
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Update on PA: Oz now leads McCormick by 2,564 votes (0.2%). It appears the biggest source of remaining *election day* vote is in Allegheny County -- around 6-7,000 votes. This is McCormick's home county and he is currently winning the same-day vote there 39-33% over Oz...
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I'm going to post some old clips here of news coverage from the final hours of recent presidencies....
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I don’t think I could have imagined in 2008 that barely a decade later a member of the Democratic national ticket would be bragging about how many George W. Bush administration members were supporting it
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46 years ago this morning: NBC interrupts its programming for a special report from the steps of the Supreme Court, where Carl Stern has emerged with a copy of the court's decision on whether President Nixon must turn over 64 tapes subpoenaed by the Watergate special counsel:
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Ayanna Pressley now poised to become the first black female to represent Massachusetts in Congress. The state did have a black senator, Ed Brooke, from 1967 to 1979.
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Iowa's outsize role has faced attacks for decades, along with periodic failed attempts by other states to take the first-in-the-nation slot. But criticism has been louder than ever this past year, and now those critics may have the ammunition they need to kill it.
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The NBC News House model has just been revised. Our new estimate is that Republicans will finish with 219 seats, +\- 4.
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White men, non-college Trump 65% Biden 29% White women, non-college Trump 55% Biden 37% White men, college+ Trump 44% Biden 46% White women, college+ Trump 29% Biden 64%
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“Fans of The West Wing” doesn’t really seem like a group that needs more encouragement to vote
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Variety
4 years
‘West Wing’ Reunion Special Set at HBO Max to Promote Voting in 2020 Election
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With the Clark County update in Nevada, NBC has now called NV-1 for Dina Titus (D) and NV-4 for Steven Horsford (D). Additionally, WA-8 has been called for Kim Schrier (D). This moves the NBC model to a projection of 220 seats for the GOP, +/-7. Updated chart:
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