when you look at orrin hatch and ron wyden, i think they are two men that can work together and leave the finance committee to produce a bill that would be good for the country and stop the need to have an version. >> senator, thank you so much. much more on the election as bloomberg allah takes managing editors join me next. ♪ >> you just heard former senator trent lott say that he is confident the republicans will take control of the senate and that we will be speaking to a senate majority leader named mitch mcconnell. for a rundown of some of the most interesting races to watch, not just the one in his home state of kentucky, we are joined by bloomberg politics managing editor john heilemann and mark halperin who will be doing an all nighter tonight. in the midwestff on some of the most interesting races you're watching. joni ernst in iowa, what a race that has been to watch. >> it has been a very close race and one we paid attention to for a long time. was projected that generators times a seven-point lead. -- that joni ernst has a seven-point lead. -- a greatave a gate candidat