. >> what's the difference between me and mark udall on contraception? i believe that the pill ought to be available over the counter. >> on average, women make $23,000 less than men. >> on the stump in iowa in one of the toughest senate contests of the term is joni ernst, one of the first women ever to represent iowa in congress. >> thank you so much, god bless you. >> she calls herself a proud iowan, a mother, a farm girl, but she said she's not running on her gender, and she is ate not counting on women to propel her to office. this term i the economy is the issue on oh most women's minds. wages since the great recession have stagnated, women are feeling it more than men. on average women working full time make 22% less than their male counterparts cooking to the 2013 census. that's $0.78 to every $1 for a man. fewer women were unemployed, but 74% of women worked full time as opposed to 87% of men . >> women and the midterm election this time on the program, if the voting preferences of women weren't such an interesting marker, as we dissect the elect

but the polling has been tainted for mark udall. >> how did that happen? >> because he ran a terrible campaign. when they laugh at you during the debate when one of the interlockers says you are nicknamed mark uterus that's a strong stand. >> they didn't mean it as a compliment. to take place in a movie voold be in the an ad in a gynecological office. >> instead of that it was instead of vote floi done. >>> in iowa reone cans decided. they did it by a man gat who is joed bee e. enough of a threat to democrat bruce braley that democrats sent in one of the big gurns. >> it is not enough to be a woman. you have to be committed to expand rights and opportunities for women. >> carl cameron outlines the fight in iowa. >> now that we are heading into the final weekend eye owians can finally make up their minds. we have a long history of being fairly fickle and understanding they haven't been going well with the polls. put her up 4 points and it is a warm and brulzing campaign as it is filling the airways. it began with an ad. it was the ad of castration are hoggs

to what mark udall did not manage to do, when the race, mark udall, the senator until, well, january when cory gardner will take his seat. and lastke last night night i think we were telling wasthat our governors race slightly ahead of governor john hickenlooper. in the hour since, governor hickenlooper has slight advantage. he is at .7% over beauprÉ. it is still too close to call. colorado has been up all night looking at that race because pretty much republicans have taken over everywhere else. people stayed up all night. journalist, political insiders, normal people just looking at all of the numbers, making spreadsheets and trying to figure out can hickenlooper keep his position? >> it was a closely watched race in congress, mike coffman known as proud birther, challenging president obama's birth certificate, beat out andrew romanoff. mark udall, what does it mean to lose mark udall, the man who together -- who has been very forceful on the issue together with senator wyden on the nsa? >> it means quite a bit to lose mark udall. mark and his family are icons throughout the west.

while udall is polling well with women, the paper slammed an obnoxious race by udall and endorsed republican challenger cory gardner in a surprise move. how udall's strategy is playing in the final week of the campaign. trace. >> senator udall's strategy seems to have backfired since most polls have him falling behind though within the margin of error. his releaptless focus on reproductive rights allowed him to be painted as a single issue candidate. udall in turn has tried to cast gardner as an extreme conservative who is anti-women pointing out he's twice voted for an amendment that would redefine a person's rights as beginning at conception. political experts say gardner successfully countered the extreme conservative label by coming out in favor of the over the counter contraceptives. women likely won't be the deciding factor. experts say latinos will make the difference. two years ago latinos represented 14% of colorado voters giving the state to president obama. but now pollsters say there's clearly disappointment with obama and democrats for failing to deliver on a promise of immigrat

but the polling has been heinous for mark udall. it has been bad. and if the polls are accurate, he will lose. >> how did that happen? >> he ran a terrible campaign. when they laugh at a debate and they say you earned the name mark uterus -- >> did they mean it as a compliment? >> i don't know. maybe they did. >> if this was taking place in a movie, this race would be taking place in a gyn office. >> he really did that. >> instead of please vote, it's please slide down. women will understand that. >>> they did it with a candidate by the name of joni ernst. she's become a rising republican star even though she's only a state senator. she's a mother, a soldier, a farmer, and a blue collar worker and enough of a threat to bruce braley that democrats this week sent in one of the big guns. >> it's not enough to be women. you have to expand rights and opportunity for women. >> carl cameron is joining us from iowa. >> reporter: thank you, megyn. this state has a long history of being fairly fickle and hasn't been going with the conventional wisdom in the p

i think udall goes down in colorado. another pickup for the republicans. >> gardner has walked away from all his conservative positions. he still supports a federal personhood amendment. he doesn't support on the local level, the state votes entirely by mail. i think udall still has a chance to pull it out but it is tough. >> the much wanted democratic ground game will help udall here to pull it out. >>> yeah, i think udall is to tied to obama to win the state. i think his opponent will win. >> mclaughlin says gardener. group votes 3-2 gardener. -- gardner. group votes 3-2. >>> michelle nunn versus david perdue. who wins georgia? >> my feeling has been that if the democrats are going to in effect pick up a seat she is a nonincumbent. michelle -- i mean ms. nunn is the one that is going to do it and i had predicted she was going to win. if i could change it now, i would say it is a toss-up. >> eleanor? >> perdue brags he would be the only fortune 500 member of the u.s. senate if he wins '' that is not a great credential t

i think udall goes down in colorado. it's another pickup for the republicans. >> eleanor. >> gardner awalked away from all his conservative positions. he still supports a person hood amendment. doesn't support on the local level. the state votes entirely by mail. i think udall has a chance to pull it out, but it's tough. >> clarence. >> the democratic ground game is going to help udall to pull it out. >> mort. >> i think udall is too tight, so i think his opponent is going to win. >> group votes 3-2. colorado goes republican. okay, georgia. democrat michelle none versus republican david purdue. who wins georgia? pat? >> purdue it's about dead even, john, but my feeling has been if the democrats are going to pick up a seat, she's a nonincumbent, michelle -- miss non is the one that will do it. if i could change it now, i would say it's a tossup. >> eleanor. >> purdue brags that he would be the only fortune 500 member in the u.s. senate if he wins. that's not a great credential this year. michelle is a great candidate, dau

take colorado with mark udall. he put together this amazing operation in 2010 when he was up for his first election. he had been appointed before that, you remember. amazing operation. the thing is, there's no reason whatsoever, and then it is chairman of the ncc, you have to assume that mark udall had a fabulous ground game. i have no reason to think it wasn't. i think they had other problems, other issues. part of it was, maybe there was some strategic miscalculation about being overly dependent on women's and reproductive issues to the exclusion of other issues. and the democrats would certainly say he talked about a lot of other issues and they ran ads -- they ran ads on other things other than reproductive issues. the thing about it is, implicit in the dependence that democrats have had off late on that women's constellation of issues, it almost implies that that's all that women are interested in. well, no. if a republican -- if the shoe is on the other foot, i think you'd probably say that republicans were c

let's look at the udall race. >> women 52 percent for udall and 43 percent for gardener. that's how it looked going into the race. >> he knew he had to have a strong margin of women to show up. this issue does weigh we'll in colorado. on the ballot was the third time they objected person hood. so strong gardener ended up taking a page out of his book and under cutting his message right there. what udall should have been doing is using it a proxy more largely talking about women and economic security. those issues play much better. >> you think it was a mistake focusing on this early on. >> people are sick of high peshb -- hyperbole. he called udall on it and endorsed him saying we need people honest. he just excused gardener of things that were false. >> lots to talk about. we could keep going but we have to take a quick break. lea going to toss it over to you. >> the time is 26 minutes after the hour. republicans taking control of the congress. there are still senate cli cliffhange cliffhangers. a look at the undecided races that's next. i've always loved exploring and l

and you've got to think, take colorado with mark udall. michael bennet put together this amazing operation in 2010 when he was up for his first election but he had been appointed before that, you remember. amazing operation. and then the obama campaign put their sin in 2012 in colorado. so the thing is there's no reason whatsoever -- and bennett as chairman of the docc and guy, executive director and manager before, you've got to assume that mark udall had a fabulous ground game. i have no reason to think it wasn't, but i think they had other problems, other issues. part of it was just maybe he was just into deep hole. to me that the path, and part of it was maybe there was some strategic miscalculation about being overly dependent upon women's and reproductive issues to the exclusion of other issues and that, you know, i think maybe -- and udall and democrats would certainly say he talked about a lot of other issues and the rent a lot of ads on a lot of things other than reproductive issues but it was tilted that way. but the thing about

>> yeah, udall just obsessed. he's a moderate. could have run as someone who had been a pretty decent senator, presumably. instead looked like a crazy person. he's going to take away access to contraception. do they believe that some republican senator is going to do that? >> changed his position on personhood. i guess the republican haves found their voice in the middle. and not on the extreme right that the democrats position themselves. it's like extremists, and these guys have turned -- and women have turned out to be moderates. >> udall should have anticipated. >> of course. >> everyone thinks that moderates, independents, mayor pro choice. unhappy with the social issues. there are pro life democrats. it's important to hold those votes in a swing state. you can hold them if you say i'm pro-choice, i respect you, you're pro life. if you stigmatize those would that don't have the most extreme abortion views -- >> i picked the worst campaign, terry land in michigan. >> it's competitive. >> supposed to be a competitive state wher

we have begich, udall in colorado, and this to me helps define the national scene. these folks who have strong family ties to a state, they're all democrats, are bucking this national, i don't know if it's a wave, a high tide, a summer shower, whatever it is, of anti-obama sentiment. i think we'll be looking all night whether they can hang on because of their ties to the state. >> is it because they're voting on different issues than a federal level in state race. >> yes. i see what you're getting on. what we may see is a tie nationally that all favors the republicans in terms of the net gains. i think very few incumbent republican senators or house members are in danger. pat roberts may be the only one, but at the state level, the discontent that is driving this whole campaign, the deceptive nature of the american electorate, more than two-thirds think we're on the wrong track, is being played out with incumbents on both parties. you have something like ten governor, republicans and democrats, who are facing very tough reelection. that's because at the state level,

>> yeah, udall just obsessed. he's a moderate. could have run as someone who had been a pretty decent senator, instead looked like a crazy person. he's going to take away access to contraception. do they believe that some republican senator is going to do that? >> changed his position on personhood. i guess the republican haves found their voice in the middle. it's like extremists, and these guys have turned -- and women have turned out to be moderates. >> udall should have anticipated. moderates, independents, pro choice, unhappy with the social issues. there are pro life democrats. it's important to hold those votes in a swing state. i'm pro-choice, i respect you, you're pro life. if you stig mytize those would the extreme views -- >> i picked the worst campaign, terry land in michigan. >> it's competitive. >> the republican governor is going to win. a woman on the ballot, that's going to solve the problems. horrible campaign. controversy to it. the other thing that's interesting is all the money spent, all the time spent, wheth

mark udall fell to congressman cory gardener in colorado. in georgia was expected by many to go to a runoff. however, republican david perdue easily beat out michelle nunn. pat roberts surviving despite being down in the polls to greg orman. shelly moore capito won. south dakota flips as well from mike rounds despite sudden interest from democrats that came too late in the game. as we look to the granite state new hampshire's bright spot for democrat. this is where jane shaheen survived scott brown's challenge. alaska still undecided with dan sullivan holding on to a wide point lead over mark beg gich. the apparent winner mark warner could face a recount. ed gillspie did not concede. >>> we want to look where governors stand. bruce raunor depleting pat quinn. quinn not conceding yet. in maryland republican larry logan upset democrat lieutenant governor anthony brown. in arkansas asa hutchinson. rick scott is preparing for a second term after defeating former governor charlie crist by a little more than 1%. in wisconsin republican scot walker

udall is for it and dream legislation as well. gardner has also not been good on personhood. >> talking about latino vote nationwide, the fact because a lot of atmospheric things about the republican party, you're starting to see the latino vote go the way the african-american vote did after the 1960s. pew is showing it 63% democratic, 27% republican. is there anything republicans are doing at the moment that might reverse that trend going very much for the democratic party? >> well, lindsey graham did a terrific job when he had a run-off against a tea party candidate. looked like he was going to lose. he came out strong on immigration and was basically principled. south carolina has one of the fastest growing communities of latinos. eric cantor decided not to go ahead with immigration. he had 60,000 asian and latino voters going out on a jungle primary, they decided to stay home. he lost -- he not only lost his seat but his leadership position as well. >> if you look nationwide, is it significant the fact president obama is still

he's running against mark udall because mark udall didn't get immigration reform passed. so if cory gardner beats mark udall in colorado today, it will be because he ran to the left of mark udall, criticizing mark udall for not being able to deliver on the stuff that cory gardner is opposed to. that tells you that democrats win the argument even if they lose the race. >> before we jump all over the republicans on immigration, which they're wrong on but this president has not been politically deft on immigration. he wants the issue, i'm not sure he wants the damn bill. because he sells it he is for amnesty. why do you think it got a dozen republican votes? it has real tough things on e-verify. it really has to work. you have to be legal here to work here. in four years, you have to have a photo i.d. it's no more hiring cheap labor. it's really tough. and yet he never says that. because he wants to appeal to your community. >> he got up there in the state of the union, he basically said we've deported more people. >> they lead with how tough it is. $20 billion. >> that's no

six years ago, udall won among women by 15 points. this year, he only won by nine point, where gardner picked up men by a whopping 16 points. >> again, you know, the democrat put all this emphasis eye mean, so much emphasis on the women's vote, they were calling him senator uterus out there for a time. he lost. >> 65% of the people-- >> i think that-- that's something the democrats have to look into and think about because that could-- if the republicans were able to withstand that in colorado, can they do it elsewhere? and that's-- that will be very important. >> with 65% of the people in the exit polls said the economy was the most important reason for their vote. >> that may well be why gardner won in that contest. ben tracy is at gardner headquarters in the state of colorado. ben. >> reporter: norah, a lot of happy people here at core gardner's, what is now a victory party, and i think this happened a lot sooner than a lot of them expected. the udall campaign has been tell us it will be a long night because late election returns i

we did see that udall brought in luis gutierrez. the images those two together may help the latino community. >>> i want to head to kansas where msnbc is on the phone in over land, park. another race within the margin of error. another race that could come down to the latino vote. good morning. what is the final message to voters you're hearing there? >> good morning. this election is going to boil down to whether voters feel that senator pat roberts has lost touch what is best for kansas. after serving in congress since 1981 or willing to try something new with the third party candidate who has not said whether he'll align with republicans or democrats. both have national issues. and senate majority leader harry reid. orrman has said after so many decades in washington roberts is the same cog in the wheel as the congressional dysfunction. >> amanda, thank you so much for that report. i want to head to texas to talk the latino vote and some texas politicians. msnbc contributor -- what a pleasure to see you. >> like wise, jose. >> th

that is where the incumbent democrat mark udall faces a stiff challenge from republican cory gardner. >> the crowd goes wild for political star. hillary clinton is in the room. for the former secretary of campaigning for herself yet. she is on the stump for democratic colorado senator mark udall, who is fighting the battle of his political career. two days later it is first lady lady michelle obama who is on the ground in denver rallying voters. her husband is cheating clear, though. the president's popularity ratings are seen as toxic by many democratic candidates. >> if you all want a senator who truly shares your values and will keep on standing up for you and your family, every day out there in washington, then you need to do everything in your power to reelect mark udall as your senator. we have got to get this done, and i know that we can. >> the higher the stakes, the bigger the names, and the stakes for the democrats have hardly been higher. republicans only needed to gain six seats to take over the u.s. senate, a goal that looks within reach. in colorado, republican cory gard

we knowthe udall campaign. receivedhat udall criticism for not having a diverse enough set of issues that he talked about on the stump. so some messaging opportunities. it is a state that democrats have done very well with the latino vote recently, and the candidates did well, but they did not do as good as some historic benchmarks. north carolina is another state that has gotten a lot of attention. overall, we found the house ballot at 67% democratic and the senate ballot at 63% to democratic for hagan. overwas a nine-point drop obama's performance where he got 72% of latino vote, and the 63% is the lowest mark of any of the candidates in terms of the democratic side or the independent site in terms of the latino vote. this is not surprising to us in a pre-election bowl that we did with the -- poll that he we did with the council of la raza in north carolina, 45% just three weeks of their undecided they did not know which candidate they were with. 57%, the highest of any state, cited immigration as a top issue

and got very upset with udall. i think that has cost him some. >> in corado, and this is true also in alaska, they have a ballot measure, an amendment that could bring out conservative voters. you who do you think that affects overall voting and do they bring out democrats where they're legalizing pot and more republicans with the personhood amendments? >> colorado is by mail. a lot votes are already in but in the ballot measures, there's a medical marijuana in florida that could affect that governor's race down there, who goes out to the polls. you mentioned personhood in colorado. there are also minimum wage ballot initiatives in several states. and that would obviously favor democrats in the turnout model. >> if donors remember to vote. >> parties work with grass roots groups to bring up these ideological ballot measures hoping they'll sway one way or the other. >> both parties have done it for years, to some success depending on the time. i think the overall feeling of this election is broader than these ballot

he is leading udall 44-43 in a poll. but they are calling it a toss-up those close tonight at 7:00 p.m. mountain time. 9:00 p.m. eastern. >> in georgia both sides are preparing for a runoff between purdue and democrat michelle nunn. we are tracking those numbers. >> this morning the candidates are campaigning right on down to the wire. p purdue links her to half a dozen times before the candidate's debate in the election. >> his policies are on the ballot and in georgia the name of those policies where michelle nunn. >> you clearly are enamored of that line. let me remind you that if you want more gridlock, you go by the name david purdue in georgia. >> a different democrat bill clinton showed up in a rally at pascals. they played a prominent role. many of the campaign ad feature working class white woman. >> the two projected you have to have a huge turnout of my knownity voters and you have to increase the share of the white house vote /* -- white vote that goes to the candaidatcandi. >> neither went over the margin wi

muchos hispanos votaron por udal por su posiciÓn con respecto a la reforma migratoria, ahora es claro que esos votos no fueron suficientes a pesar de que como decÍa fÉlix mÁs del 15% de los votantes en colorado son hispanos, hemos escuchado crÍticas a la campaÑa de udal diciendo que no se conectÓ demasiado con la comunidad hispana. es difÍcil saber si eso hubiese hecho una gran diferencia. siempre es difÍcil motivar a los votantes en una elecciÓn de medio tÉrmino. esta no ha sido diferente pesar de los esfuerzos y las campaÑas para que los hispanos salgan a votar el resultado esta noche en colorado es que el nuevo senador es el republicano garner. los demÓcratas en colorodo se han quedado sin nada que celebrar. >> muchas gracias, luis, nos acompaÑa desde denver, colorado uno de los estados mÁs seguidos durante tu esta contienda y vemos udal perdiÓ. >> era interesante colorado porque el 15% de los votantes eran hispanos, se suponÍa que si podÍa tener influencia en algÚn lugar serÍa allí. >> el triunfo estaban a dos o tres puntos de diferencia antes de las elecciones

but the udall campaign thinks they have a decent shot at this. they are expecting a late night tomorrow no doubt, but in the end they think their turnout on ra racial is -- operation is going put them over the edge. they are counting on the hispanic voters. but some latino activists told me they're a bit skeptical and concerned that udall hasn't put ads out on this issue. latino voters were fired up in the last election. the opponent, cory gardner, while not a supporter of the bipartisan immigration bill in the senate has said in general terms he supports some kind of immigration reform, and has generally tried to present himself as a moderate on the issue. so they're worried that udall hasn't done enough to break that image. but no doubt gardner is the favorite, but not by so much that we can guarantee we know what's going to happen tomorrow. >> benjy sar lynn. thank you. >> and peggy, my bet is it all comes down to kansas tomorrow night, which is why i'm going to kansas tomorrow. because that's where i want to be when the votes are counted tomo

udall is fighting to keep his seat. our political correspondent is joining us. >> reporter: republicans would say they have the advantage, and they are leading at this point for mail-in ballots. but, you know, i have to say, i have been on the trail with republicans and democrats in the last couple of days, and in some ways there's a enthusiasm edge among democrats, and udall has had supporters out who are a little more enthusiastic, i would say, than those with major surrogates. the governor's race is also closer than expected. the republican is in a close race with a democratic governor, so that could be a wildcard in the senate race. now, in the final days, both sides are trying to appeal to particularly women voters and hispanics, and it's a match-up of ground game against ground game to turn out those kinds of voters. republicans are late in the game, sending out a mailer saying president obama has not done enough to help on immigration reform. that said, republicans have a long way to go from where democrats were

cory gardener defeating mark udall. meanwhile the governor's race in a dead heat. >> reporter: good morning, the colorado secretary of state's office is saying it is possible that there will be a recount in the race for governor but the denver post is reporting this morning that the incumbent, a democrat is posed to narrowly beat the governor. because there's those that have ballots that have not been counted that are democratic strong holds. they're 3,000 votes that separate them. if less than 5% of the votes separate two candidates it's an automatic recount. as for the much watched senate race in colorado the democrat entered his re-election bid with high hopes that it would be a smooth ride to election day but with the late entry of cory gardener and his inability to convince them the gop is on women, gardener was victorious. >> tonight, colorado, indeed, became the balance of power. tonight we commit ourselves to building a government we can be proud of again. >> congressman gardener followed a similar play book to

but the udall campaign thinks they have a decent shot at this. they are expecting a late night tomorrow no doubt, but in the end they think their turnout on racial -- operation is going to put them over the edge. they are counting on the hispanic voters. but some latino activists told me they're a bit skeptical and concerned that udall hasn't put ads out on this issue. latino voters were fired up in the last election. the opponent, cory gardner, while not a supporter of the bipartisan immigration bill in the senate has said in general terms he supports some kind of immigration reform, and has generally tried to present himself as a moderate on the issue. so they're worried that udall hasn't done enough to break that image. but no doubt gardner is the favorite, but not by so much that we can guarantee we know what's going to happen tomorrow. >> benjy sarlin. thank you. >> and peggy, my bet is it all comes down to kansas tomorrow night, which is why i'm going to kansas tomorrow. because that's where i want to be when the votes are counted tomorrow

udall ran his entire campaign based on running up the score with women. cory gardner cut the gender gap buck had in 2010 in half. michael bennett won an estimated 80% of latinos. cory gardner by our exit polls, i take this with a grain of salt, won half. so the difference was just incredible in term, of cutting the lead with those two groups. >> that's certainly the case. we appreciate that. finally, we head to perry bacon, our friend in kentucky today. mitch mcconnell now seems poised to be the next majority leader after 30 years in the senate. finally, he gets his turn. where do we go from here? acknowledging we'll hear from him in just a couple hours. >> the big thing to watch for is today. he's going to speak and he laid out a little bit last night in term, of his victory speech, he talked about how he wanted to work with the president on issues where they could work together. i think today i'm going to be watching for what are those issues? is it energy, is it taxes? where does he see potential common ground with the president? he knows he's speaking

senator udall in the fight for his life. it does not i think look very good for him given what john king was saying. when michael bennett pulled out that tree markable victory. back in a bad year for democrats. barack obama campaigned for him. in this cycle. mark udall did not want barack obama to campaign for him. there are things that go into narrow victories and losses. that speaks to decisions that democratic candidates made around the country by asking the president. >> how he stood up to barack obama. how he pushed back. >> if you've see the press turnout in colorado. haven't seen the numbers yet. that may, may, cause senator udall some of his advisers if he does lose to reconsider the strategy. >> the way. the way -- the way -- so many democratic candidates treated barack obama as if he was suffering from leprosy made it a self-fulfilling prophecy. if charlie crist loses in florida today, i think he will. partly because he underperformed in south florida. part of that is because the african-american vote and democrati

incumbent mark udal is focusing on birth control and abortion than jobs and economy and the republican challenger corey gardener, and analyst are determining whether it is back firing. hi, a listia. >> reporter: the challenger is leading by a narrow margin and in the final hours, it is all about turn out. >> we'll win the race on getting out the vote and it will be a sweet win. >> colorado senator mark udal is relying on the hammering of his opponent corey gardener. >> supporting abortion laws. >> it is a one note campaign trying to do the war on woman theme, that seems to have run its course. >> gardener a rising star in the republican party has made it one of the most expensive and tightest in the nation. >> colorado is the majority maker and the way to make harry reid a foot note in history. >> not only has money poured in, but colorado has seen political heavy weights. >> that's why cory gardener needs to be elected to the u.s. saebt. >> they are running awe all of the ads to convince that mark udal is the last surviving communist. >> one person not campaigning for udal is the pres

you see a different margin in the recent poll giving the udall forces some hope. all of this within the margin of error. this race essentially tied in the purple of states. >>> to iowa, one of the tightest races of the country, so tight, taylor swift is an issue. joni ernst and bruce braley. slugging it out for the seat that tom harkin vacating. and harkin with controversy over the weekend. pamela brown has more on that. >> reporter: the stakes are high for the race in iowa. whoever wins today could tip the balance of power in the senate. it has been a very tight race. competitive. neck and neck. it remains a toss up. a record number of iowans have voted early this year. 400,000. the democrats have had a steady advantage, not as much as they would like. at last check, up around 7,000. to put it in perspective, in 2010, they tripled the lead over the republicans. it is important for them with the early voting numbers because republicans typically have more votes on election day. when talking to both camps, it's very clear that they're confident each side is going t

that's 53% who had the wrong position for mark udall. for cory gardner, 21% actually believe that he supported comprehensive immigration reform. we know that much his rhetoric in recent months has been different on immigration as compared to his vote history, 38% knew he was opposed to comprehensive immigration reform. again, 40% of latinos who didn't know what gardner's position on immigration reform was. because this was the top issue that was cited in colorado as we saw in the previous slide, we think there's a mistake here. there was an opportunity to message on this issue of immigration, to talk to latinos about this issue of immigration, and that would created clear contrasts. we know this was the strategy in 2012. if you look at the latino outreach that the obama campaign did in colorado. almost every one of their ads talked about the contrast between president obama and governor romney on the immigration issue. our result suggests that was absent in colorado this year. colorado's a story of an undermobilization. we think tragic m

that's what made the difference for udall. let's be clear part of what saved gardner is he co-sponsored incredibly ex treerths incredibly unpopular personhood legislation which the voters struck down. and then he ran away from it. he ran away from it realizing how popular it was. >> there's a lot of talk of a new wave of democratic women candidates coming forward. they were supposed to succeed in had kentucky. they were supposed to succeed in texas, it didn't work out. the fact that it worked to the republicans' benefit tells you that closing the gap is -- >> the war on women is definitively crushed. >> whoa. >> john, you've got to take it away. >> okay. the governors' races were also extremely pro-republican in this country. in this election. we're holding off projecting races in a few races. as of now republicans took over four states while democrats picked up one. illinois, the state that the president happens to be from, bruce rounds defeated pat quinn. and republican businessman larry hogan winning and defeated anthony ro

and it appears the democratic senator mark udall may go out with a bang. senator udall is a member of the senate intelligence committee and reportedly considering reading a hotly contested and classified cia interrogation report on the senate floor. buck sexton is a former cia officer and host of the buck sexton show on the blaze radio. and mark zade is a washington, d.c. attorney specializing in national security cases. he often represents federal employees. gentlemen, thank you for being here. buck, who gives him the right to do this? the white house and dianne feinstein and the bipartisan senate committee is negotiating what should be released to the public. they say they're going to release something. and apparently senator udall decides i'm going to do it on my own if you don't do it on my timetable what's going to get revealed and do it on the senate floor. you can't come after me. >> there's no reason for it other than his apparent grand standing. he lost the war on women and now he wants to transfer it to the war on the cia. i can't imagine what he

>> i would never -- a, i think mark udall has been a great representative for colorado. he lost a very, very close election. that margin is going to come down to 2%, maybe 3%. he did stress women's issues. but he also stressed the economy. he talked about his vision for colorado and i thought his concession speech was one of the most elegant i have ever heard, mark udall's. >> what do you think the democrats should do looking forward to 2016? how should they recapture what the american people want? what lessons have been learned from this devastating election nationally? >> well, i think people in colorado but people across the country want to see some progress. we talk about here all the time is we want to be the most pro-business state in america but with high standards, high environmental standards, high ethical standards. that kind of pro business but with standards, making sure we have clean air and clean water, that translates across the country. implicit in that is getting stuff done, not just getting things tied up in the bureaucracy of government. >> what about

they simply said no to senator udall. here he is earlier tonight. >> they built this campaign without this -- without their help and patience. they knew when they came on board and their grit and determination is why we ran a campaign that we are proud of. i want to turn to all of you who have worked so hard. >> tomorrow we go to work to fix the washington out of step, out of touch, and out of time. colorado was the full crop of the balance of -- fulcrom to the power of -- to the tower. >> for quite some time colorado who has been called solidly purple because the electric is divided among the third voters. third unaffiliated and it has been considered quite purple. today it was solidly red. with exception to the governor's race which we don't have the results in. when you talk about the u.s. senate that went to the gop. you look at other races like the secretary of state and that looks like a republican candidate is taking that. the attorney general's office even as far as the state legislature picking up republican seat

. >> you have udall against gardner. gardner has been running uphill. this is a state that could go either way. but the latest polls, the polls leading up to today really have cory gardner in control. >> and this is a state why women's issues are defining because udall has made that a campaign, gardner is pro-life, if he comes out, there are some polls that suggest that women are seeing past this as a cynical election strategy. there is also an interesting race in colorado. >> it's john hickenlooper, this is a race why immigration has come to the forefront. the president decided he was going to save action for immigration. the congress did not deal with it. this race has talked about immigration as an issue, and hickenlooper is trying to score points with the latino population. >> the reason why we care about governor races, there are 11 governors in trouble. if all 11 lost, and if you look at hawai'i, that would be 12, that's the greatest number of incumbent governors to lose since 1960. even if half lose that will be the most since 1990, there are a l

first up mark udall is locked in a virtual dead heat with cory gardener in one of the closest races in the country, $94 million have been spent by the candidate and supporters making it, by the way, the second most expensive senate race in the united states after north carolina. and the race for governor is also neck and neck. john hickenlooper is facing a tough challenge from bob. keep an eye on colorado for a number of reasons because republicans had not had statewide success in colorado in a decade. that could change tonight. >> no, they have not. in fact, they haven't won a major statewide race in ten years. democrats have pretty much dominated the race. everyone seemed to be think it was trending blue. an election today in which republicans win both the senate and the governor's race. it's a possibility both are close. would seriously question the assumption that colorado is turning into a blue state. it could be seen an as opportunity for future republican gains perhaps in 2016 on the presidential level. both sides will be watching the campaign extremely closely on election night

forty-six% of latinos identified udall as pro but 53 percent had the wrong position for udall. for gardner 23 percent believed he supported a comprehensive immigration reform we know that is rhetoric it is different as compared to his voting history and 30 percent knew he was opposed. but those you did not know what his position on immigration reform. but that was the top issues cited we think there is a mistake an opportunity to talk to latinos that would create a clear contrast. if you go back to look at the out reach that deal obama campaign did in colorado almost everyone of that adds talked about the contrasts between president obama and governor romney. colorado is the story of a under mobilization the prairies' virtually were unmentioned in the udall campaign as he receives some of the criticism to not have a diverse set of issues. they're even uncertain of the positioning that they have done very well recently that they did not do as well as some historic benchmarks. those that have gotten attention of those preelection questions the house ballett as 63 percent democrat

what happened there udall and the 14% of latinos that voted there. he was up but down 17 points compared to what the president received. >> that's exactly right. i think it was a big surprise. udall did well with latinos. we estimated about 71%. obama was at the 87% level in 2012. you had steve talking earlier about how some of the latino counties might have had lower voter turn out and less support for the democrats. we've been saying all along that we're seeing decreases in enthusiasm for the democrats in the cycle this year. >> and when there is that lack of enthusiasm, it makes a difference in, well, close race and not so close races as well. >> yeah absolutely. and colorado is particular. the hickenlooper race was a little bit closer. i think it's one where you would had higher latino turn out you would have seen a turn out there. we've seen it in a number of states florida, north carolina, candidates didn't lean in enough and do the proper latino outreach to mobilize and outreach to inspire them to come out and vote. >> north carolina kay hagan