Control of Congress up for grabs in tomorrow’s elections
The Lead with Jake Tapper
CNN
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🗓️ 7 November 2022
⏱️ 40 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Someone tell John King to warm up that magic wall he's in for a busy night. |
| 0:07.4 | The lead starts right now. |
| 0:09.2 | The day before Election Day and last chance for candidates to make their pitch, the big |
| 0:13.8 | events signaling the races to watch. |
| 0:16.5 | Plus, where some early ballots are already being challenged in court. |
| 0:21.1 | Also a victory lap before Election Day. |
| 0:23.5 | In a CNN exclusive, Republican leader Kevin McCarthy has big plans as he banks on his |
| 0:28.4 | party winning control of the house. |
| 0:31.1 | And another CNN exclusive House Speaker Nancy Pelosi revealing how she learned her husband |
| 0:36.5 | had been attacked and how it's been agony for her entire family. |
| 0:44.5 | Hello and welcome to the lead. |
| 0:45.7 | I'm Brianna Keeler in for Jake Tapper and we are officially in the home stretch here |
| 0:50.6 | in a little more than 12 hours. |
| 0:52.3 | The midterm campaigning ends and Election Day voting begins more than 41 million voters |
| 0:57.5 | of already cast a ballot, eclipsing early voting numbers from 2018. |
| 1:02.2 | Today candidates are racing around, they're trying to get FaceTime with the people that |
| 1:06.1 | they hope will become their constituents. |
| 1:09.0 | President Biden and former President Trump are both on the campaign trail today. |
| 1:13.4 | Biden heading to Maryland tonight while Trump will stump in Ohio, hoping to energize |
| 1:18.2 | their respective bases and sway any last minute swing voters. |
| 1:22.0 | But ultimately, you, the voters, will decide who controls the House, the Senate, your |
| 1:27.8 | state's elections and laws, and who will be governor in 36 states. |
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