Democrats find momentum in GOP-friendly areas
The 11th Hour with Ali Velshi
MS NOW, Ali Velshi
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🗓️ 17 June 2026
⏱️ 42 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | The big boards fired up for a rundown of how tonight's results could shape Democrats' path |
| 0:06.6 | to retaking the Senate. |
| 0:08.0 | Plus, it would be the definition of irony if Texas Republicans lost a seat they already |
| 0:14.0 | held amid their bid to gerrymander five extra seats for Donald Trump this fall. |
| 0:19.6 | But it could happen thanks to this man, the Latin |
| 0:22.4 | Grammy-winning Tejano star, an insurgent Democratic nominee for Texas's 15th District, |
| 0:29.0 | joins me later in the show to talk about how he plans to pull it off. And tonight's nightlight |
| 0:33.8 | is the story of a once-anonymous sheet metal worker and father of three who stood up against |
| 0:39.1 | the machinery of the Trump administration and won. |
| 0:49.0 | Hey, it's primary night's runoff night, and polls have just closed at the top of this hour |
| 0:53.4 | in California where |
| 0:55.0 | there was a special election. But it's Georgia that's on our minds tonight. Georgia held primaries |
| 1:00.5 | back in May, but it's one of those states where, for various reasons, candidates have to get |
| 1:04.9 | 50% of the primary vote to advance to the general election. And for two key Republican races, |
| 1:10.4 | that didn't happen until tonight. |
| 1:13.5 | Mike Collins defeated Derek Dooley for the Republican Senate nomination, |
| 1:18.2 | and he's going to face off against the Democratic Senator John Ossoff this fall. |
| 1:22.8 | Rick Jackson defeated Burke Jones to become the Republican nominee for governor. |
| 1:28.3 | He's going to face off against the former Atlanta mayor, Keisha Lance Bottoms, in November. |
| 1:33.1 | Now, if Keisha Lance Bottoms were to win, she will become the first black woman governor of any state in American history. |
| 1:41.0 | Earlier tonight, she sat down with Jen Saki. |
| 1:44.7 | The governor of Georgia is a pretty powerful position and to have the ability to make a |
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