Welcome to the beat. I'm Ari Melburgh, and we're coming on the air here on another election night in

America. There's a lot on the line. Voters in six different states will actually be casting ballots,

and the one that has the most scrutiny is a key house race in Kentucky. Polls closing there just

moments ago, I could tell you, and we have some special coverage plan. If you watch the beat,

or frankly, a lot of news

these days, you've probably heard of the Republican who is now fighting for his job. He defied

Trump on the big issue of Epstein and faces a more Trumpified challenger. So I have a special

report on that coming up. Ali Valsh, she's going to be at the big board. We have Checomendorri here,

so it's a big one. We also have reporting on the scandal of Trump's DOJ with the details about over

a billion dollars being set aside for a thug fund that is unconstitutional and probably unlawful,

according to many experts. Someone who has been fighting on these constitutional issues is Senator

Cory Booker. And he's actually my special guest tonight live on that. So we're looking forward

to a hearing from the senator. Thank you for being here. We begin on the election with

Ali Valshi, who is, of course, MS now's chief data reporter and is at the big board,

as promised. What can you tell us? All right. As you said,

Ari, there are six states holding elections tonight, Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Alabama, Georgia,

Idaho, and Oregon. But we're going to start looking at Kentucky, partially because polls are

closed in half the state. Kentucky is one of those states that splits between eastern and central time zone.

But the particular district we're looking for right now is District 4 in Kentucky. It is closed.

It's in the eastern part of the state. And this is where Thomas Massey, the incumbent,

is up against Ed Galrain, who is supported by Donald Trump. Thomas Massey is a thorn in the side. He is a

gadfly to Donald Trump. He has worked with Democrats to advance a number of bills, including the

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