Every election brings us new and interesting characters.

And the breakout stars last night were Virginia governor-elect Abigail Spanberger and her 10-year-old daughter, Catherine.

To my daughters, Claire Charlotte, and Catherine, I'm so proud of you every single day.

I am lucky to be your mother.

And Catherine, you did not clean your room today

as you promised me.

I'm working on it.

She's working on it.

If I was working on it,

we wouldn't have won this election, okay?

Mom, you're embarrassing me in front of your constituents.

Good morning and welcome to Morning Joe. It is Thursday, November 6th, and there is a lot of

analysis. Still coming out of Tuesday's elections and what the results really mean

for both parties. For Democrats, the issue of affordability really seemed to have resonated with

voters. Meanwhile, the reaction from Republican leaders ranges from nothing to see here to there's

a lot of work to do before next year's midterms,

looming over all of that is the longest government shutdown in history.

As Senate Republicans continue to face pressure from President Trump to take the nuclear option to end it,

we're going to dig into all of that.

Plus, we'll take you through yesterday's

high-stakes Supreme Court hearing on President Trump's tariffs. Big news out of that as well.

Also, the judge overseeing the federal case against former FBI director James Comey called

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