Roundup: Outstanding Races

The NPR Politics Podcast

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Politics, Daily News, News

4.5 • 24.9K Ratings

🗓️ 11 November 2022

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Republican nominee Blake Masters lags incumbent Democrat Sen. Mark Kelly in Arizona, as we wait for that race to be called. GOP election officials there have decried Republican gubernatorial hopeful Kari Lake for spreading conspiracy theories about the vote counting process.

And Democrats notched historic wins in statehouses and governors mansions. We talk through some notable races.

This episode: White House correspondent Tamara Keith, political reporter Ximena Bustillo, state politics reporter Laura Benshoff and senior political editor and correspondent Domenico Montanaro.

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0:00.0	This is Zach from Brooklyn, New York.
0:01.9	This is Chinese that calling from Kansas City, Missouri.
0:04.2	This is Noah and Rayse Quiscansen.
0:06.2	This is Chris and I am up exceedingly early
0:09.8	to get ready to work the polls here in Kentucky.
0:12.1	It's about 4 a.m. here on Election Day.
0:14.5	It's about two hours till sunrise,
0:16.2	but I'm already at my polling place.
0:18.0	This is Ian and the polls are open here in Cincinnati.
0:22.0	Today's show is recorded at 12.07 p.m. on Friday 11.
0:27.3	11. Veterans Day.
0:28.8	Things may have changed by the time you hear this.
0:30.9	This is Anna Saul in Burrington, Rhode Island.
0:33.4	I'm 18 years old and I just finished voting
0:35.7	for the very first time.
0:37.1	This is Rachel from Utah.
0:38.6	And I'm standing under my umbrella in the rain
0:41.2	in the longest line I've ever seen to vote.
0:44.0	This is Rachel from Worcester, Massachusetts,
0:46.0	where I was number 38 at my local voting precinct.
0:49.5	This is Charlotte Young.
0:50.6	And this is Mary Morris Young.
	...

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