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The Beat with Ari Melber

US voters rebuff "red wave"; Senate control hangs on three open races

The Beat with Ari Melber

Ari Melber, MS NOW

Politics, News, Versant Media, Ms Now, Daily News, Versant, Government

4.64.2K Ratings

🗓️ 11 November 2022

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

MSNBC's Ari Melber hosts "The Beat" on Thursday, November 10 and reports on the results of the 2022 midterms, with voters shattering any expected "red wave." With the control of Congress still undecided, three key open races will determine the balance of power. Filmmaker Michael Moore, strategist Chai Komanduri, correspondent April Ryan and representative-elect Maxwell Frost join. To listen to this show and other MS podcasts without ads, sign up for MS NOW Premium on Apple Podcasts. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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0:00.0

Welcome to the beat. I'm Ari Melbert, and you can hear the music. We are continuing our special coverage. As we come on the air tonight, I can tell you, control of Congress still hangs in the balance, and guess who's back?

0:12.1

Steve Kornacki, here at the big board at the top of the hour. It's a tradition, and we stand by it. Steve's with us in a moment. You guess who else is here? Michael Moore.

0:21.6

Michael, you know Jay-Z said, guess who's Bazzac? It's you. You said some things on our air that were

0:27.1

allegedly controversial at the time about how there'd be no red wave. You were right,

0:32.8

and we bring you in right after Steve. That is what I want everyone to know. We always keep

0:37.2

it real with you. That's what's coming up, Steve and Michael is what I want everyone to know. We always keep it real with you.

0:37.8

That's what's coming up. Steve and Michael. My brief introduction is the latest. What's happening

0:42.2

right now, Senate control will hang on what we see as three races, Arizona, monitoring the update

0:47.3

on the vote coming in from Maricopa County, Nevada. Election officials say over 50,000 ballots

0:52.7

still need to be counted there in Clark County, which is a big, rich area for votes.

0:57.0

And then in Georgia, it will indeed be a runoff, Raphael Warnock, against Herschel Walker.

1:01.2

If that sounds familiar, Georgia has this law that means they often have runoffs if no one can pass 50.

1:08.0

Here's Senator Warnock out today campaigning.

1:12.0

Now, we all knew this election would be close, but I've done this before.

1:19.5

We've done this before.

1:24.1

We know how to win a runoff.

1:27.3

It's true. He has that runoff experience, and that is one of the states that could decide control of the Senate or not. Steve Kornacki can walk us through all of it, Steve. You are busy. You are beloved, if you don't mind me saying, and you are up. Tell us what's the latest right now. That's kind of you to say thank you. Well, let's take look. So, yeah, the issue here is whether that Georgia runoff is going to end up mattering for determining

1:48.5

Senate control. And that comes down to what happens in Arizona and Nevada.

1:52.4

If the Republicans succeed in winning one of these two states, Georgia then becomes the tiebreaker.

1:58.2

If the Democrats can sweep Nevada and Arizona, Democrats win Senate

2:02.2

control outright right there in Georgia is just about deciding the size of their majority.

2:06.9

So let's start in Arizona. And there was a little bit of an update today. You can see Mark

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