I'm Brian Lehrer. This is my daily politics podcast from WNYC Studios. It's Wednesday, November 3rd.

Well, it might have been a good night for Democrats in New York City and maybe in Boston and a few other places, but it was not one

on either side of New York City, Long Island, really bad for Democrats, New Jersey, big question still in

play. And when you look at the two states that voted for governor, New Jersey and Virginia,

there were only those two. By extension, it was not a

good night for Joe Biden and for the Democratic Party as it hopes to keep power in Congress next year.

This, of course, can all be overinterpreted. There is so much that will happen between now and then.

But for the blue team and national context last night, not good, leaving new questions to be answered.

With me now, Elena Schneider, National Political Correspondent for Politico, and Nancy Solomon, who covers New Jersey for WNYC.

Welcome back, both of you.

Nancy, I hope you got at least some sleep, especially with the cold you're rocking right now.

But if you were up waiting for a result, you would have pulled an all-nighter.

Where do things stand in the New Jersey's governor's race as we speak?

Well, I did get a few hours of sleep, but you can tell from my voice.

I'm not doing too well.

So I got up at six, and Chittarelli,

Jack Chittorelli, the Republican, was ahead of Phil Murphy, the incumbent Democrat, by a little less

than 1,200 votes. Since then, more votes have been counted. The AP widget is now moving again. It was

stalled for many hours. I guess they went to bed.

And now it looks like Murphy is up by about 7,000 votes, which would have seemed minuscule last

night, but at the moment it seems like a pretty big lead compared to where he was. And the

mail-in ballots that are going to get counted all week are expected to break

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