Morning Briefing Wednesday 4th November

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0:37This is Times Radio's morning briefing on Wednesday the 4th of November. I'm Daryl Jackson. Major US news networks are predicting the Democrats are set for a majority in the House of Representatives. At least 248 seats are projected to go to the Democrats, with 187 set to be won by the Republicans. Most recently, the Democrats have secured four projected victories in key House of Representative contests, with races being called in New Jersey and North Carolina. The North Carolina Senate race was the first Senate seat to flip from one party to the other. Democrat Roy Cooper defeated Republican Michael Wadley.

1:14Everyone here, including our volunteers, staff and supporters in this campaign, thank you for everything you did to take this United States Senate seat back for the people of North Carolina. Now, I know this was a hard-fought race, and I do wish God's blessings for Michael Watley and his family. I spoke with him earlier tonight, and he acknowledged our victory. Celinda Lake, pollster and political strategist for the Democratic Party, told Times Radio it is down to their candidates that they're winning. I think it speaks to one of our advantages this cycle, is that the recruitment and the quality of the candidates that we have is just really superior to the recruitment and the quality of the candidates that the Republicans have.

1:58They have a lot of candidates who have really major, major flaws in terms of their personal life, in terms of corruption, in terms of the campaigns they're running. Twitch streamer and political commentator Hassan Paikha is a prominent Democrat. He told Times Radio how he is feeling. They're calling it the Blue Nami. They're calling it the Blue Clear apocalypse out here. Republicanism is dead, dead in the water. Trumpism is dying. and I could not feel any better. Katie Frost, Republican strategist and the political director of the American Principles Project has given her reaction to the results on Times Radio.

2:35I'm waiting to still see. There's a lot of races that's inconclusive where I do believe we're going to see some holds. I mean, so far it has not been the best night for the Republican Party, but that's not the first time you see once one party wins the White House, there can be a strong snapback because the opposition is very motivated to go out there and that's what we're seeing happen tonight. And Democrat Keisha Lance Bottoms is projected to win the Georgia governor race, flipping the governorship from Republican control. Her victory marks a historic milestone, making her the first black woman ever elected governor in the US.

3:07The result also represents a significant gain for the Democrats. Donald Trump, who has remained unusually quiet on social media, has shared some comments as the election results come in. In a message on Truth Social, he said that, I wasn't on the ballot, and if I was, we would have won in a landslide. And you can hear more on all of those stories throughout the day on Times Radio.

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