Roundup: Outstanding Races

Roundup: Outstanding Races

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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4 Mar 202114min

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3 Mar 202114min

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