1992 ABC Election Night Coverage(Part 3):9:00https://youtu.be/SsVFZ0F8Gmc?si=kQLOIsx7jVCgjP95Jennings: Welcome back, it is 9 PM in the east and a whole bunch of states have just closed their polls and ABC can now project that in
Nebraska- Senator Bob Kerrey will be reelected by a comfortable margin , in
New Mexico- Senator Jeff Bingaman will be reelected by a comfortable margin, in
New York- Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan will be reelected by a comfortable margin, in
North Dakota- Senator Kent Conrad will be easily reelected, in
Wisconsin -Senator Herb Kohl will be easily reelected. We can also project that in
Rhode Island- Senator John Chafee will be easily reelected and in
Wyoming- Representative Craig Thomas will be the next senator of that state.
We are currently unable to make a projection in Arizona, Minnesota
Democrats 45(-1)
Republicans 41(+1)
Jennings: So David how are the gubernatorial races going
Brinkley: Similarly we are able to make some projection in the gubernatorial races too. ABC Can now project that in
Colorado- Governor Roy Romer will easily be reelected, in
Nebraska- Governor Ben Nelson will be easily reelected. We are also able to project in
Minnesota- Governor Anne Carlson will easily be reelected, and in
Wisconsin- Governor Tommy Thompson will be easily reelected
We are unable to make a projection in Arizona, New Mexico, New York, Rhode Island, South Dakota, and in Wyoming
Brinkley: The big news so far is that the long time New York and former Democratic Nominee Mario Cuomo seems to be in a competitive race for governor since we are unable to call it. Tom What are your thoughts on the race
Wicker: Well I will say it is not surprising given the fact is after 12 years of Cuomo as governor that does cause fatigue with the incumbent which reduces that advantage and add into the fact that The Republican George Pataki was able to run an effective camapign on issues such as law and order and that is why he was able to reduce Governor Cuomo lead to single digits. Now will he win, I don't think so but if he can indeed hold Governor Cuomo to a single digit win, then it does set him well to run again 4 years from now.
Jennings: Do you think Governor Cuomo's Presidential campaign hurt him here
Wicker: It is very possible as the fact is his negatives especially on the law and order issue were increased due to that campaign but I don't think that played as big of a part as people may think given he did easily win the state two years ago.
9:33:Jennings : ABC News is now able to make projections in two more races, first in the
Ohio Senate Race where we can now project that Representative Mike DeWine will be the next senator of that state
Democrats 45(-2)
Republicans 42(+2)
Jennings: We can also project that in
South Carolina- Lieutenant Governor Nick Theodore will defeat the Republican David Beasley to be the next governor of that state
Jennings : Some more good news for the Democrats here is the fact that Democratic candidates currently are in the lead in Alabama, Tenneesse , Pennsylvania , Connecticut and Rhode Island so there is a very favorable trend going in their direction here
Brinkley: Yes and this is why I believe that supporters of either party should just wait before declaring they had a good night or not because there is still a lot of counting to be done and currently no tossup senate race has been called and only 1 tossup Governor race has which was South Carolina so everything that has happened so far is in line with expectations I would say.
Jennings: Jeff so far what results are you finding interesting
Greenfield: So far nothing but I would say what is surprising is the fact that Bredesen seems to at this point be the favorite to win and the fact is he was considered the very slightly underdog going in so that is interesting.
Jennings: Now lets take a look at our house projection at this moment and this is how it looks like and then lets send it over to Sam and Cokie for their analysis of the projection so far :
Democrats: 251-261(+11-+21)
Republicans: 173-183(-11-21)
Independents: 1(-)
Donaldson: As you can see the Democrats are just now two seats away from being guaranteed a liberal majority in the house which would be a pretty big blow to President Bush as he would lose the working majority he had the past two years, which would really end any hopes of any major conservative pieces of legislation passing . Now I will want to remind our viewers that there are 435 house seats in the country so it will take some time before we can find out whether Democrats will indeed get that majority or not though the trendline at the moment is going in their favor.
Roberts: I would agree but I would like to point out there are stuff he can do that both conservatives and liberals would like such as bringing deficts down, pass tougher laws on law and order issues and he also has the power of the Presidency to cement in many of his accomplishments from the past 6 years but especially the past two. So it will be interesting to see what direction the President takes over the next two years and only time will tell.
Jennings: Thanks Sam and Cokie . I do want to let the viewers know though that ABC does have a projection to make and that is in
Alabama- we can now project that Governor Jim Folsom Jr will indeed win a full term on his own right by defeating former Alabama Governor Fob James
Jennings: Ok we will be sending it back to your local stations for the rest of the hour and be back at 10 Eastern for the next poll closings