Politics with Amy Walter: Getting Up to Speed on All Things Midterms

The Takeaway

This week on Politics with Amy Walter, with Election Day 2018 just days away, we look at where things stand heading into Tuesday.

Liesl Hickey, a Republican strategist,and Ali Lapp,a Democrat and president of House Majority PAC, discuss where things stand for the parties in House races across the country.

Jonathan Martin, a national political correspondent for The New York Times, breaks down the Senate races and whether or not the Democrats have what it takes to gain the majority. 

Adam Smith, the political editor for The Tampa Bay Times, discusses the latest in Florida’s gubernatorial race between former Congressman Ron DeSantis, a Republican and Andrew Gillum, the current mayor of Tallahassee. If he wins, Gillum would become Florida’s first black governor.

Tia Mitchell, a reporter for The Atlanta Journal Constitution, brings us up to speed on Georgia’s race for governor between Stacey Abrams, a Democrat and former minority leader in the Georgia House of Representatives and Brian Kemp, Georgia’s current Secretary of State. 

Clare Malone, asenior political writer for FiveThirtyEight, weighs in on what the polls are saying this time around and whether or not we can and should trust them. 

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