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  Speaker 1: BIN News This Hour. I'm Terry McCready. Coming up, Decision
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  Speaker 1: 2026 and a major turnout for Black leadership. A blue
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  Speaker 1: tsunami and a fierce rebuke of President Trump. The House
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  Speaker 1: Minority Leader poised to become the first Black House Speaker
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  Speaker 1: in U.S.
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  Speaker 2: History.
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  Speaker 1: But first, here's BIN News Now.
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  Speaker 3: Keisha Lance Bottoms is leading the way in a state
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  Speaker 3: office shakeup in Georgia. The Democrat defeated Republican Rick Jackson
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  Speaker 3: in the race for governor. making her the first black
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  Speaker 3: woman to serve as governor in the country's history.
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  Speaker 4: Georgia, this win is for all of us. Thank you, Georgia.
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  Speaker 4: I am honored to be your 84th governor.
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  Speaker 3: Trump says Republican voters weren't keen on some of the
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  Speaker 3: GOP candidates running in Tuesday's midterms. Speaking to Fox News
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  Speaker 3: after Democrats regained control of the House and Senate, Trump
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  Speaker 3: said the voters just weren't inspired. Virginia voters have approved
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  Speaker 3: a measure guaranteeing reproductive freedom. The measure passed Tuesday puts
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  Speaker 3: protections for abortion, birth control, and IVF into the Virginia
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  Speaker 3: state constitution. I'm Alexandria Icamoni with BIN News Now. Back
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  Speaker 3: to you, Terry.
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  Speaker 1: A big night for Democrats winning control of the House
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  Speaker 1: and Senate. Of course, making history is Keisha Lance Bottoms,
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  Speaker 1: who becomes the first Black woman in U.S. history to
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  Speaker 1: ascend to the governor's office.
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  Speaker 4: It was the.
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  Speaker 5: Town that was home to the former governor of Georgia
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  Speaker 5: and the vice president of the Confederate States of America,
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  Speaker 5: Alexander Stevens. I visited the grave of Betsy Peake, my great-great-grandmother,
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  Speaker 5: who was born in 1845, 20 years before emancipation. In
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  Speaker 5: a cemetery filled with unmarked graves, I found hers.
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  Speaker 1: Try and try again for Black former representative from Texas,
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  Speaker 1: Colin Allred, who was returning to Congress after winning his
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  Speaker 1: race in redistricted Texas, Allred defeating GOP candidate Patrick Gillespie.
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  Speaker 1: He vacated his seat for an unsuccessful run against Senator
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  Speaker 1: Ted Cruz back in 2024 before going on to launch
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  Speaker 1: a short-lived bid for Senator John Cornyn's seat in the midterms.
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  Speaker 1: Representative Julie Johnson said, succeeded all red in 2024, but
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  Speaker 1: lost out in a Democratic primary runoff.
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  Speaker 6: And we believe in this great country that when you
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  Speaker 6: work hard and play by the rules, you should be
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  Speaker 6: able to live an affordable life, a comfortable life, and
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  Speaker 6: a good life. That's a good paying job, good housing,
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  Speaker 6: good health care, a good education for your children. And
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  Speaker 6: then when it's all said and done, a good retirement.
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  Speaker 6: That's the American dream, and House Democrats will work hard
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  Speaker 6: to revive it for every single person in this land.
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  Speaker 1: And it was a midterm election that saw many Black
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  Speaker 1: leaders finishing strong.
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  Speaker 2: If you want to go fast, go alone. But if
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  Speaker 2: you want to go far, go together. Well, Illinois, look
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  Speaker 2: how far we've come.
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  Speaker 1: Black Lieutenant Governor from Illinois, Julianna Stratton, has won the U.S.
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  Speaker 1: Senate race. She'll replace veteran Senator Dick Durbin, who won't
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  Speaker 1: be seeking re-election. All right, President Trump says he was
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  Speaker 1: a little bit surprised by the number of Democratic victories
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  Speaker 1: in the midterms. Speaking to Fox News after Democrats regained
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  Speaker 1: control of the House and Senate, Trump said the voters
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  Speaker 1: just weren't inspired.
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  Speaker 4: They didn't like.
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  Speaker 3: The candidates, and some of the candidates that I endorsed,
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  Speaker 3: they fought me, and they didn't like that they fought me.
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  Speaker 1: He again said the GOP did poorly because he was
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  Speaker 1: not on the ballot. Meanwhile, Black Democratic Maryland Governor Wes
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  Speaker 1: Moore winning his race, the incumbent defeating former Republican state
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  Speaker 1: lawmaker Dan Cox in a rematch of the 2022 race.
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  Speaker 1: Moore making history four years ago when he became Maryland's
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  Speaker 1: first Black governor. Stay informed, stay connected, and subscribe. Follow
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  Speaker 1: Terry McCready for the Black Information Network.