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  Speaker 1: BIN News This Hour, I'm Andrea Coleman. Coming up.
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  Speaker 2: And you know I always say that every day is
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  Speaker 2: a good day, but Wisconsin, this is a very good day.
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  Speaker 2: This is a very good day.
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  Speaker 1: It's a new day in American politics. Five black people
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  Speaker 1: have been elected to lead their respective states, a first
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  Speaker 1: in American history. The black mayor of one of America's
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  Speaker 1: most visible cities is struggling to keep her position. And
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  Speaker 1: now that the Democratic tsunami has taken place, what does
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  Speaker 1: that mean for Congress? We'll take a look. But first,
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  Speaker 1: here's BIN News Now.
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  Speaker 3: Republican Byron Donalds is making history as Florida's first black governor.
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  Speaker 3: NBC News projects Donalds defeated Democrat David Jolly in the
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  Speaker 3: governor's race.
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  Speaker 4: We have people who are looking at their bank accounts,
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  Speaker 4: not month in, month out, day in, day out, trying
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  Speaker 4: to figure out how they're going to make ends meet.
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  Speaker 4: And my mission as Florida's next governor is to make
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  Speaker 4: sure that they can build a great life here in
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  Speaker 4: the great state of Florida.
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  Speaker 3: The Trump-endorsed Republican celebrated his victory with supporters in Hollywood, Florida.
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  Speaker 3: Wisconsin is electing its first black governor as well. NBC
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  Speaker 3: News projects Democrat David Crowley defeated Republican Tom Tiffany, who
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  Speaker 3: conceded the race. The Milwaukee County executive will replace retiring
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  Speaker 3: Governor Tony Evers. And Nevada is also making history electing
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  Speaker 3: its first black governor. Democratic Attorney General Aaron Ford defeated
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  Speaker 3: Republican incumbent Joe Lombardo by about 70,000 votes. Lombardo conceded Wednesday,
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  Speaker 3: making Nevada one of four states to elect a black
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  Speaker 3: governor this midterm cycle. I'm Amber Payton with BIN News Now.
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  Speaker 3: Back to you, Andrea.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you, Amber. Yesterday, Black candidates made history in several
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  Speaker 1: states and in several ways, one of them in governor's races.
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  Speaker 1: Come January, five Black political leaders will take the oath
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  Speaker 1: of office to lead their respective states. It will be
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  Speaker 1: the first time in U.S. history that that many Black
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  Speaker 1: governors will be in office at the same time. Last night,
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  Speaker 1: during their acceptance speeches, many of them spoke of how
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  Speaker 1: their childhood prepared them for this moment. Here's David Crowley
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  Speaker 1: of Wisconsin.
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  Speaker 2: Growing up, there were nights where I didn't know if
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  Speaker 2: there would be food on the table, days where I
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  Speaker 2: couldn't go or be able to get to go to
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  Speaker 2: school because I couldn't afford the bus fare. I grew
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  Speaker 2: up in one of those families, not knowing if there
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  Speaker 2: would be a roof over your head or if the
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  Speaker 2: next doctor's bill would wipe away your finances, hoping that
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  Speaker 2: someone in charge would give families like ours a fighting chance.
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  Speaker 2: So to all of those families who are watching.
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  Speaker 4: Tonight, I see you. I hear you. I was you.
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  Speaker 2: And now I'm going to fight for you each and
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  Speaker 2: every single day.
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  Speaker 1: Well, along with David Crowley, Aaron Ford in Nevada, Byron
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  Speaker 1: Donalds in Florida, Keisha Lance Bottoms in Georgia were elected,
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  Speaker 1: and Governor Westmore in Maryland was reelected. Of the five,
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  Speaker 1: four Democrats and one, Byron Donalds in Florida is a Republican.
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  Speaker 4: Well, L.A.
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  Speaker 1: Councilwoman Nithya Raman has overtaken L.A. Mayor Karen Bass in
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  Speaker 1: Bass's bid for re-election. Overnight, Raman took the lead by
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  Speaker 1: about 17,000 votes. The margin is still slim, with Raman
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  Speaker 1: ahead 51 to 49 percent. Close to 63 percent of
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  Speaker 1: the expected vote have been counted. We will keep you
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  Speaker 1: updated on the outcome. With Democrats regaining control of Congress,
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  Speaker 1: how likely is it that they will be able to
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  Speaker 1: bring meaningful change with President Trump still in office? Dr.
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  Speaker 1: Undra Gillespie, an assistant political science professor at Emory University,
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  Speaker 1: says it will likely make for a more contentious relationship.
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  Speaker 5: One of the important functions of Congress relative to the
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  Speaker 5: president is oversight. They are the ones that have the
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  Speaker 5: power of the purse. And so they have the right
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  Speaker 5: to check to see whether or not the executive branch
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  Speaker 5: is actually spending the money as Congress has allocated. And
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  Speaker 5: that means that they have the right to drag members
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  Speaker 5: of the executive branch in for hearings and make them
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  Speaker 5: answer to how they spent money and how they have
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  Speaker 5: conducted the people's business. That hasn't happened as much with
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  Speaker 5: Congress being under Republican control. If the Democrats take control
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  Speaker 5: of a chamber, I guarantee to you that that chamber
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  Speaker 5: is going to become more adversarial towards the executive branch.
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  Speaker 1: Well, at this time, Democrats have won 54 seats in
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  Speaker 1: the Senate and 229 seats in the House. This is
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  Speaker 1: BIN News This Hour. Be sure to follow us wherever
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  Speaker 1: you get your podcasts. I'm Andrea Coleman on the Black
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  Speaker 1: Information Network, home of Black News First.