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  Speaker 1: BIN News This Hour, I'm Andrea Coleman. Coming up.
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  Speaker 2: One thing that we are seeing, though, is that it's
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  Speaker 2: not just that the base is energized, it's that the
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  Speaker 2: base is enlarging.
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  Speaker 1: Maryland Governor Wes Moore expresses his confidence in the push
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  Speaker 1: for change to selection on both the state and national levels.
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  Speaker 3: It means that it's going to come down to the wire.
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  Speaker 3: We always knew that this was going to be a
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  Speaker 3: close race.
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  Speaker 1: Polls are showing a nationally watched governor's race with a
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  Speaker 1: black candidate has less than one percentage point difference between
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  Speaker 1: the two candidates. And it's a memorable election for the
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  Speaker 1: granddaughter of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. We'll tell you why.
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  Speaker 1: But first, here's BIN News Now.
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  Speaker 4: Polls are now closing in several eastern states, including Florida, Georgia,
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  Speaker 4: New Hampshire, South Carolina, Vermont, and Virginia. One of the
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  Speaker 4: most closely watched contests is South Carolina's U.S. Senate race,
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  Speaker 4: where Republican Senator Darlene Graham faces Democratic challenger Annie Andrews
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  Speaker 4: in a matchup that could help determine control of the Senate.
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  Speaker 4: NBC News projects Democratic Senator Mark Warner has won re-election
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  Speaker 4: in Virginia, defeating Republican challenger Burt Missisawa. The victory keeps
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  Speaker 4: the longtime senator in office as Virginians weighed in on
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  Speaker 4: key federal and statewide races during this year's midterm election.
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  Speaker 4: NBC News projects Democratic Senator John Ossoff has won another term,
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  Speaker 4: representing Georgia in the U.S. Senate. Ossoff defeated Republican Congressman
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  Speaker 4: Mike Collins, who had the backing of President Trump. The
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  Speaker 4: incumbent Democrat avoided a primary challenge and received support from
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  Speaker 4: former President Barack Obama during the campaign. I'm Amber Payton
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  Speaker 4: with BIN News Now. Back to you, Andrea.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you. And Maryland Governor Wes Moore says he is
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  Speaker 1: pleased by what he is seeing on the campaign trail.
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  Speaker 2: You are watching a lot of people who are even
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  Speaker 2: independents and Republicans who are so betrayed by what is
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  Speaker 2: happening with this federal administration that they have now seen
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  Speaker 2: that inflation is up and unemployment is up, that gas
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  Speaker 2: prices are up, grocery prices are up, that Donald Trump's
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  Speaker 2: bank account is up. And they want relief. And they
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  Speaker 2: want to be able to make their voices heard. And so,
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  Speaker 2: you know, we're running hard. And so we do feel
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  Speaker 2: good and optimistic about our re-election prospects.
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  Speaker 1: Moore is running for re-election and is also hoping voters
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  Speaker 1: in the state will approve a question on redistricting. The
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  Speaker 1: redrawing of the state map could yield the state an
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  Speaker 1: extra seat in Congress, giving it a clean Democratic congressional slate.
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  Speaker 1: In Georgia, former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms is in
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  Speaker 1: a tough race in her bid to become the next
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  Speaker 1: state governor. The latest poll shows Bottoms leading her opponent
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  Speaker 1: by just 0.03%. Bottoms appeared on The Breakfast Club this
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  Speaker 1: morning and encouraged listeners to stay politically engaged.
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  Speaker 3: I would say that it's understandable, but not to give
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  Speaker 3: up on our democracy, that our voices are reflected through
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  Speaker 3: our votes. And everything that you care about comes through government,
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  Speaker 3: whether it is, will hospitals stay open in your community?
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  Speaker 3: Will there be a library? How your schools will be funded?
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  Speaker 3: Will that pothole be filled? Will that bridge be repaired?
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  Speaker 3: I mean, it all boils down to government. So when
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  Speaker 3: you stay home and don't vote, you are voting for
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  Speaker 3: something that most likely it's not in.
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  Speaker 1: Your best interest. Bottoms is one of eight Black women
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  Speaker 1: nominees seeking statewide office, including Secretary of State, Lieutenant Governor,
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  Speaker 1: Attorney General, School Superintendent, and others. More than 2.8 million
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  Speaker 1: voters in the state have already cast their ballots. A
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  Speaker 1: member of the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. family was
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  Speaker 1: among Georgia's first-time voters. In a letter to her peers
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  Speaker 1: published in Teen Vogue, Yolanda Renee King, Dr. King's granddaughter,
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  Speaker 1: spoke of being a member of a Black history legacy
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  Speaker 1: family and the importance of her generation carrying forth their work.
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  Speaker 1: She also spoke of casting her first ballot this year
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  Speaker 1: and encouraged readers to join her. In Georgia, a recent
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  Speaker 1: report showed the Black youth vote surged by 80 percent
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  Speaker 1: during the early voting period, which ended last Friday. Join
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  Speaker 1: VIN later today for our Election Day coverage, which includes
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  Speaker 1: the feature Black America Votes, the midterms 2026. The special
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  Speaker 1: program starts at 7 p.m. Eastern and we'll take a
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  Speaker 1: look at the election from a Black perspective. BIN will
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  Speaker 1: also have updates on election results throughout the evening and
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  Speaker 1: tomorrow morning, starting as early as 6 a.m. Eastern. This
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  Speaker 1: is BIN News This Hour. Be sure to follow us
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  Speaker 1: wherever you get your podcasts. I'm Andrea Coleman on the
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  Speaker 1: Black Information Network, home of Black News First.