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  Speaker 1: BIN News This Hour, I'm Andrea Coleman. Coming up.
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  Speaker 2: Let me just say it takes a while to count
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  Speaker 2: the vote in our city, but pretty soon we shall know.
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  Speaker 2: And I am confident with all of the work that
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  Speaker 2: is done here that we will achieve victory.
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  Speaker 1: That was Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass expressing optimism on
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  Speaker 1: election night while votes were still being counted. The mayor
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  Speaker 1: is now saying something completely different on her bid for re-election.
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  Speaker 1: We'll have details.
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  Speaker 2: It is enormous.
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  Speaker 3: Before last night, there had only been three popularly elected
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  Speaker 3: black governors in the history of the United States.
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  Speaker 1: More of our interview with Governor Andy Beshear. Yes, he
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  Speaker 1: says electing several new black governors is a really big deal.
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  Speaker 1: But first, here's BIN News Now.
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  Speaker 4: Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker is thanking supporters following his re-election
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  Speaker 4: victory over Republican Darren Bailey.
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  Speaker 1: Doing everything we can both to lower electricity costs or
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  Speaker 1: lower the cost of insurance.
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  Speaker 4: During a stop at a black-owned restaurant on Chicago's South Side,
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  Speaker 4: Pritzker said his priorities include affordable housing and lower electric bills.
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  Speaker 4: Asked about a possible 2028 presidential run, he said his
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  Speaker 4: focus remains on Illinois. Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass has
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  Speaker 4: conceded her re-election race to Councilwoman Nithya Raman, who leads
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  Speaker 4: by roughly 35,000 votes. Bass, the city's first black woman mayor,
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  Speaker 4: congratulated Raman and pledged a smooth transition. Raman will take
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  Speaker 4: office December 13th. And California Secretary of State Shirley Weber
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  Speaker 4: has won re-election, defeating Republican Don Wagner. Weber campaigned on
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  Speaker 4: protecting voting rights and election security, while Wagner criticized delays
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  Speaker 4: in vote counting. Weber made history in 2021 as California's
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  Speaker 4: first Black Secretary of State. I'm Amber Payton with BIN
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  Speaker 4: News Now. Back to you, Andrea.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you, Amber. Breaking news this afternoon. Los Angeles Mayor
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  Speaker 1: Karen Bass is conceding in her re-election bid. Bass issued
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  Speaker 1: a statement just over an hour ago recounting the major
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  Speaker 1: accomplishments in her first and only term in office and
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  Speaker 1: promising a smooth transition for the incoming mayor. That will
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  Speaker 1: be Los Angeles City Councilwoman Nithya Raman, who was once
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  Speaker 1: an ally of the mayor's, In her statement, Bass went
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  Speaker 1: on to say that while this is not the outcome
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  Speaker 1: we hoped for, the people of Los Angeles have spoken.
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  Speaker 1: I have called Council Member Nithya Raman to congratulate her
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  Speaker 1: on her victory, and I have committed to ensuring a
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  Speaker 1: smooth and seamless transition. Moving this city forward is what
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  Speaker 1: Los Angeles needs from all of us. I love Los Angeles.
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  Speaker 1: I believe in Los Angeles. and I will continue to
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  Speaker 1: ensure the promise of a better life belongs to all
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  Speaker 1: of us. Thank you. Before becoming L.A. 's latest mayor,
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  Speaker 1: Bass served in Congress for 12 years. Bass is the
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  Speaker 1: city's first woman mayor. It will now have a second
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  Speaker 1: one come January. Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear is celebrating the
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  Speaker 1: wins of three black Democratic governors elect.
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  Speaker 3: Before, there had only been three popularly elected black governors
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  Speaker 3: in the history of the United States. On just the
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  Speaker 3: Democratic governor's side, We doubled that in one election. Keisha
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  Speaker 3: Lance Bottoms is the first black woman who will ever
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  Speaker 3: serve as governor in our 250-year history. What that means
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  Speaker 3: is it took us way too long, but that no
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  Speaker 3: one else is ever going to have to be the
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  Speaker 3: first again. And they bring in such important perspective. It's
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  Speaker 3: going to help all of us governors, at least Democratic governors.
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  Speaker 3: It's going to make sure that everyone growing up in
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  Speaker 3: the United States can see the office of governor as
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  Speaker 3: something that will be possible for them. I'm really excited
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  Speaker 3: about each of these individuals. Abram Ford has been a
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  Speaker 3: friend of mine for a long time. David Crowley is
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  Speaker 3: going to bring in a wealth of experience in Wisconsin.
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  Speaker 3: Thrilled for each of these individuals, and they're all going
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  Speaker 3: to be great governors.
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  Speaker 1: When asked what advice he would share with the incoming governors,
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  Speaker 1: he said he would encourage them to give 80% to
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  Speaker 1: their convictions and 100% to the issues impacting the lives
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  Speaker 1: of the people in their states. Six black governors are
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  Speaker 1: set to take the oath of office next January. They
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  Speaker 1: are Democrats Wes Moore of Maryland, who was re-elected to
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  Speaker 1: a second term, Keisha Lance Bottoms of Georgia, Aaron Ford
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  Speaker 1: of Nevada, David Crowley of Wisconsin, Stacey Plaskett of the U.S.
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  Speaker 1: Virgin Islands, and Republican Byron Donalds in Florida. 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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