Subject: POLITICO Huddle: ELECTION DAY, WE MADE IT – Where congressional leaders will be today – HOW TO WATCH THE RETURNS LIKE A PRO – Ryan feeling good about speakership, House landscape – HOUSE DEMS BRACE FOR COMEY FALLOUT
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Date: Tue, 08 Nov 2016 07:01:28 -0600
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11/08/2016 07:58 AM EDT

By Heather Caygle ([email-masked] or @heatherscope) 

With assistance from Daniel Lippman

WE MADE IT- Happy Election Day Huddle readers! This time tomorrow morning we're likely to know the answers to a whole host of questions including: Will Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump be president? Will Republicans or Democrats control the Senate? How many seats do Republicans lose in the House? How many House seats do Democrats pick up? What does that mean for Paul Ryan and Nancy Pelosi? In the meantime, don't forget to vote! 

WHERE IN THE WORLD... House Speaker Paul Ryan will be hosting and speaking at an election night party in Janesville. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi will be in Washington, holding a press event with DCCC Chairman Ben Ray Luj&aacute;n this afternoon. House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy will be in Bakersfield, voting with his family during the day and watching returns with volunteers in the evening. House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer will be visiting polls in his district all day and attending Maryland watch parties, including for Senate candidate Chris Van Hollen, in the evening. 

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell will be in Washington but is not holding any press events. Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid will also be in Washington. Sen. John Thune will be in Sioux Falls. Sen. Chuck Schumer will be speaking at the Javits Center in New York City (where Hillary Clinton is holding her campaign party) after polls close. Senate Minority Whip Dick Durbin will be in Illinois campaigning with Tammy Duckworth.

HOW TO WATCH ELECTION DAY LIKE A PRO- Wondering how to keep up with all the action today/tonight? Don't worry, our in-house experts break it down, starting from 6 a.m. this morning on through 1 a.m. tomorrow, when polls close in Alaska. Polls close statewide in Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, South Carolina, Vermont and Virginia at 7 p.m.; Polls in North Carolina and Ohio close at 7:30 p.m.; and then 8 p.m. is the big enchilada, when polls close in 17 states including key places like New Hampshire, Pennsylvania and Florida. Much more from Steven Shepard and Charlie Mahtesian: http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=71d05412be47efcf0bb819e961d578726fa3436cb560848a396219da7776938a 

Bookmark: A handy guide to all of POLITICO's Election Day coverage: http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=71d05412be47efcf01204182615baa96cfbc03594ddd9516fd16071cb36d4013 

FEELING GOOD IN THE JANESVILLE HOOD- Paul Ryan, clad in jeans and cowboy boots, dismissed rumors about holding onto the top House job Monday, telling reporters his "duty is not done." Jake and Rachael from Racine, Wisconsin: "'I feel very good where I am,' Ryan said to a small group of reporters here after a speech to roughly 30 local Republicans alongside Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.). 'I've gotten such a great outpouring of support from members.'" More: http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=71d05412be47efcf9bb6ae86d5945ebc117129d8fff0c36606bb9d66b5ff0772 

DEMS HOPING FOR RECORD HISPANIC TURNOUT- More than 46 million votes have already been cast, a record-breaking total Democrats hope suggests a higher Hispanic turnout that could be key for winning battleground states. Kyle and Katie with the five early voting trends they've found: 1. A Latino surge; 2. An uptick in unaffiliateds; 3. Republicans coming home; 4. Women dominating; and 5. 2012 d&eacute;ja vu. More: http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=71d05412be47efcf12c8c86f7c292112dfe7647a08e6888666b7beb8880ca9be 

FIVE KEY HOUSE RACES TO WATCH: 1. Rep. Darrell Issa vs. Doug Applegate in California; 2. Rep. John Mica vs. Stephanie Murphy in Florida; 3. Rep. Will Hurd vs. Pete Gallego in Texas; 4. Rep. Rick Nolan vs. Stewart Mills in Minnesota; and 5. Rep. Barbara Comstock vs. LuAnn Bennett in Virginia. The Wall Street Journal's Siobhan Hughes: http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=71d05412be47efcf6b9d4571fad3163929c9395125892ea30ecf825691187db1 

IT'S HERE, IT'S HERE, IT'S FINALLY HERE. Welcome to Tuesday, Nov. 8. Go vote! Thanks for reading POLITICO's Huddle, the play-by-play guide to all things Capitol Hill. We feel like a kid waking up on Christmas Day with a brand new bike parked in front of the tree. Send me your Election Day feels, gripes and gossip: [email-masked] or @heatherscope

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MONDAY'S MOST CLICKED- You guys really loved the picture of Sen. Richard Burr frying up his own fish. 

TODAY IN CONGRESS- The House and Senate are out. (Duh.) 

COMING TOMORROW- House GOP leaders have scheduled a 1 p.m. call with members Wednesday. "A top Republican aide said the call will be a chance for leaders to take the temperature of members after a bruising election season. Republican insiders expect to lose about a dozen seats, but others say the losses could total as many as 20 seats," Jake and Rachael again: http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=71d05412be47efcf4ba4016c3bb020f99af8e863685e3d68ab68e654326cf9af 

HOUSE DEMS BRACE FOR COMEY FALLOUT- Top Democrats are all but ruling out any (already longshot) chance of taking back the House, saying FBI Director James Comey's recent actions derailed their hopes of reclaiming the chamber. "Republicans were coming home anyway, but a couple of points nationwide has an impact on our races," Pelosi told lawmakers on a Monday afternoon caucus call. 

Before the Comey letter, Pelosi had been saying she thought Dems could pick up at least 20 seats if things kept going their way with other Democrats making bullish predictions about a Trump-related wave giving them back the gavel. Now aides predict Democrats could lose up to a dozen seats they were originally hoping to pick up due to the FBI news. Your Huddle host with more: http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=71d05412be47efcffb55c2098745b61d9ea8f122fc9d11765c45b55207093ee0 

Reid weighs in: "Comey has done more damage to the FBI than anyone since J. Edgar Hoover. I think he has personally put a black mark on the FBI that will never go away," outgoing Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid told Burgess. "I made a mistake [confirming him]. Because I didn't know he was such a Republican." But he won't call on Comey to resign, "declaring that because Reid is retiring he will 'let some of my other colleagues say that.'" More: http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=71d05412be47efcf8e7c5bf0e1fc1412a8f2a44a7a54c268c4c127a8529cd9e1 

On the flip side, Sen. Marco Rubio "defended FBI Director James Comey on Monday, saying that he 'did not do anything inappropriate.'" More: http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=71d05412be47efcff54a6600bde8e19179bc546db9f1c22041ff793d7e88fd78 

House Judiciary Chairman Bob Goodlatte wants an explanation from Comey on the latest probe: http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=71d05412be47efcf0c8b1532c6a45fa46ac8377c04f8f3db9171ca19a91edd11 

GATHER ROUND THE CRYSTAL BALL- UVA Center for Politics final predictions: Clinton, 322 - Trump, 216; Senate: 50-50; House: GOP holds majority, Dems pick up 13 seats. Send me your predictions: [email-masked]. Whoever's closest gets a shout-out in tomorrow's Huddle

SOMETIMES GOOD CANDIDATES JUST DON'T WIN- Just ask two candidates who operatives on both sides say ran great races this cycle--Missouri Democrat Jason Kander and incumbent GOP Sen. Pat Toomey--if they aren't successful today. "Both Toomey and Kander head into Tuesday as 50-50 bets, and some of the same smart people who praise their campaigns wouldn't be surprised to see both lose," reports Paul Kane for the Washington Post. 

"Taken together, these two Senate races will do more than just help determine which party claims the majority. They will also show whether it's possible, in this hyper-partisan era, for quality campaigns and candidates to overcome tough political geography. It's the political version of the head versus the heart." More: http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=71d05412be47efcff1bde13cb831279a484072b8a9119cecca5093acb948b3f5 

MAKING IT ALL HAPPEN- With all the excitement of Election Day, it can be easy to get caught up in the two larger-than-life nominees. But Shane Goldmacher has a great inside look at several of the staffers who made it all happen, the "mountain of men and women who are, in many ways, the real warriors of 2016, people who have sacrificed, suffered and put their lives on hold in service of a cause or candidate that they believe is bigger than themselves." 

For example, Bruce Redden, Sen. Ted Cruz's bodyman, who got married one month before the Iowa caucuses; Stephanie Grisham, a Trump press aide who's away from her young son for months at a time; and Clinton aides Tyrone Gayle and Jesse Ferguson, who were both diagnosed with cancer during the campaign. Don't miss: http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=71d05412be47efcf9cae107b264b8abf4f7bc82bced981d477111aab643ec264 

GET SMART: "Control of the Senate goes down to the wire," by Kristina Peterson for the Wall Street Journal. http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=71d05412be47efcf8ee33e7ba8e6eb37802f3c10f92db2ea99131d53788aef23 

SEN. PERDUE TALKS SUPREME COURT: #BACKTOWORK- Sen. David Perdue had strong words Monday for his GOP colleagues who plan to back a blanket blockade of any Supreme Court nominees should Clinton win the White House: "'I hear what's being said about that, but I think that's a dereliction of duty. We're called to advise and consent. We can say no, but that means you have a hearing,' Perdue, a conservative Republican who serves on the Judiciary Committee, told reporters in the Capitol on Monday." Burgess: http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=71d05412be47efcf4ec8a4d41149555c6d847ea786c77e832cb0d1d4bcc01524 

DROP ME A LINE, WILL YA? Many lawmakers are already looking ahead to the lame duck, when Congress will have to find some way to keep the government funded past Dec. 9. "Lawmakers are sending urgent missives to their colleagues, seeking budget boosts for their pet policy projects ahead of tough government funding negotiations in the lame-duck session that begins next Monday," Ben Weyl reports. 

What's on the wish list? Anything and everything: "The 'Dear Colleague' requests, as they are known on Capitol Hill, run from assisting U.S. dairy farmers and expanding global nutrition aid to increasing funding for NASA's aeronautics research and the National Institutes of Health. ... And while Congress may be on recess, the time to get a word in is now: Aides on the House and Senate Appropriations committees have been working for weeks to draft spending bills that could move quickly after Election Day." More for subscribers: http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=71d05412be47efcf0bd383f2d7799b952663c2cde10591050216b36966a69964 

CAN'T STOP, WON'T STOP- Republicans are keeping up their battle cry: if Clinton wins, things are just getting started on Capitol Hill. BuzzFeed: "'If Hillary is elected president, the House of Representatives - particularly the Judiciary Committee working in conjunction with Government Reform Committee -will have to go back and comb through all of this and investigate the investigation and the investigators and Hillary Clinton,' [Iowa Rep. Steve] King told Newsmax's Steve Malzburg." More: http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=71d05412be47efcf75a57d5f030e26deaa2d8daacd961642096418cc7039f326 

DEPARTURE LOUNGE- Courtney Cochran is leaving her job as communications director for Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman later this week for a new gig as senior media relations manager for the American Diabetes Association. 

MONDAY'S TRIVIA WINNER- Jeremy Berkowitz was the first the correctly guess that the last time a National League team won Game 7 during the World Series in an election year was 1964, with the St. Louis Cardinals. And LBJ won the presidency. 

TODAY'S TRIVIA- Jeremy with today's trivia: Playing off of Monday's question, the St. Louis Cardinals beat the New York Yankees in the '64 World Series. One member of that Yankee team later ran for Congress. 1) Who was the player and what position did he play. 2) When did he run for Congress and from what state? The first person to correctly answer gets a mention in tomorrow's Huddle: [email-masked] 

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