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LOS ANGELES, CA - NOVEMBER 06: Democratic gubernatorial candidate Gavin Newsom and his wife Jennifer Siebel Newsom wave to supporters during election night event on November 6, 2018 in Los Angeles, California. Newsom defeated Republican Gubernatorial candidate John Cox. (Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)

John Cox, Republican candidate for California governor, arrives at the US Grant Hotel in San Diego, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2018. Cox lost the race to Democrat Gavin Newsom in a campaign that focused heavily on Newsom’s pledge to stand up to President Donald Trump. (Howard Lipin/The San Diego Union-Tribune via AP)

California's Democratic gubernatorial candidate Gavin Newsom speaks onstage at his election night watch party in Los Angeles, California on November 6, 2018. - Gavin Newsom defeated his Republican opponent John Cox to become the next Governor of California. (Photo by Frederic J. BROWN / AFP)FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP/Getty Images

LOS ANGELES, CA - NOVEMBER 06: Supporters for Democratic gubernatorial candidate Gavin Newsom arrive to an election night event on November 6, 2018 in Los Angeles, California. Newsom defeated Republican Gubernatorial candidate John Cox. (Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)

TOPSHOT - California's Democratic gubernatorial candidate Gavin Newsom and his family waves to supporters from stage at his election night watch party in Los Angeles, California on November 6, 2018. - Gavin Newsom defeated his Republican opponent John Cox to become the next Governor of California. (Photo by Frederic J. BROWN / AFP)FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP/Getty Images

Shanna Niroumandzadeh, center, celebrates as Lt. Gov Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, is declared the next California governor after defeating Republican John Cox, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2018, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

SAN FRANCISCO, CA - NOVEMBER 06: Sen. Dianne Feinstein poses for selfies with supporters at her election night party, Tuesday, November 6, 2018, in San Francisco, California. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group)

SAN FRANCISCO, CA - NOVEMBER 06: Sen. Dianne Feinstein arrives at her election night party, Tuesday, November 6, 2018, in San Francisco, California. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group)

WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 06: JoAnn Loulan, center, reacts with her mother-in-law, Sydney Crawford, at left, after Democrats gained control of the House of Representatives during the 2018 midterm election results during a DCCC election watch party at the Hyatt Regency on November 6, 2018 in Washington, DC. Today millions of Americans headed to the polls to vote in the midterm elections that will decide what party will control the House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate. (Photo by Zach Gibson/Getty Images)

WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 06: House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi speaks during a DCCC election watch party at the Hyatt Regency on November 6, 2018 in Washington, DC. Today millions of Americans headed to the polls to vote in the midterm elections that will decide what party will control the House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate. (Photo by Zach Gibson/Getty Images)

California gubernatorial Democratic candidate Gavin Newsom holds his son Dutch, 2, and talks with reporters after voting Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2018, in Larkspur, Calif. At left is his wife, Jennifer Siebel Newsom and at right his son Hunter, 7. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf arrives to her campaign headquarters as supporters cheer in Oakland, Calif., on Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2018. Schaaf is running for re-election and if she wins she will be the first mayor re-elected since Jerry Brown who served two terms from 1999 to 2007. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group)

OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA - NOVEMBER 6: Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf arrives to her campaign headquarters in Oakland, Calif., on Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2018. Schaaf is running for re-election and if she wins she will be the first mayor re-elected since Jerry Brown who served two terms from 1999 to 2007. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group)

SAN JOSE, CA - NOVEMBER 6: Santa Clara County Sheriff Laurie Smith smiles while being interviewed at the South Bay Labor Council election party in San Jose, Calif., on Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2018. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)

SAN JOSE, CA - NOVEMBER 6: Santa Clara County Sheriff Laurie Smith chats with a supporter as they wait for election results at the South Bay Labor Council election party in San Jose, Calif., on Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2018. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)

Antioch City Council candidate Joy Motts gestures as a supporter leads a cheer during an election night party for Motts in Antioch, Calif., on Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2018. The election night party was also in support of Measure W, a measure that extends an existing, voter-approved sales tax at the one-cent rate to increase investment in code enforcement, clean up blight, road repairs, support youth and senior services, and attract new business and jobs to Antioch. Food purchased as groceries and prescription medications would continue to be exempt. (Doug Duran/Bay Area News Group)

From left, Ellie Householder, candidate for Antioch's Board of Education, Antioch City Council candidate Joy Motts, and Antioch City Council members Lamar Thorpe and Monica Wilson talk during an election night party for Motts and Measure W in Antioch, Calif., on Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2018. Measure W extends an existing, voter-approved sales tax at the one-cent rate to increase investment in code enforcement, clean up blight, road repairs, support youth and senior services, and attract new business and jobs to Antioch. Food purchased as groceries and prescription medications would continue to be exempt. (Doug Duran/Bay Area News Group)

SAN JOSE, CA - NOVEMBER 6: California State Assemblymember Kansen Chu mingles at the South Bay Labor Council election party in San Jose, Calif., on Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2018. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)

Marie Munley, left, watches results at Santa Clara County Sheriff candidate John Hirokawa's election night watch party at Villa Ragusa in Campbell, Calif., on Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2018. (Randy Vazquez/Bay Area News Group)

Santa Clara County Sheriff candidate John Hirokawa during his election night watch party at Villa Ragusa in Campbell, Calif., on Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2018. (Randy Vazquez/Bay Area News Group)

Monterey Peninsula Water Management District candidates George Riley and Alvin Edwards celebrate early favorable returns for their campaigns along with Measure J at a post election gathering in Seaside on Tuesday, November 6, 2018. (Vern Fisher - Monterey Herald)

Monterey Peninsula Water Management District candidate and Public Water Now co-founder George Riley at a post election gathering in Seaside on Tuesday, November 6, 2018. (Vern Fisher - Monterey Herald)

Marin County DA candidate Anna Pletcher, center, at her election night party at the Meadowsweet Dairy in Corte Madera, Calif. Tuesday Nov. 6, 2018. (James Cacciatore/Marin Independent Journal)

Marin County DA candidate Anna Pletcher thanks her supporters during her election night party at the Meadowsweet Dairy in Corte Madera, Calif. Tuesday Nov. 6, 2018. (James Cacciatore/Marin Independent Journal)

SAN JOSE, CA - NOVEMBER 6: Maya Esparza, District 7 San Jose City Council candidate, chats with a supporter at the South Bay Labor Council election party in San Jose, Calif., on Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2018. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)

OAKLAND, CA - NOVEMBER 06: Oakland mayoral candidate Cat Brooks speaks during an election-night party as results are watched on a big screen at the Red Bay Coffee Roastery in Oakland, Calif., on Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2018. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group)

OAKLAND, CA - NOVEMBER 06: People attend Oakland mayoral candidate Cat Brooks' election-night party at the Red Bay Coffee Roastery in Oakland, Calif., on Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2018. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group)

Marin County district attorney candidate Lori Frugoli watches returns with supporters including Jennifer Carter at San Rafael Joe's in San Rafael, Calif. on Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2018. Frugoli, a veteran Marin County prosecutor is running against Anna Pletcher, who spent 10 years working as a prosecutor for the U.S. Department of Justice in San Francisco.(Sherry LaVars/Special to Marin Independent Journal)

Marin County district attorney candidate Lori Frugoli is flanked by Jerry Coleman of San Francisco and fellow Marin County assistant atttorney Otis Bruce while the wait for returns San Rafael Joe's in San Rafael, Calif. on Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2018. Frugoli, a veteran Marin County prosecutor is running against Anna Pletcher, who spent 10 years working as a prosecutor for the U.S. Department of Justice in San Francisco. (Sherry LaVars/Special to Marin Independent Journal)

OAKLAND, CA - NOVEMBER 06: Oakland mayoral candidate Cat Brooks, right, gets a hug from campaign worker Tasion Kwamilele from during an election-night party at the Red Bay Coffee Roastery in Oakland, Calif., on Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2018. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group)

OAKLAND, CA - NOVEMBER 06: Tasion Kwamilele, left, and Gidget Pugh, both of Oakland, watch election results come in during an election-night party for Oakland mayoral candidate Cat Brooks at the Red Bay Coffee Roastery in Oakland, Calif., on Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2018. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group)

OAKLAND, CA - NOVEMBER 06: Oakland mayoral candidate Cat Brooks, right, speaks with supporter Lady Pheonix during an election-night party at the Red Bay Coffee Roastery in Oakland, Calif., on Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2018. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group)

Santa Clara County Sheriff candidate John Hirokawa does an interview during his election night watch party at Villa Ragusa in Campbell, Calif., on Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2018. (Randy Vazquez/Bay Area News Group)

House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif., right, claps between her two grandsons on stage with House Democrats after speaking about Democratic wins in the House of Representatives to a crowd of Democratic supporters during an election night returns event at the Hyatt Regency Hotel, on Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Tourists take photos in front of the 30 Rockefeller Plaza building, illuminated on election night in the colors of the United States on Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2018, in New York. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)

SAN JOSE, CA - Nov. 6: San Jose State University students Geneca Licuanan, 19, left, Aljhecia Alolor, 19, center, and Lauryn Crawford, 19, right, wait in line to vote on Nov. 6, 2018, at MACLA, Latino art and culture gallery, in San Jose. For three of them, it's their first time voting. (Dai Sugano/Bay Area News Group)

Florida, famous for razor-thin margins in high-profile elections, is at is again. With 92 percent of the vote in, Republican Ron DeSantis leads Democrat Andrew Gillum (pictured) in the governor's race by a margin of 50 to 48.8 percent. Florida Democratic gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum, holds hands with his daughter Caroline while holding his son Davis after voting Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2018, in Tallahassee, Fla. Gillum is running against Republican opponent Ron DeSantis. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)

Republicans unseat Democrat in key Indiana Senate seat Sen. Joe Donnelly, D-Ind., leaves the stage after answering questions during the final hour of voting in Indiana in Indianapolis Tuesday Nov. 6, 2018. ABC News called that Mike Braun has won. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)

Democratic Congressional candidate Donna Shalala celebrates her victory over Republican Maria Elvira Salazar in Florida's 27th congressional district in Miami at her watch party, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2018, in Coral Gables, Fla. Shalala, who served as Secretary of Health and Human Services in the Clinton White House from 1993 to 2001, also worked as president of the University of Miami. Republicans had hoped to hold the seat, but Shalala ran on health issues, and her win is the second House seat so far this evening lost by Republicans. Democrats need to flip 21 more to retake control of the chamber. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

Stuart Wood, from Stockton, Mo., votes at Caplinger Woods RV & Campgrounds, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2018, in Stockton, Mo. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

Poll clerk Don B. Wilson, 69, of San Jose, poses for a portrait at Trace Elementary School in San Jose, California, on Tuesday, November 6, 2018. (LiPo Ching/Bay Area News Group)

An elections official, right, registers a voter while other vote at the Neptune Society Columbarium in San Francisco, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2018. Built in 1898, the columbarium is one of the last remaining cemeteries in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

Yuriy Glukhoy, originally from Russia, looks through a magnifying glass at his ballot while voting at the Neptune Society Columbarium in San Francisco, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2018. Built in 1898, the columbarium is one of the last remaining cemeteries in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

Jamie Chreszczyk votes while his son Max ,3, hangs out under his voting booth at the FM Smith Recreation Center on Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2018, in Oakland, Calif. (Aric Crabb/Bay Area News Group)

SAN JOSE, CA - Nov. 6: San Jose State University sophomore Kalani Wong, 18, center, fills out her ballot on Nov. 6, 2018, at MACLA, Latino art and culture gallery, in San Jose. (Dai Sugano/Bay Area News Group)

California state Sen. Kevin de Leon, a Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate, poses for photos with volunteers at his Boyle Heights campaign office in Los Angeles on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2018. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)

DCCC Chair Ben Ray Luján, left, and House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif., gesture to a crowd of volunteers and supporters of the Democratic party at an election night event at the Hyatt Regency Hotel, on Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)