i'd also like to take this opportunity and time to also thank chairman steve stivers. there's many others. i could just keep going on and on. >> reporter: that's troy balderson saying he could go on and on with the thank yous, and really he could. that's part of the takeaway here. this ended up having to be a whole party effort for the republican party for troy balderson to win this district where president trump won by 11, mitt romney won by 10. pat tiberi used to win by 25, 30 points facing token opposition here. it shows just how fired up democrats were here and how nervous republicans were that they had to spend maybe $5 million or so to keep this seat competitive, had to bring everybody out of the woodwork to hold on to this thing for troy balderson, which is looks like they may do when and if all these votes get counted. >> garrett haake for us outside columbus ohio. thank you. we want to get to some more breaking news this hour. congressman chris collins, the first member of congress to back