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Chalian said earlier, the freaking out factor any less among republicans. even if saccone, the republican ends up pulling ahead its entirely possible that in some of the very, very tight swing districts where republicans are running in areas where hillary clinton won that you might see more retirements. we already have 38 republican retirements this election cycle. you might see more because they dont want to deal with a situation that they have in their district where they dont have the benefit...

60%, plus this changes the math, brings it down a little bit, and hes getting 57% here. 53% here. got to count those absentees. >> well see what happens with those absentee ballots. it doesnt get much closer than this, absentee ballots could make the difference. >> we have the democratic congressional campaign committee declaring for themselves that conor lamb is the winner. the republican counterpart saying that its too close to call. the larger trend here that we can look to is the fact that t...

Can he so overperform among absentees? its possible, generally it doesnt happen. can he get a significantly higher percentage than he did in the live ballot? its mathematically possible, people who track elections say these things tend to run about the same, give or take a few points, 5 or 10 points. thats unlikely. but on the margins, 579, if youre the candidate on the low end right now, youre going to wait till they count every last one. then youre going to send your lawyers back and your team...

This is the warehouse in allegheny county where the absentee ballots are being counted. its empty they are done with the count what is the count? were about to find out in a private room right to my right they are uploading the informationing with going to get it all together. then come out and tell us the total number of votes in this county. theyre not telling us the total number of absentee votes. theyre telling us the total voeltz today and the absentee roets together. and then our job to us...

Say. >> 114. >> 114. and rick saccone, 25615. >> correct, sir. >> thats the entire -- thats 100% of the vote with the exception of the absentee ballots is that right. >> thats correct. >> now absentee ballots? how many are there. >> okay we had a total of 1195 absentees returned. >> and those will be counted only tomorrow. >> well we begin wsh -- we started to prepare them tonight for counting -- beginning to count the ballots tomorrow. >> why do you wait to count the absentee ballots. you see h...

Any still have to count 3206 absentee ballots in the three counties largely red republican. >> right more than 3,000 absentee ballots to count. conor lamb enters the count with the 847 vote lead. and start looking at the percentages. des rick saccone get 53% of the ballots here in does he get 57, 58% of the ballots here? do the math. well be here tomorrow doing the math. rick saccone is going to bed losing by 847 votes. there are enough votes if he wins by a decent percentage to make it up. >> i...

More, nobody should have voted for roy moore in that kind of race. >> how many hockey sticks are you going to say you have? there is always this is a one off. at a seen point. >> i agree with robby, i do think this is a potential wave year for the democrats. the democrats are highly motivated to come out and republicans are kind of staying home. >> robby, what do you think was the bigger thing home, that the democrats turned out? i mean in the areas that trump won, he still won, maybe not as muc...

Their best to put a happy face on this regardless of the outcome. even a dramatic comeback victory tomorrow with the absentees for saccone, still that 19, 20-point swing, i would say this. i talked to a number of republicans, very plugged in on the house side over the last few weeks, and they said nationally the tax bill and tax law is becoming much more popular, especially in a number of crucial swing districts, but pennsylvania 18 was not one of them. so it was not a real asset for saccone to ...

>> >> the republicans have taken 5 house seats so far but the democrats got one here early this morning but it is not over yet. it is up to 1000 absentee ballots. the three counties that make up this in which the absentees are still are green, washington county, that could be good news for the republican candidate. connor lamb, the democrat, claiming victory in this race, and ivy league are last night, just after midnight criticized the current political climate in a speech and promised to bring...

Towel. saccone came out last night and told his supporters as a veteran fourth term state representative hes been through a lot of close campaigns. this one too. he said he is not giving up. >> were still fighting the fight. its not over yet. were going to fight all the way to the end. you know i never give up. you know my first race went into the night and my second race was the same way. were used to this stuff. >> reporter: well, it could be a while for the official results. the state board m...