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Contest this race given the partisan balance of the state. she has made it a contest herself in part with her own stumbles, but mike espy has also made it a race by running a pretty good campaign. so polls closed just over an hour ago. joining us now with the latest is steve kornacki, who tells us that things are looking interesting in the early returns. steve, mississippi senate races are not supposed to be interesting. >> yeah, i think interesting is the right word because the picture is still...

Already in campaign mode, hes probably been in campaign mode since hes got nominated. the midterms four months from tonight. you know the stakes. democrats trying to win back the house, republicans trying to hang out. we thought wed take a look at new numbers weve been getting. a lot of different ways we could look at this. we talk about trumps approval ratings, special elections. how long the generic bell, when you ask people do you want to work for democrats or do you want to vote for the repu...

Remember in-house elections when you do the aggregate vote nationally, theres an advantage incumbents have, geographic advantage, so seven points for democrats thats probably right around what they need to win the house. that might get it there for them, that might not get it there for them. how about this, though? how does that compare? the last time we had wave elections and 2006 democrats won back the house. iraq was spiring out of control. at this point in 06 these are four polls around this...

Who here has some kind of critical mass and who does not." >> father, they dont understand necessarily know how the cardinal next to them voted but have a sense from the aggregate vote who is trending and now who are the actual numerical front-runners in this thing is that correct? >> that is exactly right. >> let me ask you this -- what is it like in between the votes? are there private conversations? are there factions that develop? practically speaking how does this play out in terms of getti...