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Bit earlier, these political attack ads are just ubiquitous right now and weve heard a lot of complaints about people. as a reporter, when i talk to people, thats what they remember best. even if they outrage them, they know theyre part of the game. theyre paying attention to what they say. after the debate there were a lot of requests for fact checks. theyre paying attention. >> i was talking about how kavanaugh in tennessee that, may have back fired on bredeson. was kavanaugh a red/blue divide...

Built on his lead. he was kind of in the low to mid-single digits, now in high single digits. his campaign last night claiming that theyre up to an 11-point lead in internal polls. and so you have those numbers. and then you have the fact that orourke has been receiving pressure from some of his reporters to push back harder against these long-running attack ads that cruz has had on tv for over a month now. orourke has been on tv, at the same time, but hes had very positive spots, kind of about ...

Called orourke a, quote, flake, and claimed cruz has long had his support. to which all of you are asking, how long, exactly? >> lyin ted! hold that bible high, puts it down and then he lies. weve caught ted cruz in so many lies, we call him lyin ted. he lies! lyin ted, hes one lyin son of a gun. >> yeah, he didnt like ted cruz, until well after the elections. joining me, texas tribune political -- conventions, i should say. political reporter, patrick sfeetech. thank you so much for being here....

Survey monkey poll. i dont know if we can do 50%. thats our goal. if not well pivot and go into the run off. sg republic >> republicans are going after you in attack ads. >> mike espy, too corrupt for the clintons. too liberal for mississippi. mike espys plan to be your next senator is simple. hopes you forget the 39 counts in his felony indictment or his 15 kconvictions and 11 million n fines. >> left out was you were acquitted. are you worried that it hurt? >> if i wasnt a threat, they wouldnt...

You always want to be above 50 if youre the incumbent. unlike other races theyre running about even among women. thats a problem for the democrat. a democratic candidate needs a gender gap. beto oroarke leads among latinos. will they return out. independent voters, ted cruz has the lead. the issues debate in this race is interesting. voters who say immigration is a top issue, overwhelmingly for cruz. voters who list economy at the top of their list, for cruz. voters who say health care is number...

>> thank you. i think we could not be in a better position, and i hope the kavanaugh ordeal, i think we see charge that many of these races needed. >> bret: to change your race? >> itd. measurably. i remember vividly when he declared that he was going to vote against kavanaugh, that was before the fbi investigation, and his second affirmation that he was going to do it, online contributions from small contributors went up four, five times. social media chatter adjustment through the roof. that w...

Follow the leader. >> ive been ranked the third most independent leader of congress. this makeover has been pretty impressive but people deserve to know what his record is. >> in the meantime, this year was supposed to be no different until former business executive bob you can port $24 million of his own money to be democratic incumbent robert menendez. he has blanketed the garden state with attack ads and they appear to be working. the average shows him down by just seven points, a far cry fro...

Kraft, and former g.o.p. senator kelly i out. it also mentions that reporters arent sure how big an impact will have on undecided women voters. just this week, mitch mcconnell admitting that the g.o.p. is facing a gender gap. the ugly battle over justice brett kavanaugh has boosted enthusiasm over a public and voters, while also touting g.o.p. senate candidates like marsha blackburn in tennessee and martha mcsally in arizona. he admits republicans have some work to do. >> as far as women candida...

Push the people who live here to the polls. but james is banking on a lot of them coming out for him. brett? >> bret: leland, thank you. early voting is under way in arizona, where the democrat there is trying to flip the grand canyon state. and she might be in a deep hole tonight. kiersten sinema defending herself after past comments she made that do not reflect favorably on arizona or on her. national correspondent william lajeunesse is live in gilbert, arizona where martha mcsally is getting ...

Same thing. theyre crazy. >> so the race now is a virtual dead heat. the gop anger over the kavanaugh hearings helped mcsally to close the gap. early voting began wednesday. 80% will cast their votes before election day. now, arizona has not elected a democrat to the senate since 1988. so why is it so close? demographics. a third is republican, a third independent, a third democrat. hispanics now 25% of the vote. both are women. theres no gender bias and money. sinema has pro choice groups and o...