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Thanks for having me on. it is a special election. there are 435 elections in november. and this is an amazing bellwether. trump won by 21. lesko won by five. you carry that over to november, like 120 or 140 ace races up for grabs. >> could she have won this if the national democratic party put more money into her campaign? >> i think she could have. i think it was a big missed opportunity. i think if we want to take seriously the idea that we are going to elect women and people of color and imm...

District. ive been involved in the west valley for the last 20 years in my kids schools and city and served in the state legislature for nine years. im a good republican conservative. i share the values of the people in my district. so it is really a good fit. it seemed like a logical move. >> sandra: this is the states 8th congressional district. now by several metrics, no gold standard as far as polling right now. you are favored to win over the democrat in this race but it looks close. why? >...

Pole among most americans? most voting americans? >> if you put it to the people we will do it in florida, there have been enough petitions in florida to give all felons who have done their time to have their voting rights restored. interesting to watch florida which is a bellwether on both sides, to be put on the ballot and people have an opportunity to make the decision. heather: how do you think it would fare in the polls, a move like this, i want to ask if cuomo runs for president will a dec...

Asserting himself, with my mia, we thought america should have done more and clearly, theyve been meddling in our elections. is not just the russians, you all know that on the couch as well. the israelis and north koreans, everyone metals and looks at what we are doing because we are the bellwether. clearly thats what hes doing here is enough so this is may be popular move for him. >> sandra: this is always been a question of president trumps relationship with vladimir putin. are we getting a fi...

Republicans in republican-held districts and states and thats just a bellwether for whats going to happen in november. democrats are targeting 70 seats held by republicans and there are thousands of candidates running up and down the ballot which is fuelling the energy in the party but this is going to be a bad look for republicans. they cant run with donald trump and they cant run without him. that spells disaster for them in november. >> elena, who has the most enthusiasm? the numbers ive look...

Hopeful that they would turn out, which they did in great numbers. >> so, you were referring to that as another red flag or warning sign for republicans in wisconsin. >> right. these are the kinds of elections that republicans and conservatives have been winning, even though it is non-partisan. she ran as an unabashed progressive so this was a proxy fight between the left and right. this is the first time a liberal has won one these supreme court elections when they havent been running as an inc...

I think they probably did contribute to the turnout. i was at a lot of polling places that had president trumps bumper sticker on their cars. hes a popular person here. but i think what happens when you campaign in real life, those divisions go away. i know people voted for the president and voted for me. i thank them for hearing me out. im looking forward to fulfilling my promise of actually representing them. >> look, as you know, you see this race as very individual and its about you. a lot o...

The president won by 20 points. seems tight tonight. what does this mean? are we inflating it? >> its an election that i would hesitate to draw major conclusions from. the sign could be the protest vote that will come out to vote for the democrat because mr. trump. theres not much question about that in addition, they have this young attractive candidate on the democratic side, somewhat dowdy character on the republican side. this is conducted in the shadow of the departure of the previous incum...

Libertarian candidate, you probably meant to go do that. you are probably not an available vote to either party. >> al gore for many years was angry at ralph nader going back to the 2000 campaign. but ralph nader, and states like florida, helped tilt the balance and pulled votes from al gore. this candidate, out of nowhere, may throw a race that is seen as a bellwether, whether it is or not. >> it is all about the narrative, the spin. republicans, they have reasons to be jittery because of the t...

>> its an odd election. i would hesitate to draw major conclusions. the force of the protest vote that will come out to vote for the democrat. young, attractive candidates on the democratic side and i somewhat somewhat doughty character on the republican side. this is also conducted to some extent in the shadow of the departure of the previous republican incumbent who left in a sex scandal. bear in mind this is an election to fill a seat between now and next november. there will be a whole new d...