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The republican nominee against populist democratic ironworker randy bryce. if bryce wins, we will be in blue wave territory. the panel is back. so, carrie, weve been -- everybody always asks us give me the one race thats this. its hard to do one, but we came up with the kentucky 6 and another one would be the des moines seat in iowa, iowa 3. in the past those are the seats that become majority makers. >> right. >> those are the first -- usually the first ones to flip when control flips. >> kentu...

Following the last major primary tuesday in florida and arizona. we begin in florida where a high-stakes governors race is taking shape between the bernie sanders backed a rough tallahassee andrew gillam against rhonda santos, republican congressman with close ties to donald trump. lets bring in kims straw soul and editorial page writer kate odell. what is your take away from the florida and arizona contest? >> the florida race, we are about to see a battle of opposing sides, republican and demo...

Democrats note that middle-class wages remain flat. >> for too long we have relied on gdp alone as a bellwether for how americans are faring the economy when we should be looking as well as income data across the economic spectrum. >> hausman nancy pelosi dismissed that as "four and for all that." historically low on employment for latinos and blacks, she didnt go there. the new sheet indicated that a growth sustained saying the economy is strong and inflation is new to your percent. most people...

Cynthia nixon is where the democratic party is. theyre trying to shift the entire party to the left and you can see the anger and tension building up in the debate before last night. she is the bellwether with what were looking at on this election cycle. >> a majority of democrats do not support the abolishment of ice. there is a group within the party, a very vocal group within the party that does. thats what seems to be getting all the headline. what too many candidates i think. i say it as a ...

Congressman ran desantis shows that often the strength of the presidents endorsement he was able to capture a republican primary with more than half of the vote and thats considering that the opponent he was running against was expected to win until president trump tipped his hand in the race. >> elizabeth koh, thanks so much for being with us. appreciate your insight from the ground in florida. >> thank you very much for having me. lets bring in our cnn chief political correspondent dana bash...

Moves further to the right. she will have to come back on that issue. overall, i think shes well positioned to be competitive of this election. i want to be clear though. this election cycle is going to be very difficult for republicans. we republicans particularly in the house are playing defense just about everywhere. we know that. so this arizona senate seat may be the ultimate bellwether where you have two candidates of each party more or less one. this could be a race and one that could dec...

But also increasing wages and household incomes. thats reflective of what we are seeing here in wisconsin. i think wisconsin is sort of a bellwether for the country. you are seeing a lot of attention on the senate and part of that is because there are lots of folks looking at that as an indicator of whether wisconsin, other midwestern states and states considered swing states are going to have a republican or democrat advantage. i think the record is in the republicans favor. >> melissa: do you ...

They plan to boycott the company if they move overseas. great. they plan to most other companies are coming in our direction. including harley competitors. a really bad move! u.s. will soon have a level playing field, or better." so we got that out of the way. a lot of people who clarified. we also have her, not so much on that battle back and forth about more to the point on one coming to the rescue today for home depot for the market. i get the upshot to that is much better than respected. ear...

All right. lets put up the latest numbers. oconnor back on top. but again, look at the spread. this is why we have to keep checking it in realtime, and nobody is going to tell you that this race is concluded and give you a final result. and if they do, dont believe it, all right? why does this matter? again, its a bellwether. the gop has held this seat, this congressional district, for all but like two years in the last four decades. all right? donald trump did very well in this state. and word ...

A close race. but they are definitely hoping for a win here tonight. theyve been working to get out the vote hard. they knocked on doors twice for every target voter. so this has been an aggressive campaign, and theyre not looking for second place here tonight even if they do exceed expectations. >> is that journey that they have blasting behind you there, rebecca berg? are you too young to pick up on that song? >> it is. dont stop believing, chris. >> dont stop believing. they better hold on to...