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Welcome back. this morning, president trump and the republican for whom he campaigned are claiming victory in yesterdays special election in ohio for ohio 12. but of all the words you could use to describe this race, nail-biter comes to mind or bellwether certainly. hard fought. fewer than 2,000 votes separate troy balderson from democrat danny oconnor. at last check at least 8,000 provisional and absentee ballots remain to be counted. this is the latest example of a district thats been solidly ...

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49% of the votes in the last election came from suburbs. and you know who won them? donald trump. thats why its such an important demographic. the democrats need them. can they start moving that direction? all of those factors are what makes it a bellwether and an awesome topic for a great debate. as the results come in, these two gentlemen will argue over what it means, next. sarah always chooses to take the stairs. but climbing 58,070 steps a year can be hard on her feet, knees, and lower back...

In ohios 12th district, if it is any indication, a blue wave may, in fact, be coming in november. in a special election many considered a bellwether for the midterms, the race between republican troy balderson and democrat danny oconnor is still too close to call this morning. an encouraging outcome for democrats in a deep red district, no matter how it plays out. still, there are more than 8,000 outstanding provisional and absentee ballots that could take days to count. balderson currently lead...

When the president tweets. when the president -- it was in the news about his alleged hush money for people he had affairs with, all of those things, they see a real dip among women particularly suburban women, and those 23 seats that are going to determine whether or not republicans or democrats hold -- have control of the house are going to be fought largely in suburbs where the women voters are going to determine who wins or loses. >> and a lot of the retirements were in these republican, sub...

Murphy by phone. and were happy to be able to talk to him. the veteran republican strategist, long-type advisor to mitt romney, jeb bush, john mccain to name a few and former u.s. member of congress, david jolly remains here with us in studio. so mike, good to have you. thank you for making yourself available so late at night. what are we witnessing happen to the republican party do you think? >> well, our pea is narrowing because our president is quite unpopular. i was looking at the numbers in...

Could say, who are skeptical of voting for a congressional republican. just dont care to and probably werent going to show up in a midterm anyway. >> kevin, final thought to you. is there anything going on in ohio that you think is being underplayed or not highlighted or a trend that you think icritical here? >> i just think overall what drives people like me crazy who do campaigns for a living is when people say this such and such congressional district is a bellwether for whats going to happen...

In. im checking to see. oconnor, 88% of the vote in. this is a nail biter. >> this is going to be a fun night watching this stuff come in. we appreciate your time. well be back soon. this is not a primary. this is a special election to decide who is going to congress from that district. it matters potentially as a bellwether. thats why democrats are so excited at even having a shot. it was such a republican district. but it will decide whether a democrat or a republican represents the district i...

Mitt romney, jeb bush, john mccain to name a few and former u.s. member of congress, david jolly remains here with us in studio. so mike, good to have you. thank you for making yourself available so late at night. what are we witnessing happen to the republican party do you think? >> well, our appeal is narrowing because our president is quite unpopular. i was looking at the numbers in ohio and while the republicans have a good argument for the small part of it, we won the seat, if you look at t...