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Spend, and oppressive campaign, and andrew writes going into a runoff. governor abbott can start preparing for the november general election, no drop-off as we move into them and the biggest disappointment for democrats has got to be at work, who was seen as raising a lot of money, bringing voters to the polls and not only did it not materialize but he did 17 points lower than wendy davis did four years earlier when she was supposed to be the big democrat hope against greg abbott. if you look at...

The breakdown. she says its become undesirable for lots of people to work there. thats coming up when i fill in on shepard smith reporting. >> dana: remember this post by bernie sanders bashing hillary clinton? for this facebook ad for south united, maybe you recall this protest promoted by black matters u.s. >> dana: the wall street journal digging into russian meddling and finding that moscow did more than just try to swing the vote. the kremlin backed internet research agency reportedly used ...

Rhetoric. a lot of hispanic voters dont like illegal immigration either by donald trumps reason for rejecting the last daca compromise that came to him was because i didnt do enough to curtail illegal immigration. family chain migration, which a lot of hispanic voters to care about. so i dont know whether donald trump has undermined or furthered the republican party. >> bill: the old argument. where are you on at? >> i believe that trump did a poor inter-two better hispanic voters than mitt romn...

The first time in texas history. >> since the republican party, we will reach out to communities that havent traditionally been republican, that i dont know our message, and tell them about the good things that are happening in this country. the only way we can share our message is if we show up rates because the big concerns about republicans at a recent meeting in coral gables, florida, where the economy and solutions for hurricane ravaged puerto rico. >> and i am very sure that our president ...

Rural whites and youre continuing to see growth in hispanic, african-american and asian eligible voters and -- and this is really the change in the trump era, professional whites moving away from the republican party a bit. >> lets get down. the dccc is excited about the opportunity to win maybe three or four seats in texas but they have a complicated mess on their hands in this seventh congressional district, houston area seat. perhaps one of the top target in the sun belt. they went negative o...

Very closely. you dont want your system of votes to be compromised in any way. and we wont allow that to happen. were doing a very, very deep study and were coming out with some, i think, very strong suggestions on the 18 election. i think were going to do very well in the 18 election, although historically, those in the white house have a little bit of a dip, but i think were going to do well because the economy is so good and because were protecting our job like our jobs are being protected fi...

Right, at the very end. but i would sense that some of that dissatisfaction is more on the right than on the left. >> and your last piece, kevin, you wrote, in part, a big obstacle for democrats in texas is a history of low voter turnout, especially among latinos. have fights over immigration, have they galvanized democrats at all in texas? >> yes, i think theyre galvanizing democrats. the thing youve got to watch out for in texas is increasing the latino vote doesnt necessarily take democrats t...

Texas because of hispanic voters. it is hard time mobilizing them. other democrats say this is the year. i still think ted cruz is more likely to win than not win. >> dana: more to do with enthusiasm or the candidates wanting to run against him. is it rourke? >> he raised a bunch of money. cruz had a hard time. why do you give money to someone you know will win. rourke has demonstrated if anybody is going to thread the needle here and pull off the upset, this is the candidate that democrats want...

The 50% mark or even below, that will be seen as a good sign to the democrats. but even if democrats dont swing the texas senate seat, they could still do well in other races. four house districts were watching in texas all currently held by republicans, three of those voted for clinton over trump in 16. three are above the national average in college education, three are at least two-thirds urban and one of them is two-thirds hispanic. all are indicators that these races could swing in the demo...

Will be seen as a good sign to the democrats. but even if democrats dont swing the texas senate seat, they could still do well in other races. four house districts were watching in texas all currently held by republicans, three of those voted for clinton over trump in 16. three are above the national average in college education, three are at least two-thirds urban and one of them is two-thirds hispanic. all are indicators that these races could swing in the democrats favor. look, if the turnout...