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from your reporting on the ground, is kemp headed to victory as the polls suggest and above 50% so there's no runoff? >> that what it's looking like. it's looking like kemp is providing a blueprint for how to win in a swing state without donald trump. >> let me move to another race. we have a bunch of things going on here, but just above atlanta, you have this democrat on democrat. because they redraw the lines after the census every ten years. congresswoman bordeaux against congresswoman bath, a democratic primary. how much of a fight has this been, and what's the big issue on the ground? >> so this has been a very interesting fight, because they're two pretty well liked incumbents, but you have carolyn bordeaux who is considered the more moderate candidate. you have lucy mcbath, considered the progressive candidate with a big national name recognition and a powerful person story, but
his main opponent really who is donald trump. ever since governor kemp certified the 2020 election that grudge match has been underway, and it's been boiling. this is the only primary where the former president has invested actual money, his money into the race. more than 2 $.5 million. that's not been enough to keep mr. purdue, david purdue on television in the final week of this race. what this is going to be is a sense of if governor kemp can simply do what many republicans have not done, ignore donald trump in the final weeks of this race, he's not mentioned his name at all at a rally last evening with mike pence, he was in town. mr. trump's name was not mentioned at all, talking to voters here. they are viewing this race as a distinctive one because there's a republican incumbent governor up for reelection. and they want him to succeed as they look forward to a rematch likely with stacey abrams the democrat running unopposed in november. so those are the stakes here. the trump influence is felt up and down the ballot here in georgia. from the lieutenant governor's
the district wins out. san antonio is more liberal. more progressive leaning but you have areas in that district when you get south to loredo, they're more moderate and conserve ativ. you have catholic hispanics. will roe v. wade energize cisneros or be a help to cuellar. if you go south to the austin air, a democratic socialist may be headed to congress if cisneros does win, that's two texas progressives heading to washington which is remarkable. because there is still such a thing as a texas democrat, a lawyer benson type democrat. >> my first presidential campaign, lloyd benson. taking me way back.
abortion, immigration. it's not clear, even though this is an incumbent congressman. it's complicated, and where joe biden is on abortion in particular is a complicated issue for him, and to be with cuellar, the only democrat left in the house not for abortion laws is a tricky place for biden to be. that's why he's not there. >> lights on. lights off. >> ideas coming over your head. >> i like that. i like that. a quick break for us. when we come back, president biden heading home after a trip through asia. his off the cuff comments sparking comments from china. coming up next. starts the night before. the sleep number 360 smart bed senses your movements and automatically adjusts to help keep youou both comfortable all night and can help you get almost 30 minutes more restful sleep per night. sleep number takes care of the science. all you have to do is sleep. save $1,000 on the sleep number 360
does in the rest of the nation. i mean, they're growing increasingly conservative as a cycle goes by. he's -- texas has an independent streak with their political looders, both reason and democrat. trump has been able to step in and sort of knock that out of the way, and become the leader of the party. and it comes at a time when the bush brand, of course, and george p. bush is the heir of that. it started with the tea party movement and accelerated when trump began to dominate the republican party. >> we talked about this race earlier, but in the primary, the democratic congressman was not able to get above 50%. he has to run again against cisneros. a progressive against a moderate. immigration and abortion issues. >> i'm looking at what parts of
most on economic issues. but you have a conservative latino population, too. is it a no-brainer? who knows? >> a quote, what this means for the democratic party down there is he said, you know, i was born a democrat. ly die a democrat, but the democratic party is even moving away from me. that's something republicans point out often. even though they are making a play to try to win over latino voters not only in texas but in south florida. they say privately it really is the democratic party's move to the left that has a lot of these voters down there saying wait, am i part of this party? and the interesting split when i was down there was seeing younger voters. there are a number of younger voters turning to the republican party and telling their parents you know what? the party actually represents our conservative family religious values. we're seeing a switch to a more progressive. that explains cisneros's point
more generally. the margin was something like 60,000 votes or so. did very well bringing out a democratic coalition. this new sort of demographics down in georgia. we'll see if she can do it again. you don't see the same kind of attention on this race that you did in 2018. i think oprah was down there stumping for her at some point. and so we'll see what she's able to do. the head winds are against most democrats because of the economic metrics. she had a stumble in this race trying to clean it up. we'll see if it matters. >> a key point about the different dynamics. this looks like a big republican. if you're the democrat, you can't make mistakes. quick cleanup. another thing was mike pence last night, he's campaigning for the incumbent governor, brian kemp. that's number one or maybe number two. listen to the language of mike pence, because this is interesting to watch. pence has tried to say donald trump, and i disagree about
of view. people are done with this guy who has been representing them for 30 years and are ready to see a new democrat bring something to their community. >> that means it will teach us something. these are the issues. this is democrat versus democrat. in the fall these are the issues that will play out in most places between democrats and republicans. including the district starting in san antonio and running down to loredo. here you have a conservative incumbent saying his liberal opponent is soft. she wants open borders. >> she even said she's split border patrol in half, leaving us with open borders. that would make us less safe and cost uz thousands of jobs, putting our security and economy in jeopardy. a vote for cisneros is a vote we can't afford. >> this is a democratic race. >> it's shocking. because that seems like you would have that from a republican. but you've seen this cycle.