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What happened to the republican party. what we saw here over the last several days is a district that was really the backbone of sheriff joe arpaios reign in the state for more than a quarter of a century. jan brewers rise. this was an area that is about 80% of the voters over 55 plus. just like in p.a. 18 where you had conversations with people, coal miners, coal miners pension benefits were the driving factor for them. you talk to independents and republicans, what did we hear over the last we...

20 2012. president trump tweeted a get out the vote message for republican while speaker ryan and majority leader kevin mccarthy raised money for lesko in the hoech stretch. the republican national committee backing lesko spent more than $1 million as national democrats largely stayed out of the race. the democratic swing toward the democrats is just the latest in a trend that spans the country and was not the only loss for republicans last night. as the democratic on long island picked up a sea...

Trumps 21 point district in the 2016 and mitt romneys 25-point win in 2012. this despite a surge of outside republican money to save that seat. joining us from glendale, arizona, msnbc correspondent vaughn hilliard. good to see you this morning. so this was expected to be a relatively close race, relative because the district has been so deep red for so long, but perhaps even closer than many republicans thought it would be. >> reporter: yeah. willie, i spent more than a month there in alabama, ...

Part because of the work ive done on behalf of the people of wisconsin, we are seeing engagement like ive never seen before in our state. we had a special election in a state senator seat in northwestern wisconsin, a district that trump won by 17 points in 16, this january a democratic candidate won that district with 11 points, a 28-point flip. and as you were reporting elsewhere in the country, weve seen that type of momentum. we had a great nonpartisan spring race on april 3rd in wisconsin wh...

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