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Record. if we run on the record and dont get scared, we can hold the house and maybe even pick up a seat or two. i think, again, the democrats right now are not offering anything and its up to us to run on the record. certainly im running on my record. i feel that we should, again, just keep going. its 95 days between now and election, just go all out. >> congressman, while you talk about potentially picked up a seat or two, the cook political report has a very different view. in addition to wha...

Margin? >> romney. >> let me tell did you -- no, no. obama won by 53%. >> i know. >> everybody says this is such a republican district, how did obama win in 2012 by the same margin that president trump won? you know, it defies logic. >> romney won the state, though, and theyve held the district for -- >> but were not talking about the state. were talking about -- look, chris, were talking about this district. >> the democrats werent even putting somebody up for some of those years because there ...

Republicans. >> right. >> the question is, is this bad news or is it about to turn into terrible news? >> ill tell you what we know for sure. its bad news for you because this is going to be another night where youre going to have to be around. john, thank you very much. >> this is why they brew espresso. lets have a great debate. van jones, david urban. we dont know the outcome so we dont have to take a lot of time on this. theres one proposition. who has the better message? this isnt about o...

Are 88% white. well then the democrats are going to retake the house. is this an anomaly or across america? if this is across america, and democrats are running even in districts, thats supposed to be a republican district knew paid any attention to the presidential race, thats supposed to be a ruby red republican district and its teetering at 5050 tonight. were going to pop out to this. this tonight is the last special election. we go through the primary season we have these 95 kui house rices,...

Math. i think the interesting thing were going to see tonight, this is the august special election. turnout is down. are enough people coming out for danny oconnor down here. and did enough people since were at 100%, come out up here. is the math enough? a 3,000 vote difference here enough to offset whats happening down here? thats what were going to go through -- >> its a question of perspective. obama won this state, romney won the district. hillary clinton, how did she do in this county. in t...

Cities. theyre starting to run strong in the suburbs. thats what the democrats are hoping for tonight, chris. we can go through this race in more detail. at the moment if youre danny oh conner, you like that in franklin county. you love this in delaware county. this should be starting to turn red. go anywhere in america. cities are blue. as you move away, it should start to turn red. if this stays blue, danny oconnor is in good shame. but remember only 5% in delaware county. lets hold tight. you...

Lets bring back john king. im looking at the breakdown right now. you show people what youre seeing on the board. im tracking it. im trying to get word from people on the ground about what they think is going to happen. 155 votes separates them. >> if youre the democrats youre thinking, weve already won tonight. the fact that this is so close is amazing. i want to make this point. the fact that democrats are competitive is why they can be optimistic going into november. lets get it to the county...

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Dont do it. i think this president has shown he is going to remake the party in his image. he has 85-90% of the report support. he is weighing in, the primary and races around the country, he is doing it to make the point this is my party and the candidates that go forward in november will reflect me. >> harris: jessica, interesting to watch last night. the leads dissolved. it looked like the democrats would start to do better and then they didnt. >> jessica: i felt good at 8:10 and then i felt ...

Oconnor in a race that should not be this close. frankly we wouldnt be talking about the 12th congressional district were it not for president trump, as it has been ruby red for decades. president trump won it by 11 points, but a recent poll shows that the two candidates are in a virtual tie, a 1 percentage point difference between the two. president trump came here on saturday to try to prevent a blue wave that many have speculated is headed to congress in the november midterm elections. now, p...