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Dollars into it. >> as you know, this was the result of excitement from around the country. the reason jon ossoff had those resources was you had energized democrats from around the country. there are congressional districts held by republicans that are not nearly as ruby red as either of these two districts last night. cutting down that margin should actually give comfort to lots of democrats and should actually scare a lot of republicans. that was the assessment of the cook political report. >...

Counteract some of the drag from president trump. in that district, although they have not run away from him and they want to give him a chance to succeed, there was still a bit of a drag. when they were reminded of nancy pill owe pi pilosi, they were able to have a big republican turnout. there were more available republican voters there. by doing that, they were able to help secure the win for karen handel. >> i will leave you with this. see if it bears fruit, the republicans taking heart and ...

As a party if they got together with republicans on healthcare, tax cuts, security. obstruction doesnt work. >> its about donald trump and hes winning. >> reporter: democrats are 0 and is 4 on special elections, but theyre still insisting hope is alive and argued the midterm election map could still work in their favor. >> there are positions held by republicans that arent nearly as ruby red as either of these two districts last night. so cutting down that margin should actually give comfort to ...

Of capitalism. i was there last august. i took my entire family with me on this trip. this will sound odd but the word i came home thinking about was entrepreneurship. in my people-to-people contact with the travel guide who escorted us, we met all sorts of individuals who are just hungry to open private businesses. its really an amazing transformation thats in place. im just afraid that president trump is going to stop it in its tracks. >> i still havent been. on my list. michael smerconish, th...

A run off. i think it is hard to genuinely argue that having a democratic nearly get to 50% come out so far ahead. it is a district that is ruby red, i would not chalk it up as a win either, but it was not ain based on the stated goal of the democrats. nbc chief white house correspondent halle jackson. i want to ask you about sean spicers fluid explanation of past statements and by the president of the united states. they were certainly very vague about the location of the

Democratic challenger would steal the congressional seat in ruby red, kansas, a district donald trump won by 27 points. >> most voters at this point, donald trump is the face of the republican party in american politics. >> reporter: that cuts both ways in this election. the presidents last minute robo calls helped drive republican and democratic turnout. >> popularity among democrats and independents is extremely low and he is mobilizing the democratic base strongly. >> reporter: estes won by s...

Estes proved run he predicted democratic challenger would steal the congressional seat in ruby red, kansas, a district donald trump won by 27 points. >> most voters at this point, donald trump is the face of the republican party in american politics. >> reporter: that cuts both ways in this election. the presidents last minute robo calls helped drive republican and democratic turnout. >> popularity among democrats and independents is extremely low and he is mobilizing the democratic base strongl...

>> i do. the official paperwork should be landing on the desk tomorrow. >> how do you beat steve king? despite years and years and years, the racist statements, he manages to get re-elected. is this district so ruby red that you cannot beat him? >> no, i dont believe so. i believe that we can beat him this cycle. even though the democrats took a beating last time, the positive that came out of it is i had a higher vote count than both hillary clinton and our senate candidate. additionally i had ...

And you get to see the ruby red slippers and the maltese falcon. >> she had bought mare lon moil monroes, the white subway dress. >> she had it all. she had a great eye and loved the movies. she loved hollywood. >> the thing that will be most moving really is this mother-daughter relationship. it is absolutely extraordinairiy as you say, they finished each others sentences and something that we can all so relate to. >> yeah. >> what do you think made them so special and really quite unique? >> y...

The floor with 218 votes. but in addition to having that experience for the past 5 1/2 years, ive been focused on rebuilding a state party in the ruby red south so i know the hurdles that state parties are facing right now and the challenges that were facing and the importance of having a partner in washington, d.c., at the dnc in order to get over that hump. >> and where do you come down on this question, which i think is the false debate, but that democrats insist on having, as to whether or n...