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Republican area we were talking about, 1800 absentee ballots were requested. in greene, not many people here in terms of the demographics, but 203 absentee ballots, and over here in washington, 1,140. what we can tell you about these absentee ballots that might be of interest to you is that you can see 18, 11, 203, more than half easily coming out of allegheny. thats much more than the allegheny share of the election day vote. so the democratic area of the district overrepresented, you might say...

Fakes ated -- to demonize her the same way we deone eyes trump. there is no one so much into our politics like there are arguments that might have been. a president who doesnt generate so much enthusiasm on the other side, the pelosi argument has been enough for races in the past. >> does it have to do with fundraisi fundraising? does it have to do with electrical tank either. you look at the thing we were talking about a second ago, this is not a moderate district. this is not a swing district

What should be an easy republican win district. >> hold that thought. i want to talk about nancy pelosi when we next get the chance. steve kornacki, we have a note from washington county. >> yes. just filling in the blanks here on the absentees. heres two things we can tell you. remember, the lions share of the vote that has now left two counties absentee vote -- were looking at washington doi count there is 1195 sitting in absentees. in westmoreland county, were looking at 1800 absentee. rememb...

Were talking about where now theres some discrepancy in how people interpret the law. some people say half a point, the law says its an election in pennsylvania, theyll go to a recount automatically. others are looking at the statute saying statewide election, does that the mean not a congressional district election? >> steve kornacki, usual rules apply, flap your arms if you need to get back on the air and well get to you. because we are juggling so many different topics, because this day the p...

You have a lot of people getting behind congressman keith ellison. he comes from the working class district, but is also the first muslim congressman. he can sort of unite a bunch of different ways. then howard dean trying to throw his hat back in the ring. opposed very strongly. >> arch rival of bernie sanders. >> absolutely, but that i think you have sort of different contours shaping up. thatll be an early indicator and youll have a couple of senators who didnt run in 2016 and the democratic ...

Come together and solve the problems facing people like work constituents? >> i think the people in my area are absolutely the folks that believe that moving to the middle is the best solution. they are not radicals like my opponent. i see the ryan budget as a radical budget that hurts students, that hurts the elderly. people in need of social security and medicare. people in need of student loans. the people in ohio, they are, it is a swing state. and i live in the most swing district in this s...

With that. >> so i want to push on that a little bit, but before i do, i want to bring in angela zimmann in ohio. you have a real shot in your district because of all the new voters, because its a newly-drawn district in 2010. when you hear about closing down early voting, making it difficult for certain populations to get out to vote, what does that sound like to you? >> what im most concerned about in ohio is the fact that what is a bipartisan belief that everyone has the right to cast a ballo...

House of representatives. my next guest is one of the women running. shes a democratic nominee in ohios fifth congressional district and is taking on the incumbent described as one of the most conservative members of the house. joining me from toledo, ohio, is angela zimmerman, a mother, pastor and college professor and member of the united states congress. good morning. >> good morning, melissa. how are you? >> im just fine. there you are in ohio. >> here i am. >> and the gop ticket is in your ...

This is a congressional district, as weve been saying for days and weeks. president trump carried by nearly 20 points back in 2016. thats why tonights race has been viewed as a bellweather for things to come, potentially in the midterm elections. if youve been watching our coverage, you know that steve kornacki has been manning the big board tonight. and steve, the takeaway from watching your coverage is that this may turn out to be an absentee race decided -- absentee vote-decided ratece, corre...