of cases and in iowa, new jersey, and new mexico, the trend of democrats banking on female candidates continues big time. the gender gap can be overrated historically in different ways. in year it looks like a phenomenon. that's where democrats are putting chips on the hopes of taking back the house. >> let's talk about the gubernatorial race in cafornia. you know, it shows you how valuable a couple of tweets from the president can be in a party where -- like 87% approval of the president among republicans. look at antonio villaraigosa, a surprise there. john cox, beneficiary of a couple of tweets from the president of the united states. and just leapfrogged above villaraigosa. >> and also, interestingly, had -- it was the beneficiary of a lo of spending by gavin newsom. this was the big debate among democrats. onne had most national democrats arguing that the party would have been better off with newsom and villaraigosa