the tea party candidate jack davis. here's the thing, though, if this tea party candidate were the real problem for the republican in this race, then when his numbers submarined over time, the republican would be picking up his support, right? if he was just picking off what would otherwise be republican votes, which has been the republican story here when voters soured on him as they apparently now have, the republican candidate would be collecting his lost votes. she is not doing that. instead it is the democrat who appears to be picking up his fading support. the tea party guy has lost 11 points over the last few weeks. the democrat has picked up 11 points. do we know why? hello cross tabs. yes, we do. the new polling that shows the democrat ahead in this race heading into the election tomorrow shows a high level of concern about medicare in this district. of those potential voters concerned about medicare, they're going overwhelmingly for the democrat. for hochul.