And since the onset of the drought weve doubled our efforts. I grew up in the forests out in this area and honestly its heartbreaking to see all these trees dying. What guides me is ensuring that the public is going to be safer and that these forests can be sustained and enjoyed by the community in the future. A recap of the days news. In november. This district will be fought again in november. All the money that was just spent in the Special Election, welcome to running again in november. Now, the republicans will argue your best shot was in this lower turnout Special Election. But this race will stay on the map, especially given this, again, the last republican who won here it was a blowout. A democrat has not represented this district since Ronald Reagan was president of the United States. The fact that Danny Oconnor is within 1,766 votes is a moral victory for the democrats. It does not get you an office in washington. You have to win the election. Other democrats around the country will think of it as a moral victory saying this proves to them the landscape is favorable for democrats if the republicans are having a hard time in solid red republican territory, or a republican district that the incumbent just squeaked to victory, you feel pretty good tonight and you think this is proof, this is proof republicans are in trouble. If youre Danny Oconnor, youre a little disappointed, youre
looking for a few more votes here. Youre going to have your people looking at this tomorrow. Before we can sign, seal and deliver this one, theyve got to go through the rest. John king, thank you very much. Back to my political dream team. Gloria, you were wondering if someone would take credit for this. The president just tweeting now, when i decided to go to ohio for troy balderson, he was down in early voting, 6436, that was not good. After my speech on Saturday Night there was a big turnout for the better. Now troy wins a great victory during a very tough time of the year for voting. He will win big in november. The president calling it. Were not calling it now. Its too close to call. There are a lot of things that go into it. Looks likely. Of course, donald trump is taking credit. But i want to say who else should take credit for this victory, if it is a victory, and thats john kasich. Because john kasichs the guy,
if Balderson Wins, who brought out those suburban women who dont like donald trump in Delaware County, and those moderate republicans. Now, youre giving me the evil eye. Im not saying im not giving trump any credit, but let me say, even though kasich was late to the game, he did endorse the republican. He is popular in the state. Sure. More popular with democrats and independents than republicans. But i do think that kasich could have also pushed this for a republican win. Sure. Theres a lot of things that go into an election victory. But donald trump coming into the district not only juiced turnout, guess where he came, Delaware County. Thats where the rally was. So the idea that he didnt have an impact in Delaware County im not saying he didnt. Theres been some talk about that. Look, theres two things that are really important to talk about. One is, the president came in in the special when we lost in pennsylvania and we were down and we only lost by 1,000 votes. Should have had him there
that will play out in suburban district after suburban district to our advantage. That was a fumble because he was on the right side politically on this issue where connor lam and many other candidates are. They are saying explicitly they will not vote for nancy pelosi as speaker or leader or whoever it will be. He fumbled that in a big way. Its also not true. They will vote for pelosi. She will be nominated, and if they dont if they won the house. Hang on a second. If they won the house, right, and pelosis on the floor, it isnt in the caucus, its a floor vote, they dont vote for pelosi, Kevin Mccarthy will be the speaker. Okay. We dont want to get into this. Its not going to happen. She cares enough about the party and about keeping democrats in control, if thats the way that the numbers play out in november, that shell make sure that somebody else is the leader. Regardless of that shell
process. Chairman, thank you. Theres many others. I could just keep going on and on. But tonight im going to promise to you that im going to work relentlessly, relentlessly for this 12th Congressional District. America is on the right path, and were going to keep it going that way. Its time to get to work. Over the next three months, im going to do everything i can to keep America Great again. So that when we welcome when we come back here in november, get ready, weve got to come back here in november, i have earned your vote for a second
time. Danny oconnor ran a hard race, and i look forward to campaigning against him again this fall. Thank you all so much for all your support. God bless you, and god bless america. That is the republican candidate for the congressional race in ohio, ohios 12th Congressional District there. Danny balderson im sorry, troy balderson. Essentially declaring a victory. We have not called it yet. All the votes are not in. But if things continue on in the way that they are going, it is likely balderson will be declared soon the official winner. I want to call back in my political dream team. Gloria, you mentioned john kasich. He didnt. He mentioned trump and pence, the person who had the seat before, but he did not mention john kasich. And many others. And many others. And the rest, like gilligans island. Kasich was late to the game, grudging in his endorsement, and that was obviously, and he did it, and i still believe that kasich helped him. And also because of the comments kasich made on the sunday shows, Questioning Whether Balderson requested trump to come there. Balderson came out and said i was happy to have the president come here. Doesnt like kasich either. Ive got one question for ryan. The president loves to talk about how he backs winners. I want you to check this out when trump has made endorsements in republican primaries, hes 181. But when you look at the general and Special Elections, hes 13. What does that say about his candidates chances in november . Look, this is another indication this is Donald Trumps party. The candidate here didnt even thank the governor of his state. Who held that seat. Who also held that seat when
he was a member of the house, kasichs seat, for years. It was his seat. Theres no doubt about it in these primaries, there are a other races were watching to see if trumps candidate won, but in michigan, trumpbacked candidate has won, john james. So in primaries and republican primaries they are all about who is the trumpiest candidate, no doubt about that. On the other hand, this Special Election would not have been close if not for the backlash against donald trump and his policies. So balderson was fighting for his life here because of trump. Thats a really important point. Trumps margin has gone down in this district. You know, he won this district by 11 points. Now were at 0. 09 here. So the trend is moving the wrong direction. It bodes well for november. When we come back, many more results on another race where
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learn more at theexplorercard. Com heres the Breaking News, Special Election in ohios 12 lt Congressional District which should be safely republican, too close to call at the moment. I want to bring in james fallace, a national correspondent. Good evening, thank you for joining us. Thank you. By historical measures, james, this should not have been a race. Sure. Whats happening . As youve been discussing for the last hour, its become an election, a Special Election about donald trump. And i think the contrast with two years ago, theres been a very Effective Movement saying how bad Hillary Clinton was. There wasnt a focus of anger in the same way. Too close to call tonight,
what does that say for the midterms . I will, defer to the political experts youve had here for the last while. If i were a republican manager, i wouldnt be feeling good about this. You traveled to these towns and you mentioned, you said there was sort of a big antiHillary Clinton. Most of the cities you visited were medium size, allentown, pennsylvania, greenville, south carolina, dealing with the local impact of issues because of these tariffs and the trade war. Are their concerns being heard . One of the things that was most striking to deb and me as we were traveling around, the disconnection between the realities of local life, assimilating immigrants or a long, slow recovery of the economy, and the fury released when you talked about national politics. Well see how that you had the rhetoric from the Republican Convention of american carnage. People separated that bitterness from the generally improving realities on local life. It was focused on Hillary Clinton who is not there as a target this time. You said bitterness. Is this sort of bittersweet because the margins are much, much closer this time for republicans, which this district has been republican for a while, but it is a win, bittersweet . It is a win. Certainly a win is a win, a loss is a loss. One more seat where the democrats wont have an incumbent running, and republicans will. I cant imagine any republican making a case this is a good night for them except, perhaps, the republican at the top of the ticket who just did. Do you think that see, he plays really, really hard to the base. Do you think that helps or hurts him . Does this show that that may come back to bite him . Historically president s have found theres certainly theres a base that elects them, but they all have to expand beyond that. Herbert hoover when he was running for reelection in 1932
in the depths of the depression against Franklin Roosevelt still got 40 of the vote. There is a base. But to be reelected, you usually have to expand beyond that. Lets see if that logic prevails this time. The people who are motivated are the base. Yes, but there was a motivation that really struck me, is two years ago there was a motivation, a really negative feeling about Hillary Clinton personally. You mentioned earlier about this show, when nancy pelosi was rolled into the election, it became about her. There was revving up of bitterness. The question will be, without Something LikeHillary Clinton to run against donald trump, whether there will be that same fury three months from now. He needs a foe, whether its the media, Hillary Clinton, barack obama, maxine waters, nancy pelosi, and that plays well with his base. Its worth emphasizing how historically abnormal this is that american president s have all been fighting president s, from Teddy Roosevelt and onward,
but theyve been fighting to expand their base. Thats one thing we havent seen so far from this one. Our towns is your book, you provide a road map on how the heartland needs to change. What should change . At just the time theres such bitterness and dysfunction at the National Level cls there is across the country a reinvention going on that the sense that their communities are doing well, even though the nation is doing poorly. The heartland, were going to go to kansas right after this with my political dream team. Well be right back. Were the most isolated population on the planet. Hawaii is the first state in the u. S. To have 100 Renewable Energy goal. Were a very small electric utility. But, if we dont make this move were going to have changes in our environment, and have a negative impact to hawaiis economy. Verizon provided us a solution using Smart Sensors on their network that lets us collect near Real Time Data on our power grid. colton this technology is helping us integrate rooftop solar, which is a very important element of getting us to our Renewable Energy goals. shelee if we can create our own energy, we can take care of this beautiful place that i grew up in. Keep it comin love. If you keep on eating, well keep it comin. All you can eat riblets and tenders at applebees. Now thats eatin good in the neighborhood. How can i download an efile . Virtual tours . Zipfile . Really big files . In seconds, not minutes. Just like that. Like everything. The answer is simple. Ill do what ive always done. Dream more, dream faster, and above all. Now, ill dream gig. Now more businesses, in more places, can afford to dream gig. Comcast, building americas largest gigspeed network. Were back now with our Special Election coverage, with my political dream team, talking about this big race tonight. So, gloria, Lets Talk AboutLets Go To Kansas now. Because auntie em. Click your heels three times. Jeff colyer, who the president is not supporting, 40. 6 . Kris kobach is the president s guy, 40. 5 there. He put his endorsement behind kris kobach. Was that risky . Well, i mean, he took on the incumbent governor, which is rare for a United States president to say, you know what, im going to go against the incumbent governor. Trump likes people who are loyal to him. Kris kobach was loyal to him. He served on the president s voter integrity commission, remember that, where the president said there were 3 million votes that were cast, but not counted. Was that the way fraudulent votes. Fraudulent votes. And that never went anywhere, of course. But the president is very loyal to kobach. And trump won the state by about 20 points in 2016. So it was risky for the president because youre going youre going against one of your own guys. But he also went against the establishment. The establishment did not want trump to go against kobach. They wanted colyer. Kobach is very controversial. The illegal immigration issue is kobachs bread and butter, what hes known for. There was an expose recently written about him, how hes made a Music Man Type Career of going around to small towns and milking them for legal fees to defend these illegal immigration ordinances or regulations or laws, his record isnt great. Hes lost a lot of them, and some of these small towns have been left in debt to pay his legal fees. Its something that endears him to donald trump. Trump says, i dont care what everybody says. Im endorsing my guy. Trump is not a Republican Party guy. Hes a trump guy. Hes a trump guy. Well for someone who believes in parties, donald trump has been a dream for the Republican National committee. Hes raised money. The worst thing we could have is someone who doesnt care about
the primaries, im working on 2020, see you guys later. He gets involved, he reads data, he raises money. Hes not an establishment guy. Hes been a tremendous party builder. Im not endorsing your incumbent governor when you are president of the eyes. Kris kobach was an Office Holder who was an early endorser. It was a late endorsement. He also, as you mentioned earlier, he endorsed john james in michigan, very exciting candidate for republicans, an africanamerican military helicopter pilot. Hes done pretty well in these endorsements. Arent you proving a point when she says hes not a party guy when hes not supporting the traditional candidate . I guess he has people who endorse him. He did not say im president , but i dont really care about the Republican Party. He is a party guy. He has built the party. Well, hes built the party. In the Special Election in ohio the rnc did over a million door
knocks in the close election. Those funds to pay for those Ground Walkers are coming in from the president. If kobach wins. Good for the primary, not kansas is so red its kansas is red. Hes very controversial. Kansas is red. Hes controve