Tell us if you would or would not and why. There are the lines. You can tell us if you would reelect your members of congress on our social media pages. Focused post on our facebook page. The headline of the Washington Post. The headline says mccain walks tightrope in tough reelection race. Alex bolton is with us to talk about that race and others. Guest good morning. Host tell us about senator mccains race. Guest he is running against kelly ward. It is a very tight race. Actually, no, it is not a tight race. He is up by 26 points over ward according to the cnn poll, but it is a very nasty race. Ward went on television recently and said mccain is too old to be reelected and she also made the point, as a former position, she said, i know the average is notn males lifespan 86 years old, which is how old mccain would be at the end of his next term if reelected. She is saying, it is time for a change, he has been in washington way too long. As i mentioned, the cnn poll showed him up by 26 points. He looks to be cruising to reelection. There was a breitbart poll that showed him only up by 4 points with 23 undecided. The cnn poll is probably more accurate, but maybe there could be a surprise. Host is support for mr. Mccain as strong as in previous cycles . Guest mccain has said this is the toughest race of his life, this is the political fight of his life. He is taking it very seriously and feels threatened. He had a primary challenge in 2010 from former republican congressman jd hayworth, a conservative talkshow host and someone who had served in congress. Hayworth was seen as a serious threat, but mccain won that primary quite handily in the end. Will ward get closer . Who knows. It looks like mccain is likely headed toward the general election after today. Host lets turn to florida and the race that features Debbie Wasserman schultz. What is the condition of her race . Guest she is running against tim canova, a law professor. Bernie sanders has endorsed him, but has not campaigned for him. Coupled with the fact that Wasserman Schultz is reviled by many sanders supporters and liberals since the hacking of the dnc servers showing that she and her staff favored Hillary Clinton in the primary. That has generated a lot of money for canova. It is still a district that favors Wasserman Schultz. She has represented this district since 2013. A recent poll shows her with a Pretty Healthy lead. This is a district that Hillary Clinton won handily over sanders in the march primary. It looks like Wasserman Schultz will probably hang on, but canova has a lot of money and is running a strong campaign. He has been on the air attacking her and she has been defended by the outside group, patriot majority. In these house primaries, it can be hard to predict because there is not much polling. Host lets stay in florida with marco rubio. How does he stand against his challenger . Guest he is up big on his challenger, about 40 points. Carlos beruff, his challenger, is running a populist campaign. The Television Ads he is running dont seem to have made a difference and beruff seems to be conceding the race. He said he does not know how to quit, but he has not been on the campaign trail much recently. Rubio is barely acknowledging his primary opponent. Looking ahead to the general election where he will murphy. Patrick murphy does not have great name id and rubio is pulling quite quite well among hispanics. Host the democratic side in florida, two sitting house members going at it for the Florida Senate seat. Guest Patrick Murphy and alan grayson. Murphy is only 33 years old and does not have a whole lot of experience. He gave money to mitt romney in the 2008 campaign. Grayson is trying to exploit that, arguing to voters that he is the real democrat or the liberal democrat, in the Elizabeth Warren wing of the party. He has been hurt by ethics scandals. Is House Ethics Committee looking into his operation of a hedge fund while he was a sitting member of congress. He has also been plagued by Domestic Abuse charges by his exwife and that cost a couple liberal groups to unendorsed him. Because of that, he is running well behind in the race, although he has higher name id than Patrick Murphy. Murphy is expected to cruise to the victory and on to the general election. Ast alex bolton giving us rundown of various primary races in arizona and florida. Thank you. Guest thanks for having me. Host if you are calling in from arizona and florida, you can do so. Onwant to give your thoughts if you would send your house or Senate Member that to congress. , republicans. 202 7488000, democrats. 202 7488002, independents. Carol saying she is going to the polls to vote for marco rubio when this program is over at 10 00. Karen buchanan talking about jeff duncan in South Carolina saying, no, my representative is jeff duncan. You can post on twitter, you can give us a call. 202 7488001, republicans. 202 7488000, democrats. 202 7488002, independents. We will start with teresa in california. Democrats line. Good morning. Which legislator are you interested in talking about . Are you there . She dropped. Lets go to lynn in utah, democrats line. Caller i would not send my u. S. Representative, chris stewart, a republican, back to congress because he does not even believe in Climate Science at all. He does not believe there is such a thing as Climate Change. Host that is the primary reason you would not send him back . Caller that is one of many, but that is the primary. Host what are his chances of reelection like . Caller i think he is running for his second or third term. Utah is probably 80 republican and his chances of being reelected are basically a slamdunk. Host are Environmental Issues top on your list . Caller that is the top reason i vote. Host ok. Lynn in utah. Lets hear from james in ohio, republican line. Caller good morning. How are you . Host im well. Go ahead. Caller i wouldnt support any of my people that are running for office as long as they are backing mr. Trump i will support any of my people that are running for office as long as they are backing mr. Trump. I like trumps policies. Host tell us about your house and Senate Members. Caller mr. Portman is the only one ive really checked out. Host that is rob portman in ohio. He supported donald trump. Caller as far as i know, he is. I talked to his office and that is the answer they give me. Host have you ever looked at a tiedlator who has themselves in a previous president ial race . Or is this the first time you have done this . Caller no, normally i checked most of them out and as long as they are backing the Second Amendment and so on and so forth, that is what i go with. Host that is james in ohio, republican line. Another james in georgia. Also on the republican line. Caller good morning, cspan. I came into this political cycle thinking that america is on the wrong track and having considered that, i live in a truly gerrymandered district. I will not be voting for my representative. However, if i have a senate , myidate on the ballot senators are both republicans. Host who are your legislators . My representative is john lewis. And senator wow, i cant think of his name right now. Host isaacson and senator lewis. Caller lewis is my representative. Host correct. Caller i would not be voting for him because he is a democrat. He would not get my vote anyway because this is a strictly democrat district. Georgia,t is james in telling us about his legislator. A previous caller mentioned guns. Eric garcias story saying that in the senate race in pennsylvania, the issue about that race could come down to guns. Despite the support for background checks, republican senator patrick to me might be the lesser of two evils in his race against democrat katie mcginty. He previously had the support of the nra in 2010. After the sandy hook shooting in 2012, he teamed up with senator joe manchin, who previously had the nra support as well, to push legislation on background checks. We talked about arizonas primary today. Sophie lives in flagstaff, arizona. Calling on airline for democrats. Caller morning. Host how are you . Caller halfasleep still, but i had to get up to watch the show. [laughter] host we started off talking about senator mccain. Are you planning to vote in the primary today . Caller im going to be voting for the primary, but i wont be voting for mccain, im afraid. There are so many reasons why , you know,ause he is really disappointed me in a lot of ways, especially when it comes to my people. I belong to the navajo tribe. We have had issues with him for years. I dont know how it happened or is the problems we have had together. Im not sure if he is still the head of the native american or something, the chairman, the subcommittee, but so far, none of it has been helping. Been one, big, giant headache for how many years now. Host were you supporting kirkpatrick in arizona . Caller yes. I will definitely, for her, yes. Host as far as issues that are concerning to you come election day, what are the most important ones . Dayer well, for election host when it comes to you voting for your house or Senate Member, what issues are most important to you . Caller i guess you could say the issues would be more or less what policies they decide to keep, you know, or to change. Mainly, it is the Health Insurance that i worry about a lot. , also worry about, of course how they can represent us in washington since, so far, like i said with mccain, nothing has really been he has not really done much for the navajo tribe. I cant speak for the other tribes in the state of arizona, but for just me, in my opinion and my mothers opinion, he is a disappointment and there is a reason why we did not vote for him when he ran against obama. Host that is sophie in arizona. Senator mccain will eventually run against the democrat ann kirkpatrick. The primary is today against kelly ward. We want to get your thoughts about whether you would vote for your legislator or send your legislator back in november. Tell us about that person and why or why not you would support that person. 202 7488001, republicans. 202 7488000, democrats. 202 7488002, independents. The Washington Post takes a look at actions by the democratsthat gets into congress. They have canceled Television Ads. Ted strickland has struggled to gain traction. The Democratic Senatorial Campaign committee had reserved advertising time on ohio tv stations. Political ad trackers have noticed that the democrats will not launch that campaign until september 22. They have not withdrawn support entirely from strickland. Delay in unleashing ads from the independent expenditure arm comes amid rising doubts about stricklands viability. We will hear from a resident of ohio. This is john on the democrats line. Caller thank you for taking my call, cspan. Im going to be voting what is referred to as a split ballot this year. I was a democrat and i voted for donald trump in the primary. Now, im voting against rob portman because of his votes on all of the trade deals. Whoever myagainst house of representative is. Office, im going to be voting for the other person not in office because i am voting. Areof the Trump Supporters voting to replace all of the politicians in washington. There is no reason for a person to vote for trump if they are not going to vote against the other politicians in washington. Donald trump is a businessman. He doesnt need democrats, he doesnt need republicans to run washington. As a businessman, he has worked with most democrats and republicans. Therefore, there will be no problem with him running washington with other democrats and republicans in those that we need to fill in washington. Four senator portman you said trade was the Biggest Issue for voting against him. Why is that . Said thate one man rob portman was supporting donald trump. Why did he not go to the convention . I dont know. Host lets hear from dan. Caller thanks for taking my call. I appreciate it. And large, i agree with a gentleman the gentleman who just called in. It is time for us as americans to think outside the box and how we are looking at our delegation. In South Carolina, we have the typical delegation to the house and the senate that are entrenched and all of them have made commitments over the years. All our jobs have been shipped overseas. Im going to support trump this time despite being a democrat. The entrenched doneations, they have not things for us. , wee dont change things are going to elect and retain our representatives based on performance, all of us work jobs and we get evaluated. Host as far as your specific house or senate legislator, talk about that person and why you would or would not send them back to congress. Place, he is in my one of the more relatively new ones, but then we have mark sanford and some of the others that are up for reelection. Those are entrenched, lifetime, career politicians, who have made their living off of going to washington and not doing what they said and not delivering and not being accountable. We need to start requiring a job evaluation on each one of these rings and change them when they dont do what they say. That is the biggest problem we have in america. Host this is Steve Harrison off twitter. You can post on twitter, post on facebook, as well. Tell us if you would reelect your member of congress this november. Lets hear from ruth on the republican line. Caller good morning. Yes, im going to vote for mccain. He has been disappointing in a lot of ways, but being in the senate as long as he has, he is on a lot of committees and i et a lot ofhelped g he has money and things needed. The biggest disappointment on the republican side is ron paul, the speaker of the house, we might as well call him obama 2. You mean paul ryan, the house speaker. Caller yes. He has supported obama. He did not back trump. He is a disappointment. Host you said that senator mccain was a disappointment to you. How so . Caller like the other ladies that have called in. For the most part, he is not active. He does not really step up and do anything. What do you hear him doing on border control. Caller how are you doing, pedro . Host bruce, go ahead. Caller i dont want to vote for anybody here in indiana at all. There is nobody. Coats, im glad hes gone. By is basically republican. Why would anybody vote for these people . They have done nothing. If you look at their careers, they have done nothing. Why are we voting for these yoyos . We need to kick them out. We need new blood. Host when you say weve done nothing, qualify that. Caller how do you not qualify it . What have they done . Have it asked anything . They have done nothing. As far as the people in indiana, they have done nothing for the people of indiana. You can not show no one can show anything they have done other than line their pockets. Host from our democrats line, this is guy from washington. I think thee thate ought to be aware the house of representatives makes the laws. [indiscernible] host guy, im going to stop you because your signal seems to be breaking up a bit. If you would not mind trying to get a better signal, lets give you a try in just a minute or two to reestablish that. Lets hear from john in st. Paul, minnesota on the republican line. Caller good morning, cspan. Unfortunately, lived in the district represented by betty mccollum, a proud member of the democrats, hate israel contingent, along with her colleague across the river, keith ellison, and another of other luminaries, my other favorite being this quack in seattle, mcdermott. She has a safe seat and im sure she will be reelected. Host why is that issue important to you, as far as voting for her . Caller voting against her, sir. Host against her, sorry. Caller she is an antisemi. The democrats are in love with antisemites and i detest antisemites. Host amy from freeport new york. Caller i will be probably for my representative, louise slaughter. She is one of the few people in congress who actually has a degree in science, microbiology, as well as public health. She is welleducated. She has years of experience. She is in her 80s. I also really like her stance on reproductive rights. Last election cycle, when some politicians were talking about what or what is not legitimate statementmade a that, what do they expect women to do, get a receipt . It put in stark relief what women go through. Women a good advocate for and all people and im proud to have her represent me. We had a caller say he would not vote for a person because he felt like they did not do anything for the district. As far as representative slaughter, what would you say are her accomplishments other than her stance on reproductive rights . Caller ive never had to do this, but i know many people who have had issues with passports or Different Things that they have been able to call her office directly and been able to resolve their issues. I see her around my town. She is very approachable and i really admire her a lot. Host what about the former senator for new york, Hillary Clinton . Is that who you plan to support this november . Caller absolutely. I voted for her twice for senator, twice in primaries, and i will gladly vote for her a fifth time for president and a six time for a second term, hopefully. Host this is your chance to tell us who you would reelect or not to the house and the senate. 202 7488001, republicans. 202 7488000, democrats. 202 7488002, independents. In nevada congressman suffered a minor heart attack. This is in the hill this morning. Freshman representative crescent hardy was hospitalized monday night after suffering that heart attack. His Communications Director issued a statement he will make a full and speedy recovery and is expected to return next week. Congressman hardy was recently hospitalized for a minor heart attack and has undergone a routine medical procedure. Out of an abundance of caution, doc