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She talked about she would sooner have her teeth pulled than without anesthesia than be there. they think that can come back to haunt them. there's a bit of a blowback there. that's the soap opera in a district of all the districts in the country, this is the one democrats are most hopeful about and one of the most barometers nationally. >> does beta o'rourke have a chance against ted cruz? >> in a neutral year in texas, it's probably not time for democrats to win. but in an anti-trump wave and ted cruz's numbers aren't that great in texas, certainly worth watching. >> nice to have you here, s...

15%. when there's an election and we want to crunch the numbers, who do we turn to? we turn to nbc national political correspondent, steve kornacki. does it matter that these early numbers are so much in favor of the democrats? >> well, we'll find out. look, the early vote numbers can sometimes be very misleading. but we do know there have been a lot of signs in all of these special elections we've been seeing as an enthusiasm surge for democrats. and in texas, there are a couple of incumbent republicans where democrats think, if the climate is right in '18, these could be pickups for democrat...

The past, suburban, white collar, college educated. and guess what? not too fond of donald trump. mitt romney had in problem winning this district in 2012. in 2016, trump couldn't even carry it. this is the kind of district democrats look at and say, hey, in an anti-trump wave, if that's what they could get this year, this is the kind of district that could go. again, you look at this. a whole bunch of numbers here. what does this mean? these are all the congressional districts in texas, ranked by the percentage of adults who have al four-year degree. this district, texas-7, comes n number one...

Primary day in texas. the lone star state holding the nation's first primary on tuesday, and democrats are already looking for reasons to be excited. congressman betto o'rourke, a democrat, hoping to unseat republican senator ted cruz, has reportedly raised triple the amount cruz has raised this year. as politicians gear up for a big battle in the midterms, let's go to austin, texas. tell us a bit about this race, this senate race, between the gentleman from the 16th district, o'rourke, and ted cruz. how's it looking for o'rourke? >> before we begin that conversation, we should preface the las...

The government shouldn't compel somebody to buy insurance so there are going to be people, as there are now under obamacare, they choose to pay the penalty instead of the coverage, that will choose not to take it, so, you know, that's a top line score. i want to get in and read the details. what's it going to do to premiums because in the 16th district of illinois a number of my count its only have one insurance provider to people now and i know their costs are skyrocketing, their deductibles are skyrocketing and in some cases people basically have a piece of paper that says coverage on it but...