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Here's our breaking news tonight, the special election in ohio's 12th congressional district, which should be safely republican, too close to call at the moment, 50.2% to 49.3% in favor of the republican troy balderson. my political experts are back with me. the republican candidate i just mentioned, balderson in the lead, you had an unusual way of closing tonight's voting. watch this. >> my opponent is from franklin county, and franklin county has been challenging. we don't want somebody from franklin county representing us. >> what do you think, dana? >> i thought that was genius. no. i mean...

For drivers with accident forgiveness liberty mutual won't raise their rates because of their first accident. liberty mutual insurance. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty ♪ >>it is all about ohio district 12 tonight. so let's check in on that race. troy balderson, the republican, with 50.2% at this point. danny o'connor, the democrat nominee, 49.3%. we're told there could be provisional ballots. so a ways before this is anywhere near being certified. let's check in be kristin fisher. he sounded pretty optimistic tonight. is he claiming victory? >> absolutely. if you ask any balderson

Geico. more than just car insurance. see how much you could save at geico.com. i'm ok! >>it is all about ohio district 12 tonight. it is all about ohio district 12. troy balderson, the republican with 50.2%, danny o'connor 49.3%. there could still be provisional ballots in the mix. it is before the race is certified by the secretary of state but for now balderson is in the lead. kristin fisher covering this race from columbus at gop candidate headquarters, so that optimistic. is he claiming victory? >> reporter: absolutely. if you ask anybody in this room

It's a special election, it's in august where nobody is paying attention anyway. >> they are at disney world. >> exactly, or at the beach. so it's hard to read too much into it. we did have higher-than-expected turnout for something like this and the fact that the higher turnout clearly included not just democrats but also republicans turned out at a higher rate. it sort of to me suggests that may be this blue wave, while conditions are absolutely in the democrat favor and the republicans should be very worried right now and working hard, i don't really see evidence of a blue title wave formin...