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Chalian said earlier, the freaking out factor any less among republicans. even if saccone, the republican ends up pulling ahead it's entirely possible that in some of the very, very tight swing districts where republicans are running in areas where hillary clinton won that you might see more retirements. we already have 38 republican retirements this election cycle. you might see more because they don't want to deal with a situation that they have in their district where they don't have the benefit of a 20-point lead -- or 20-point win that donald trump had in their district. it's a lot harder...

60%, plus this changes the math, brings it down a little bit, and he's getting 57% here. 53% here. got to count those absentees. >> we'll see what happens with those absentee ballots. it doesn't get much closer than this, absentee ballots could make the difference. >> we have the democratic congressional campaign committee declaring for themselves that conor lamb is the winner. the republican counterpart saying that it's too close to call. the larger trend here that we can look to is the fact that this is a district that donald trump won with 19 percentage points. and the fact that this is so ...

Can he so overperform among absentees? it's possible, generally it doesn't happen. can he get a significantly higher percentage than he did in the live ballot? it's mathematically possible, people who track elections say these things tend to run about the same, give or take a few points, 5 or 10 points. that's unlikely. but on the margins, 579, if you're the candidate on the low end right now, you're going to wait till they count every last one. then you're going to send your lawyers back and your team back to triple and quadruple check. >> john king, you're the best, thank you so much. been a...

This is the warehouse in allegheny county where the absentee ballots are being counted. it's empty they are done with the count what is the count? we're about to find out in a private room right to my right they are uploading the informationing with going to get it all together. then come out and tell us the total number of votes in this county. they're not telling us the total number of absentee votes. they're telling us the total voeltz today and the absentee roets together. and then our job to use the mathematical ability to big figure out the absentees. . the but the votes cast today, with...

Say. >> 114. >> 114. and rick saccone, 25615. >> correct, sir. >> that's the entire -- that's 100% of the vote with the exception of the absentee ballots is that right. >> that's correct. >> now absentee ballots? how many are there. >> okay we had a total of 1195 absentees returned. >> and those will be counted only tomorrow. >> well we begin wsh -- we started to prepare them tonight for counting -- beginning to count the ballots tomorrow. >> why do you wait to count the absentee ballots. you see how close it is. the 1195 that could make the divs in this entire election. >> that's correct. >> ...