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Town. >> or something. something. >> might have gotten the title wrong. we are going with it right now. this is a wild story to say the least. the doctor, what say you? >> this is what i live for. this is the best. you are down to the very end. just got a bunch of boats dumped in, allegheny county boats. conor lamb put his margin back up to about where he has seen it, but as you guys were talking about before, washington county, which is partly suburban pittsburgh on the northern side, on the eastern side, but also his call country, there are plenty of votes for both of these candidates in was...

There is something to be said for the republicans who are running to say, man, we've got to figure out what we are going to run, we can no longer run on pelosi if democrats run on localized issues in these particular congressional districts as we get into the election. >> ed: you were making those good points when i so rudely interrupted you. i want to come back to you, guy. what is your sense? >> you said there was competing spin from the two parties, on this one, the democrats have a better spin because the facts are on their side. the republicans are going to do their best to put a happy fa...

Suburban-its. >> i think republicans did a decent job of getting vote out compared to the other races that we've watched. but democratic intensity particularly in those inner suburbs of pittsburgh was just slightly higher. and that made the difference in this race. if you actually break it down, conor lamb lost the election day vote by maybe a handful of votes, one thanks to absentees. but the danger for republicans is that they are not going to be able to run this kind of field program everywhere in november. and trump is not going to be able to visit all of these solidly republican districts...

Votes in this republic. it renders green meaningless. we already saw. if that continues, it shuts off the wanting to do that. let's say go nice, i'm not conceding things go away. a lot of experts didn't think it would go, that is where you can take it back in the absentees. >> reporter: a city/director of washington county for the pennsylvania being elections. thank you for being with us. let's start out by confirming

We'll get word in 45 minutes to an hour or so on washington county. absentee ballots about 1,200 there. margin is 579 district-wide right now. what are you expecting to hear from them? >> what we've seen in other places, other counties, democrats, not only in this election but other races have overperformed in absentees about five points compared to the election day vote. if that holds, lamb could conceivably add to lead a small amount there. but not talking about a swing out of washington county that would alter 579 margin by much. and fact of the matter is, entirely possible that rick saccon...