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Fairly close race and pete sessions in texas, 32nd district around dallas, a 25% hispanic population, he went down on election night. whether that had to do -- everything had to do with the president's stance on immigration or not, those are certainly examples of candidate who were not helped, i don't think, by the president's stance. >> certainly interesting numbers there. jonathan allen, laura barron lopez. thank you so much for joining me. thank you. president trump and putin shake hands in paris. we'll get a read on whether they'll have a longer meeting. that's up next. >> teacher: let...

We can't deny that. >> that's what we have to learn about the country. >> the thing about texas and hispanic voters that's a mystery to me. i don't know why the democratic party cannot energize voters of color and specifically in those races, hispanic voters, in a more profound way. why aren't they coming out? you have someone in the person of donald trump who slagged a commonwealth, an island, puerto rico, in the midst of a crisis while people were exiting the island to move to the states. why aren't those voters engaged and energized? >> it's not one voting bloc, especiallydemocrats need to ...

Governor greg abbott is beating his democratic opponent by nearly 20 points. let me throw one more poll number at you. among hispanics in texas, cruz has 34%. o'rourke 60%. super important part of the electorate. and you were saying that latino turnout can sometimes be a deciding factor. >> it's the challenge. texas is going to be california one day. the demographic tides are such that -- but the question is when? we've now seen successive cycles where everybody has predicted in going back now four or five cycles, this is finally the one texas is going to turn blue. it's a really conservative ...

Bill nelson, has worked hard to tie the governor to trump. running an ad in spanish targeting the state's hispanic population. florida democrats believe no matter how hard he tries, scott cannot escape the specter of trump. >> governor scott is on the side of governor scott and donald trump. i don't think that he has stood up to the president when it mattered. >> thank you, mr. president. >> reporter: scott who was happy to appear by the president's side has no plans to invite president trump to florida. scott said he would have no problem campaigning with the president whose approval ratings ...

>> yes. almost every competitive race now is a republican race, but we talk to strategists on both sides to figure what are the five true toss-ups, the ones people should watch. all are held by republicans. districts like most of maine. maine's 2nd district, everything other than portland and augusta basically. a big chunk of trump country there. a district that hasn't flipped from an incumbent in 100 years and republicans are very worried about that. texas' 23rd district, a southwest slice of texas. again, a pure toss-up, again, a place with a growing hispanic population. republicans worried ...