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in many locations tonight we have fox team coverage on this election nightoxide cameron is oklahoma city where negative advertising may have backfired in the campaign to replace a retiring senator, but we begin with senior national correspondent john roberts who is in jackson, mississippi tonight, sight of perhaps the most bitterly contested race of the evening. >> reporter: for three weeks thad cochran has barn stormed the state the way he hasn't had to since he first won the state in 1978. campaigning yesterday with arizona senator john mccain who himself once said many politicians make ...

They should take time to do this after the election. i love juan and joe but either are voting republican. my sense is thank you for your talk but change your registration. >> i want to get your thoughts on what i think was an interesting piece about a race in california. carl demayo is democrats name and he is running in a june 3rd primary. but he has an interesting story. lost his parents, built two multi-million corporations but cold them. but he is openly gay, in a committed relationship running for office. and she is pointing out the heat is from liberals and some left-wing group funded a...

>> matt, to switch gears a whole lot. going back to the district you're representing, district 33. voters decided with proposition 13 in 2010 to ensure california would have open primaries, california is not the only state to do this, but it means that all candidates run in the same primary and the top two vote getters advance in the general. what does this mean for your proposed or perhaps maybe your district if you're able to win this election, will it be more costly s-it more moderate, more competitive. what does it mean in this very gerrymandered congress we have. >> an expensive district ...

Political obituary was being written in the wake of the june 3rd primary in which cochran failed to clear 50%. everyone is supposed that it would be a mcdaniel victory. that is because everyone figured tonight's election would be a lower turnout affair. they were wrong on that. the total votes cast so far have already exceeded that amount that is in the june 3rd primary. that cochrane clinging to a 2% lead with 97% of precincts in, 179,000 votes. that is going to be somewhat difficult for mcdaniel to overcome, although this race has proven surprising all the way through. turning now, christina...

It, there was an open primary. there's no registration. anybody who didn't vote in the democratic primary could vote. the cochran campaign played the game by the rules. mr. mcdaniel sounded like a soar lose -- sore loser. they brought more people into the process which is a way you win elections. in terms was african-american gent gentleman maybe he'll vote for the democrat in the fall. >> it seem what we're saying toward cochran. also cochran ads targeting mcdaniel's stance against anything government including funding for disasters like hurricane katrina. take a listen. >> chris mcdaniel ask...