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House, electing nancy pelosi speaker and then launching impeachment proceedings against president trump. i have decided that it is in the best interest of the constituents, the republican party and president trump's agenda for me to suspend my campaign for reelection to congress. he also said that he was innocent in this letter. his challenger democrat nate mcmurry had about $81,000 for his campaign. he says tens of thousands of dollars more have come in since the indictment was announced. in a statement, mcmurray said collins needs to do more. quote, it is a continuing disgrace that both part...

Reaction to mr. collins dropping out of the race. >> i think it is good news for western new york. it is good news for america. it is good news for ny 27. i think he should take a step further and resign from congress. i'm not sure why he is continuing to hold on to his position. but i think that he needs to move on. and this era needs to end for all of us. >> you say good news for a lot of people. is this good news for you? how has this affected your campaign? you had contributions coming in more steady you now? >> there is a surge of excitement for our campaign. i see the excitement in the s...

Enough national message to win control of congress this fall? >> well, i am not part of those meetings where we craft those national messages. it has been hard to get their attention myself. they haven't been paying attention. hundreds of people come to our events and i say are you paying attention? i'm running against this man with ethical violations and there is no support. but my message is middle class, middle class, middle class. i'll fight for families like mine, i'll fight for my neighbors, the honest and decent and good people of ny 27 and they deserve leadership that is honest and dec...

Chris collins. and he was expected to sail on to his win. now the cook political report says they moved the race from solid republican to likely republican. translation, an indictment is not turning this race yet. so we go to the heart of the matter. democratic challenger nate mcmurray and a former clinton campaign aide and jess mcintosh as well. nate, is your view that you are now in a race where your opponent has been indicted but if you tell the truth according to the politics and the polling, you're still likely to lose? >> no, i think we're going to win. i think that mr. collins does not ...