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States. but i suspect the future, and i suspect the next democratic president, will probably win wisconsin, michigan, pennsylvania. that is possible. but i think our future lies in playing offense in arizona, texas, and georgia. >> the sun belt, yeah. >> it is. and that is what -- in '16 -- >> that's what you preach. >> that's what i was wanting for us to push. that's the reach. if stacy abrams wins tonight, particularly if she's the sitting governor of georgia, i think hillary lost georgia by 5 points. it's not that far a reach. that's the future. >> imagine a democratic party that has gill b...

Marist poll. >> reporter: she is. the dynamic shifted in wake of the kavanaugh hearings. you're seeing a similar dynamic as the one ally was talking about. phil brettison is a pretty moderate guy. he likes to come across in sort of a reason well i've taught about this type of manner. it's very different from marsha bla blackburn who has a lot of practice being very sharp. kind of talking in sound bites and appearing frequently on fox news, for example. quite frankly, while tennessee has a long reputation of sending republican senators to washington, they haven't been in that kind of a mold. th...

Criticized donald trump but is known for spending a lot of time working on big pieces of legislation around education and other major issues. it would be a break with that kind of mold if marsha blackburn were to win here. for phil, the challenge is figuring out how to navigate what the president is doing and saying. i thought his answers about immigration were particularly interesting. they are a bit different from what i heard from some other republican candidates. take a look. >> do you think that the caravan that's coming through mexico is a threat to the united states? >> i'm amazed that ...

Senate majority. the democrats will need some good news out of tennessee probably when you look at where north dakota and texas have been heading lately. >> thank you very much. tennessee, donald trump won by a ton. marsha blackburn looks to be in a dead heat. let's go to nbc katie beck at an early polling place in tennessee. what are you seeing? >> reporter: as steve mentioned, this race is extremely tight. some polls have these two candidates within a single point of each other with just a week left in this race. both candidates are household names here in tennessee. marsha blackburn, a cong...

He's got to convince some republicans he's the right one for the job. >> reporter: a surge of voters early in nashville, tennessee. >> you cast your vote for phil brettison. the governor vying for votes. he will have to pick up votes. voters like business owners.