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America. from outside the district. so -- and then when it came down to details, he embraced the idea of sanctuary counties in our case where you have local law enforcement deciding for the first time in north carolina not to cooperate with immigration authorities. i don't think that helped. and i think it made it an opportunity for people to see that this is not common sense, and it doesn't fit north carolina. >> part of what was interesting to me is you said he ran as a moderate, which he did. he absolutely did. and one of the questions is, what's happened in your district and what does it m...

Republican victory tonight in the ballpark of two points. 51-49. so a two-point race. we go back to the presidential race. this is the very same district. it's a 12-point race. turnout is much higher in a presidential year. north carolina is a red state although it's a very competitive state, it leans red. but there's no question democrats can say, look at this. this was plus 12, plus 12 just three years ago in the presidential race. a lot higher turnout. look at these numbers. that's in a presidential year. now, you come up here and you're talking about less than 200,000 votes. so significant...

As this but similar in terms of its suburban makeup, in texas especially and elsewhere, but texas is i think the most interesting, because they don't want to deal because of the trump factor, because of the reality, you know, because the minority is not so fun in the house, and that's where republicans are right now, and they don't necessarily see that changing even in the next election when the president is at the top of the ticket. >> nia, this was trump plus 12, this district. bishop is currently up by about two points. how many more districts does that mean are potentially in play across t...

Changing even in the next election when the president is at the top of the ticket. >> nia, this was trump plus 12, this district. bishop is currently up by about two points. how many more districts does that mean are potentially in play across the country? >> well, listen, i think it certainly means that if you're republican -- and dana alluded to this, you're worried. if you're one of those republicans thinking in some ways you might have a chance to take back the house 2020, that doesn't seem so likely at this point. it also, i think, goes to show that running so closely with donald trump in...

He's on the ballot next time, it will be different. he'll have a billion dollars, for example. he's using the rally like the one here to build a voting list. so a lot of lessons to be learned here. the democrats again will say we shouldn't have been that close. that's good for us. the republicans will say, we won the seat. >> what did he win by in 2016, meaning president trump? >> trump won this very same district. let's look at it up here. let's bring it up. remember, you're going to have a republican victory tonight in the ballpark of two points. we've got a little more to count but in the b...