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Wayne and oakland counties, but we're gonna talk about that, because due to redistricting, i'll get that word right, it's been redrawn and will be wholly encompassed in oakland county, come january. representative stevens is the first woman to represent the 11th district. she's up to her third term in congress this november. welcome. great to see you. >> great to have you back. >> you are sort of a mainstay of our visits to michigan. so, we appreciate. that first of all, i want to talk to you about this redistricting thing. i had a conversation with a missing gander of day. some really liked w...

You're really seeing this in races where the parties have nominated a candidate that's not able to compete in a general election, particularly against an incumbent. we're seeing the national republican senatorial committee, for instance, saying, you know, it's going to cut back on ads backing the republican senate candidate in new hampshire. a lot of races are happening in states or districts where there's an expensive media circuit. they need to decide is it worth pouring more of our scarce resource into a race where it's looking like it won't be winnable. >> these are long shot candidates be...

Measures, depicts jews being rounded up by gnazis. he declined to comment on this important reporting. new york's most powerful democrat enforcing jerry nadler over carolyn maloney in next week's contentious primary. chuck schumer is the first to choose between the two veteran committee chairs who ended up in the same district because of this year's redistricting process. battleground money woes, the republican senate campaign committee canceling millions of dollars in ad buys across some of the most competitive battleground states this cycle. the "the new york times" reporting the gop cam...

President. that candidates name? ronald reagan. joining me now to discuss the group's effort is kelly burton, the president of the national democratic redistricting committee. kelly, great to have you. you organization is working to combat anti democratic -- against the country. tell us about with the endear c is doing in this current climate. >> thanks for having me here to talk about this. as you have noted throughout the show with 100 days left, there is one thing that is very clear and it is that democracy is on the ballot. we have been fighting for years to realize -- through the redistri...

Doctrine. it is basically this idea that state legislatures have basically supremacy over federal elections in their state, overruling state courts, et cetera. it could have really profound implications on federal elections going forward and the court says, yeah, we're going to take up this issue. >> yeah, and people who have watched the redistricting process for years have always thought about, well, it gets kicked over -- a court takes it over, a state court and they look at it and they're an independent arbiter here. that's been a back stop for them. governors have been a back stop, particu...