moment. before that, back to ohio. cnn not calling a winner the race for ohio's 12th congressional district because it's that close. troy balderson holding a slight lead over democrat danny o'connor. balderson claiming victory, o'connor not conceding. can democrats pull this off? vice chair of the dnc michael blake joins me now. nice to have you with us. >> great to be with you. >> when you look at that race. the predecessor, the republican won by 35 point, the president won by 11 points. if the democrat can pull this off, it's huge for you guys. even coming this close is huge for you guys. republicans outspent democrats five times. should democrats have spent more? >> we made incredible investments and we want to thank our staff and volunteers in the state and dnc for this but when we think about this race, this is a seat the republicans should have easily. the fact that we are having this conversation where there are