i tell people, rthey raised me o vote the right way. >> reporter: reminders that president trump carried this state by 36 points. >> i don't know we're ever going to get over that. >> reporter: so you're obviously a north dakota voter, udisappointed with her vote against kavanaugh? >> yes. >> reporter: her republican challenger, kevin cramer well ahead in the polls was shocked. >> i fully expected her to vote yes. >> reporter: why? >> she had been building her entire brand as the bipartisan senator from a north dakota. >> reporter: she voted for neil gorsuch and planned to do the same for kavanaugh. i had the office preparing a statement saying i was going to vote him up until that hearing. >> reporter: that changed everything? >> she didn't believe him and worried about the temp rabl