concerned that his former seat could end up in republican hands. tomorrow's democratic primary the leading candidate is state treasurer alexi giannoulias. his strongest challenger ceo cheryle jackson. mark kirk is expected to win, at least he's leading in the polls. his strongest challenge is real estate developer patrick hughes, who joins us now. thank you so much, mr. hughes, for joining us. >> hi, tamron. how are you. >> i'm very good. many reports out there the president is not happy with what's happening. why do you believe you and congressman kirk and republican party have been able to make inroads with this seat? >> well, you know, what happened in massachusetts, tamron, obviously was very big. it showed that a republican could win in what is ostensibly a blue state. i think unlike congressman kirk, i'm a conservative and scott brown was a conservative outsider from washington. i think as a conservative outsider, i can do the same thing scott brown did here in