we have been focusing all night on a special election in the 12th district in ohio. believe it or not, there's a lot more when it comes to elections tonight. a bunch of other big races happening around the country including michigan where the democratic state senate leader gretchen whitmer has won the democratic nomination for governor in that state. this according to "associated press." there's been a little bit of chaos in the vote counting out there for the secretary of state site. those are the numbers you see up on the screen showing you a low apartment in. whitmer the favorite of the establishment of the party. you're seeing in the a.p. count winning with 51% of the vote. she defeats apparently former top detroit health official abdul he will syed. he was backed by both bernie sanders and alexandria ocasio-cortez. they campaigned on his behalf ahead of this race. joining us is democratic congressman eric swalwell of california.