talking the votes updated and bishop is a point ahead now. so he may be taking a lead here. in mecklenburg county, this is cumberland county, on the bookends as john king has been pointing out tonight, this is mccready's stronghold areas, and they're big population centers. and that is where most of the vote is out right now. if he could hold big margins -- >> here's what we do know. we still have about a third of the vote to come in. this is a district that should have never been a question. what will the ultimate selection be, we'll take you through it and what it means. but right now let's get to what this whole narrative is about and what the reality is going into this next election cycle. we have w we. dave, let's look at it this way.