now down to a special election in texas where the gop flipped a seat in the state legislature after republican john lou john defeated - - san antonio where lou john thinks the gop message is resonating - - watch. >> this election has just been about talking to folks we have a lot of first-time republican voters and we have people just switching over and coming on to the republican party. for what we stand for. >> though mr. lou john can't get very comfortable because his seat is back on the ballot next november. finally in buffalo, incumbent mayor democrat byron brown has declared victory over democratic socialist walton. it's unusual because back in june in the primary walton defeated mayor brown but there was no republican challenger so mayor brown mounted a write-in campaign, and people certainly know his name because he's been the mayor of buffalo for 16