there are at least 5 candidates in monroe, north carolina monitoring the results. being flooded. all of them currently serving in the administration. the question is will the replacement be bolton 2.0 or will they be donald trump's new year's man. brian cook is a senior advisor >> reporter: i apologize. i can barely hear you overall is noise but i believe we are on. it was a tight race but on iran. mick brunel is current ultimately this historically red ambassador to germany, keith kellogg is national security district will remain under republican control. dan bishop making his victory speech just moments ago. adviser, senator lindsey graham says no matter what the new national security adviser needs >> tonight the voters of north to be someone who plays well with others. carolina sent a message that >> somebody who can work with shouldn't just be heard in the confines of the ninth district. the department of defense, to stand back up. >> you can be sure mike pompeo it should reverberate across this country and in the halls of the capital. will have a big say. >> what are your sources saying the voters said no to the about behind the scenes. >> the he said she said is radical liberal policies being pushed by today's democratic party. continuing even tonight, donald trump fired bolton but sources close to the former national security adviser insisting as