you re much better off winning than losing but you can t think that this if you re a republican who sits in a district that is less good for your party than this one you can t think, whoo, troy balderson won. i m good. no. the lessons the suburban lesson that phil highlights, the turnout lessons, the money lessons all still suggest this is going to be a good election for democrats. that s not a debate. the debate is how big does the wave get? and i don t know that last night proves it gets smaller. harry, talking about canvas canvakansas. that s a close race. you have to president s pick kris kobach who led briefly the voter fraud investigation that found nothing and there was no reason to set it up but i digress. he is running 500 points ahead against now 200. okay, now down 200. democrats are rooting for him.
you snoozed in the makeup room. there s a bag of wendy s down stairs. spicy chicken sandwich. leave it alone. i had two of them. fantastic. we have a lot to get to. looking in ohio, so much money, so much time, so much energy spent for a three month job. these guys face off. i thought the statement by the congressional leadership fund which is a big republican focused house super pac and the thing they said was look, we re happy you won troy balderson but we don t have 3.3 plld to everyone who is is a district that donald trump won by 11 points. you have lots and lots of
moment. before that, back to ohio. cnn not calling a winner the race for ohio s 12th congressional district because it s that close. troy balderson holding a slight lead over democrat danny o connor. balderson claiming victory, o connor not conceding. can democrats pull this off? vice chair of the dnc michael blake joins me now. nice to have you with us. great to be with you. when you look at that race. the predecessor, the republican won by 35 point, the president won by 11 points. if the democrat can pull this off, it s huge for you guys. even coming this close is huge for you guys. republicans outspent democrats five times. should democrats have spent more? we made incredible investments and we want to thank our staff and volunteers in the state and dnc for this but when we think about this race, this is a seat the republicans should have easily. the fact that we are having this conversation where there are
matter but it s heavily suburban. very highly educated, highest educated district in the entire state of ohio. those are the voters that have trended far away from the president in 2016 and since then and that presents an opportunity. you add the fact that it s in august, august 7 when people are in final vacation before school, a special election, you don t get huge turnout anyway and you have enthusiasm driven bin the president. it s kind of a perfect storm where a district that pat teaberry won is now very, very much in play. everyone is talking in these august vacations? who takes them? i want one. when it comes to how either party is going to spin this depending on who wins tonight, why is this race so important in terms of a sign for november nationwide? i think for a number of reasons. it s a well-educated district as phil was talking about and
franklin county part of the 12th district of ohio, you look at this and see the potential for moving away from the party voters who have been more comfortable with republicans than democrats and any republican that doesn t have the rural side of ohio 12 has to look at this with alarm. gentlemen, thank you both. we ll have more time next time around. i need to jump to california, though, and these raging wildfires, appreciate you being with me. they are burning out of control right now, an area nearly the size of los angeles. the biggest wildfire in california s history keeps growing. a live report ahead. today s fluctuating interest rates can increase your anxiety when buying a new home. that s why quicken loans created our new, exclusive