with existing conditions, and you can incredible energy on the ground there. they want someone from franklin county to where the most votes are, but more broadly, there is 60 seats for the house that are more competitive than this race yesterday. it is close to a dead heat. i look at the landscape in that district and across america. people want candidate that s will be fighting for health care. this gives me other house seats, the governor s races, again they are stretching.
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does not work now? right. does not work now. never worked then either. historically, midterms and polls have shown that people want a check on the president, not a blank check on the president. all right. thank you all very much. and that is obviously a big special election matters across this country. so please stay with us with our special coverage of the ohio special election. it continues now with ac 360. and good evening. thanks for joining us. it is once again election night in america, or at least in five states with some key races that could take the temperature of the electorate three months before the mid terms there are primaries in kansas, michigan, missouri, and washington and in ohio a special congressional election in that state s 12th district for a seat the republicans have held for decades, but could, could be up for grabs tonight. the president has injected himself into this race, visiting the district on saturday, appearing on stage with republican troy ba
in ohio s 12th district, if it is any indication, a blue wave may, in fact, be coming in november. in a special election many considered a bellwether for the midterms, the race between republican troy balderson and democrat danny o connor is still too close to call this morning. an encouraging outcome for democrats in a deep red district, no matter how it plays out. still, there are more than 8,000 outstanding provisional and absentee ballots that could take days to count. balderson currently leads o connor by less than one percentage point. both candidates spoke late last night, o connor refusing to concede, balderson quick to claim victory. i d like to thank president trump. [ cheers and applause ] america is on the right path, and we re going to keep it going that way. over the next three months, i m going to do everything i can to keep america great again. as we see division and discord tearing apart our country, we must remember that each and every one of us are