errorbucker a 15-term congressman has been trying to went a 16th term. now this has been a quirky race in the traditional of the congressman with the very slow count what we know at the moment. is that congressman is locked in a dead heat with his dep at challenger harley ruder, congressman was just down here. he acknowledges it is going to be a long night. he says he is not happy with what happened in the rest of the country, in terms of republicans losing control of the house. but he said, we will at least be stronger in the senate. i asked him if he felt for individual congressmen like himself, this was a vet for or against him or for or against donald trump. he said that the billionaires are funding the antirepublican campaign. they are not trying to hit individual congressmen, they are trying to hit president trump. another important race, the race for governor. no surprise that the democrat former mayor of san francisco
rohrabacher, looking for her 16th term, taking a hard-line stance on immigration this election cycle and today, getting a strong endorsement from president trump, who tweeted in part, dems are desperate to replace dana by spending vast sums to elect a super liberal who is weak on crime and bad for our military and vets. the democrat whom the president is referring there is a real estate investor, and after two years ago, himself a republican. he s previously called for president trump s impeachment and he has painted dana rohrabacher as a trump ally out of touch with california voters. we don t need more extremis in congress like dana rohrabacher, we need moderates like myself. and close races here in california, it could take days or even weeks for the final results to be announced. there are a number of reasons for that, chief among them, mail
among the republican incumbent, most of risk is congressman dana who is looking for his 16th term. he s up against democrat holly ruder who was a republican until just two years ago. he now calls rohrabacher an extremist. that s in california s central valley. that s interesting because it s agriculture district a. a heavy immigrant latino population. that demographic has not turned now the great numbers in previous elections. that s why it s currently republican held, democrats hope that will change tomorrow. shepard: on the waiting for the results, why does it go down that way? as i said, there s a bunch of rules and regulations but the biggest single factor is mail-in
for his 16th term taking a hard line stance on immigration. just today getting a strong endorsement from president trump, who tweeted, quote, dana rohrabacher has been a great congressman for his district and for the people of cal. he works hard and is respected by all. he produces. dems are desperate to replace dana by spending vast sums to elect a super liberal who is weak on crime and bad for our military and vets. the democrat whom the president is referring is harley rouda who recently called for president trump s impeachment. he raised more than $7 million to rohrabacher s $2.5 million. we need moderates like myself. reporter: and with immigration a big issue in california, another race we re watching closely, district 10 in the state s central valley. a heavily agriculture area with
volunteers with clipboards. but supporters say that the vouchers were a success. given some political clout to even the poorest and make candidates take notice. we did see campaign in the way that we have not in the past. not sitting in a conference room dialing for dollars, but out pounding the pavement. to speak of the program is very expensive, candidates receive $1.1 million in voucher money, but it cost over a million dollo run. a high sum for a system that did create many more campaign donors, but by the city s own data only drove up the price tag to getting elected. bret: dan springer in seattle, thanks. up next, the panel on all of the day s headlines, but first, a sad note tonight. new york democratic congresswoman luis salter has died. suffered a concussion during a fall last week. she was serving her 16th term in the house, first elected in