polls put stacey abrams at 46.9% and brian kemp at 46.7%. texas congressman beto o rourke pushed back yesterday on president trump s plans for troops at the u.s./mexico border. he wants to send more than 5,000 soldiers to this community and other communities at the border, demeaning the sacrifice of more than 20,000 border patrol agents who do an incredibly effective job of keeping the border secure and our communities safe. i want to make sure that we don t give into that paranoia, that we don t submit to that fear. o rourke made the remarks in brownsville, texas. in the finally d days of the campaign o rourke has hit the issue in an effort to lock
country. this is the georgia governor s race between republican secretary of state, ultra conservative republican brian kemp and the former democratic leader of the state legislature in georgia, stacey abrams. new poll from the atlanta journal constitution, as you see in the headline, it says they are deadlocked. that s not hyperbole. look, quote, the poll, conducted by the university of georgia school of public and international affairs has stacey abrams at 46.9% and brian kemp at 46.7%. that is incredible. five days out in a statewide race, five days out from the election to be separated by 0.2 percentage points. if neither of these candidates gets over 50% of the vote, brian kemp and stacey abrams will have to go to a runoff in december. so if neither one of them hits
no, i m a journalist, you re a journalist, i know the context of that race in florida is quite rich. especially with racial animosity. and when the santas used of that coming out of the box against gillum, like he said in a recent debate, it is not that he is saying he is racist, but that white nationalist think he is racist. martha: we can have a whole discussion about the florida race, we actually have more on that, because here is the way it stands right now. andrew gillum up by 46.9, ron desantis at 43.9, and he was desantis would say your characterization of him as completely wrong. i just quoted what gillum said about him. i don t think it is in dispute, race, in that contest for governor of florida, is a charged issue. martha: let s take a look at this thought from president trump with regards to
starts to feel like a badge maybe millions can wear. who are all these caretakers, advocates too? turns out, it s californians it s me and it s you. don t stop now, it s easy to add to the routine. join energy upgrade california and do your thing. we have another key race alert right now. take a look at this. 11% of the vote is in. the republican candidate for governor of virginia, ed gillespie, still maintaining a slight lead over ralph northam. 51.8%, 46.9%. he s ahead by 13,588 votes. 11% of the vote is in. still early. could be a long night. erin. thank you very much, wolf. outfront now, the current governor of virginia, democrat terry mcauliffe, also the former
been doing that 20 years. in that last 20 years i have been able to drive around with my son, point out things that i literally built with my hands, helping the community, standing up for worker issues, especially recently in the state of wisconsin, which have been under attack. then i look over at what speaker ryan has been doing and he s been doing just the opposite. he s taking things away from us. he s not here and he s trying to pass this tax bill disguised as some means to take away our health care. and after seeing what he s trying to do and take away our health care, i ve had enough because it is something that effects three generations of my family. let s talk about the district you re running in. donald trump edged out hillary clinton in the first congressional district, 47.2 to 46.9. paul ryan in that same election blew out his competitor who was a guy named ryan solin. he won with 65%. if you look at paul ryan s vote percentage, percentage of vote