with 72% of the vote in. now there s a few reasons that california count is delay, this was the first midterm election where registered voters in the state were sent a mail-in ballots and as long as they were postmarked by election day are accepted for up to 7 days, mike, so we have some waiting today. mike: patience, a alexandria ho, thank you very much. joining me onset is president for the center of renewing america and former director of office and management ross welcome. thanks for having me. mike: let s start with house republican kevin mccarthy. he s been asking about challenges to him becoming speaker. let s play it. i m not concerned. think about this. since i ve been leader for the last four years we ve only gained seats. it s the goal of winning the majority, we won the majority. i think i accomplished the goal that we wanted to. mike: so what about that? he s raised a ton of money, worked hard for republican