bellwether, where voters made abortion rights the centerpiece of his campaign in a swing district. molinaro tried to tie democrats and the white house to high prices and the economy as well. ryan s win appears to show, once again, that abortion rights are a powerful motivator in helping democrats get people to the polls. as meet the press first put it out this morning, this red wave is looking much more like a ripple. and roughly 1,000 miles south of here in florida we now know who will take on republican governor ron desantis in november. it is a familiar name in that state, charlie crist. he s been the governor there before and he s running again. he told our colleagues on morning joe his plan to defeat desantis relies on not playing dirty. i m going to beat him because i m running on love and love always wins. and if he wants to run on hate and culture wars and dividing people and making people hate each other, that s his turf. it s not mine. he s trying to tear my s
away abortion rights, we said this is not what america stands for. can we really make broad predictions about how abortion will play from what happened in a blue state look new york? well, yes, as one of the best political prognosticators out there, dave wasserman, will explain later on. it was also a good night for the mainstream candidates. jerry nadler bested a self-style progressive change candidate. and it seems like potentially daniel goldman might as well, though that race is still too close to call. while on the republican side, ultra maga candidates calling for the arrest of anti-maga candidates all lost. charlie crist is now the democratic challenger to ron desantis. and val demings will take on marco rubio. it s all happening and it all getting very interesting indeed. let s begin with that special election up there in new york s 19th. dasha burns is in kingston, new york. ryan put abortion front and center. he said this is about women s rights, it s about freedo
candidates all lost. charlie crist is now the democratic challenger to ron desantis. and val demings will take on marco rubio. it s all happening and it all getting very interesting indeed. let s begin with that special election up there in new york s 19th. dasha burns is in kingston, new york. ryan put abortion front and center. he said this is about women s rights, it s about freedom, it s about democracy and he was able to beat molinaro, who was pretty well known there. he was the executive. reporter: this result is significant. the first competitive congressional race since roe v. wade was overturned and possibly
the last real bellwether we re going to have and it sent a message that abortion can drive voters to the poll. this was far from a guaranteed victory for ryan. most had him behind molinaro. this could have been a fairly easy pick up for republicans. instead ryan really had a solid victory here. i asked him about what message this sends to the country. i want you to listen carefully to how he frames this. i think the messages on fundamental rights and freedoms are under attack and we have to stand up and fight and be strong and clear. when you do that, people rally. the issues at stake, reproductive rights, abortion access, are fundamental rights that transcend partisanship.