10, 11 primaries. donald trump has endorsed candidates that have won, period. how much of that is the president and how much is just the districts of the states? i think he s obviously picking people who he thinks are going to win. i mean, if you look, for instance, in kansas can kris kobach, we had a poll taken last week that tended to show a very tight race. then what do we have tonight? a very, very tight race. so i m not sure the president had too much of an impact there or in ohio, either, despite what he claims. the polling indicates beforehand it was a close race and it ended up being so. let s look at what he said about ohio, when i decided to go to ohio for troy balderson, he was down in early voting. you can put up that tweet. after my speech saturday night, there was a turn for the better. now troy faces a victory in a tough year for voting. he will win big in november. the second word in the tweet about troy balderson is i, which is sort of, you know what a su
tough time of the year for voting. he will win big in november. that s not how early voting works. several other primaries to tell you about, including another race too close to call in johnson county, kansas. secretary of state kris kobach, a hardliner on immigration who received president trump s endorsement, locked intight race with governor jeff colyer. the official result could be announced later today, johnson county. and in missouri, josh hawley is predicted to be winner for the republican primary for senate. they re hoping he will take the seat in november. and it is predicted that state attorney general in michigan bill schuette will be the candidate in november, another trump endorsement. gretchen whitmer will be the democratic candidate. and john james, another trump-endorsed candidate, is predicted to capture the u.s. nomination for senate in michigan. james is an african-american iraq war vet endorsed by the president. he will face democrat debbie stabenow in november
after my speech on saturday night there was a big turn for the better. now troy wins a great victory during a very tough time of the year for voting. he will win big in november. so scott, the president is painting this as a big victory, and he s trying to take credit for turning things around for balderson. is this a win for mr. trump? look, donald trump s the guy who always says if i crow it makes the sun shine. the fact of the matter is donald trump s tweet is incorrect. troy bauderson was not far behind in the campaign in ohio emphas. it was always a toss up race. it may have been his appearance in ohio that might have an effect. but i think trump saying this might have won everything, i think it shows you first of all the republicans barely hung on despite being the contest they had to win, and comes back to
but, it s not too close for donald trump to declare victory and take credit for it. . as results trickled in for a marquee congressional special election, the president tweeted out this when i decided to go to ohio for troy balderson he was down in early voting. after my speech on saturday night there was a big turn for the better. now troy wins a great victory during a very tough time of the year for voting. he will win big in november. balderson holds a razor-thin lead right now but democrat danny o connor is not conceding. ryan, what are you hearing there today? reporter: well, it could be some time before we know who won this race last night.
looking for a few more votes here. you re going to have your people looking at this tomorrow. before we can sign, seal and deliver this one, they ve got to go through the rest. john king, thank you very much. back to my political dream team. gloria, you were wondering if someone would take credit for this. the president just tweeting now, when i decided to go to ohio for troy balderson, he was down in early voting, 64-36, that was not good. after my speech on saturday night there was a big turnout for the better. now troy wins a great victory during a very tough time of the year for voting. he will win big in november. the president calling it. we re not calling it now. it s too close to call. there are a lot of things that go into it. looks likely. of course, donald trump is taking credit. but i want to say who else should take credit for this victory, if it is a victory, and that s john kasich. because john kasich s the guy,