Updates of the days news. Good morning, everybody, it is wednesday, august 8th. A lot to talk about this morning. Lets begin with that closely watched Special Election in ohio in a district that has been in gop hands for three decades, Republican Troy Balderson leads Danny Oconnor by less than 1 of all votes cast, making it too close to call. The official outcome may not be known until all the ballots are counted in the coming weeks the race could be coming to a recount as the final results are actually certified. Still despite the razor thin margin, Troy Balderson has claimed victory and Daniel Oconnor has not yet conceded. Listen to this. Its time to get to work. Over the next three months, i will do everything i can to keep America Great again so that when we come back here in november, get ready, we got to come back here in november i have earned your vote for a second time. Can you believe how close this is . We, we are in a tie ball game. We went doortodoor. We went housetohouse.
term. there is another nail bitener kansas, where secretary of state chris kobach holds the lead over jeff colyer. colyer served seven years, trump s endorsement of kobach might have put him on time. he went from even in the race to up 7 points after president trump weighed in. in michigan, republicans nominated another trump endorsed candidate john james for u.s. senate. james faces an uphill battle against democratic debbie stabenow and republican dino rossi advances for an open republican held seat that clinton won as democrat kim