seat and donald trump figuring heavily in those campaigns, good evening, jonathan. hoping to win back the congressional seat from the women who took it from him eight years ago. that did not happen. and recommending leaves 67% of the vote, bobby bright trailing with 32% of the vote. when you look at the last time he was running against her in 2010 bobby bright was running as a democrat in the heavily republican district, this time he was running as a republican and was able to force this race into a runoff with four term incumbent robie. he has always been conservative, linking him to his former party, the biggest of many hurdles he faced in this conference.
or 4%, possible for that to be passed. jillian: voters in alabama head to the polls to decide who gets to run for a calmly contested house seat. martha robbie looking to overcome a primary challenge from bobby bright in a runoff election. robbie is seeking a fifth term. both donald trump and vp mike pence have endorsed robbie. rob: bryce harper blasting his way to a home run in front of the hometown crowd in washington. there it is, centerfield and bryce harper has thrown it in the air. reporter: smashing 19 homers when his dad pitched to him. the company in the final
here from prattville alabama. republican voters in alabama s conservative second congressional district have a choice to make. elect bobby bright, their former democratic congressman now running as a trump supporting republican. it s time now for us, for everybody to show up and vote. or reelect for term incumbent congresswoman martha who has been tying for a point to national leaders of his old party. very clearly the people of alabama s congressional district have rejected the obama-pelosi agenda and we feel confident that they will this time. as he cast his ballot, he appeared optimistic of reclaiming the house he lost back in 2010. sending some of these incumbents home and sending a strong message that if you don t represent the people, they have a day and that day is election day. and a solid republican district she has spent the last two years having to defend her position speaking out against then candidate president trump. since then, she has been a loyal
a long way with me. as the incumbent she enjoys strong support and funding from washington. alabama voters are fiercely independent. i support the president and i can support bobby bright. failing to win last month s republican primary is a liability for roby. if you an incumbent and you outspend your opposition 3-1 and you only get 38% of the vote, you re in trouble. both candidates bill themselves as conservative, anti-abortion, pro gun, supportive of the military and farming. so for republican voters in the red district, the choice may come down to what they see as the greater sin, being a former democrat or a former critic of president trump. in montgomery, alabama, fox news. in ton s whatever happened to, joe the plumber. the ohio man shot to fame in the 2008 presidential election after
of an access hollywood tape. she tweeted donald trump s behavior makes his unacceptable as a candidate for president and i won t vote for him. president trump is highly popular in alabama and two years later she has to explain the comments she made against him. no regrets but let me say the campaign is long over. we have been governing and president donald trump is just that, he is president of the united states. of course i want him to be successful because when he is successful we re all successful. president trump has endorsed roby tweeting she has been a consistent and reliable vote for our make america great again agenda and in a republican primary runoff against a recent nancy pelosi voting democrat. president trump is referring to bobby bright a former democratic congressman who roby defeated in 2010. now running for his old seat as a republican in the red state bright has to distance himself