popular in the state. he is a democrat, which is not popular, but his personal favorability remains popular. dana: good to have you back. fox news will be in west virginia to host a debate between the republican senate candidates this tuesday, may 1st. it will be moderated by bret baeier and martha mccallum. a live look at the white house briefing room. we ll tell you there as soon as sarah sanders steps to the podium. plus i m really thankful that i had won. would it be nice if i won by more? of course. but a win is a win. dana: plus a win for the gop in a special house election in arizona. but what does this very close race signal as we head toward the november midterm?
dana: all right. thank you. now let s bring in fox news politics editor, who also writes the halftime report, chris stirewalt. i just mentioned the tennessee race. we had the election yesterday in arizona. maybe i can go to this first with you and ask about the west virginia senate race, because there was some new fox news polling yesterday. i know martha and bret are getting ready for that first debate next tuesday. since it s in the state from which you hail, i wonder what you think about everything. it s only fitting that the fox news channel begin its sojourn across the united states doing primary debates in the great state of west virginia. 35th state. mountain state. we have our participants, congressman evan jenkins, former coal executive don blankenship and state attorney general patrick morrisey will be on our stage on tuesday in morgantown, west virginia. the poll tells us this is