he faces a tough re-election against democratic attorney general andy bashir. trump has also tied himself to the mississippi governor s race. he was there just on friday on behalf of the republican tate reeves who faces another democratic a.g. jim hood. a few weeks back, you ll recall, trump travelled louisiana to campaign for that republican candidate for governor, and over the weekend he urged voters again to get out early and vote for eddie rispone in his race against sitting governor john bell edwards. also in play, and this is important, the virginia legislature. democrats are hoping to take back control before new redistricting maps are drawn up. still with us, john ralston, josh jamerson. john, out to you again. what races when all is said and done and we re here talking to steve kornacki tomorrow night, what s going to matter to you? well, i guess it s how the old saying goes, brian, the only
legislature. democrats are hoping to take back control before new redistricting maps are drawn up. still with us, john ralston, josh jamerson. john, out to you again. what races when all is said and done and we re here talking to steve kornacki tomorrow night, what s going to matter to you? well, i guess it s how the old saying goes, brian, the only extrapolation that matters is the one that s a year before election day. i mean i just think steve will say what any smart analyst would say. listen, if republicans get hurt in the deep south in these races, that may be a canary in a coal mine. but if they go to the republicans, i don t think it s going to matter that much. these off-year elections i think are always overanalyzed and people look for harbingers for the even-numbered years. there were some indications in the governors races that indicated maybe the democrats were going to do well.
that would be extreme and there s lots of case law that supports both the district court and the appellate court in this case. and sometimes they re like the rest of us and they don t want this anywhere near them. they don t want to hear it. congressman, what s the danger of this case to the overall narrative you were just laying out? well, this will provide additional momentum, if you will, for democrats should the tax information be released because it will not be helpful to the president of the united states. i do think we will this will test the independence of today s supreme court, the trump court if you will. and i m hopeful, as you all discussed, that they actually don t pick it up and the circuit court decision stands or the appeals court decision stands. what we are seeing, though, brian in real time, this is a perfect example of the criticism that people have said trump is trying to position himself above the law. within the same week, they are making cases that th
they have both made many visits here. they re barely registering in the polls. tom steyer instead is ahead of all of them. he s spent a fortune here on mail and tv, but joe biden, who everybody keeps describing as the shakiest front-runner in the history of politics, is not so shaky here with significant leads over both warren and sanders, who by any measure are more organized on the ground among these demographic groups that i talked about, brian. and, josh, about the castro campaign, just in the last few minutes i ve become aware of this politico headline. castro to lay off new hampshire, south carolina teams. josh, this is the mean season. we have a boatload of democrats in this race, but this is when it starts to get cruel and money tightens up.
demographic differences in the great state of nevada that we don t see in, say, iowa or new hampshire and how that can affect certainly these early polls. what could you be referring to, brian? iowa and new hampshire are 90% or so white. nevada is the most diverse state to vote in the primary process. you know we have a burgeoning hispanic population that s been a factor in the presidential race the last three cycles. significant african-american and asian populations. it s a completely different campaign here for a variety of different reasons, and i think that joe biden s strength here that you showed in that poll that we released today is going to surprise some people who thought that, as you mentioned, that senator harris might be doing better here, that castro would be doing better here too.