midwest. the second race i would like to talk about is mississippi, gene taylor, also a democrat, he is interesting because he did everything he could to separate himself from the democrats not only saying he was going to run against nancy pelosi but actually admitting he voted for john mccain in 2008. shepard: he was antievery obama policy. reporter: and he is in trouble. my final race is my home state of california, fiorino but this is not a good spot for republicans tonight. if you have carly running against barbara boxer who is the epitome of liberal washington, right up there with nancy pelosi, she wrapped herself in obama s cloak in his ad standing with him and that is still a very tight race.