tonight, the nation is turning to pennsylvania, a major battleground in american politics, from the three rivers in pittsburgh, to the striking green home of the capitol building in harrisburg, heart of government in the commonwealth, to historic independence hall in philadelphia, those across pence im , pennsylvania, are making choice to influence the presidential race. i m jake tapper and we re standing by for results in what is sure to be an eventful election. the political spotlight on key primary races in pennsylvania, north carolina, kentucky, idaho and oregon. in phil pennsylvania, north carolina republican senators retiring seats, tonight, we ll bring more to the direction of the two major parties, also a significant new test of former president trump s grip on the republican party and president biden s sway over the democrats. as both weigh a potential rematch in 2024. perhaps the biggest test of the trump factor is his pick in pennsylvania republican former tv dr. m
incumbent madison cawthorn, been under fire from some of the state s top republicans despite having trump s support, cawthorn facing multiple challengers including state senator chuck edwards and central, bynes is trump s pick for the new congressional district, his most well known opponent is well known congressman elmers, first results in north carolina just minutes away, to the headquarters now, republican candidate ted budd, how much help does bu ddd expect to get tonight from trump s endorsement? reporter: well, jake, congressman ted budd heads into election night feeling pretty good and the clear favorite to take on democrat sherry beasley in the general election. he actually was endorsed by the former president almost a year
80.5 for one of the insurance companies. in north carolina, we are down to one insurance company that is providing obama care. we need to make this fix. put a safety net in place, gut the whole system and come back with patient center health care. congressman elmers, always a pleasure to have you make your case on new day. thank you for having me, chris. what are is it that drives and worries donald trump? just released audiotapes from extensive bigraphical interview. you ll hear them, next. you pay your car insurance
good news, new poll in the state of florida has him up for the first time in weeks. trump leading hillary clinton in the state. you see it right there, two points margin of error makes it tight, but it s still good news. now, what does that say about what s working for him there and not working in a place that is on your screen right now. north carolina. clinton up by seven. unusual for to be ahead. we re about to discuss from the tarheel state representative renee elmers. congresswoman, good to have you with us this morning. what is working in florida for donald trump? well, he s there in florida right now and i think there are a number of things that he is focusing on that floridians want to hear about that, quite frankly, hillary clinton is bringing absolutely no enthusiasm to. you know, her message of increasing taxes and moving forward with basically what we had for eight years under barack
nowadays especially with my opponent have tended to go on to one side or the other and they don t listen. they feel they are safe and they don t listen to the constituents. in our district, one of the largest and most important military installations is based in the district. some of the vote that is the congresswoman has taken have directly affected negatively the people and military families and members. they said there is not a connect the way they affect people s lives in the district. congressman elmers said this. his performing career is not going well and he is very bored. not to mention she is a two-term incumbent and a republican in a red state and a woman. clay aiken. i know simon cowell is thing, but this is a congresswoman mocking you. welcome to politics. your reaction to that?