balderson campaign. rebecca berg is with the o connor campaign. let s go to jason carroll first. jason, the president has put so much on the line here. what is the mood at camp balderson like? reporter: folks are feeling good here. they know it s likely going to be a late night. they feel as though the race is going to be tight. but you know, i spoke to a republican operative very close to the campaign who says that anecdotally they re showing extremely high turnout across the district and they feel as though that s going to tip in the favor of troy balderson. that s certainly what they re saying is some good early news, what they re feeling at least so far. but look, also they know there s momentum coming from the left, coming from democrats. they feel as though president trump coming here this past weekend is going to give balderson a huge boost. but having said, that some folks are also talking about the balderson you said you don t want someone from franklin
the seat, the democratic party you could argue convincingly has actually won the night. all right. thank you very much, larry. pretty interesting laying this out. 15 to 20, 23, or 40 seats. these different scenarios. larry, i appreciate your time. we ll see you soon. out front next, more results coming from that ohio special election. key race alert next as these numbers continue to pile in here to cnn. plus kris kobach, controversial republican candidate for governor and also officially endorsed by the president. could a kobach win tonight mean a loss in november for republicans? this is a crucial race happening at this hour in kansas.
the results in. some of the counties as john was breaking them down. rural richland county right now, a democrat ahead. morrow county, huge republican county. the republican barely ahead. 1% in each case. so that does not necessarily mean where we re going at all. but what do you make of the early results. they county. i ve been hearing from the campaign. they count the early and absentee votes first. one thick that is true about politics in a lot of places, especially in ohio, democrats vote early and absentee and republicans vote election day. some of these early results are going to be the early vote totals that will look great for democrats. then the election day votes will roll in. and the race will tighten up. i don t know if the republican is going to win. but that s what you re seeing in the early numbers. would you agree with that analysis? i think that s right which is why democrats need to tamp down the enthusiasm. but, again, the fact that we re even talking about thi
vote again in three months. i don t know. it s kind of you roll your eyes at the whole thing. of course. the now, the president, he went this weekend, he went and campaigned for tremendous troy, as he called him. alliteration can work. but he likes to say he picks winners. but scott, it s actually amazing. when you look at republican primaries, republican versus republican, he has an amazing record. 18-1. anybody would take that in any athletic endeavor. general elections, special elections, his republican versus democrat, 1-3. that s not so good. and that s the record that s on trial tonight. yeah, the white house and the rnc and the balderson campaign will all tell you that they think the president s engagement in this race was enormously helpful. in fact, what they will tell you is about two weeks ago this campaign was in a freefall and that because of some gaffes made by the candidate, balderson, and some other reasons they were up and then they had gone way down. pence shows
and welcome back to outfront. polls about to close in ohio. a special election for an open congressional seat. this is a race that president trump has personally bet a lot on, gotten involved in, went to that big rally for the gop candidate, told voters to go out today on twitter, and it is a major test for president trump tonight. mark, literally we have just a few seconds here till these polls close. this is very important for the president. he has put a lot of personal capital on the line. yes. this race is very important for president trump because he s going to make it important about himself even if he lose. and by doing so if tonight, if troy balderson loses, donald trump will dump all over troy balderson which will only cause more of a headache in the