split among so many races that it wasn t clear that a democrat would advance in a now attacks pierce that democrats would now it appears that democrats would advance in all of strict, 39th district, and the 48th district. there are democrats vying for the number-two spot or very close numbers betwe democrats and republicans. you see dana rohrbacher will advance. harley rouda and hans keirstead fighting it out. scott baugh, well-known republican orange county, coming up on the back side. he may end up getting enough votes. because we don t know what the final vote is i california. what happens here, two things happened yesterday. in l.a. county, there were 118,000 people left off the roles here. they had to fill outer
a concern for the gop here was, their nominee wasnouldn t make through. cox makes itrough, that is expected to help people who are down ballot. the big question, the u.s. house races. there are seven seats that democrats hope the flip. seven seats that hillary clinton won but republicans maintain control over. i m in here in california 48. you see the declarations are still up. this was tn party for hans keirstead, the democrat here. he s challenging the incumbent, dana rohrabacher. there s no clear victor on who will be number two. the incumbent moves forward. but there s two democrats duking it out for number two. the nightmare sce for fornia democrats here, is that the democrats will cancel each other out and the republican would move fdifferen. meaning that democrats would be
start to drill down to the ntrol of the.s. house runs race. through orange county. that s something we ve heard for months here. 23 house seats, democrats hope to snag. seven here in the state of california, are districts that hillary clinton won but republicans maintain control over. so, let s start with california 48. and if you look at the numbers, at s happening here. the republican incumbent, dana rohrabacher, he makes it through. he s a decisive winner. look at the numbers for the democrats. there s two democrats here, hans keirstead and harley rouda. you can see how close that is. they are separated by 100. were there just one democrat, there would be a clear number two making it through to california s jungle primary. just below them, scott baugh, he is a republican right behind them. if the democrats split the vote,
and neck with him, harley rouda. that speaks to the confusion. the voters don t know who to support. there s too many people, e can tell you happening here tonight, john, because of all of the candidates, because of how long it s taking to count everything, this candidate, hans keirstead, came down and called it a night. told hisrs, we don t know what s going to happen until tomorrow. he s leaving the room as a solid number two, he says. but it s still early. still in the race at this point. john, as we look at dana rohrba rohrbach, often known as putin s favorite because of ties to russia, he was expected to retire before this election. but it seems the jungle primary system has kept his hopes alive. he told people he was going to retire and changed his mind. two points on this primary. i don t think it was borne of
can fwlip from republicans if they have a candidate. turned out as votes started to come in, there might have been a fourth added to right now, picture coming in a little bit into focus here. democrats breathing a little bit easier with what they see. but there s still some tension here. me take you thro. first of all, dana roherbacher in the 48th district, orange county in california, we ve projected he s going to win, come in first place tonight. now that means he ll go on to november. the question is who s going to run against him. that s where things get not just confusing. things are chaotic right now in this district. first of all, this is our official count right here. if you take a look at the website that the board of elections in orange county maintains, they ve got a few more votes that they re reporting. and basically what they showing here is that hans keirstead, his margin according to their calculations, 574 votes. over scott baugh, republican