angeles. congresswoman karen bass running against rick caruso. a life time republican businessman turned democrat. in a special recall election in san francisco, bodine lost his job as the district attorney of that city earlier this evening. in south dakota, nbc news projects that incumbent republican governor christie gnome won. in iowa, senate race michael franken excuse me, different screen i believe from what we re seeing. defeated former congresswoman abby. franken will now look to unseat chuck grassley come november. in montana, ryan zinke is leading in the campaign for congress. a close race we re watching. steve kornacki is at the big board to break it all down. steve, what do you got? it s a waiting game in los angeles. we have been showing you these numbers for a while here. rick caruso leading karen bass. certainly seems like these two are headed towards a runoff if nobody gets 50% tonight the top two finishers face off in november. settle things then. what we
advertising. all issues he stressed here in los angeles trying to defy the baggage that would come with the label of former republican. worth noting, it s not that long ago. you go back to the 1990s, there was a 63-year-old multimillionaire republican who ran on the issues of crime, homelessness and quality of life in los angeles and did get himself elected mayor that was 1993, name was richard rearidan. he served two term. caruso trying to follow that same model a couple decades later. thank you very much, steve. we ll check back in later on in the program. with the first public hearing of the january 6th committee on thursday, will democrats try to capitalize on that issue with voters? in a piece looking at that exact issue, the new york times says it is an uphill battle at a time when polls show that voter attention is focussed elsewhere, including on inflation, rising coronavirus cases and record-high gas prices. but democrats argue the hearings