not make people think, oh, this is just about being anti-law enforcement. there was a test of this this past week. new mexico s special election race where crime was the issue. look at this ad that was run by the republican against the democratic candidate. melanie stanzbury supports the most dangerous lengislation in america. as albuquerque faces record number of homicides, legislation that defunds and dismantles the police. but did it work? melanie won and won decisively. it wasn t even close. she outperformed biden from his 2020 election. what democrats will tell you is she also did something else many democrats didn t do in 2020, she went direct to camera with police officers in her ads responding to this. talking about what she did as a state legislator saying i ve worked with the police, i ve worked to help with this backlog on rape kits, things like that. so she did what democrats say is the model for going forward,
district for the democrats. melanie stanzbury defeated mark morris for the seat. democrats will hold 220 seats in the house, republicans 211. important number, margin now is 62-33 in this race. that s a 29-point lead. joe biden won this district by 23 points, deb haaland won it only by 16 points. i say only, compared to the 29-point lead that the democratic candidate has in that district at this point tonight. that s a big win for the democrats tonight. that s the last word. the 11th hour with brian williams starts now. good evening once again, 133 day of the biden administration, comes as many across our country