where vote counts were close and some of the arguments have gone outside of the voting polls. jessica: absolutely. every seat counts, and we know that especially when there are a few moderate republicans who always seem to be on the fence about whatever the big vote of the day is. this wasn t a seat the democrats came into the 2018 midterms expecting that we were going to pick up. people were hopeful about it. kennedy: doug jones is still walking around going really? [laughter] jessica: exactly. dagen: since 1982, democrats haven t won a sent a campaign of the state mississippi. 1982. and not since reconstruction. the pete: if she wins, the pressure really moves toward republicans and the senate. can they, to your point? if they have 53 votes. probably not. kennedy: let s switch chambers. house of public and leaders adding to the white house this afternoon, ten days until the government partially shuts down,