been from republicans. 23 % for independents. as we learned from alabama in 2018, numbers don t mean everything. these are two republicans we ve talked to just this morning. i voted for the democratic candidate. usually vote democrat? no. i registered republican. lesko seemed more of a trump supporter than one who wanted to get things down in congress. reporter: who did you vote for and why? debbie. overall, i m very much a republican. have been a republican my whole life, essentially. believe in all the principles they re putting in place and believe debbie supports all that. reporter: that first woman you heard from, jerry nelson, a long-time republican. she s like a lot of others we ve talked to in this district. in the background of this election this week is a teacher walkout that s going to be taking place on thursday. lesko is well known to be a sponsor of legislation for the vouchers which would take public